Chapter twenty-one :)

"Haz, really we have to go now!" Louis yelled from the living room, he was already waiting 20 minutes for Harry to finally decide his outfit. His clothes were at Liam's so he had to borrow some of Louis' which wasn't bad, they fitted and smelled like him, but Harry didn't like how he looked.

"One second," The mornings when he couldn't decide what to wear were always the worst, it always ended up the same, he hated his outfit. And how he looked in it made him feel even more insecure. Harry eyed the reflection of himself in the mirror, he wore black skinnies like always, they fitted with everything so he couldn't do something wrong with them.

But the dark graphic hoodie made him look kind of fat he thought. It was the only hoodie left that fitted him, the others were all too small. His shoulders looked so wide, his skin blemished, and his hair looked like a mess too. Louis appeared in the doorway "You look, perfect sweetcheeks." Harry looked at him through the mirror forcing a little smile.

"Don't you dare thinking you're not." He said walking towards Harry hugging him from the back, his chin rested on Harry's shoulder "Now I can finally tell you that you are so freaking beautiful I sometimes forget to breathe." The boy whispered. Harry looked down and chuckled as he saw that Louis stood on his tippy toes to even reach his shoulder.

He turned around to face the smaller boy who gave him a wide smile "God, how I love this sunshine of a smile." Harry whispered focused on Louis' lips before he landed in for a kiss. Louis tasted like a mixture of coffee and the pancakes they have had for breakfast. Louis' hands at Harry's waist cursed a shiver wash over him.

It was still so confusing for Harry to finally kiss Louis just like that, until a few days ago he thought Louis was straight and that they were just friends. Harry never knew how actual love felt like, he had never kissed someone before who really cared about him and wanted him to feel good too. Louis was so careful and gentle with every touch. Like he was afraid of breaking something.

"Is it the reason you call me sun?"

"Maybe," Harry answered smiling sassily down at him.

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"I thought you were, you know straight," Harry told still overwhelmed by the way Louis had kissed him. He chuckled and looked down at his hands "Well I'm not, I just never fell in love with a man before so nobody knew except for my friends." Harry couldn't believe what the boy just said. Did he fell in love with him?

Louis Tomlinson, the guy who looked like human perfection, who was so nice that it sometimes cursed goosebumps all over his skin, the guy who could have anyone in the world because he was so handsome and cute fell in love with....him?!

Harry never thought that someone would ever love him the way he was. He was clumsy, boring, and wasn't even near as beautiful as Louis. And had a lack of problems and issues to deal with, why should someone want him like that? Louis seemed to notice him questioning what he just said.

"You have no idea how gorgeous you are, do you?" Louis asked seriously looking up to meet his eyes again. "Well I just- uhm I, you know, never, ugh-"

"You never what?" Louis chuckled at Harry blushing. "I never fell in love at all okay." He said, quickly covering his face embarrassed, letting himself lean onto Louis' shoulder.

"Never?" Louis asked looking dreamingly at the glowing tree. "Maybe once," Harry whispered almost silent watching the lights at the tree flicker with sleepy eyes. "How did it end up?" Louis asked curiously "Well, I don't know yet, we just had our first kiss." Louis turned to Harry who lifted his head off of Louis' shoulder.

"Well, and then we had our second one." Louis smiled and Harry could see a spark in Louis' eyes as get got closer. His heart hammered as their lips met again, a new song started playing it made the moment perfect. Harry always dreamed of a love story like in all those teenie movies, but this was a thousand times better. "And it was perfect."

"About that you told your friends you're gay, did you tell Niall about me?"  Harry asked leaning against Louis' shoulder again. Louis' expression went from confused over to an eye roll "Did he say  or do anything  suspicious around you?"  Harry shook it off "Nope, not at all," Both boys burst into laughter. "He is so unbelievable"

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"What are you thinking about?" Louis turned to took at him, Harry had been so deep in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that he was smiling. "Uhm a- about last night." He admitted blushing at the way Louis looked at him, it was that kind of look you gave someone who you admire and just want to listen to what they say and who they are. "Must have been a really good night," Louis sassed, a smirk on his face.

"Oh, it was pretty bad actually." Harry teased giving Louis his best smile. "You can count yourself lucky that I am busy driving." Harry laughed at the threat. "I am so afraid," he cried sarcastically acting like a child. "You will see."

Liam was already waiting at the parking space as they arrived. Harry heard him start talking about something with to do with Niall until he got out of the car too. Liam stopped an confused look on his face, Harry noticed Liam looking at Louis then at Harry's clothes, and back to Louis.

"Wait, did- you guys, you. You drove together-" He pointed confused between the two of them. Harry scratched the back of his head. Liam's smile got bigger and bigger "No you're not." he sounded excited. "Finally," he added seriously. "You guys were both so obvious, it's a wonder you didn't notice earlier."

"No, we were not." Louis tried to give Liam a warning look. "Did you hear that? That was the bell we have to go now." He said as Liam was about to say something. He gave Harry a signal to follow him quickly. "The bell rings in 10 minutes," Harry heard Liam yell after them.

"Why isn't he coming with us?" Liam still stood at the parking area. "He told me he is waiting for Niall to call him, they have to guide a new student or something like that." Louis intertwined his fingers with Harrys as they stepped into the hallway. "We don't have to do that if you don't want," Louis said excepting as he saw Harry's facial expression change.

Actually, he was wondering how Louis could take it so easy that he was about to come out to the whole school just like that. Harry holds Louis' hand tighter "Are you sure you want to out yourself? You don't know how the kids at this school will treat you if you do." Louis gave Harry a smile which made his heartbeat skip. "If it's the price for holding your hand in school then it's fine."

They walked straight ahead through the crowd of people, a few noticed them and started staring and whispering. Harry could literally feel their looks on his skin, it made him shiver. More and more people noticed until nearly everyone looked at them.

Harry looked around and found Liam walking next to him smiling proudly, then he turned over to his left past Louis were Niall and Zayn who also looked kinda proud. Harry felt a smile grow on his face, he wasn't alone anymore he had friends who loved and supported him. Everyone looked at them but it didn't drag Harry down like usual. He felt more powerfull then ever.

Their ways parted as Harry had to go left to enter his class. He took his usual seat in the back, some of the students gave him disgusted looks or whispered. Harry could feel his strength fade, he just looked down at his paper pretending not to see or hear anything. The lesson was almost over and Harry's paper filled with flowers he drew, he didn't pay any attention to anything what the teacher said all he could think of were Louis' and his lips on his.

"I'm not gonna give you guys homework since the Christmas holidays start soon." The teacher said as everyone already packed their bags. Harry let his notebook slide into his bag and left the room. Louis was already waiting for him, a huge smile on his face, his eyes crinkled up "Hey" He said offering Harry his hand.

"Hey" Harry smiled back intertwining their fingers. "You hungry?" Harry just nodded. They walked into the cafeteria Zayn and Liam were already sitting at their usual table and smiled at them. Some guys of the football team yelled anything Harry didn't really understand but it made the other members laugh at them.

Harry felt a sharp pain in his chest, it was like usual but now Louis was involved which made it even worse. He didn't deserve to live the life Harry had to face every day at school he was just about to let go of Louis' hand when he squeezed it two times. Like he knocked twice at the door back when they were snowed in. It was kind of their thing to say everything is going to be fine.

"Just ignore them," Zayn said as they sat down. "Where is Niall?" Louis tried to change the subject. "And where is the new girl?" Liam's expression got serious "About that-" Liam started looking at Louis "He is the son of your dad's new-" he stopped. Harry watched Louis' expression change into anger.

"Please don't freak out now... his future wife." He said carefully. "His future what?!" Louis looked like he would explode every second. Harry stroked with his thumb along Louis' hand hoping it would calm him down at least a little bit. "Niall told me today and asked me to tell you before her son tells you." Louis klenches his teeth, Harry could see his jawline getting sharper.

"I hate him so much." Louis mumbled to himself "Why is he marrying that bitch?" Harry had no idea that would help Louis right now. He stood up and pulled him on his feet "Let's go outside." Louis followed him through the hallway downstairs and across the parking space without saying a word. Harry led him towards a bench on the other side of the street.

"Why is he doing that?" Harry could barely hear Louis. "I'm sure there is an explanation for it."

"What is wrong with him, they are together for four weeks and mom passed away only seven months ago and now he's marrying again?!" Louis spat gripping and pulling his own hair.

"Sun, you need to calm down please."  Louis took a deep breath in and out. He turned to Harry his eyes looked watery "Do you think he will replace Niall and me as easily as he did with mom?" Harry pulled Louis into his arms "Well I don't know your dad, but I know you and Niall, you're irreplaceable."

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"Are you ready to go back?" Harry asked carefully, Louis just nodded. They were standing in front of the entrance door of the cafeteria Harry gave Louis a soft smile before he opened it and walked in. Liam, Zayn, Niall, and a tall guy with a black beanie sat at the table, he must be the guy they had talked about."Just try to be nice to him" Harry whispered as Louis took his hand.

Louis and Harry set down next to Liam across from Niall Zayn and the new guy. Harry was busy replacing the bags on the bench so he had enough space to sit as Niall introduced the boys to the new guy. "So this is Louis he is my brother but he doesn't live with us that's why you don't know him yet, and that's Harry he is very nice so don't worry." Harry felt how Louis tightened his grip around his hand as Niall mentioned him.

That was the moment Harry was finally done with the backpacks next to him and looked up to introduce himself to the new guy but he got first. Harry's eyes widened "Hi, I'm Charly." The boy said reaching over his hand giving Harry a smirk.