"Go out with me" Louis mumbled into yet another kiss, still on the floor with Harry on his lap right in front of his bed.

"Where to?" Harry chased after his lips light-headedly.

"On a date, you noob" Louis had to giggle at his cuteness.

Seemingly registering Louis' words this time, Harry opened his eyes and blinked down at him dumbfounded. "You wanna go on a date with me?".

"No, I love you but I don't wanna go on a date with you, my very own boyfriend" Louis replied sarcastically, taking the piss.

"Louis" Harry wailed embarrassed, burying his face in the crook of Louis' neck, making him chuckle. "I was just caught off guard because I'm still not used to getting asked on a date. Not one I really wanna attend. Not one I've wanted for a very long time".

"Oh, Baby" Louis caressed his back tenderly. "I wanted to date you just as long but I was convinced it was merely sexual ...".

"Attraction and nothing more" Harry knew what he wanted to say, so Louis only nodded diffidently. "I'm not even sure I can say you were totally wrong because there were tons of sexual tension between us when we met but we didn't really know each other".

"Not really but I knew I was drawn to you immediately and that scared the shit out of me because I didn't want another man in my life. I had convinced myself you couldn't want me for more ...".

"But I do" Harry sat up straight on his lap to look Louis in the eyes. "I did back then and I do now. I want all of you and I want everything with you. You're a stunning human being, Lou".

"So are you, Haz" Louis smiled at him lovedrunk. "And I know I was wrong. I should have asked you out sooner".

"Maybe but I could have asked you out as well instead of trying to get over you only because you didn't force yourself on me like literally everybody else. I was just as stupid and you know it ...".

"It makes me sad and angry to think about all of those pricks you met before" Louis felt himself frowning at the thought of Jake and Josh and everyone in between, who had tried to get with Harry for the wrong reasons, not seeing how wonderful he really was. "I promise I will treat you better, Haz".

"I know, Lou" Harry leaned in closer to rest his forehead on Louis' forehead. "I never doubted that. I never thought you'd be like them. I always knew you were different. I knew right from the start that you are kind and caring and just so special. I feel honoured to be able to dig even deeper and see just how wonderful you are".

Feeling his face heating up, Louis had no idea how to reply or how to react. He still wasn't used to being treated like that, especially not in a romantic sense. So, he just circled back to the question that had started this moment. "Does that mean you will go out with me, Haz? Because you still haven't answered me".

"Of course, I'll go out with you, Blue" Harry retorted so softly. "Should I ... um ... do you want me to book a table for us some place nice or would you prefer ...?".

"I asked you out, Haz. You don't have to do anything" Louis cut his rambling off, stroking over the lines on his forehead. "Leave it to me. Unless you want us to go somewhere I can't get us in".

"No. Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that ... I was just unsure how to go on because last time my original plan wasn't appreciated and I had to take out the really big guns to impress even though he asked me out in the first place and I didn't even want to ...".

Pecking his lips to shut him up, Louis smiled sympathetically at him. "I will try everything in my power to erase those horrible memories from your mind, Baby. For now, you only need to remember that you don't need to impress me and especially not with something big and fancy and expensive. It would do the opposite and you know that. Just be your beautiful self. That's enough for me. No more impressing needed".

"So, no wining and dining to charm you out of your pants?" a big smile made its way onto Harry's face, warming Louis' heart.

"Just flash me with your dimples, Baby. That should be enough" Louis chuckled fondly. He was so gone for this man. So whipped.

"So, you're going on a date. When?" Zayn's voice tore him out of his memory. He has been on the phone with Zayn for something around twenty minutes now to catch up. He finally needed to tell him that Harry was his boyfriend. That they were official.

"Today. In about two hours" Louis answered him meekly.

"And you decided to finally call me" Zayn clicked with his tongue.

"Yes, I was dying to tell you everything but at the same time, you were the last person I wanted to know about us. It would have made this so much more real when I wasn't ready for it. Keeping this to myself for an entire week was torture but I wanted to stay in this bubble with Harry for as long as possible. I didn't want to wake up from this dream by letting reality in" Louis explained why he didn't tell Zayn about them straight away after their lads' night.

"But now reality knocked on your door and it's still wonderful, right?" Zayn checked knowingly. "Because you faced your fears and talked honestly. The two of you finally found a way to let each other in without any remaining doubts and I'm really proud".

"I'm proud of myself, to be honest. This was an intense week and I was prepared to let Harry go but his stubborn ass decided to stay with me because he loves me. That's something I didn't think was possible. But then again, I didn't think I could or would ever love someone. Not after failing twice at falling in love ...".

"You didn't fail at falling in love just because you weren't in love with me or Luke, Tommy" Zayn cut him off strongly. "Maybe it felt like it to you but you didn't do anything wrong. It wasn't meant to be but that doesn't mean it was meaningless to you or me or Luke. It brought us here. It brought you to Harry, who you are meant to be with. I can see it. You're the real deal".

"It really feels like it, which is still scary but I'm not afraid anymore. I can handle that kind of fear because his love gives me strength already. He makes me stronger, better even" Louis sighed dreamily but then realised what he was doing. He was being a lovesick fool, disgustingly in love. "God, damn it. Listen to me. Maybe I did die and didn't realise it. When did I become such a bloody sab?".

"You always were a sab, Tommy. A hopeless romantic. Harry is only bringing that part to the surface. Just like your jealousy and even your possessive side. I can already tell" Zayn laughed on the other end of the line in amusement.

"I am not possessive" Louis huffed offended.

"Whatever helps you sleep at night, Darling" Zayn sounded way too smug. He was definitely grinning evilly. Louis could tell.

"I hate you, Joey".

"I love you, too. Now go and get ready for your date. And please, no freakin gout. It's unnecessary" Zayn ended the call abruptly.

Gaping at his silent phone, Louis could only shake his head at his best friend's antics. Zayn knew him way too well. Just like his mother. She had known immediately that he had wanted to call Zayn this morning because he hadn't told him anything. She had sent him upstairs after breakfast without any discussions. And to think that he was almost thirty-three and she still held that kind of power over him. He really was such a mama's boy inside out.

Shaking these thoughts away, Louis went over to his closet to pick out his outfit for today. Reminding himself he didn't need to impress anyone or pretend he was someone he wasn't, Louis chose his favourite pair of skinny jeans and a comfy yellow sweater. After all, being comfortable was more important than looking sexy and he was already in a relationship with Harry. He had seen him at his lowest and at his finest. Sobbing like crazy and even in a nice suit. There were no real surprises left. Harry has seen him in every possible way, except naked maybe. And that could be changed.

But for now, Louis needed to shower before getting changed. Leaving the attic, he walked into the bathroom on the second floor and jumped straight into the shower. Taking his time, Louis went over his plan for their date. It was nothing big or special really. Only a simple date at a nice place. A place that meant something to Louis and he wanted to show Harry that part of him. He didn't know how it happened or what had done the trick yesterday but somehow, he wasn't scared anymore. He wasn't doubting their relationship and their feelings anymore. He fully believed they could work out in the long run. He fully believed Harry was his true love and he might want to marry him someday. Which, woah. Now he was getting ahead of himself. First, they needed to have a real first date. Then marriage. One day, maybe.

At the thought of marrying Harry, his dick twitched in interest, which was quite odd and he ignored it. He didn't have time for that and he didn't really want to wank in the shower any longer. He kind of wanted Harry to touch his dick, to wrap his big hand around it or wrap his sinful lips around the ... No, he shouldn't go there right now. It would only prolong his already unnecessarily long shower and it felt wrong. This between them was more than sex and they didn't even have sex yet. The thought of wanking to Harry right before their first date felt cheap and dirty and wrong. His boyfriend deserved better than that. More respect. So, no wank for Louis.

Getting out of the shower, Louis dried himself with a towel and went over to the sink to brush his teeth and style his hair somehow. Putting on his chosen clothes, he looked at himself in the mirror and let out a shaky breath. After telling his reflection that he had nothing to worry about, he left the bathroom to check the time. He had twenty minutes left before he was set to meet Harry at the door downstairs and those twenty minutes were the longest twenty minutes of his entire life. It felt like hours, years, centuries.

When it was finally time to see his boyfriend, his nerves kicked in and he was ready to faint. Bracing himself, he left his room and went down the stairs. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see his mother and his daughters in the living room. She was a saint for taking care of them yet another day to give Louis time with the man he loved. Louis wasn't sure if he could ever thank her enough.

The sound of footsteps made his head snap into the direction of the guest room and the air got punched out of his lungs. His boy was stunningly beautiful and there weren't enough words in the English language to describe such beauty. Harry was wearing a lilac sweater and dark skinny jeans. His hair was getting longer again and his cheeks had a lovely pink colour. He was simply a dream come true to Louis and he was missing the words.

"Wow, Haz. You look amazing. My very own Disney princess come to life" Louis approached him in awe, completely starstruck.

"And you're literally the sun, Lou" Harry grabbed him by the waist. "Yellow looks really good on you".

"Thanks" Louis blushed stupidly at that unexpected compliment.

"I always knew you shine brighter than the sun. Today, you're proving my point" Harry caressed his waist, causing Louis to practically melt into a puddle of goo under his touch. "Wherever we're going, I don't think I'll be able to focus on anything other than you, Blue. You look beautiful".

"Stop" Louis' cheeks were flaming by now.

"Never" Harry pecked his nose smilingly.

"I um ... We should go, don't you think? We have places to be and things to see" Louis was so flustered that his brain wasn't working.

"Lead the way" Harry motioned to the front door, pleased.

"We're leaving. Bye, Mum!" Louis called over to her in case she wasn't aware of them leaving just yet, which was unlikely but still.

"Bye, boys. Have fun!".

Leading Harry outside and into his car, they drove off and into the city but didn't stop until they were on the other side of town. Parking the car, Louis took a hold of Harry's hand and led him towards their destination. Only a few minutes later, they were standing in front of the small building that read 'Dom's Skating Paradise'. With a confused Harry next to him, Louis walked inside and was hit with the sound of music coming from different sides and the smell of fresh food filling his nostrils. It made him feel at ease.

"Tommo, hey. Long time no see" A man around their age came over to them when they were only standing in the entrance area.

"Hey, Chris. How ya doing?" Louis greeted his old friend.

"Good, good. It isn't too busy today, so that's a win" Chris told him casually, waving around the place. "You know how it can get".

"Don't remind me" Louis chuckled at the memory. "How's Evan?".

"Just like always" Chris replied neutrally but there was something in his voice that made Louis' ears perk up.

"So, you finally made a move, mh?" Louis smirked smugly.

"I did, yeah. Took me some time and courage and a lot of nerves but yeah. And it paid off. We're officially dating now" Chris let him know excitedly, his eyes falling on Harry now. "Talking about making moves. Who's your companion?".

"Chris, this is my boyfriend Harry" Louis introduced him proudly. "And Haz, this is Chris. A friend of mine and an old colleague".

"Hi, it's a pleasure to meet you" Harry greeted him with his most charming smile, polite as always.

"Pleasure is mine. It's been ages since Tommo introduced me to anyone. This can only mean he's quite serious about you" Chris studied them nonchalantly. "You're special, mate".

"I know" Harry's voice and face were so soft when he looked at him that Louis' heart started to beat faster. "He's just as special".

"Okay," Chris dragged the word out unnecessarily long to gain their attention. "You know your way around. Find me if you need me".

"I will" Louis nodded at his friend before facing his boyfriend again. "Come on, I bet you're dying to know why we're here".

"I think I have an idea" Harry followed him into one of the two big rooms of the building. It was some kind of café with a stage.

"You might be right but there is more to it" Louis dragged him to a table in the back by a big window. "Would you like to drink or eat something, Haz?".

"Sure but I'd love to know why you brought me here. I mean, this place is fantastic but I don't understand ...".

"Let's order something first. Then I'll explain" Louis sat down with him, seeing another employee coming their way. "Hey, Lexi".

"Hey, Louis. I heard you were here. It's good to see you. You look happy" Lexi stopped at their table with a bright smile.

"I am" Louis squeezed Harry's hand, sensing his confusion.

"The usual for you then?" Lexi asked but already knew the answer to that, facing Harry. "What would you like, Sweetheart?".

"Um ... I'm not sure. Just the same as Louis for now" Harry looked back and forth between them, sounding overwhelmed.

"Okay. Be right back" Lexi left them alone to fetch their drinks.

"I'm sure you have one million questions" Louis leaned back in his seat to face his boyfriend now. It was a small but comfy bench.

"One million and one, Louis" Harry corrected him cutely.

"Okay, Love. Let me answer the most obvious one. I know this place and all of them because I worked here a few years ago and feel connected to this place. I love coming back" Louis started to bring some light into Harry's confusion-based darkness.

"You worked here? When?" Harry sounded so interested.

"Remember how I told you that Luke helped me get back on my feet and pushed me to get a better job than cleaning bus stations? He helped me get this job here and my old flat is right around the corner. It was perfect and I loved working here but then Corona happened and they had to close this place for an undefined amount of time, which meant for me that I had to look for a different job. It was hard for me to leave this place and I didn't understand why back then but recently I understood. I loved working here more than anywhere else. I felt like I could be myself. My colleagues were amazing and the customers were mostly fine. No one made me feel inferior and I wasn't used to that" Louis told him about his time here. He had so many fond memories of this place.

"It sounds like you had a great time here" Harry pointed out and Louis could see he was trying not to comment again on how sad it was that Louis wasn't used to being treated with respect.

"I did. That's why it was so hard to leave. Working here was close to living in a dream. Like entering another universe far away from the harsh reality out there" Louis stopped his story shortly when Lexi brought them their drinks, two of their special milkshakes, and continued when she was gone. "Starting a new job after working here for years was hard. Like an ice-cold shower".

"Your new job was at the hospital" Harry realised what he was referring to. "You went from this paradise straight to hell".

"I couldn't have said it better, Haz" Louis had to chuckle at his words and how true they were. "From feeling normal for once to being treated like shit and feeling inferior was a hard pill to swallow. The difference was massive and it was messing with my head. I was so used to nice people now that I wasn't prepared for their cruel treatment and condescending looks every day".

"You didn't deserve to be treated like that. When I was still working at the hospital, I did not treat the service people like that. I was nice to them and appreciated their work because I felt like they were such a big help for everyone and everyone deserves r ...".

"Because you are such a kind man, Haz" Louis reached out to touch Harry's cheek. "You're the living proof that not all doctors are big-headed and ignorant and sophisticated but I met my fair share of those doctors and nurses and even patients".

"I figured it must have been really bad to burn such a horrible picture of all doctors into your brain but I wasn't aware of the extent and ... You never really talked about your time at the hospital ...".

"It was a nightmare" Louis interrupted him quietly, ready to let him in on this part of his past. "I would walk down the hall at the end of my shift and cross paths with a nurse or a doctor or anyone above my pay level and they never even looked at me. But if they did, I wish they didn't. At first, I was stupid enough to greet everyone on the way but I stopped when most people never greeted me back. It hurt not to be seen and to feel like you weren't worthy of being acknowledged. To feel like you weren't good enough to even be associated with some of the people working there".

"Louis, I ...".

"But I got used to it" Louis continued restlessly. "It didn't bother me as much as being mistreated during work. By nurses or doctors or even our own bosses. No one took us seriously".

"Not even your boss?" Harry sounded scandalized.

"No, they always said we're not getting paid to think and should just do our work and stop asking irrelevant questions. We would all complain too much when it wasn't that bad which ... yeah, wasn't a nice feeling but it was honestly the least of my problems. Some of the nurses treated us like scams every now and then but that wasn't the main issue because we had the upper hand. If they refused to work with us, we simply refused to hand out food to the patients and suddenly they were over-the-top nice and helpful. It was quite funny actually" Louis told him furthermore, being completely open.

"That sounds like they all seriously need a wake-up call" Harry frowned displeased. Louis wanted to kiss him right now.

"They do but most of it was frustration about their own life. I saw how they were treated by the doctors. I remember one day, some assistant medical director called out for the nursing department. One of the nurses was supposed to help him and he didn't even care to remember her name. He called through the hallway for someone from the nursing department to hurry up because he didn't have all day. It was immensely awkward and I felt really bad for her. This was a different kind of disrespect towards lesser people" Louis remembered that moment clearly. That day, he had made the final decision to look for a different job. With a bit of pushing and a lot of convincing from his friends but at the end of that day, the decision was made and his notice was handed in the day after.

"I never understood why some doctors treated nurses like that. We are nothing without them" Harry's frown deepened.

"Not everyone thinks like that or is aware the world doesn't revolve around them. Another day, I had a head doctor as an escort for her daughter, who was a patient. She was driving all of us crazy. She wanted special treatment and demanded things we couldn't give her, which didn't end well. But sadly, she wasn't the only patient like that. Others treated us like dirt too, acted as if we were stupid and looked down on us without any shame. I don't know how Àmbar endures that every day. I couldn't handle it and quit, which doesn't mean I'm not faced with ignorant doctors anymore" Louis told him sullenly, earning a questioning look from Harry. "My mother's doctor was a bit of a dick. Due to her working at the hospital, they gave her the best doctor when it came to breast cancer but ...".

"To no surprise, he was a dick" Harry sighed out heavily. "I think I know who you're talking about. Doctor Miller, right?".

"That's him. A right asshole" Louis confirmed his guess.

"He definitely isn't the best doctor they have but the most big-headed one for sure. He tends to brag and overestimate himself, which led to more than one case of him overlooking something crucial. I'm surprised he still has his title" Harry revealed to him shockingly. "Please, tell me your mother has a new doctor now".

"She does. After he literally mocked me at one appointment right in front of her, she switched doctors. Doctor Stewart is actually really nice and I do like her. She seems humble enough to care about the patient more than her reputation around the hospital ...".

"You're right about that" Harry was the one cutting him off now. "She is amazing and a fantastic doctor. Your mother is in really good hands with her and I'm really glad about that".

"Me too".

"I also feel really honoured that you told me all of this, Louis. I know this must have been hard for you" Harry grabbed Louis' hand and gave it a squeeze, making Louis smile.

"It was a big step but at the same time, it wasn't. Telling you about stuff like this is easy for me now because I trust you and I know you won't look differently at me. You might want to punch someone but it won't change your view of me and I love you for that, Haz" Louis stroked over Harry's hand with his thumb. "Is that nail polish?".

"Yes? Your daughters attacked me when I was getting ready and insisted on making me look pretty for you, so they painted my nails and I couldn't take it off" Harry's cheek heated up. "I didn't think you would mind. I um ... I actually quite like it".

"It looks good on you, Baby" Louis inspected his nails more closely now. They were a lovely lilac colour. "You don't have to worry about me changing my view on you when you wanna wear nail polish or whatever you like. It won't change a thing".

"Fuck, I love you so much" Harry's voice sounded a bit wobbly when he leaned in to kiss him emotionally. "You're the best".

"Maybe" Louis smiled into the kiss, backing away only the tiniest bit. "How about we skate now, Darling?".

"Only if I can hold your hand the entire time. I don't have a sense of balance" Harry made big eyes at him with a pouty lip.

"No need for that face, Babe. I was planning on doing that anyway because I know you're clumsy. No convincing needed today, Love. Please, stop looking like that or we won't make it to the rink" Louis was so endeared by his soft and adorable boyfriend.

"Would that be so bad?" Harry batted his long eyelashes exaggeratedly.

"Yes because I brought you here to skate and show you a different part of my life. We're not here to snog, Darling" Louis rolled his eyes at him fondly. "We have all the time in the world for that".

"Later? After you showed me this amazing part of your life?" he sounded so touched by that statement alone. As if he still couldn't believe Louis was really doing this right now. As if he still couldn't believe Louis was actually fully letting him in and see all of him.

"Promise".

Emptying their milkshakes quickly, they stood up from the table and went over to the locker room, where they could rent some skates. After helping Harry tie them correctly, Louis took him by the hand and led him over to the second big room with the big rink. Clumsily, Harry clambered onto the rink, almost squishing Louis' hand with how tightly he was holding on to it. Instead of focusing on the pain in his hand, Louis focused on making Harry feel safe. He was putting all of his trust in Louis and Louis was preening, his heart feeling stupidly warm and too big for his own chest.

"I don't think I'm doing this right" Harry frowned down on his own feet when he couldn't seem to skate longer than two seconds without stumbling over his skates and almost falling over.

"You're doing fine for the first time, Love. Your stance is just terribly wrong because you're scared to fall down, which is normal for roller-skating" Louis placed his hands on Harry's chest to stop him, showing him the right stance to be safe. "Place your feet shoulder-width apart and bend your knees, Love. Lower your back towards the floor and lean slightly forward in a squatting position but still comfortable. Balance is the key and as stupid as you might feel right now, this stance will protect you from falling too much".

"I look ridiculous" Harry snorted at himself in the new stance.

"Maybe but it will protect your limbs from getting hurt or injured until this position settles deep into your bones and it becomes  ...".

"So, you're planning on taking me here again, I assume?" Harry looked up at him, still in the same position. "Although I will never be able to actually skate without holding your hand? Even though I'll always look ridiculous because this posture will never be normal or natural to me? Although little kids are better at this than me? You won't give up until I can ...".

"I won't, Haz" Louis caressed his cheek tenderly. "I will never give up on you but if you don't feel like ever coming here again because you hate skating, that is totally fine with me. I won't make you".

"But I wanna see you skate, Lou" Harry pouted dramatically.

"Then you will but for now, let's focus on getting you to move away from that same old spot. Maybe you'll realise that this isn't so hard, after all. As you said, little kids can skate" Louis took both of his hands in his own, leading him away from his chosen spot.

"Kids are fearless and reckless and not as clumsy as me, Lou. Of course, they can do it. I can't even walk in a straight line" Harry pointed out whinny, following his lead awkwardly.

"But you're smart, Haz. You're a bloody doctor, Love. You studied medicine. You'll be able to figure this out. Think logically" Louis was absolutely sure Harry could do it if he could get over his initial fear. "Besides, you have me as your teacher. I'm confident I can teach you this in no time. After all, I taught kids how to skate. I'm pretty sure I can manage to teach y ...".

"You taught kids how to skate?" Harry stopped as abruptly as he could without falling down, gaping at Louis in awe.

"Yes?" Louis didn't understand why he was looking at him like this.

"Let's rewind this. When you were working here, you taught little kids how to skate and you didn't mention it before? You were on this very rink with little girls and boys and showed them how to skate?" Harry was barely blinking, sounding so out of it.

"I think I just said that. What ...?".

"How in the bloody hell are you real?" Harry threw his hands in the air, losing his balance but Louis was right there to steady him by the waist. "See? You're absolutely wonderful. You are too good to be true. I don't think saying I love you is even slightly enough to express my feeling for you, Lou".

"For all that it's worth, I love you just as much and never know how to tell you this enough" Louis had no idea how to respond.

"You're so bloody precious. Even now you're not letting me make this only about you" Harry cupped Louis' face affectionately. "You are truly one of a kind and I'm convinced you don't know how great you are because you're way too humble to see it".

"I'm ...".

"Kind? Selfless? Caring? Amazing?" Harry didn't let him speak. "All of these combined and so much more? Yes, definitely".

"You're all of these things too, Haz" Louis told him surely.

"But not in the same way you are, Lou" Harry started stroking his thumb over his cheeks softly. "That you taught kids how to skate definitely goes on my list of kind things you did and still do".

"Oh, I wasn't aware there is an entire list" Louis opted for sassy but it came out bewildered and overwhelmed and breathless.

"There is. You wanna know what's on it? What kind and selfless things you did in your life that you are not aware of and brush off as absolutely normal and a given?" Harry tilted his head aside.

"Try me" Louis barely brought out the words, too affected.

"Well, where do I start?! Oh, how about you helping your friends to fulfil their dream of a child without wanting anything from them in return? No right to be the father or anything of the likes. And the moment the girls needed you, you stepped in as their father even though that has never been the plan. And now look at you three. You're the best father anyone could ever have and the best friend anyone could ever wish for. And an absolutely amazing brother on top of all of that. Also, an incredible son to your lovely mother. You took care of her for six years and put your own needs and wishes behind hers. You have given your sisters an almost normal life through this. Your sacrifice. And you brush it off as nothing".

"It wasn't really a sacrifice. I was only ...".

"See? You're doing it again" Harry cut him off, wiping with his thumb over Louis' bottom lip, making him fall silent. "You're never accepting the praise you deserve but you should. If not for that, then maybe for saving my sister's life with your kidney donation. I know you don't want to be praised for that but it deserved to be appreciated. You saved a life, my sister's life, Louis".

"It was the right thing to do" Louis shrugged aimlessly, too lost in Harry's eyes to care about anything really. He looked so fierce and really determined to make him see what he saw.

"It was, yeah. But still not a normal thing everybody would do and you know it" Harry smiled at him lovingly. "Just like you dressing up as a clown just to make sick children smile. I haven't had the chance to really tell you how great this is, so I'm doing it now. What you're doing for these kids is exceptional, Lou. You have no ulterior motives or anything. You don't tell people about this and you do it honorary and unsalaried. You only do it for the kids. Just to make them smile and forget about reality for a few minutes".

"I thought maybe you forgot about this" Louis averted his eyes to the rink, that they were still standing on.

"I could never forget about it. What you do is ... it is ... I don't think I know the right word for it, Lou. When I found out, I wanted to say so much but I wasn't able to because of the circumstances. I hated myself for letting Josh make fun of you at that moment. It was so uncalled for and out of place. It's nothing to make fun of" Harry tilted Louis' head up, causing his eyes to snap up again and meet Harry's honest eyes. "It's admirable, Lou".

"Yeah?" Louis breathed out.

Harry only nodded, his eyes and his smile so soft and fond that it made Louis go weak in the knees. "Just like you teaching kids how to skate. I have the feeling it wasn't part of your job".

"It wasn't" Louis blushed at how well Harry knew him. "Not at first, at least. I mainly worked in the café but one day, I came here to skate during my break and I saw two girls. They were sisters and the older one was babysitting the younger one. She was struggling with helping her sister and before I could think it through, I skated over to them and offered my help. After she realised that I worked here, she let me help and my boss saw it when he came looking for me. He was impressed by how fast the little girl got better and asked if I wanted to teach more kids every once in a while and I said yes. It was a lot of fun and I always loved being around kids".

"You gave up your break to ... Fuck, I love you so much" Harry crashed their lips together in a sloppy but passionate kiss.

"Careful" Louis giggled into the kiss when they staggered a bit due to the impact of Harry's fiery kiss. "I love you too, Haz".

"I love you more" Harry sighed against his lips.

"I love you the most" Louis pecked his lips loudly. "And now stop with all the sappy praise. We're here to skate".

"Teach me like you taught that little girl, Lou" Harry made big eyes at him, his cheeks a lovely pink colour again.

"You only want me to call you a good girl, Haz. Admit it" Louis teased him jokingly, causing his cheeks to pinken even more.

"I don't think you teased her that much" Harry tried to look mad but he ended up looking absolutely adorable.

"She wasn't you" Louis bit down on his bottom lip to stop himself from laughing blissfully. Harry was too cute to handle.

"Who's sappy now?" Harry was full-on blushing by now.

"Come on, Princess. Time for your skating lesson".

And just like that, Louis went into full teacher mode to get the best out of his boyfriend. He corrected his posture over and over again and encouraged him to let go of his hand or the railing until he was able to skate kinda steady on his own without wobbly legs and big scared eyes. In total, it took Louis almost two hours but it has been worth every single second of it. He was so proud of Harry.

Afterwards, they headed back into the café part and ordered some food while a band rehearsed on stage. In their little corner by the window, they were totally in their own world and Louis has never felt happier than today. Apart from maybe yesterday evening. And when Harry told him he'd love to come back as often as possible ... well, Louis just had to kiss him for that. It meant so much to him.

When it got late, they made their way back home. Jasmine had texted him that the girls were sound asleep in bed and that she would call it a night pretty soon as well. So, that's why they were met with silence when they entered the house and made their way upstairs to Louis' room together.

Feeling the need to be physically close to his boyfriend, Louis dragged him down onto the bed with him and pulled him into his arms, causing Harry to lie right on top of him. Sighing contently, Harry snuggled closer into Louis' neck and melted under Louis' touch when Louis' fingers wandered along Harry's spine.

"Please, touch me, Louis" Harry pleaded into his neck.

His whole body was buzzing with excitement when he let his fingers slip underneath Harry's sweater to touch his bare skin for the first time. His skin was warm and smooth under his fingertips but Louis could still feel light goosebumps everywhere and that made his head spin already. Nonetheless, he wanted more.

"Haz?" Louis placed one hand on Harry's neck, causing him to untuck his face from Louis' neck and look at him. "Kiss me".

Only a second later, Louis' wish was granted and Harry leaned down to connect their lips in a lovely kiss. With one hand at the back of his neck and the other still underneath the sweater, Louis pulled Harry even closer, which caused Harry to cup Louis' face and intensify the kiss. Their tongues danced with each other and Louis was getting lost in the feeling, tracing up and down Harry's back with his hand tenderly. It felt like heaven.

"Lou?" Harry broke away from their kiss for a moment, causing Louis to open his eyes and study his face closely. He looked very nervous all of a sudden. "I um ... I want ... I'd like to ...".

When Harry fell silent, Louis propped himself up on his elbows and rested his one hand on Harry's waist, who was now sitting on Louis' lap, looking down and fiddling with the hem of his comfy sweater. "What is it, Love? What's wrong? You know we don't have to do anything right now, right? Nothing you don't feel com ...".

"But I want to, Louis" Harry rushed out, paling right after, which now worried Louis big time. "It's just ... I want to talk about this first because I know people always assume things about me and I'm used to not being asked what I want and I know you're not like that but I still need to get this off my chest after what happened the last time. I know you probably already know this anyway because you know me but I um ... I'd really want you to make love to me, Lou".

"Always, Love. Whatever you want" Louis stroked a strand of hair out of his beautiful face. "But what did you mean with you were never asked what you want? Did you ...? Did they ...?".

"No. Oh, God, no, that's not what I meant, Lou. It was always consensual" Harry cupped his face again reassuringly. He did that a lot and Louis loved it. "I meant that my job apparently makes people think I am a natural top, so they never ask and just expect me to fuck them, which wasn't always horrible but ... Sean was the only one, who asked me what I want but I hate to think about this because it feels weird by now and it was different with him. Josh, on the other hand, never asked me and just ... He wanted some strange things from me sometimes but I never told him how I felt because I knew he would only laugh at me just like he did when I wanted to be the little spoon one time".

Deciding against getting angry at Josh again, Louis focused on the most important part of Harry's revelation. "I know how you feel, Haz. Somehow, people always assumed I'd be a bottom just because I have a nice bum and ... I'm not opposed to it but I just prefer to top, even if my boyfriend is taller than me. That was an issue before because people tend to reduce me to my height and my bum and ...".

"David did that, mh?" Harry knew what he was trying to say.

Louis only nodded and wrapped his arms around Harry's waist, bringing him in closer to his face. "Just like Josh did it to you, right? He only saw you as that dominant doctor character. He saw you as someone you're not. He didn't see the beautiful princess you are".

"No one ever did, not even myself. Only you" Harry looked like he was about to cry if Louis said one more nice word.

"But not from the very beginning. Not completely. I was telling myself that you just had to be a top with the way you looked and carried yourself the day we met. I ... I think I was trying to find more reasons to stay away, no matter how stupid and very superficial they were and ... in the end, it didn't work. I caught a glimpse of the person behind that mask and couldn't stay away" Louis told him honestly. He couldn't keep that from him after he had been so open and vulnerable with him. "I couldn't stay away from you, Princess".

"I get why you thought that and I appreciate your honesty but it's different from what I meant. I just know you would have asked anyway. You would have made sure that I was comfortable and fine with everything. You would have never made me into a person that I'm not only to fulfil your own pleasure and fantasies" Harry caressed his face so softly that Louis could melt into pure goo.

"Never" Louis sighed out, hypnotised by Harry's green eyes.

"You would have never brought a bloody fucking machine to my home and asked me to use it on you, so you could get away ...".

"He did what?!" Louis choked out, afraid he misheard that.

"I guess he was trying to get his needs taken care of without having to always be close to me. After all, he never really liked me and sex with me was probably more of a chore to him than ...".

"He deserves to rot in hell" Louis grumbled peeved, feeling so much rage inside of him by simply thinking about Josh and how he had made his beautiful boy feel for months. "I wanna punch him".

"You're so cute when you're mad" Harry cooed at him, booping his nose. "But he isn't worth any of this. Let's forget about him".

"But he made you scared of ... he makes you question everything we do and ...".

Rolling his eyes at him, Harry pecked his lips to shut him up. "I'm not questioning everything we're doing, Lou. I only needed to tell you about this. I wanted you to know how special this is for me. How special you are for me. How special this is gonna be".

"So, you really want this tonight?" Louis checked emotionally.

"Yes. Do you?" Harry was so close to his face.

"Yes," Louis swallowed affectedly, lost inside green eyes.

Swiftly, Louis tightened his grip on Harry's waist and lay him down on the bed, hovering over him. Affectionately, Louis traced his finger over Harry's jaw, down to his neck and all over his chest until he reached the hem of his sweater. Looking up at Harry, Louis saw him nodding in confirmation, permitting him access. As careful as possible, Louis took the sweater off and got rid of his own right after to even it out. Admiring his stunning boyfriend for a moment, Louis let his hand wander over Harry's naked chest. Very slowly, Louis got rid of both of their pants and crawled back up to Harry to kiss him lovingly, licking into his mouth eagerly.

"Lou" Harry moaned into the kiss, bucking his hips up.

"I got you, Baby" Louis kissed him yet again before breaking away and kissing all over Harry's glorious body, making him squirm.

Blindly, Louis reached down into his suitcase to fetch a bottle of lube and a condom. He wasn't even sure how it had ended up in there but he blamed Zayn, which was a blessing in disguise. He might need to thank him later. Right now, Louis was just happy he had everything they needed for this moment.

Settling down between Harry's legs, Louis pulled their boxers down and ogled his boyfriend's beautiful dick, not believing his luck. He might be gay and he might love dick but not once in his life had he thought that a dick was beautiful until now. Maybe he was just utterly gone for his boy but it really didn't matter. Harry had a great dick, a big one at that, and Louis couldn't wait to touch it.

"Haz, you're absolutely beautiful" Louis marvelled breathlessly.

"Does this mean you're finally gonna fuck me now, Lou?" Harry grinned down at him but he was blushing so hard. It was adorable.

"It means that everything about you is stunningly beautiful" Louis let his travel all over Harry's body. "But of course, you're also gonna get what you want, Baby".

Before Harry could reply anything, Louis leaned down and licked over the tip, earning a sexy moan as a reward. Sucking on the tip, Louis simultaneously opened the bottle of lube and slicked up three of his fingers. When Harry's dick was rock-hard, Louis released him and licked all the way down on the underside of his dick until he was right above his rim, breathing over it. Done with the teasing for tonight, Louis traced his finger over the rim lightly before pushing inside just a tiny bit. Immediately, he felt Harry tensing up at the feeling, which was to be expected. After all, it has been a while since he had bottomed for anyone.

After a few moments, Louis pushed his finger further inside and started to move it slowly and carefully. Pretty quickly, Harry relaxed around his finger and rocked down on it, signalling that he was ready for a second finger. Pulling all the way back out, Louis inserted two fingers now and started to scissor and curl them inside of his boyfriend to stretch him out enough for his dick. By now, he was letting out sexy moans and Louis was loving every second of it. When he added the third finger, Harry looked thoroughly fucked out and Louis was barely keeping it together.

"Lou, please. Need you" Harry panted out pleadingly.

"Whatever you want, Baby" Louis pulled his fingers out but not without a whine from Harry at the loss of the feeling.

"You. Only you, Blue" Harry gazed down at him through hooded eyes, sounding so endlessly sexy it made Louis' dick twitch.

And Louis just had to kiss him right now, so he did. Messily and sloppily but it didn't bloody matter. Breaking away for a moment, he rolled on the condom and lubed his dick up as much as possible before lining himself up with Harry's puckering hole. Leaning over his boyfriend, Louis connected their lips while pushing inside to ease the pain as good as he could. Still, he felt Harry tensing up again and stilled in the position that he was in, continuing to kiss him as if he needed it to breathe and maybe he did.

"Lou, move".

So, that's what he did. Slowly, he bottomed out, only to pull all the way out again to thrust right back in. "Like this, Baby?".

"Just like that, Lou" Harry whimpered at the next thrust.

Feeling and seeing Harry visibly relax, Louis relaxed himself and found a good rhythm for them. He kept it slow and deep and full of love for tonight. At a steady pace, he thrusted into Harry and lured more and more moans out of him, bringing him closer to the edge every time he hit his prostate dead-on. Louis himself was dangerously close and could feel the heat pooling in the pit of his stomach but he needed Harry to come first. He needed to take care of his baby and make him feel good before letting go.

"Baby, let go and come for me" Louis breathed against Harry's lips tantalizingly and that seemed to do the trick.

With a cry of his name, Harry came between their bodies and that sight alone made Louis come into the condom as well. For a second, he wondered what it would have felt like if they had done this bare but he shook that thought away as quickly as possible. It has been perfect the way it was. Absolutely, brilliantly perfect.

Trying to catch his breath, Louis pulled out carefully and got rid of the condom. He grabbed a towel out of the suitcase and cleaned them up as best as he could before throwing the towel away and lying down next to his boyfriend, who immediately snuggled up to him. With Harry's head on his chest, Louis felt totally at ease.

"This was perfect, Lou. I've never felt like this before" Harry pressed a kiss to Louis' naked chest. "I love you".

Tightening his grip on Harry's waist, Louis kissed his mess of curls and sighed happily. "And I love you, Haz".

"I just realised we're moving back home tomorrow. I completely forgot about that" Harry sighed out tiredly. "Are you excited to go back home and get things back to normal?".

"I don't think anything will go 'back to normal'. I feel like all of us changed and everything will be different but a good different" Louis thought out loud, caressing Harry's waist. "And besides, I won't be back for too long. I will be back here in a few months' time".

"And I'm really happy for you, Blue. Are you looking forward to that? It must feel amazing to know you'll have a home here for you and the girls" Harry was on the brink of falling asleep.

Relishing the moment for a little longer, Louis felt how Harry fell asleep in his arms, which made him smile happily. "Yes, Haz. I'm looking forward to it because this does feel amazing".  

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A first date with a lot of emotions and you guys finally got your smut. You're welcome

This scene was supposed to be way shorter but here we go. The moving back home was supposed to happen in this chapter too ... Well ...

Louis' experiences in this chapter reflect my own and it's ironic that I'm uploading this now after I met a very nice doctor at work as a patient, who proved that people like Harry exist. She told me due to being a patient now and seeing everything from a different angle, she respects my job way more than before and they'd all be lost without us. It felt good to hear that but sadly, it doesn't erase all the bad people around us.