Hello muffins,
How are y'all? Hope you have a wonderful day ahead.❤️

I'm finally back with the update. I know I had said that my exams are over so I'll update more often and rest assured I stand by my statement, it's just that I decided to this make this chappie a long one cause otherwise, I would've had to make even more sub parts of chapter 26. So, this is the longest chappie by far and has about 13k words. So sit back and enjoy.

I would also like to say that I'm having the time of my life with how everything is going in the fandom. Man, I live for this tea. This is by far the best larry week of 2019 and I'm loving it. Also, I am soo dying for new music from all the boys. Eeeeeeee!!!!

Now, Let's ignore my rant and go to the chappie. I dedicate this update to all the new readers on this book. Thank you guys for giving the book a try. Please keep supporting. And the old readers I love you all so much. You guys always motivate me. xx

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Later that day, while Harry and Niall were in the studio writing and composing songs, Louis was in his cabin scheduling Harry's next week's events. He had just got off the call with the Brit Awards Limited where they had informed him that the invitations for Harry and Niall to the award show which was to be held the next week was sent to his e-mail. This year Harry's album and his latest song 'Sign of the Times' were nominated under four categories. Moreover, this was also going to be the first time for Harry to attend the award show. He had won the Brits under many categories for the last four years consecutively but had never attended the event. It had always been Niall or someone from his previous management who used to show up to receive the award on his behalf.

So this year, Harry taking part in the event was a buzzing news not just among his diehard fans but also in the music industry. Everyone was looking forward to having him receive an award on his own this time.

Louis couldn't help the proud smile that crawled up to his lips when he thought of how huge the name Harry Styles had become over the past years. How the Harry, a regular boy with a regular life he once knew went such a long and tough way to become the globally successful and famous singing sensation that he was today and simultaneously managed to stay so grounded and humble too. Being his manager, Louis had important people all over the world sending him requests every single day to have Harry perform or just confirm his presence at some event, and he could never get used to it. His heart used to burst with happiness every time he realised how much the world loved his froggy.

The blue eyed boy bit the side of his lips to contain his smile as he thought of how the things had been really good between them lately and he felt like a huge part of the burden was slowly lifting off from his shoulders. For the last six years he had been living under the weight of Harry's hatred and the guilt of hurting Harry so harshly, pained his every single moment of those years. Even when they were hundreds of miles away from each other, Louis had assumed that Harry hated him for what he had done and his assumption was only proven right when he had seen the wrath in Harry's eyes at the time when they had met in the studio for the first time in six years.

But now that Harry was gradually letting down his grating cast, a bit of hope had birthed in Louis' heart. All he wanted now was Harry to forgive him and let him in. He had pushed him away six years ago by his own decisions but now that Harry was back, Louis didn't want to let him go for the second time. In the last couple of days, the boy had been really nice to him, didn't shout at him and most importantly hadn't triedto stay away from him or ignore him. He was being soft and kind towards Louis which only made the blue eyed boy's hope rise up. Louis was more than happy with this change and hoped that one day Harry would forgive him for his mistakes. He so desperately wanted to remove the guilt of being treacherous to the one he loved the most in the world.

But as much as he wanted that to happen as soon as possible, Louis didn't want to jinx it just yet by being too hopeful. He tried to restraint his heart from hoping too highly because he knew that what he had done six years ago, wasn't that easy to forgive. He was willing to give all the time Harry needed in the world to forgive him for the past.

Louis' thoughts were interrupted by the intercom ringing on his desk. He blinked a few times to come out of his trance and picked up the call, "Hello?"

"Hello Louis." It was the girl from the reception desk of the building and also, a good friend of his.

"Yes Macy." Louis said.

"There's someone here by the name Liam Payne, to meet you. Should I let him in?"

"Oh yes yes. Please."

"Alright."

"Thanks, love."

Louis put the phone down with furrowed eyebrows. He was just wondering about the purpose of Liam's vist to his office when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in, Payno."

With that, he heard the doorknob twist and in came Liam with a bright smile. "Hey Louis."

"Hey Liam. What are you doing here?" Louis asked while gesturing him to sit. He was a bit surprised because Liam and Zayn hardly ever came to meet him in his office and that too never unannounced.

Liam took a seat and said, "I actually had some office work in this neighbourhood so I thought I'd give you a visit. Also, I hoped I'd get to meet Harry and Niall as well. But damn, it's so much trouble to get inside this building. The receptionist asked me for an ID proof, then called you to confirm and then made me do an entry in three places before letting me in." Liam said with wide eyes and exasperation.

The blue eyed boy chuckled and said, ''It's Macy's job, Liam. This is BBC, mate. There are big hotshots always wandering in the corridors of this building. Singers, writers, directors, producers, radio hosts; all visit this building. So this is done with everyone for security purposes. If you've forgotten, the Harry Styles and the Niall Horan are in the studios right now so obviously they need to be careful to not let just anyone in."

"Hey, I'm not just anyone." Liam said with a fake offended tone.

Louis laughed and said, "No of course not, LiLi. Anyways wanna have some tea?" He got up from his chair when Liam nodded and walked towards the side table. He poured some tea in two cups from the kettle and handed one of it to Liam which the boy took after muttering a soft 'thank you'. Louis stood, leaning against the table and asked after taking a sip of his tea, "Now tell me what brought you here?"

"I just told you, Lou. I dropped by to meet you and the boys."

Louis raised his eyebrows at the brown eyed boy, clearly showing him that he wasn't convinced the answer.

Liam rolled his eyes and continued, "What? Me coming to meet my best friend's at work is that unusual and hard to believe?"

Louis didn't say anything and just continued staring at Liam while raising his eyebrows further. He wasn't falling for this lame excuse. From their friendship of almost ten years, he could easily figure out when Liam was lying and when he wasn't. And right now, he knew for sure there was something else that had brought the boy here.

Liam sighed deeply and said, "Fine. I actually needed to talk to you about something."

Louis rolled his eyes and said, "I knew that. Now spill, what is it?"

The brown eyes boy took a deep breath. "It's about Zayn."

As soon as those words left Liam's mouth, Louis stopped sipping his tea. He immediately put his cup down on the table and turned his attention completely towards Liam, "Zayn? What happened to Zayn? Is he okay? Did you two have a fight over something? Oh my god, are you thinking of breaking up with him? That idiot loves you a lot. Look Payne, I love you but I'm warning you right here, right now. If you so much as dream of hurting my best friend's heart, I won't think twice before hurting your entire self. If my best friend cries a single drop of tear only because your stupid ass left him for no bloody reason, I'm telling you Liam, I will end you. No matter where you hide, I will hunt you down and cut your dick to pieces and shove it up your own ass. So, think before doing anything. Got it?" Louis finished his threat with a death glare and right index figure directed straight to the boy sitting in front of him who looked as scared and mortified as a puppy, too shook to speak.

Liam's eyes were wide in shock. He knew Louis could be fierce if he needed to but the looks he was giving right now, made him almost shit his pants. He kept staring at the small boy with fear without blinking until he realised that he didn't need to. The threat was totally baseless considering Louis had thought all wrong.

'God, both these best friends are totally crazy.' Liam wondered while shaking his head.

"I can see why you and Zayn are best friends." Liam deadpanned with narrowed eyes.

Louis frowned, "What? "

"He also cuts me off before I say anything and then goes in a completely opposite direction with it. Exactly like what you're doing right now."

'Oh', Louis thought and straightened up his bent and threatening posture. "So....you aren't thinking of breaking up with Zayn?"

"Now why would I ever do that? He's my world and I can't live without him, Louis."

Louis cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment. He had just said too much without even before listening to what the boy had to say. "Yeah, okay. But the threat was real Payno. Just in case, you ever think of that."

Liam laughed and said, "Don't worry, the threat that you and Andy had given me on my first date with Zayn haunts me till today. Plus, I love your best friend too much to ever let him go."

Louis dropped the warning look on his face and smiled at Liam. He could see the immense amount of love those brown eyes held for Zayn which just reassured him even more that nobody could love his friend, his brother more than the boy sitting in front of him. "Good. So what is it you wanted to really talk about?"

Liam's face instantly turned a slight shade of red when he heard that question. He could feel the heat rising to his cheeks as the thought came to his head. He had been thinking about this a lot and had finally gathered the courage to do it. "A-Actually Louis, umm I was going to.. I mean I'm thinking of going to umm.. to p-propose to Zayn. Ask him to...to marry me?"

Louis gasped as soon as he heard Liam say the word 'propose'. His eyes blew wide open and a hand covered his mouth to hide the most pleasant shock he had just received. "OH MY GOD! HOLY SH- LIAM, THIS IS SO GREAT. OH MY GOD. TWO OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE FINALLY GETTING MARRIED. OH MY GOD, I'M SO HAPPY!!!" He walked up to Liam and engulfed the boy in a bone crushing hug.

Liam wrapped his arms around Louis who was jumping with excitement and said with a blush "uhh yeah."

Louis let go of Liam and saw the shy smile on the boy's face. He smirked at Liam's expression and said, "Awww, Lima bean's blushing. How adorable."

The brown eyes boy looked down to hide his smile and said, "I'm not blushing, Louis. I'm just really happy that I'll have Z all of to myself for the rest of my life. I just wish he says yes."

Louis looked at him as though he had grown two heads, "Seriously? You think there's even one percent possibility that he'd say no? He's gonna jump at you with thousands of yeses, Li. He wants this. Trust me. I'm just amused that it took you so long to finally have the balls to pop the question. But better late than never, right? Anyways how are you doing it? How can I help?"

"I'm definitely gonna need your help, because apart from deciding that I'm going to ask him, I really have nothing else planned. But, first of all I just wanted to confirm that you're okay with it, right?"

Louis furrowed his brows and asked, "Why would I not be? In fact, I'm ecstatic to hear this. "

"Y-yeah, it's just w-"

Louis stopped Liam from speaking any further by grabbing his hands in his, "Liam, trust me, I am very very... very happy for you and Zayn. I know if it hadn't been for the situations, you would have probably been married for six years now. You and Zayn have done so much for me and no matter what I do, I'll never be able to return the favour."

Liam instantly started shaking his head and said, "Louis, you know you don't have to return any-"

"I know, Liam. But lemme just say it. Through everything that happened in the past years, you both always thought of me before yourself when you really didn't have to. I'm really the luckiest person to have you both as my best friends, Li and I can't thank you both enough. But at the same time, I feel guilty for holding you two back from being happy."

"NO, Lou, you-"

"It's okay, Liam. I really need you to know. You two might think that you can hide things from me, but I know. I know it all. I know when you brought tickets to Hawaii for Zayn and yourself but didn't go because Ethan had fallen ill and I was too scared that I won't be able to take care of him properly. I know you didn't marry earlier because you both understood that I was going through a tough phase and I had a little Ethan in my arms to look after. I know when your company had offered you a better post in Liverpool but you rejected the promotion because you both didn't want to leave me here all by myself. Zayn has given up countless huge art projects for me and Ethan. I know you guys didn't think twice before giving up so many great moments if your life for me, moments that you could've enjoyed together, as a couple. The thing is, I knew all of it all along. Everything. But I was selfish and... and weak. I should've stopped you from sacrificing so much for me and my boy but I didn't. Because I knew I needed you both. You two were and will always be my support system and at that time, the fear of raising Ethan all alone and failing miserably at it, was terrifying. Every time I fell back, Zayn was always there to hold me. But now, I don't want to be an obstacle in your life anymore. You two have done so much to keep me happy, but now your happiness is what will I need. I know you love Zayn with your heart and soul, Liam and my best friend loves you the same, even more in fact. I'm sorry for all the times when Zayn chose to be there to support me than spending time with you and thank you so much for always understanding it. You both have always thought about me and what I'm going through before making any decisions in your life. But now, by God's grace everything has turned out pretty well. I have the best job and Ethan is growing into a handsome and amazing young man. So, it's high time you take your relationship with Zayn to the next level. Everything is going good, Li so please don't let me hold you back anymore. My best friend deserves all the happiness in this world, Liam and I most certainly trust you to give him that. Believe me, when you get married, I'll be the happiest. Probably even happier than both of you. You're like the elder brother I never had, Li and I wanna thank you so much for being there for me always. And now I just ask you to be there for my best friend. Love him, take care of him, cherish him and treat him like the princess he is, okay? You two deserve to share this beautiful step in your relationship. Go ahead, Liam and make Zayn yours for eternity." Louis said with a sincere smile. Tears were rolling down his cheeks as he looked at the man standing in front of him. He felt like he owed a lot to Zayn and Liam and now, all he wanted was their happiness. Louis was determined to make this the most beautiful memory of his best friends' lives, thinking it was least he could do to return the favour.

Liam blinked a few times to hold back his tears from falling. He looked at the small boy in front of him and couldn't help but send a quick prayer to God, asking Him to shed a lot of happiness and graces on him. He had always considered Louis as his little brother and was always ready to stand in front of the boy any time he sensed a trouble ahead of him. Liam had never considered all this as a favour or some sort of sacrifice and he knew that Zayn didn't, either.

The brown eyed boy wiped the tears from under his eyes before making the sobbing Louis sit down on the chair. He crouched down in front of the blue eyed boy and said, "Louis, you call me your brother and then you thank and apologise to me in the same sentence? That's not how it works, okay. Zayn and I never missed out on anything because of you. Having you and that little ball of sunshine with us really made us happy. Ethan is not just your son, babe, he's our godson too and that little boy is a huge part of our world. Anything that we ever did for him, was not a favour. We did it because we wanted to and we love him dearly. And, it's not like you haven't done so much for us, Louis. If it weren't for you, my family would've never accepted Zayn and-"

"Liam, it-"

"No Louis. You asked me to listen to you. Now I'm gonna have to ask you to hear me out. Since we're counting 'favours', I want you to know that I owe you my life for what you have done for me. After dad denied me to be with Zayn because of his religion, you know what condition I had gone into. I knew that I was deeply in love with Zayn and couldn't imagine being away from him. I would've ran away from my house at just the age of sixteen if you hadn't stopped me and had taken all the trouble to make my parents understand. It's because of you that today I have Zayn AND my family, all with me. And for Zayn? You're the closest person to him that he calls family, Louis. With his own family being so far away in Pakistan, you have always been there to support him through everything. What happened six years ago, was devastating for all of us but you took some of the toughest decisions of your life and pulled us out of that misery. You pulled through everything very maturely and bravely and we have always been very proud of you for that. So, the least we could do was stand by you through all of it. You're our support system too. If anything, we are the lucky ones to have your priceless friendship, Louis. So, don't ever say that we sacrificed something because of you. We only had your back just like you had ours, babe."

As soon as Liam finished speaking, Louis lunged forward and engulfed Liam in another tight hug. He couldn't believe how he managed to have such wonderful people in his life. Who always supported him and guided him through the dark. There was Zayn who was ever so ready to help him and give him the emotional support at any time of the day and then there was Liam who always protected him like a guardian. This was the family that Louis had made by choice and he couldn't have asked for anyone better than them.

Liam pulled away from the hug and wiped the tears from his eyes, "Oh God, look you made me cry. I have a reputation to keep Louis."

Louis chuckled at that and said, "Don't worry this won't go out of this cabin. Your reputation stays intact."

Liam pretended to release a sigh of relief and said, "Thank goodness." before bursting into a wet laugh.

Louis joined in the laughing as well while wiping the remaining tears from his eyes.

"Okay now that I've your official permission to ask Zayn for marriage, I really need you to help me out. Because seriously, apart from making this decision, I don't have the slightest idea as to how I am gonna do this."

"Relax bro, I've got this. When are you planning on proposing?"

"On his birthday."

"Okay so ten days from now. Sweet! Lemme just come up with a few ideas by tomorrow and then you can choose one out of those."

"Yeah, that'd be great!" Liam said with a shy smile before asking hesitantly, "You're sure he's gonna say yes, right?"

"Relax Lima bean. I'm a hundred and ten percent positive about it. I mean you two practically already live and behave like totally married couples, I don't know why you think he's gonna deny it. He has tolerated you for eight years now and trust me when I say this, he'll be more than happy to continue doing that for eighty more years. Plus, he's never gonna find someone who can put up with his princess-y tantrums like you do."

"True. And I don't mind the least bit. He may be a princess but he is my princess." Liam said with a fond smile and lost in love expression.

Louis scrunched his eyebrows and said, "Okay stop with those heart eyes and cheesy lines. Save it for your boy."

Liam smirks at that and said, "He's going to get much more than just heart eyes and cheesy lines once I get home, you know."

"I don't wanna know. That's disgusting." Louis said while shaking his head.

Liam chuckled and said. "Anyways, where are Harry and Niall? Too busy making songs?"

"umm yeah, they must be occupied."

"So, any chances that I can meet them?" Liam asked while taking a sip of his abandoned tea. He scrunched at the bitter taste of the now cold tea and kept it back at the table.

"I don't know. Lemme just ask. Usually nobody who isn't a member of the studio, would be allowed to go in but if Harry and Niall give their consent, they'll let you in."

"That's good. I have the rest of the day off and Zayn's out for one his art consignments so it would be great if I could see the boys. I didn't get a chance to meet them again after that day."

Louis picked up the intercom and dialed the studio's number. After about three rings, someone picked the call. "Hello?" came a voice from the other side. Louis could hear some faint murmuring and a guitar playing soft tunes in the background.

"Hey. Josh?" Louis asked, recognizing the voice to be Josh Devine's, the drummer in the band and a good friend of his.

"Ohh hey Louis." Josh said through the phone and just as he did Louis could no longer hear the guitar. The person most likely stopped playing.

"How's everything going?" Louis asked.

"Oh it's all going great. Why'd you call?" Josh asked.

"Yeah, um could you hand over the phone to Niall or Harry?"

"Sure." Josh said and spoke away from the speaker, 'Guys, Louis wants to talk to one of you.'

'Ohh Okay. Give it to me.' Louis heard someone speak. Suddenly, a yelping sound came through the phone followed by some rambling and buzzing. Louis couldn't hear everything properly but he caught something along the lines 'Give the phone to me' and 'What the hell'.

"umm Hello? Josh? Is everything okay?" He asked hesitantly. After some more shuffling in the background, Niall's voice spoke up.

"H-hello hey Louis. What's up?" Niall said which was followed by a barely audible whisper of 'Niall seriously give the damn phone to me.'

Louis frowned at the bickering he could here but continued speaking, "uh Hey Ni, I just called to let you guys know that Liam's here. He dropped by to give us a visit. And, he can't come to the studios unless you give the consent so if you're not too busy, is it okay if he comes to see you guys?"

"Ohh definitely. You don't have to ask Louis, just tell us that's all. We're never too busy to meet our friend. I'll let Derek know that we're expecting a guest and he'll let him in."

"Okay great. He'll be there in a few, then." Louis said.

'Huh? uh yeah.... okay.... yes, yes. okay wait, dude' Louis heard Niall whispering to someone on the other side before speaking into the phone once again. "Hello? Louis?"

"Yes?"

"You are also coming , right? You should come as well. We were about to take a break anyway, so you should tag along with Liam and we all can just hangout here for a while. Moreover, Harry here really wants t-umph mmmmm" 'Shut up asshole.'

'mmm mmm '

Louis couldn't help but giggle as he imagined Niall and Harry squabbling on the other side of the call. "I'll be there, Ni. I have to talk to you guys about something as well."

'mmm-move Haz'. " Yeah, great. See ya both. "

"Yeah. Be there in a few."

'Is he comin-'. The line went dead after that.

After the call disconnected, Louis turned towards Liam and said, "They're about to take a break in a while so we won't be disturbing the writing session. Let's grab some food for them and then we'll go."

Liam nodded and followed Louis as the boy walked out of the cabin and the building. They went to the Subway across the road and ordered chicken wraps for themselves and for everyone in the studio.

They walked back into the building and Louis took Liam towards the the studio block at the back. The guards let them in the block knowing that the singers were expecting them.

They reached the room where Harry and Niall were and Louis typed in the passcode for opening the door. "Hey everyone." He said with a bright smile as he opened the door.

"Hey Tommo, " Niall spoke up as he got up from his seat. "Hey Pyano!" He greeted as he fist bumped with Liam.

"Hi Liam." Harry spoke from where he was seated on a chair with a guitar. "Hey buddy." Liam said with a smile. "So, making some awesome music?"

Before Harry could say anything, Niall did, "yeah. Anyways, before anything else, please please please tell me that those paper bags have food in them cause I'm about to die from starvation here." He said while pointing at the bags that Liam and Louis were carrying.

Liam laughed and said, "You got it right mate."

"Ah Thank God."

"We figured that you guys might want to eat something after working continuously for four hours straight."

"You're a life saver, Louis." Josh said, while getting up from behind his drums.

"Here.," Louis said and handed one of the chicken wraps to Niall. He turned to give the rest of the boys their wraps when he accidentally bumped into someone who had apparently walked upto him. Louis stumbled backwards and managed to not drop the food from his hands. He looked up to see who it was that he crashed into only to find a set of jade coloured eyes looking at him intently.

And once again, blue met green exactly like they had almost eight years ago and both of them couldn't look away. For Harry, Louis still looked extremely drop-dead gorgeous. The blue orbs were looking at him from under those long eyelashes and his heart couldn't help but skip a few beats.

Louis felt a huge wave of heat wash over his face as he stared at Harry. The intensity in those eyes had him melt into a pool of blush. Not to mention how close they were standing and Harry was looking just so handsome that Louis couldn't bring his thumping heart to calm down. "uhhh.." He looked down blocking Harry's view of his beautiful rosy cheeks.

Louis was about to apologise for bumping into Harry before he heard a familiar deep voice say, "Oops?"

Louis looked up almost immediately as he heard that and saw Harry still staring in his direction. But this time with a hopeful expression. An expression that clearly showed that he was expecting an answer to his 'oops'. Those slightly raised eyebrows, wide eyes and that faint smile wordlessly delineated that Harry was hoping for him to say what he had always said in response to that every time, ever since they met. Hoping that Louis hadn't forgotten this thing. Their thing. No matter how childish or ridiculous it sounded, these two words meant a lot to both the boys. Even though those words were small, informal and usually wouldn't even be counted as words by many people, for them they were deeply meaningful and important. Important enough to be inked on their skin.

And how could Louis ever forget it. It was not only engraved on his body but was a part of his reflexes too. He was the 'hi' to Harry's 'oops' and now with the way Harry w as somewhat waiting for it, it seemed like he still is.

<<FLASHBACK:

"So..... I wrote a new song." Louis said as he folded Harry's shirt. Anne had brought in Harry's washed clothes from the laundry in his bedroom and Harry was too lazy to fold them and keep them back in the cupboard. When Louis had entered his room and had seen the clothes all scattered on his bed, he had taken it upon himself to fold them neatly and arrange Harry's messy closet.

"Great." Harry said from where he was sprawled out on his bed and looking at his phone.

"Liam and Zayn's third anniversary is coming up soon. The song is perfect for them, I think."

"Wonderful." Harry said, still not looking up from his phone.

Louis turned towards the closet and placed Harry's folded jeans in the lower shelf before saying, "So, will you sing the song in the surprise party that we are throwing for them?"

"Awesome." Louis heard Harry say. He frowned at Harry's reply and turned around only to find to Harry typing something on his phone. Louis narrowed his eyes at the boy for not paying attention to what he was saying and just replying mindlessly. "I hate you."

"Amazing." Harry replied and continued scrolling on his phone screen, without realising what Louis had just said. He was going through his Instagram when one particular post of one of his football mates had caught his attention. He was engrossed in commenting and liking the post and replying to the comments on his comment so much that he paid no heed to what Louis had to say. Not until he felt an object flying straight towards him and hitting him right in the face.

"Ah!", He exclaimed in shock and hurriedly removed the item to see what had suddenly landed on him. It was his pair of black jeans. He furrowed his eyebrows and looked up to see who threw it only to find Louis shooting him a murderous glare. The look was enough for him to know that he was in trouble.

"Were you even listening to me?" Louis asked in a serious and monotonous tone.

"Yes babe, of couse."

"Oh really?" Louis crossed his arms in front of his chest and continued," What was the last thing I said?"

Now, Harry knew he was caught but he still tried to come up with something that he thought Louis could have possibly said, "Ummmmm....that my closet's a mess?" He guessed looking at the open cupboard behind Louis and his clothes in his boyfriend's hands.

"Frogggyyy", Louis whined.

"Sorry baby. I'm so sorry. I was just looking at something. I am done with it so now you have my undivided attention. Tell me, what were you saying?" He asked as he locked his phone and slid on his bed to sit at the edge, closer to where Louis was standing. He pulled the shorter boy towards himself making him fall in his lap.

This instantly seemed to make the blue eyed boy lose his temper. Louis just couldn't stay mad at this mean, silly, curly frog-faced boyfriend of his for even a split second no matter how hard he tried. All thanks to his dangerously charming looks, deep emerald eyes, his irresistible smile, those alluring dimples and basically everything about him. Also, being seated in Harry's lap and being wrapped in those long arms also made Louis' resolve to be mad at Harry shatter in just a snap of time.

The blue eyed boy shook his head vehemently, frustrated for being so gone for Harry that he just couldn't sass back at the boy when in all other cases, sass was supposed to be his ultimate weapon. He could very easily shut even the buff students of the class with his amazing talent of sassing but when it came to Harry, he just involuntary turned into a soft kitten who needed attention and compassion from the one to whom he had given himself to keep. His master.

And maybe it were these thoughts or Harry's fingers softly moving in circles on his waist that Louis couldn't control the tincture of pink rising on his cheeks.

"Ohh come on, baby. I'm sorry please. Won't you talk to me at all now?" Harry said, when he didn't get a reply from the smol boy in his arms, He assumed that Louis was giving him the silent treatment only to punish him for not listening.

"I was just saying that I wrote a new song which I think if you sang at Zayn and Liam's anniversary party would be really great. A song exclusively for them would make them really happy and it could be like our special gift to them."

"That's a great idea, Lou. I'm absolutely up for it." Harry said with an excited smile.

"Hmm." Louis replied with a small smile at being praised for his idea and took the jeans from Harry's hand before folding it again. Just as he was going to ask him about when they could practice the song, Harry's phone dinged. The green eyed boy gave an apologetic smile and turned to grab his phone from the other side of the bed.

But before he could reach it, a small hand caught hold of his phone. Louis had jumped on the bed and had taken Harry's phone before him. He wasn't normally the attention seeking kind of guy but when it came to Harry, the blue eyed boy envied everything that took his boyfriend's attention from him.

"What is it in your phone that you're too involved to even hear what I've got to say?" Louis asked and sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard with the phone securely in his hand. He typed in Harry's password which was Louis' birthday, of course.

'How millennial of us,' Louis giggled at his thoughts.

But his smile wiped off from his face as soon as Harry's phone opened and Harry's Instagram came in front of his eyes. "You were looking at Jessica's photo? Seriously?" He asked with an upset look. Harry was looking at a beautiful girl's photo on Instagram and it definitely didn't sit well with Louis.

Harry furrowed his eyebrows at that and asked, "Who?"

"Don't play with me Harry. You were looking at Jessica's pic on Instagram. Why? Got a crush on her or what? She's not even that beautiful, okay. And lemme tell you, she already has a boyfriend. Charlie, your teammate is her boyfriend. So too bad, you're stuck with me and -"

"Hold it right there, babe." Harry interrupted Louis' nervous rant. "I don't like this Jessica. In fact, I just now came to know her name from you itself. Why would I even look at someone when I have a gorgeous boyfriend, huh?"

Louis stopped himself from smiling at Harry's compliments and said, "Yeah right. Then, why were you looking at her pic?"

"I was just- waittttt a minute..." Harry smirked and crawled towards Louis on the bed. He bopped the boy's tiny nose and said with a smug smile, "Is my shorty jealous?"

"What? Pfft nooooo. I'm not jealous. Why would I get jealous. It's not like you like her.....do you?" Louis asked warily, too afraid that the answer might be assertive.

Harry chuckled at his boy's adorable jealous look and said, "Nope not at all." He shook his head with fond and laid down the bed. He put his head in Louis' lap and moved the boy's hands into his hair to massage his scalp. He loved it whenever Louis moved his fingers delicately in his curls. "If you haven't noticed, it was Charlie who has posted this picture of his girlfriend. I was going through all the post when I noticed it and I wasn't looking at Jessica's face. I was looking at her right wrist."

"What?"

"Yup, Do you see the tattoo on her right arm?"

"uh huh." Louis hummed when he looked at the picture once again.

"I had seen the same tattoo on Charlie's wrist so I asked if they had matching tattoos and Charlie said yes. He also said that we should get one too and that caught my attention." Hartry said with his eyes closed as he relished the feeling of his boyfriend's soft fingers in his hair.

"Ohh" Louis said while softly massaging Harry's scalp. He released a small sigh of relief after knowing that Harry had no interest in Jessica.

"So?", Louis heard Harry speak from his lap.

"So what?"

"Will you get a matching tattoo with me?"

Now the thing is, Louis wasn't the one to like inking his body so he couldn't just say yes. He had never really liked the idea of engraving something on himself. He always thought how weird it would look when he's grow old. He wasn't sure if he wanted to do this but he at the same time, the look in Harry's face told him that the curly haired boy really wanted them to have to have matching tattoos.

Just as Charlie had mentioned it, Harry had taken an immediate liking on the idea of getting tattoos with Louis. To him, it symbolised a lifelong bond of love and compassion. He was certain that his love for the blue eyed boy was eternal and that nothing or no one would ever be able to separate them. Even at such an initial step of their relationship, Harry had known that Louis was the one for him. The one he was gonna marry, the one with whom he was gonna have a family, the one with whom he was gonna grow old and the one with whom he would willingly spend his happiness and sorrow for the rest of his life. Louis had not only given him that proud smile when he had achieved something but had also stood by him when he was at his weakest. And Harry was also sure of the fact that he himself will always be ready to give up everything he owns in a heartbeat if Louis asked him to. In the last months, the small boy had become the source of his happiness and Harry wasn't afraid of telling this to the entire world. He wanted to flaunt to everybody that he was taken by the most gorgeous and angelic boy and what better way to do that other than getting matching tattoos?

But as much as he loved the idea, he was ready to drop it if Louis would not agree. He didn't know what Louis felt about getting tattoos but if the thoughtful look on his face was anything to go by, Harry could say that Louis wasn't really sure about it. "Baby, no pressure. It's okay if you don't want to."

"No no, I want it. Let's do it." Louis said with a smile. He was still a bit nervous about a pointy thingy carving something on him but he had always been a sucker of doing coupley things with his boyfriend. The idea of matching tattoos was undoubtedly scary for him but knowing that Harry was willing to take this step in their relationship only reassured him that what they had was never going to cease and that the boy was very serious about them. The fact that Harry was so confident about them being together for years made his heart swell with love and happiness.

Harry quickly sat up with excitement as soon as Louis agreed. "Really? Are you sure? We don't have to do it if you're uncomfortable with this, baby. I know it's a huge thing but I'm sure that I want this with you. You should feel the same before you say yes so don't just agree to do it because of me, sunshine."

"Hey," Louis said softly and rested his palms on the green eyed boy's cheeks. He oh so gently rubbed his thumb along the side of Harry's lips and said, "I want this. I really do. I am just really glad that you decided to do this with me."

Harry put his hands over Louis' on his cheeks and whispered, "There's no one else I would ever want to do this with." The sincerity, the candour and the compassion in those words made the blue eyed boy pull Harry in a sweet kiss.

Their lips touched and both of then relished the feeling of having the other so attached, so close to them. It wasn't heated. There was no tongue. Just pure compassion. They both wanted nothing more than cherishing each other for as long as they live and in the life beyond that. With their eyes closed, they just felt each other, each other's breath, each other's beating heart and each other's love radiating out of them.

When they parted away, there was a content smile on Harry's face, like everything he needed was right there in front of him. While Louis on the other hand, was simply glowing. The light redness on his cheeks and the tears of glee made him glimmer under the room's light.

They were each other's world. And that small world comprising only both of them was their safe haven. Their happy place. Their home.

Harry went back to laying down and resting his head on Louis' lap while Louis resumed massaging the boy's scalp. "What do you think we should get?" Harry asked while googling for matching tattoos on his phone.

(They are in their room though)

"Hmm I don't know. You suggest."

"How about a heart? Liken I have one half and you have another?"

"No. I don't think we should have a broken piece of heart as the tattoo."

"Then a full heart? I get it with your initial and you get with mine?"

"Yeah, that sound's good. But.... you know...isn't it like, very common? We should have something that exclusively defines us. Something that is special to just the two of us. Something unique, you know. A part of one of the most fond memory that we have?"

Harry opened his eyes and looked up at his boyfriend, "Wow. I love an angel. You thoughts are just as beautiful as you, baby."

"Ohhhh stopp!"

"Really though. But yeah, my fondest memory with you is, " He thought for a almost a minute before saying, "ughh I can't decide on one. Every moment with you is like the best moment for me."

"Uff Harry, stop making me blush." Louis said with a giggle.

"Why should I? It's an absolute treat to my eyes." Harry said as he winked at Louis.

The blue eyed boy hit his boyfriend lightly on his shoulders and tried to hide his flushed cheeks "Anyways, I think I also love every moment that I've spent with you but the most special for me would be when I met you. You looked so handsome and charming with those curls on your head and dimples on your cheeks. Until then, I had never thought I would find someone who could look that hot and cute at the same time " Louis said with a giggle.

"Nuh-uh. Let me tell you that I was the one mesmerised by your beauty, babe. When you bumped into me, I was like damn, this small cute little boy is so stunning. And your eyes, baby. They just had me captured. Still do." Harry said and stared at Louis with a smile. He couldn't ever get enough of admiring Harry.

And it was getting quite difficult for Louis to not turn completely red with blush. He lightly put a hand on Harry's cheeks and made him look away from him. But as soon as he lifted his hands, Harry turned to look at him once again, making Louis blush even more.

"So, how about we get a tattoo related to our first meeting?" Louis suggested.

"That's a great idea. What should we do? The first words we ever spoke to each other?" Harry said with a bright and enthusiastic smile. He quite liked the idea that he brought up.

"But won't it a bit weird, Hazza? I mean you said 'oops' and I said 'hi'. You want that to be tattooed on us? People will think we're crazy." Louis chuckled.

Harry sat up on the bed and said with excitement, " Baby, crazy is what describes us. We are Larry Stylinson. Remember what Niall says about us?"

"That we're two crazy boys who do crazy things because we're crazy in love." Louis quoted Niall's words with a grin.

" Exactly!!! And, who cares what people think. It'll be just our thing. Totally different from everybody else. And trust me it won't be weird at all. I actually think it's a great idea. I can get 'Hi' tattoed on me, which is the first words you spoke to me and-"

"And I'll get 'oops'?" Louis said with an amused expression. He had a bright smile on his face and his eyes were wide with exhilaration.

"Yes, I mean... if you want to."

Louis thought for a while thinking how oops would be a weird tattoo on him but then again, no matter it made sense to others or not, it was special for him. 'oops' and 'hi' were their thing. Just theirs.

That was enough for him to decide what he wanted. He smiled a toothy grin at his boyfriend and said, "Sounds like a plan."

"Yesss!! I love you so much, shorty." Harry said and leaped forward to hug his blue eyed boy. His elation was of no compare and the zest with which he threw himself on the small boy was so much that it made Louis stumble backwards and hit his head against the headboard. "Oww" Louis exclaimed.

Harry gasped as he realised that Louis got hurt. He instantly started rubbing the back of the boy's head and said with a nervous chuckle, "Oops?"

The blue eyed boy couldn't help but giggle loudly at that and said, "Hi."

And then they sealed this deal of getting matching tattoos with a sweet and loving kiss.

FLASHBACK OVER>>

And today after six years, Louis replied to Harry's 'oops' the same way like he always had, "H-Hi."

And just like all those years ago, Harry's lips immediately broke out in a fond smile as he heard the word from Louis. Something inside him was relieved to know that Louis hadn't forgotten this small but significant little thing.

Their continuous staring came to an end when they heard a rather loud and disruptive cough come from behind. Well what can we say, Niall loved embarrassing them by letting them know that they were caught red handed in the act of fonding over each other.

"uhhh I umm I got you a chicken wrap. Here." Louis said as he handed the taller boy a wrapped roll. "It has extra veggies."

And that was it, Harry was certain that his heart was going to burst out any moment. Louis was still so caring and observing like Harry had always known him to be. He had bothered to buy food for everyone and still made sure to order his exactly the way Harry liked. Harry had never specifically told him but Louis had noticed. Noticed how at the restaurant The Alcajar, Harry had asked the waiter to add in extra green veggies in his salad. Louis never ignored even the most trivial things about Harry and that only made the green eyed boy's heart all warm and soft. He just hoped that all this wasn't only a fake mask of superficial concern. Louis was exactly the same six years ago and then things had turned downhill. Harry hoped that all this wasn't a sweet trap of the boy to make him fall in deep only to hurt him all over again.

"Thanks, Louis."

"You're welcome... I'll just uhh.. I should give it to the others as well." Louis said.

"Yeah, yeah sure." Harry said and moved to the side to give Louis a way ahead towards the band members. He walked up to Liam and Niall and joined their conversation which he figured was about soccer. The boys were planning on arranging for some football someday.

"How about Sunday? Which is...day after tomorrow?We'll all be free. Zayn and Louis could come as well." Niall suggested.

Liam seemed to hesitate a bit before saying, "uhh how about tomorrow? We-umm Zayn's got a meeting with one of his clients on Sunday and I am- I am occupied too. A few works here and there, you know." He let out a nervous chuckle but thankfully none of the boys caught on.

"Sure, tomorrow sounds okay too." Niall asked. They continued talking about the current season of football but their voices slowly faded for Harry's ears.

As much as Harry loved football, he had something (or rather someone) more appealing to him in the room to focus on. It was as though his eyes had a brain of their own which commanded them to glance in only One Direction[yup I did it ;)]. Louis' direction.

His musical inspiration was right in front of him, that too in a music studio songs while thinking about the boy. He could just look at Louis and words for the song would come naturally to him. Throughout his career, Harry had kept Louis in his imaginations whenever he wrote or sang songs so now that his piece of imagination was right before his eyes, he tired to condense his feelings into a song.

The way the boy greeted and laughed and talked to the rest of the boys with that bright and toothy smile, made him look even more beautiful. That radiance on Louis' face was breathtakingly gorgeous and Harry couldn't help but be distracted. He felt just like ...like a crow being distracted by an eye striking shine. The shine that urges the crow to soar high in the sky.

I'm like a crow on a wire
You're the shining distraction that makes me fly
oh,home

Harry was quite simply mesmerized. Those most beautiful set of orbs glimmering with happiness had Harry lost in the depth of its blue. That happiness that he could see on the boy's face naturally brought him peace and before he could realise, Harry found himself releasing a deep sigh. Something inside him wanted to keep that smile on Louis' face forever and just sit and kinda like admire him all day. Harry couldn't comprehend why but seeing the grin dancing on Louis' face brought immense serenity to his heart.

I'm like a boat on the water
You're the rays on the waves that calm my mind
oh, every time

And while his heart felt all the overwhelming love pumping in it, his mind still held doubts. Something inside of him was still uncertain and afraid. Afraid that all this was once again, just a facade. That, Louis was still pulling him in like a honey-trap only to leave him heartbroken once again. That he wasn't constant. No matter how much he tried, Harry couldn't help but think about the nagging voice in his head which kept repeating that Louis wasn't going to be constant and that all this was just a mask to cover up the real heartbreaker that this blue eyed beauty really was.

But I know in my heart, you're not a constant star

Nonetheless, if a small part of him was still unsure of Louis' intentions, a larger part of him was ready to face all the consequences. Harry had surrendered to his heart completely so the strong emotions of affection were slowly outdistancing the skepticism in his mind. He didn't care anymore. He didn't bother to think about the possibilities of what could happen when he unleashed his feelings and let his heart run free. Loving Louis was the best feeling Harry had ever felt and he was willing to do it again and again even if it meant being hurt in the end. If Louis was going to use him, he was going to let himself be used. Because no matter what might have happened in the past, Harry knew that it was inevitable for him to fall for Louis' fool's gold all over again.

And, yeah, I let you use me from the day that we first met
But I'm not done yet
Falling for you, fool's gold
And I knew that you turned it on for everyone you've met
But I don't regret
Falling for you, fool's gold

And here it was. Another song created in his mind just by having Louis right in front of his eyes

Harry hadn't ever regretted loving Louis before and he knew he wasn't going to. Even for the last six years, he had definitely felt the pain and hurt of being deceived but never once had he wished to not have fallen in love with Louis. And this time too, he wanted to be a bit irrational. He didn't want to think anymore. He just wanted to feel once again. He wanted to feel the happiness of seeing Louis smile. He wanted to cherisha the little moments and minute things about the precious boy. He wanted to sit and just keep looking in those eyes for hours and getting lost in them. He just wanted to be in love with him once again.

And he was going to do it. He was going to give it a try. He was going to hold, love and value Louis like he used to do. He was going to shield the rose that was Louis from any damage even if it meant having himself be bruised by the thorns.

"He looks great when he smiles, doesn't he?" A voice said from next to him.

"Yeah. Just...just stunning." Harry said no even knowing who he was talking to.

"Hmmm."

Harry turned to his left to see Liam smirking at him and realised that he had just admitted to the boy that he was staring at Louis. "Ohh umm..I mean..I was just- you know" He stuttered nervously.

Liam chuckled at Harry's blushing face and shook his head with fond, remembering how the same thing had happened about seven years ago. Both boys were stood at the side of the football during half time when Liam had caught Harry staring at Louis exactly like he was doing right now. The boy had developed a serious crush on his best friend and it was too obvious to be hidden from Liam for long. It was hard for him to not notice all the subtle and not so subtle glances that Harry always gave Louis right in his presence and that day at the soccer field was no different. Liam had asked the same question when he had seen Harry looking at Louis seated among the spectators. He had asked the same question and Harry had dreamily answered the same way, never moving his gaze from Louis.

And seeing the same scene unfold in front of him at this moment, only reassured Liam that the last six years had failed to lessen Louis and Harry's love even the slightest bit and all he wanted now was to see them get back together. Happy and whole. Liam could never bring himself to even think about living without Zayn for as long as Louis had to without Harry. He knew it was a torture for the boy. He had seen that small boy fight the world all alone so the protective brother side of him now wanted Louis to have all his shares of happiness that he had to give up because of the circumstances and he wanted the same for Harry too. He knew that even if the boy had reached the greatest heights of success, he missed not having Louis by his side. He could see that emptiness in those green eyes. Liam couldn't even imagine how Harry must have felt while not having even the slightest information of how or where Louis was. He would have most certainly died if he was at Harry's place and was kept away from Zayn for this long.

Louis and Harry completed each other and there was absolutely no doubt in Liam's head that just as fate separated them, fate was again going to bring them together. Louis and Harry were meant to be Larry. Two bodies with one heart and soul.

"Hey Louis!!" Niall called making Liam and Harry both come out of their thoughts and turn towards him. Louis who was giving the last wrap to Dan, a guitarist in the band, walked towards the three boys when he heard Niall call his name. "Yeah?"

"We've decided to meet up tomorrow. All of us okay?"

"Sure. That'd be great." He said with a smile.

Niall leaned towards the boy and whispered, "Also, do you happen to have an extra chicken wrap?"

The rest of the boys couldn't help but laugh at this hungry friend of theirs. "Sure Ni. I got an extra one, just for you mate."

"Oh I always knew there was a reason why you were my favourite. Love you Tommo." Niall said as he gave Louis a hug.

"Yeah yeah, stop now." Harry said while pulling Niall away from Louis by his jacket. He definitely wasn't jealous of his best friend for hugging Louis. Nope. Not at all.

They stood there eating their wraps when Louis remembered something. "Ohh yes, before I forget. Congratulations guys, Harry's album has been nominated under four awards in the BRITS this year."

"Oh wow, that's so awesome guys. Big Big congrats." Liam said and hugged Niall and Harry. "I'm sure you're gonna will all of them like you have for the last years. I'm so proud of you both."

"Thanks mate." Harry and Niall said simultaneously with a sincere smile.

Harry turned towards Niall and said with a smile, "We did a good job, buddy."

"Yes, we did bro. Congratulations." Niall said with a bright smile and hugged Harry tightly. Sometimes, it really amazed Niall how far they had come with their music and he loved every part of it.

"You too, Ni."

"The award show is on next week's Saturday. I have received your invitation cards and I'll send them to your emails."

"Sure. Harry, you better go this time." Harry said.

"No, I don't-

"uhh actually, You should go, Harry." Louis said in a contained voice. " You have recently moved to London so everyone's expecting you to attend this. If you don't, the media might make up weird conclusions for your absence. Also, all of them want to know about your next project so umm A-as your manager, I think the red carpet of the BRITS could be a great place for talking about your new album and the few Gucci shows that are coming in the near future. Of course, attending or not attending is going to be your decision but as your management, we advice you to go. It'll be good for the publicity and stuff."

"Hmm Okay then. I'll go." Harry said not even two seconds later while smiling softly at Louis. Honestly, he would've agreed to go if Louis had just told him to, without giving any reason.

"umm there's one more thing." Louis said hesitantly.

"What is it?" Harry asked.

"Y-your plus one." Louis said. "Niall, I'm guessing you'll go with Elisa, right?"

"Yup. She's gonna be really excited." Niall said.

"and you..., Harry?"

"uhh I don't have anyone whom I could go with."

Louis sucked in a deep breath thinking about what he was gonna next. It was a really uncomfortable thing for him to say but he had no other choice. He wanted to avoid this but as Harry's manager. He had to do it. "um Do you..do you want us to arrange for someone as your..your d-date?"

Niall's eyes widened as he turned from Louis towards Harry. He had seen this happen quite a lot of times. Their previous management were adamant on having a date for Harry at every public event and often appointed aspiring models and singers as his 'dates'. Harry was never happy about it and Niall hoped that he didn't have to do it again. Moreover, Louis arranging a date for Harry would certainly be the most awkward thing Niall had ever witnessed.

"W-we, as a m-management think you should have a...a plus one. I-I mean you're a c-charming and handsome guy, so people sorta expect you to have a...umm...a partner. Your fans would discuss about it and it can be good for the pub-publicity. However, once again we won't force you and it'll be your choice but we can arrange it if...if you want." Personally for Louis, this was one of the shittiest views of the management and he never really liked it but as a part of this business he had to ask this. Moreover, while being in the BBC for almost four years now, he had seen many celebrities happily accepting this offer.

Harry was at loss of words. He couldn't believe that Louis just asked him that. "umm I uhh -"

Niall could see Harry struggling. So like the wonderful and amazing best friend he is, he came to Harry's rescue with the best idea ever.

"Simple. Louis can be Harry's date." He said with a casual shrug, making Liam choke on his food and Louis and Harry exclaim simultaneously,

"WHAT!!!"

"Yeah? Look Harry, I know for a fact that you absolutely resent going out in public event with some stranger only to be in the news. And Louis, I also know that maybe a date for Harry is a good catch for all the publicity and shit. So, why not you go with him? He won't be that uncomfortable since you know each other and people will also think they he just brought his manager along. No fuss, no big news and no awkwardness. Right? Man I'm a genius." Niall said with a smirk.

And as for Harry, he always knew there had to be a reason why he was still friends with this leprechaun and that reason was right here. Sometimes Niall did do likeable things for him and right after this suggestion from the boy, Harry wanted to hug the living life out of his best friend. He knew he could've never found the courage to ask Louis to be his date. He had not even considered it as one of the options so even if it was really sudden and out of nowhere, Harry wasn't opposed to that idea, at all. In fact, now that the thought had entered his mind, he so wanted Louis to accompany him to the event.

Liam seemed to love that idea too. "That's actually a great idea, Niall. Louis hardly goes out on weekends. He's worked with so many celebrities but he never went to those high class parties and events. You always say that you'll be lonely in that crowd of rich people, right Louis? Well, since Harry will be there, you won't be alone at all. You really need to stop lurking around your house on Saturdays like an old man and what better way to enjoy than going to an A class event and getting free drinks. Isn't it?"

"umm I'm not sure guys." Louis said turning towards Niall and Liam. He looked everywhere other than Harry because he would blush in the shade of a tomato if he looked into Harry's eyes at the moment. His stomach was suddenly in knots. He couldn't believe that he was given a chance to go out with Harry but what he couldn't believe even more was that he had turned down that offer as quickly as he had gotten it. But then again, he also thought that Harry would probably not like to go with him either. "I mean I uhh I would love to. Anyone in this world would die for a chance like this but...but I don't think I would look good enough to be superstar Harry Styles' date..uh I mean partner....no I mean, plus one. He or she should be classy, beautiful and attractive, not someone," He finally looked at Harry before finishing his sentence, "not someone regular like me. I am not a big fan of such events and media and stuff, anyway. It's fine."

And Harry wanted to protest almost instantly. Louis was all those things and so much more. He was radiant, friendly, confident and insanely gorgeous. Harry knew that even in the presence of successful and good looking stars and celebrities, Louis was capable of turning all heads towards himself right when he entered the room. He was that charming in Harry's eyes so when he said he wasn't worthy enough to go with him, Harry didn't like it. He didn't like Louis being insecure but at the same time he was unsure of what to say without letting his emotions overflow from his mouth. If he started right now he knew, he wouldn't stop speaking praises about Louis and would just embarrass himself in front of the boy. Harry was hoping really hard that the other boys would do the job of convincing Louis and he wouldn't have to say anything.

Niall on the other hand, was much more smarter than Harry was. He was sort of expecting an answer of that sort from Louis, and he knew exactly what to do next. He knew that if Harry himself asked Louis to be his date, the blue eyed boy would never disagree. So, he was set to get Harry to say it himself. He winked at Liam with a smirk before turning towards Louis, "Aww that's too bad. All four of us could've had so much fun at the after-party."

'Yes Ni. Persuade him, buddy.' Harry hoped with a smile, very confident on the fact that Niall would undoubtedly convince Louis.

Although Niall did the contrary, "But it's okay Louis. You don't have to if you don't want to."

'What? No no no no, Niall. You are supposed to convince him for me.' Harry panicked mentally.

Even Liam didn't seem to be helping. "Yeah, it's fine, Lou. I'm sure you can find another way to spend that Saturday night, like watching your favourite rom-com. You could call Myke too. He'll love to watch rom-coms with you."

'What? No. Michael sitting on Louis' couch and watching a romantic movie with him. And cuddling and eating popcorn from the same bowl and holding hands and smiling and maybe even kis- No fucking way. Not happening. You gotta do something, Harry.'

"I would love it if you come with me to the award show, Louis." Harry blurted out immediately, making Liam and Niall mentally high five each other. Their trick worked.

Meanwhile, Louis was left surprised, "W-what?"

"I mean y-yeah, as Niall said I really don't wanna do this whole, taking a mysterious girl with me as my plus one. They never turn out to be even polite, you know. And...and, I know I could just go without anyone b-but Niall will be all busy with Elisa, soooo I would totally be alone."

"Hey, Ed will be there. You won't be alone. Louis doesn't need to go for that." Niall said, trying to tease Harry. He knew that all he needed to do was insert the idea of Louis not going with Harry and possibly spending time with Michael in Harry's head to have the boy convince Louis himself.

"Niall," Harry said with gritted teeth. "Lemme do the talking, yeah?" He turned towards Louis and continued with a cheeky smile, " umm I know Ed will be there but it wouldn't be nice of me to have him stuck with me all night, you know s-"

"Well, I mean..he wouldn't mind." Niall mumbled. Damn, this was so much fun.

"Eat up your food, Niall." Harry said with a glare as he stuffed the boy's face with his chicken wrap. He took a breath before turning towards Louis once again with a smile. "So, as I was saying, I would feel really lonely without having to talk to anyone and it looks like you also have nothing planned for that night for yourself, as well. Plus, watching rom-coms is soooo boring, you know."

"umm" Louis tried hiding his smile by biting his lips. Who was Harry kidding, after all. If anyone knew how much of a sucker Harry was for romantic movies, it had to be none other than Louis.

Harry rolled his eyes after hearing what he said. He knew Louis would look straight through that lie. "Yeah okay. But, it would be wonderful if you'd be there when I win any of the awards, Louis." He said sincerely as he walked closer to the boy. Once again, history was repeating itself. Harry was slowly walking up to Louis exactly like he had when he had asked Louis to be his boyfriend in front of the entire school.

"I would like you to be there when I give my acceptance speech." He said as he continued walking closer to the Louis who was biting his lips in anticipation and fiddling with his fingers. Just like six years ago, the others in the room had vanished for the green eyed boy as he set his gaze only at the small boy with beautiful eyes and soft fringes.

"So Louis," Harry said as he stopped mere inches away from Louis. He looked straight in those eyes and asked with confidence. He had agreed to listen to his heart so that's what he was finally going to do. "Will you go to the award show with me.... as my date?"

Louis was quite simply frozen. Harry had just asked him to be his date right when he had given up all hopes of ever having the same relationship with the boy that he had six years ago. Seeing Harry giving him another chance with him was like another chance for him at life. He knew there was a lot to be said and a lot to be heard. He still had a whole box of secrets hidden deep within himself which he feared opening in front of Harry. But for right now, he didn't give a damn. He wanted to enjoy this magical moment with Harry while he still got them without worrying about what the future held for them.

He looked into Harry's eyes exactly like he had all those years ago, in search for the truth. To reassure himself that he wasn't dreaming and that Harry really genuinely wanted to take him with himself. Just like Harry was the only one capable of looking right into Louis' soul with those deep and intense green eyes, Louis was also the only one who could read Harry's thoughts through those orbs. And just like seven years ago, he found nothing but certainty and verity and that was all he needed to know before saying,

"Y-yes. I'd like that. A lot."

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So, how was it?
I'm sorry for any mistakes if you've found any. Personally I don't think this was my best work. I could've improved my words a little bit but I had already delayed so much in the update that I just finished as quickly as I could. The last part was probably really rushed and not well written but I'll fix it once I edit the book. I'm sorry if this wasn't upto to the mark.

And yes, the big thing that I had mentioning was going to happen, in the last chappie is Ziam wedding. I haven't included much of it in here but it will be a part of the storyline from here on cause you know 'Freinds always bring the loved ones together ;) '

Also, what are your thoughts about Louis going as Harry's date? Don't you think anything can happen late at night after the show's over, right? *Wink wonk*

But don't forget they're hanging out the next day as well. 😁

Please keep sending in your suggestions because I have placed two three requesed scenes in the further chapters and I'll be happy to include more scenes if you'd like. Also, keep sending in your views and opinions about the chappie. They mean a lot to me.

Thank you for reading. Please do vote and comment.️️❤️

Updated: 14/06/2019

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