i'm SO sorry for the long wait. life happens. here ya go!

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it's all over the press.

no one knows the real story, of course, but the fact that both harry styles and his boyfriend have bands on their ring fingers is known to the whole world within three days.

jay is the first person they meet up with to tell, considering she also lives the closest between the two. to say she's shocked isn't even the truth.

"so last night-"

"technically this morning," louis shoots him a look, and sighs.

"okay, this morning, harry and i kind of did something unexpected and potentially stupid if it doesn't go well," he brings his hand from his lap and places it in front of her on the table.

she looks at it, and after a second gasps, "are you serious?!" harry nods. "oh god! oh, honey i'm so happy for you!" tight hugs are given out, and after sitting back down she takes a look at harry's band as well. "they're both so beautiful," she coos. "oh boys, this wedding is going to be amazing. i can't wait to meet up with anne- we were surprised you didn't get married when you were back on the xfactor!" she jokes.

louis purses his lips, "uhm... so we may have to some degree already gotten married... not just engaged," he hopes she won't kill him for not having a proper ceremony, but it's debatable.

he lives after all. with a promise to have a wedding anyway.

-

louis knows who james corden is. his mum once worked on some kid thing for his show a lifetime ago, and they'd chatted a few times back when he was on the xfactor as well. but the thing is that harry's extremely close friends with him. close enough that he's the only one he trusts with handling him and louis first coming out about their marriage.

the problem? louis hasn't been on any type of show for five years. not to mention an interview. but he does it anyway for harry's sake.

"you know i love you," harry kisses his temple. "you'll be fine. there's an audience but it's not live. and james already knows what buttons to press or not. he's got us set."

louis sighs, "you better be right," before he's even done speaking they're being called on.

the lights are blinding for a second, and the crowd is overwhelming for this kind of thing, but he takes a few deep breaths and follows harry's lead.

they all greet each other, and just from that louis even feels both welcomed and overwhelmed already. james shakes his head as they sit. "harry edward styles," he raises his eyebrows. "is that it? or is it something else?"

"oh shut up," he laughs.

louis bites the inside of his cheek as james talks, "as we know, harry styles here has been keeping secrets. not a big surprise that he's gay- we all knew that," louis snorts. "it's been rumored, boys, that you are engaged... thoughts?"

harry squeezes his hand, and louis speaks up, "yeah yeah, uh, actually," he holds up their intertwined hands. "we got married at 5am," harry giggles. "it's quite a sudden thing really," he's interrupted by plenty of james' what's and i cannot believe this. louis laughs with his hand over his mouth, "we'd kind of been unofficially together back on the xfactor, but after i got booted we just... we didn't talk-"

"which was quite easily the stupidest thing i'd ever done," and god does that make louis' face go red. harry grins, obviously noticing, "so i was on BBC's morning talk a few months back and we played call or delete."

"and you called louis back up," james nods. "okay, but how did this come to be within just a few months. shotgun?"

harry barks out a laugh and covers his mouth, "of course! harry's pregnant!" louis exclaims, but none of them can keep in their laughter.

when they get it back down and have finished up with the story, harry's fans in the crowd are freaking out to themselves. and he's sure the whole fan base around the world will be in shock as well.

"have we changed names at all?"

louis can't help but smirk with some pride as harry talks, "yeah, uh we're both tomlinson-styles now. not gonna lie it's a bit exciting getting to sign things with his name," louis subtly nudges his thigh.

james signs off to commercial after a minute, which louis only realizes after a while that there's no actual commercial since it's all pre-recorded. harry just presses his hand against his hip and nods in the direction of their dressing room. "you're so good out there!"

louis gapes at the room, "jesus, is this all necessary?" he skims his fingers over the table full of snacks and drinks, "what in the world do we need champagne for?" he laughs.

harry grins, "what don't we need champagne for," he closes the door behind him with a cheeky wink and pulls his phone from his pocket. "smile for my instagram."

"you? social media?" louis smirks. "based on your social media you'd think you died, babe," harry gapes at that, and snaps a picture of louis just smirking at him.

of course, louis gets the notification on his own phone, shaking his head at the post.

Happy.

"what a tosser," he teases.

"you know what, if i weren't wearing this nice suit you'd be dead by now," he points a finger, and despite pretending to be affected by it, he grabs louis' hand to guide him back out anyway.

louis gets to watch harry perform a song with james out of fun, and then it's back to questions.

"when do you boys plan on letting out the next album?"

harry smirks, "james you know i'm not giving that away," he tsks at him. "it's too much fun watching the fans all freak out as we let singles and stuff out without telling them," his thumb absentmindedly rubs louis' hand. "but yeah, can't give that one away without my boys with me."

"alright alright, well next time i see you two louis' singing a solo-"

"oh, no no no, absolutely unnecessary," louis laughs. "my glory days were glory days for a reason."

"rubbish!" harry calls. "sings in the shower all the time- james you and i are getting him in a recording studio," louis rolls his eyes playfully, but god knows those two would actually do it whether they trick him into going or not.

they finish up, and despite louis waving to the fans and wanting to go meet some, they grab their belongings from the dressing room and take the most hidden exit out to the car.

"how was it, you okay?" harry looks over at him while he drives. one of his guys' cars is in front of them leading the way.

louis nods, "yeah i think it was fine. was a little nervous at first but i'm not worried about it."

"good," he says, then reaches over to grab his hand. "good, good," he kisses it. "i was so scared you'd hate it and be annoyed i made you do it."

"i-" he laughs. "harr, you did not make me do it, i was happy to do it. kinda comes with the job," he taps harry's band. "plus after you staying with me when i was a wreck it was nothing."

"hey," he furrows his eyebrows. "that was different. you were grieving and hurt, i wouldn't of left while you were hurting. this was just a stupid thing that my management needed me to do," he doesn't think louis notices the slight squeeze he gives his hand, but he does.

"in case it would interest you in any way, we are newly weds. newly weds do normally go on a honeymoon after they get married."

louis opens his mouth, but closes it with a little smile. "couldn't hurt."

harry grins, and gives their hands an excited shake.