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'Fucking hell' Harry whispered under his deep breaths.

He was practically panting in the middle of the field. Others had probably assumed that the reason behind his sweat was him running behind the football. Well...It could be about twenty percent of the reason. But, Harry would be lying if he said that his breathlessness was not on account of how fucking luscious Louis was looking, running around the field, clad in a red t-shirt and black track-pants. It wasn't body-tight but the way it was sticking to the small boy's skin with all the sweat, it just brought out all of Louis' amazing curves and stunning behind.

The way he would run after the ball and pout when the ball missed the goal when he kicked, was steadily pushing Harry into perplexity. He didn't know what he wanted more. Engulfing that small and petite frame of the boy and showering him with soft and lovely kisses or voraciously grabbing him at his hip and marking him all over his body like an alpha wolf in rut, set solely at claiming his omega. 

Harry just didn't know what to do with himself at the moment. 

"Stop drooling, will you?" Niall whispered to him as he ran past him, consequently shaking Harry out of his rather sinful thoughts.

Harry groaned at that. He wasn't even surprised that he was apparently being very obvious. He sucked in a deep breath and started running before muttering his helplessness to himself, "I fucking can't."

He ran towards Louis as he saw the boy approaching the goalpost with the ball in order to block the goal. Louis and him were on opposite teams, so he had to focus himself back into the game before Niall would take this as an excuse to blame him when they lose.....if they lose.

Louis was sprinting towards the goal in full speed with the adrenaline rush in his body. It had literally been ages since he had played soccer again and getting into the field had brought him a huge amount to energy and a strong desire to win. Well, what can you say, Louis was a tad bit competitive when it came to soccer. He loved it and wanted to be the best in it.

A smirk was playing on his face as he dodged Niall and Josh and managed to escape past them with the ball. This goal was definitely going to be his. 

He felt another person in his way and looked up to see Harry in front of him with his arms wide open, waiting to block his way. Louis was very close to the post. If he could somehow sidestep Harry, he could easily goal with just one kick. 

But it wasn't as easy as he had thought, because Harry was extraordinary in soccer. He was the team captain in school after all. His movements were very steady and brisk. Louis swerved to his right to get past the tall boy but Harry was quick and moved towards that side too. The taller boy was right in front of him now and was trying his best to stop Louis and make him lose the ball. He was trying to kick the ball away from Louis while the blue eyed boy kept dribbling it to keep it away from Harry's leg. Louis' right hand was pushing at Harry's chest to move the boy away. And in between their one to one footie face off, both boys didn't see how close to each other they were. Harry could hear Louis taking long breaths and could see a drop of sweat sliding down the boy's jaws. 

Fuck, a thing as gross as a sweat-drop was not supposed to look this sexy, Harry thought. It was getting more and more difficult for Harry to keep his rather wild thoughts in check. It was as though no time was lost. Louis was still as competitive as he used to be and it was still as tantalizing to Harry as it used to be, when he was young and feeling so many not-so-friendly emotions for his then best friend.

Harry knew that he knew that he needed to get himself together but it just seemed impossible. He tried his best to make his heart understand they had agreed to be friends only yesterday and he shouldn't be thinking all this about Louis, his friend right from now. While making his decision of giving Louis a chance, Harry had known all along that his feelings were bound to come out at one point and that the two of them would always be way more than friends, even if they labeled their relation as friendship. But with this thought, Harry had had also convinced himself to not to be too hopeful right from the beginning and take things as slow and carefully as possible in order to protect himself from being hurt again. But his heart was once again being a rebel and couldn't stop being gravitated towards the beautiful boy with blue eyes. One moment of closeness with him was enough to make Harry break his resolve.

Harry and Louis were at the same place for about a minute now.  Both of them didn't want to lose the ball to the other. Louis' eyes were focused on the ball with his eyebrows furrowed in concentration. A little annoyed by his failed attempt to move ahead, he looked up at Harry only to see the boy looking back at him with a cryptic smirk.

And before Louis could even contemplate anything out of it, he felt a pair of lips quickly touch his cheeks, making his eyes go wide and body still. 

Harry just kissed his cheeks. What!!!

And by the time he blinked back to reality, Harry was running across the field with the ball. He looked back at Louis with a smirk while still racing towards the other goalpost and winked at the boy. He swiftly escaped Eliza and kicked the ball towards the goal. Sandy who was the goalkeeper for Louis' team, missed it, making Harry score a striking goal and consequently screaming a winning 'YESSS!' and fist-bumping in the air for his feat.

And while Harry was jumping in victory, Louis was still iced to his spot as an aftermath of the totally unforeseen kiss.

And it was then that Louis realised how Harry had just cheated in the game. He had kissed his cheeks only to distract him.

That was so not fair. Louis should be absolutely furious.

Except only, he was blushing furiously.

Niall, Liam, Josh and Jon who were in Harry's team came rushing towards the boy and cheered loudly while Zayn, Dan, Eliza and Sandy who were in Louis' team gathered around Louis and looked at Harry and his team with a fake scowl. It was just a game for fun but still who would like to lose, right?

In middle of cheering for the goal, Harry looked towards Louis again and smiled that smug smile once again. And that was it for Louis. He huffed and walked towards the boy with eyes narrowed.

"This isn't fair. This goal won't be counted. You've cheated." He said with arms crossed across his chest and eyebrows raised.

"Oh Tommo, come on. Harry doesn't need to cheat at all. You've lost, babe. Just accept it." Niall said with a laugh. He thought that Louis just couldn't accept that he had lost the ball to Harry. He hadn't seen Harry's little act so he was totally unaware that Louis was in fact saying the truth.

"Uh, excuse me? So, you're trying to say that Louis' lying?" Elisa said with a challenging look towards Niall which clearly delineated 'Fight me. I dare you.'

"No, babe...I-uh" Niall knew better than giving an answer contrary to his girlfriend's ideas. However, Liam came to his rescue and said, "No Elisa, Niall just means to say that Harry is an amazing player and-"

"And Louis isn't?" Zayn cut him off and stood in front of Louis ."Just because Harry was our team captain back in school doesn't mean Louis was any less and you know it, Li. If you have forgotten, Louis was the only who had outplayed Harry in that intra-school soccer match. He doesn't need to lie as well. If he says Harry cheated then Harry definitely cheated." Zayn said with the same look as Elisa.

And all time while their friends were arguing,  Harry and Louis had their eyes stuck on each other. Both of them seemed to be communicating with their orbs. Louis eyes were looking at him sharply saying 'You won't get to get away with this easily mister.' while Harry still had that playful and mocking smirk sitting in his lips which said 'Yes I did it and I'm proud of it.'

"Yes, babe. But-" Before Liam could say anything, he was interrupted once again. This time, by Harry.

"Hey, hey let's not make a fuss guys. We should at least hear Louis out right? " Harry said while slightly pulling Niall and Liam back and standing in front of them. He turned towards Louis and and smiled innocently, "So, tell everyone, Louis. Where did I cheat exactly? What did I do?"

Almost instantly Louis' challenging stance crumbled and a huge wave of blush hit him. Heat started to quite evidently rush to his cheeks. He couldn't actually say that Harry kissed him out loud for everyone to hear. It was just very embarrassing to admit.

Harry knew Louis was a shy one and he was going to take full advantage of it. Also, the light pink adorning Louis' cheeks were a sight for his eyes. He didn't know what had come over him when he had seen Louis standing so close to him while fighting for the soccer. It was as though his mind had just commanded him to lean in and kiss those soft cheeks. It was like being eighteen again. Harry remembered how six years back, it was all too normal for him to distract Louis from anything he was doing with such unanticipated kisses and pecks. He could never forget how much Louis used to whine about losing a video game to Zayn only because Harry had suddenly hugged him and kissed his neck from behind. Even when they were still in their friendship phase, it wasn't very difficult for Harry to steal Louis' attention from everyone else. And in that situation, his mind had just subconsciously asked him to see if he could still do that. If Louis would react the same way as he used to, to Harry's random kisses. The green boy knew that Louis would definitely blush considering it was a first kiss after almost seven long years. But to see him complain and blame Harry for being an distraction made Harry's heart soar with fond. He felt content to see that he still had that effect on the boy.

Moreover, kissing the blue-eyed boy after such a long time had Harry's heart overwhelmed. He was glad that his heart convinced him to do it and he realised that he wouldn't mind making that one of his habits once again.

"Come on Louis, say it." Zayn said.

"He uhh...He-", Louis looked down before his cheeks could turn the darkest shade of pink. He was flushed but he also wanted to wipe off the smirk off Harry's face. There was no way he could let Harry get away with this. So, he kept the fact that Harry had actually kissed him for the first time in six years for later to squeal and blush about and concentrated on proving that Harry did cheat. "He intentionally distracted me from the game."

"Huh? That's so lame, Tommo. I mean, it's on you if you're distracted." Niall said with a roll of his eyes. 

"Yeah Lou." Liam laughed at the boy's childishness. "If you got distracted, that doesn't mean that Harry cheated."

"Umm.."

"Guys" Harry said, eyes still fixed on that beautiful face which looked even more ethereal as every moment passed by. "Louis' right. I did cheat."

Louis' head snapped up in a jerk as he looked at Harry in surprise.

"But Harry,-"
"Niall," Harry looked at at his friend with a small smile, "Really, I distracted him from the game. It was unfair. I wouldn't have gotten the ball from him if I hadn't tricked him. So, he's right I did cheat. I'm in fact-" He turned towards Louis once again before lifting his hands in surrender and said with a smile, "Guilty."

Louis' vision was transfixed, trying to figure out what was going on in Harry's brain. One moment, he was being a mischievous brat and seemed so keen on embarrassing him and making him blush in front of everyone else and the very next moment his smirk was replaced with a soft smile and he was readily accepting his deed.

"Oh, Really?" Niall said with narrowed eyes. He thought that Harry was just eagerly ready to accept whatever Louis said. It was Louis after all, Harry was totally gone for him and Niall knew that. He assumed that Harry was accepting this only to impress his boy. But, Niall was firm. His team had won and he wouldn't let his win go away that simply. "Okay then. Care to tell me what exactly did you do?"

Harry chuckled and turned towards Niall, "Forget it now, Nialler. Why make a useless discussion out of this? In fact, now that I've actually stopped playing, I can really hear my stomach rumbling. I don't know about you, but I'm freakin hungry man. Moreover, the smell coming from the food baskets have distracted me all through the game. So, let's take a break and eat something, shall we?"

And Niall being Niall, forgot whatever they were discussing about right away, just at the mention of food. His concentration directly shifted towards the tacos and the chicken spring rolls that he had seen Elisa pack in their picnic basket, this morning. Also, he had managed to sneak a peek into Louis' basket and he couldn't wait to get his hands on one of those sandwiches.

Okay, he was famished now.

And 'What were we discussing anyway?' Niall wondered. 'Never mind, probably wasn't even important.'

 'As a matter of fact, nothing could be more important that food,' was Niall's firm belief. 

"Yeah, drop it. Let's eat." With that, he strode towards the stands where his precious food was waiting to be devoured by him. 

"All right, everyone. We should go too if we want to grab some food for ourselves from Niall's hold." Zayn said as he also made a move towards the stands; being followed by everyone.

Well, everyone except Louis and Harry, whose eyes were still looking into one another's insides. Louis was trying his hardest to read the boy in front of him. There was a time when he was able to decipher all of Harry's thoughts with just one look at his face. But right now, the boy standing in front of him was a new Harry. One that had gone through lots of trouble, all because of Louis. So, Louis admittedly was having difficulty in understanding why Harry did what he did just a few minutes ago.

On the other hand, Harry was staring straight in those charismatic blue orbs because, well...he could. After a long time, he had given his heart the freedom to feel these emotions for Louis, once again; had granted his eyes the consent to look at the beauty the boy held, without any restrictions and had finally allowed himself to bask in Louis' warm presence.

So now that he could, he was going to let himself admire the smol boy for as long as his heart desired.

He slowly walked closer to Louis and said in a low but solemn voice, "Fun and teasing are at their own places, but I was never going to make you say it in front of everyone. It might have been done in a playful spirit to get you distracted, but it was still the first time I had done that after a long while and I would've kept it between us only. It did mean a lot to me, Louis" He took in a deep breath before daring to move a bit more closer to the small boy and saying in a tone not louder then a whisper, "Also, I need you to know that I'm not sorry. For shocking you, I might be but for kissing you, I am not. I don't regret doing it even a single bit. I know it was sudden and unexpected, but you should know this Louis.....I couldn't stop myself. I...uh...I just couldn't. It's all I've remembered doing with you, as far as my memory goes."

And with that being said, Harry took a deep breath before leaning forward to drop another gentle kiss on Louis' left cheeks. He might never admit it out loud, but he did intentionally rest his lips on the smooth skin of Louis' cheeks for a little bit longer than deemed essential for a quick peck. Louis was a strange addiction for him. He might not have had him to himself for six years but all it took, was a little touch of his lips and that skin, before he felt like he couldn't live without kissing Louis again and again. Now that he had started, he wasn't going to stop. The green eyed boy slowly moved towards Louis' ears all the while tracing the smaller boy's cheekbones with his warm breaths and said, "And honest to my heart, I don't mind making this a regular habit of mine all over again,...babe."

With that, Harry pulled himself back with a determined smile and glowing green eyes. He winked playfully one last time before running past him to join everyone else at the stands; leaving behind a stunned and frozen Louis to deal with the outburst of emotions within him.

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So, how was it? 
I hope you liked it. I am sorry for the mistakes if you found any.
It was short cause I didn't feel like I should prolong this part. I feel like it's high time I move towards the part where all secrets come out.

However, it is still going to take a few more chapters before that happens but I'm trying to make it as interesting as possible. :)

Again, If you guys have forgotten the previous story then I would really appreciate it if you read the previous chapters again.

What do you think will happen next? Harry is being a bit bold and taking these large steps towards Louis. Probably, he is seeing a bigger future of his relationship with Louis right from this point itself. Do you think this will all change when he finds out the entire truth or will he not let anything whatsoever that happened in the past come between them again?

Also, if you have any scenario that you wish to be added in here, please comment and share. I would love to hear the suggestions. :)

Once again, be safe and take all precautions guys. I hope and pray that all of you and your families are safe. We're all in this together and the world will surely get through this. :)

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Updated: 02/05/2020

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