Okay so this was originally going to be an actual book, but I wanted to post another chapter today and I had no ideas so I just chose to do this as a one shot.

Also I'm supposed to be doing coursework and revision right now but I've already done a lot and I wanted a break, and I don't think I'm getting any sleep tonight.... I have so many things I need to do, I want to cry :(((

Edit: Yeah, I failed it. I didn't finish my coursework and I failed my tests :/

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3rd Person P.O.V

Louis is 24 and runs his own tattoo parlor with his bestfriend, Zayn. Normally they only tattoo people who are over the age of 26, so they were both surprised when a boy who looked like he was 15 walked through the doors with a big smile.  Zayn looked up from the tattoo he was currently doing on a 32 year old man and looked over to Louis who was watching the boy intently. The boy had brown curly hair, bright green eyes and his jaw was perfectly chiseled, he smiled at them both and walked over to where Louis was sat behind the desk on his phone.

"I want a tattoo." He said quietly to Louis, who was still holding his phone. Louis, put his phone down and leant forward in his chair as he eyed the curly haired boy in front of him.

"Are you even legal, kid?" Louis asks as he put his phone down and his face kept it's cold and stern façade.

"I'm nineteen." Curly said as Louis stood up and nodded.

"Hmm..." Louis walked around the desk and looked the boy up and down.

"I go to university around here, I can show you my university key card." Curly rushed out and Louis nodded, the boy pulled out his lanyard and showed it to Louis.

Harry E Styles, 19.
London metropolitan University.
Photography.

Louis looked over the card and handed it back to 'Harry'. "Alright, curly. What do you want?" Louis asked as he got all the equipment ready, Harry smiled and sat down in the chair and lifted his sleeve up to his elbow.

"I want the words 'I can't change' on my wrist, please." He smiled as Louis sat down on the stool near the chair Harry was in.

"Alright kid, won't take too long." Louis said as he stared to draw it out so he could show Harry.

"M'not a kid you know." Harry said as Louis kept drawing.

"You're nineteen, you were practically just born." Louis laughed and Harry thought it was a beautiful sound, he looked over at Louis and saw he was smiling a little, he hadn't seen him smile until now.

"It's not that young, you can't be much older than me." Harry stated as Louis stayed quiet and finished the drawing.

"This what you want?" Louis asked, ignoring what Harry said. Harry looked at the design and nodded. "Alright, don't flex just relax otherwise it will hurt like a bitch and you make my job harder." He said and Harry nodded as Louis got the needle ready.

"So how old are you? If I'm so young?" Harry asked, trying to make conversation with the blue eyed boy.

"Too old for you." Louis deadpanned as he carried on with the tattoo.

"Well you don't look that old."

"Listen Curly, I'm busy. Unless you want me to ruin this, I suggest you keep your mouth closed." Louis sternly said looking up into Harry's green eyes.

"My names Harry." He said as Louis rolled his eyes and resumed what he was doing.

"I know your name Curly. I saw your lanyard." Louis said resuming his cold and stern façade. Harry thought he was quite good looking, but if he smiled a bit more he would look even better.

"Alright, I guess Curly is good." Harry mumbled as Louis finished up. "What's your name?" He asked as Louis stepped away from him for a minute.

"Not important." Louis replied as Harry sighed. Suddenly Zayn stood up and walked away from the guy he was tattooing and walked over to Louis. Zayn whispered to Louis but made sure he was loud enough for Harry to hear.

"Louis, I'm leaving early today, Gigi wants me to help her with the Christmas decorations." Zayn laughed a little as Louis shook his head.

"Fine but you owe be next week." Louis pointed at him as Zayn walked back over to the guy with his hands in the air.

Louis turned back to Harry to clean over where he just tattooed him. "So, Louis huh?" Harry smirked as Louis didn't say anything. "It suits you."

"Curly, you're all done." Louis said as he walked behind the desk and Harry stood up, he walked round the desk and admired the boys eyes, they were so blue, he could almost see his own reflection. Harry paid and Louis told him what to do after he wrapped it up.

"Well I'll see you soon, Blue" Harry smiled and walked towards the door.

"Blue?" Louis questioned as he looked at Harry.

"You get to give me a nickname so I gave you one." Harry smirked and opened the door allowing the cold air to flow into the building. "Bye, Blue. Thanks for the tattoo." Louis nodded towards him and watched him walk into the freezing December air.

"Nicknames huh, Lou?" Zayn smirked as Louis sat back down, flipped him off and pulled out his phone.

"He's too young and innocent for me, Zee. I also only just met him." Louis told him as he sighed and ran a hand over his face.

"Nothing said you couldn't be friends."

"He doesn't even know how old I am."

"And that's your fault, you're so stubborn." Zayn laughed and Louis leant back in the chair. "If he ever comes back in here, don't be so stubborn. Just get to know him and maybe you can be friends, he clearly wanted to get to know you."

"Maybe..." Louis muttered before opening up the draw and pulling out a box of cigarettes, he took one out and stood up as he picked up a lighter. "I'll be back in a minute." He said before walking outside and lighting the cigarette between his fingers. He put it between his lips and breathed in before he blew smoke into the air, and watched the cars come and go.

He had only seen the boy for about 20 minutes, but something about him made Louis want to know more, but Harry seemed too sweet and innocent for Louis. And Louis wouldn't ruin someone so beautiful. He wished he wasn't so stubborn and just let the curly boy ask all his questions. He sighed and took another deep breath of his cigarette.

The next day

"Hey, zee." Louis mumbled as he rubbed his cold hands together and took his coat off. "How was decorating?" Louis laughed as he knew his best friend hated lots of decorations.

"There was so many Lou. I think I might have nightmares of how long it took us to put everything up." Zayn said as he started to draw out new designs behind the desk.

"Any bookings today?" Louis asked and Zayn nodded from where he was drawing a minion.

"Yeah, two. One at 11:10 and another at 3:30." Zayn mumbled without looking up.

"Okay, I'll take the 11:10 and you take the 3:30" Louis told him as he started getting equipment ready for anyone who would just walk in.

"Hey, Lou?" Zayn said looking up as Louis hummed. "Remember that boy yesterday?" He asked and Louis turned to look at him confusedly.

"Zayn we see multiply boys a day you might have to be more descriptive." Louis chuckled a little as he sat down.

"The curly boy."

"Oh, yeah. What about him?" Louis asked as he ran a hand through his light brown hair.

"Oh, err I was just wondering if he were to come back here, what would you do?" Zany asked while he twirled the pencil between his fingers.

"Tattoo him. Or have you forgotten that we're a tattoo shop?" Louis said sarcastically as Zayn threw the pencil at him.

"Y'know what I meant."

Louis sighed and looked out the window. "I don't know, maybe just answer all his questions this time. I really don't know Zayn. He won't come back anyway." As if on cue the door opened and in walked curly with a big smile and a beanie over his curly hair.

"Hello, blue." He smiled while Louis stood there slightly shocked.

"Lou, you're meant to say hello back." Zayn whispered from behind Louis, making Harry laugh a little. Louis admired Harry and smiled a little when he saw that he had dimples.

"Hi." Louis said quietly, before regaining his cold façade.

"You look better when you smile." Harry said as he walked further into the building and Louis crossed his arms over his chest.

"I don't smile."

Harry smirked and walked closer to him. "You're lying, I've seen you smile." Harry was stood only a few feet away and Louis could feel how fast his heart was beating, he gulped as Harry continued to look into his eyes. "I want a tattoo."

"What? You got one yesterday." Louis relaxed once Harry stepped back a bit.

"And I want another." Harry smirked as Louis grabbed his coat.

"Well I was about to head out, so Zayn will have to do it for you." Louis mumbled as he quickly put his coat back on as Zayn snapped his head up, with a shocked expression.

"I'll wait." Harry mumbled as Louis sighed before walking out the building door. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it before he started walking away from the tattoo shop, he was only walking for a few seconds before he heard footsteps crunching in the snow behind him. "Why are you avoiding me, Blue?" Harry asked as he walked at the same pace as Louis.

"Who says I'm avoiding you." Louis put the cigarette into his moth and breathed in.

"Your a terrible liar Louis. I met you yesterday and your so easy to read already." Harry said as the two boys started to walk through a park. "So dont lie. Why are you avoiding me?" He asked again as Louis stopped walking and took the cigarette out his mouther before blowing the smoke into the air, away from Harry.

"What about your tattoo you came to get?" Louis asked, completely disregarding Harry's question.

"Changed my mind. I'll get it another day." Harry said turning his head to look at the blue eyed boy properly. "Now answer my question. Please."

Maybe it was the please that left the curly haired boys lips that caused Louis to start speaking, "You shouldn't be hanging around with me Harry. I'm no good for you." Louis mumbled before taking another drag of the cigarette he was twisting in his fingers.

"That's my decision." Harry replied as he looked into Louis' blue eyes before looking at the cigarette hanging between his lips. "And that's no good for you, yet you still use them."

"Life's hard Curly, this makes it bearable." Louis muttered as he looked at the cig in between his fingers.

"So it's like a stress reliever?" Harry wondered and Louis nodded.

"I guess you could call it that." He said. Harry stayed silent for a few minutes before reaching out for Louis' hand and taking the cigarette out. "Harry dont." Louis tried to grab the cigarette from his hands but Harry pulled away, Louis tried to grab it again when Harry brought it closer to his lips. This was exactly what Louis didn't want, he didn't want Harry to turn out like him.

But surprisingly, Harry didn't put it in his mouth. He chucked it into the snow behind him, letting it burn out as he smirked at Louis who let out a sigh of relief. "There can be other things to use as a stress reliever." Harry smiled wide at Louis, making him want to smile back.

"Like what?" Louis asked as they stayed stood in the middle of the park with the snow covering the green grass, and the sky a shade of light blue.

"When I get stressed I go for a run or meditate, but for some people that doesn't work, so if you feel stressed just talk to someone, Blue. Let them take your mind away from whatever's stressing you out and just relax." Harry smiled and took out his phone. "If you give me your number, you can call me whenever you need someone to talk to." 

Louis took his phone and typed his number in before handing it back to Harry. "That was just a sneaky way for you to get my number wasn't it?" Louis asked trying to hold back a grin as Harry nodded.

"It worked though." Harry chuckled and that's when Louis couldn't hold it back anymore and he let himself smile, making his eyes crinkle at the sides as he admired Harry's beautiful features. "See, you do smile." Louis just smiled more as the two boys stayed still. Harry was quiet for a little longer as he looked into Louis' blue eyes before he spoke up. "You have a little bit of green in your eyes." He mumbled as he reached his hand to tilt Louis' face towards the light a bit more, Louis just let him as he watched Harry's smile grow. "Beautiful" Harry murmured before putting his hand back into his pocket.

Louis looked down before he spoke. "I should probably get going, I have an appointment soon." Louis smiled, looking back up at Harry.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow, Blue." Harry said as he pulled his beanie further over his curly locks.

"Tomorrow?"

"I want to get my tattoo." Harry smirked before walking away, leaving Louis stood in the middle of the park with his cheeks tinted pink.

Louis walked back into the shop to see that Zayn was still in the same position as before, Louis shook his head and walked further inside. "Earth to Zayn." Louis waved his hand in front of Zayn's face making the boy jump back slightly.

"Oh, hey Lou. Did Loverboy catch up to you?" He asked as Louis nodded. "Y'know, I think you should stop hurting yourself and just accept what you really want." Zayn said as he stood up, his eyes locked on Louis.

"What are you on about?" Louis questioned as Zayn moved over to the break room and Louis followed.

"Harry. You like him, but you won't let yourself like him." Zayn said as Louis looked down and frowned.

"Is that a bad thing? He won't turn out like me, and I wont corrupt his innocent life." Louis mumbled as Zayn stopped what he was doing and walked closer to him.

"You're not a bad person Louis. Just on the rare occasion you make bad choices, but you're not going to corrupt anyone. And you're only hurting yourself in the end."

"I don't know zee, I think I like him but I've barely known him for two days. there's just-" Louis sighed and ran a hand through his hair "There's just something about him."

"Well then get to know him. But you trying to pretend you feel nothing, isn't getting you anywhere. Its written all over your face Lou. You like him." Zayn smiled at his friend before walking out the break room, leaving Louis with his thoughts.

~

Louis had just arrived back at his apartment when his phone buzzed, he pulled it out and smiled when he saw the text.

Unknown: Hey Blue, It's Harry. Sorry I didn't text earlier, I had to go to class :/

Louis: Don't worry about it, I only just go home anyway.

Curly: I was wondering if I could bring my friend to your shop tomorrow?

Louis: Yeah sure, do they want a tattoo?

Curly: No, but I don't want to leave him in our dorm alone on a Saturday

Louis: Okay, sure. Zayn can entertain him :)

Louis took a deep breath before he typed out the next message.

Louis: So I was wondering if I could get to know you better, you just seem like a really cool guy and I would like to know you a bit more.

Harry: What happened to "I'm no good for you"

Louis: You said yourself that you got to make that decision so....

Harry: I did, and you don't seem bad to me, Blue. So I would love to get to know you better :)

Louis was about to reply when someone started calling him, it took him a minute until he realized it was Harry, he smiled and answered. "Hey, Curly."

Louis and Harry talked for hours and by the time they hung up it was almost midnight. They had talked about anything and everything, Louis felt that he knew harry a lot better then before and he couldn't stop smiling whenever he thought about the boy with green eyes and curly hair. And he would be lying if he said he wasn't excited to see him tomorrow, there was just something about Harry that made Louis forget all his problems, even just for a minute.

Louis fell asleep not long after, with the curly haired boy still on his mind, with his beautiful dimples and gorgeous laugh he wished he could always hear.

~

Louis was finishing up a tattoo he was doing on a woman's arm when the door opened and Harry walked in with a blonde haired guy next to him. Louis sent Harry a warm smile before truing his attention back to the woman sat on the chair.

Zayn stood up from his seat behind the desk and walked towards the door to greet Harry. "I don't think we've properly met before, I'm Zayn." He smiled and held his hand out for Harry to take, which he did.

Harry smiled back before letting go. "I'm Ha-"

"I know who you are Harry, Louis doesn't shut up about you." Zayn Laughed as Louis couldn't do anything as he was working on a client, Harry laughed with him as he stepped aside a little.

"Well this is Niall, he's my roommate back at uni."  Niall smiled at Zayn as he nodded back.

"You guys can wait in the break room, Lou shouldn't be long." Zayn said before leading the two boys into a room not far from the main store. "There's drinks and snacks in there" Zayn said as he pointed to a fridge and the two boys thanked him before sitting down on the couch as Zayn left to go back to the desk.

In around 15 minutes Louis was done with his client and he quickly punched Zayn before walking into the breakroom, he immediately smiled when he saw Harry sat on the couch with his curls falling into his face as he looked down at his phone. "Hey Curly." He sweetly said as he walked over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water.

Harry looked up and smiled wide, showing off his dimples as louis opened the bottle. "Hey, this is Niall." Harry stood up as did Niall and Louis walked towards him.

"Hi, I'm Louis." Louis said as he held a hand out for Niall to shake.

"Nice to meet ya, I've hard a lot about you." Niall smiled and Louis immediately noticed his Irish accent, Louis smiled back before sitting down on the chair opposite the couch. 

They hung out for a few hours, just talking before Harry got up to get his other tattoo which Louis happily did for him. It was just a black star on his bicep, pretty simple so it didn't take too long until they were back in the break room with Niall.

Louis' P.O.V

I admired the curly haired boy opposite me as he looked down at his phone again. "Zayn and I are going to close the shop for today soon, so we can all go out somewhere if you'd like." I spoke as he looked up and nodded.

"Sure." Harry smiled and I felt my heart beat faster, every time he smiles it's hard to be upset or worried about something, he just washes it all away. After 10 more minutes Zayn came in saying he had cleaned up everything and we could close up for today, I nodded and took the keys out my pocket as we all walked towards the door. "Where should we go?" Harry asked as I locked the door behind the four of us.

"I saw a bar on our way here, we could go there?" Niall said as he looked between us, Zayn looked over at me worryingly and went to talk.

"Louis doesn-"

"Sure, bar sounds fine." I cut Zayn off and smiled reassuringly at Harry when he knitted his brows together. Zayn sighed and took out his car keys.

"Alright, Lou and I will drive together and then Harry, you and Niall can drive together. As we will probably need more than one car at the end of the day." Zayn said as Harry nodded and walked towards his car and Niall followed.

I followed Zayn into his car and he looked over at me and shook his head before starting the car. "What?" I was getting annoyed as Zayn kept throwing disapproving glances my way.

"I thought you weren't drinking anymore." Zayn muttered as he kept his eyes on the road, I sighed and laid my head back.

"This again?"

"Yes, Louis. Because you wont understand what it was like to see you in that state. I thought you were gonna die." He raised his voice and sounded like a father scolding a child.

"Well I didn't." I shot back. "I won't drink much."

I heard him scoff from next to me. "Course you wont."

I decided to let it go as I knew he would just get more mad if I tried to fight back, I leaned forward to turn on the radio so the silence wouldn't be so uncomfortable. And after 10 minutes we were pulling up at the club following Harry's car to find a space, Zayn parked and got out without saying anything. I got out too and followed him towards Harry and Niall.

"Alright, lets get drunk!" Niall yelled making us all laugh a little as we followed the blonde Irish man into the bar.  We all walked inside after the bouncer checked our ID's and we walked over to the bar and sat down. The guy behind the counter had brown hair and tattoos covering his arms and hands, his shirt was half unbuttoned and he had a necklace hanging loosely around his neck. "Hi, what can I get you?" He asked looking at us.

Niall was the first to talk. "I will have a a beer." He smiled, and I swear he was blushing a little.

"Sure, you lot?" He smiled at Niall before looking back at us.

"I'll have the same." I said and the guy nodded before looking to Zayn.

"Can I have just coke with a bit of vodka." He asked.

"Yeah, sure. You?" The guy behind the counter looked towards Harry.

"Can I just have a lemonade please?" Harry asked and the guy nodded before turning around. I turned to look at Harry as he sat down next to me.

"Do you not drink?" I asked as the bartender handed Harry his drink.

"I drink a bit, but I have exams next week and I need to study tomorrow so I dont want to be hung over." He chuckled a little as he took a sip.

"What about Niall? He seems like he might have a hangover." I said referring to the blonde boy who was downing his drink already.

"He's always hungover. He uses the excuse that he's Irish and can't get hungover easily but then at 3am I hear him stumble in, drunk of is arse." I laughed with Harry as I took a sip of my beer, I immediately felt the sting in my throat, it had been so long since I had even had a bit of alcohol.

We stayed at the bar for a bit longer just chatting and all getting to know each other but Niall kept getting distracted and flirting with the bartender who we found out was named Liam. And after an hour we all went to the dancefloor, I was slightly tipsy, Niall was drunk, Harry was sober, and Zayn was also a tiny bit tipsy, but started to drink water 10 minutes after he said he needed to keep an eye on me.

Harry's P.O.V

We had been at the bar for almost 4 hours and I was getting incredibly sweaty after dancing with a very drunk Louis for half an hour. Zayn wasn't tipsy anymore so it was just Niall and Louis who were drunk. I was sat back at the bar when I felt someone trip and bump into me. "Oops." I heard Louis giggle as he looked up.

"Hi" I smiled at him as he started tracing my jaw with his finger. "You okay?" I chuckled a little as he stood in front of me looking completely mesmerized.

"Your so pwetty. So bootyful." He mumbled as he pulled his hand away.

"Thanks, Blue. You're beautiful too." I smiled at him as his eyes lit up.

"Harreh, thinks Lewis is bootyful?" He slurred and I chuckled and nodded.

"Yes, Louis is the most beautiful." He walked closer and put his hand on my chest, I looked up at him with my brows knitted together. "What are you doing Louis?" I asked him as he smirked.

"I wanna kiss you." He smiled and tried to get closer to me but I held him back.

"You're drunk, Blue. I'm not going to kiss you when you're drunk." I said with a soft tone so he wouldn't take it the wrong way.

"You dont wanna kiss me?" He slurred as he pouted, I chuckled and held his hand in mine.

"I do. But not if you're drunk." I said honestly as he smirked again.

"I am not dwunk, Harold." He tried to walk forward again but I held him so he couldn't go anywhere.

"Oh really?" I laughed as he nodded. "Alright then, how many fingers am I holding up?" I asked the blue eyed boy as I held up 3 fingers, he leaned closer and squinted his eyes.

"Six."

"You're drunk, Blue." I smiled and moved his hair out his face when he pouted. "I think Zayn should take you home." I said and Louis' eyes widened and he shook his head.

"Don't tell Zayn 'm dwunk." He slurred as he tried to stand straight.

"Why not?" I asked as he looked around.

"He doesn't like me drinking." He whispered before giggling into my ear, and god did it sound heavenly.

"Okay, I wont tell him." I lied as he smiled and poked my dimple. I didn't want to lie to him but if Zayn didn't like him drunk, there had to be a reason and it could be important so I had to tell Zayn. I stood up and moved Louis gently into my seat so he was sat next to Niall who was still talking to Liam. "You stay here, and I will go grab my stuff." I told him before telling Liam to make sure Louis doesn't wander off, when Liam nodded I walked off to go find Zayn.

I found him quickly, he was stood by a group of guys playing pool. "Louis' drunk, I'm going to take him home." I said over the loud music once I reached the pool table, Zayn quickly turned his head to look at me.

"How drunk is he?" He immediately asked.

"Err, I dont know. He's quite drunk." I said not knowing how to answer, Zayn sighed and looked down.

"Okay, I'll take him home." He went to walk but I stopped him.

"Wait, that's kinda the thing. I said I wouldn't tell you he was drunk, and if you take him home, he will know I told you and I don't want him to think he can't trust me." I rushed out as Zayn looked up at me.

"Do you really care about him?" Zayn asked, not in a rude way, he was genuinely asking me if I cared. I hadn't known Louis long at all, but I knew how I felt and I knew I would care about him for a while, and that kind of scared me how I attached I had already gotten to him.

"Yes, I do." I said honestly as Zayn watched me intently.

"Okay, You take Louis home, I'll text you his address. And If Niall doesn't get a ride home with Liam, I will take him home." Zayn said as he took a sip of his water.

"Thanks, Zayn. I'll text you when he's home." I smiled at him as he hesitantly nodded and turned back around, I walked swiftly back to the bar to see Louis talking to an empty glass, I shook my head playfully and placed my hand on his back. "I'm going to take you home now, Blue." I said to him as he smiled and jumped off his seat, almost tripping in the process. He gripped my bicep as we started to walk towards the door.

"Ooo muscles." He laughed and started squishing my bicep in his hands, I looked at him fondly before opening the door to get out the bar. I reached my car and helped Louis do up his seatbelt while he tried to play with my curls. "So soft." He slurred once I strapped him in properly. I tried to pull away but he gripped my hair, stopping me from moving.

"Ow- Louis, you need to let go." I chuckled as he kept his hand on my hair. "Blue, can you let go please?" Hesitantly, Louis let go allowing me to pull away and shut the door before walking round to my side of the car. I got Louis' address from Zayn and started driving towards Louis' house.

After 30 minutes I pulled up outside an apartment complex, I quickly parked the car and walked round to Louis' side so I could help him out the car without falling. I had an arm around his waist and the other was holding his apartment keys he chucked at me while I was driving, I unlocked the door and walked towards the elevator but Louis quickly pulled me back. "No." He mumbled.

"No, what?" I asked as he looked towards the stairs.

"No elevator." He mumbled and frowned.

"Do you not like them?" I asked and he shook his head. "You want to go up the stairs?"

"Yeah, elevators are scary." He looked at me and pouted more.

I sighed but started waking towards the stairs anyway. "Alright, we'll go up the stairs." Louis smiled and started humming a random tune, I chuckled lightly as I helped Louis up the stairs making sure he didn't fall.

We finally reached the 6 floor, and I found his apartment as Louis gripped to my shirt I was wearing. "M'tired." He mumbled as I unlocked the door.

"I know, Blue. You can sleep soon." I told him as I walked into the apartment, slightly out of breath as Louis was barely walking and I was practically carrying him.

I found his bedroom and quickly carried him over to the bed before laying him down on top of the duvet. I was about to turn and go find some medicine and get some water but Louis grabbed my arm. "M'too hot, take me clothes off." He said, with his eyes closed as I stood there shocked. He wasn't even that drunk anymore.

"Louis I-" I stuttered not knowing what to do.

Louis opened his eyes slightly and looked at me through his eyelashes. "Please curly, M'too tired." He mumbled. I nodded and walked closer to him. First I slipped off his jumper and saw he was wearing a white tank top underneath, I hesitantly slipped his jeans off and avoided looking at, Y'know what. I turned and put his clothes on a chair before turning around to see he was now under the covers, I admired how beautiful he looked before realizing I was supposed to get him some water.

I eventually found some medicine and brought it into his room with a glass of water in my other hand. He smiled when he saw me and his eyes followed me as I walked round his bed to put the glass down. "Fanks Curly." He smiled at me as his eyes started to close.

"You're older than me, yet your acting like a little baby." I smiled at him as he tucked his head further into the pillow. "Lou, why doesn't Zayn like you drinking?" I asked after a few seconds.

Louis opened his eyes a little and looked at me. "Something happened a few years ago. I scared him. But I'm too tired to tell you so you will have to ask Zayn." He mumbled before closing his eyes.

"You don't mind me knowing?" I asked.

"No. I dont know why, but I trust you. And I like you. So you can know." He whispered as a faint smile formed on his pink lips.

I waited for him to fall asleep before walking closer "Goodnight, Blue." I whispered as I placed a gentle kiss to the top of his head before walking out his bedroom.

I walked into Louis' kitchen and called Zayn. "Hey, Zayn. He's asleep now." I said once he answered.

"Thanks Harry." I heard Zayn let out a breath of relief from the other line, I suddenly become more curios and asked Zayn a question that was stuck on my mind.

"You dont have to answer this, but what happened to Louis that made you not like him drinking?" I asked and the line went silent. "He told me to ask you, he was too tired to talk about it" I said and I heard Zayn moving. I went to talk again but he cut me off.

Tw: Slight mentions of drinking to a point of near death and drugs.

"I'm going to tell you because, I know Louis likes you and I know you care about him. Just please dont bring this up around him." Zayn started. "It was a few years ago. I had known him for around 3 years and I knew everything about him, his parents kicked him out when they found out he was gay, he was only 17 and they kicked him out with nothing. He moved in with his grandparents but when he was 19 he left and then I met him at a bar one day. We started talking and we became friends quickly. Then a few years later he got really drunk, like really drunk. He had just seen his dad after 3 years of nothing, he already drunk a lot but this time it was like he had no reason to stop. He didn't come to work that day, and I got worried so I went to his apartment. He didn't answer the door when I knocked, I panicked and eventually I got inside. He looked dead. He may have been for a bit, he was so pale, Harry. God, sometimes I still see him like that when I fall asleep. He had drunk so much and done way too many drugs that he just- his body couldn't take it. His pulse was so weak but eventually the ambulance came and they were able to flush it all out. He spent a while in hospital and then rehab, when he came home he didn't smile, he didn't talk to anyone. Not even me. Eventually he started to talk to people and he smiled every now and again. He hadn't had a drink since that night, the only thing he still does is smoke." Zayn finished and I was in complete shock, I didn't want to believe what I was hearing.

"Oh my god." I breathed out as a tear slipped out my eye.

"Thank you Harry." Zayn said randomly after a few seconds of silence

"Huh?"

"You make him smile, a lot. And I can't thank you enough for that." He said.

"You don't need to thank me. I love seeing him smile and I've only known him three days, he's just so intoxicating." I smiled at the thought of Louis' blue eyes and sunshine smile.

Zayn and I spoke for a few more minutes before hanging up, I held my phone in my hand as I sat down on the edge of Louis' couch. I thought about everything Zayn told me and it broke my heart that anyone could hurt Louis so much, he's sweet, amazing, kind and I dont understand why people would want to hurt him.

I stayed at louis' overnight, just to make sure he was okay in the morning. Obviously nothing else.

1 Week later

Its been a week since I took Louis home after he got drunk, we spoke about what Zayn told me and I made sure he did actually want me to know and it wasn't just the many glasses of vodka talking. He did want me to know anyway, and he told me everything himself, and since then any chance I got, I go see him and we hang out. I like him and Zayn told me he likes me, but we aren't anything more than friends yet.

Louis wanted me to come to the tattoo shop after Uni. Class was about to end soon and I was confused to why he wanted me to go, Normally I'm the one telling him that I'm coming. Once the bell went I stood up and quickly left the room, I practically ran all the way to my dorm and swung the door open. Bad Idea. I walked in to see a half naked Liam and Niall. "Oh my god!" I yelled as I covered my eyes when I saw the pair making out on the couch. "Niall, why couldn't you go to his apartment, I'm sick of walking in on you!" I yelled as I stumbled to my room.

"Sorry mate!" I heard him yell as I closed my door. 7 times. I've walked in on them 7 times, one time was really bad, I'm scarred. I don't get why they cant just go to Liam's, he has his own apartment. I chucked my books onto my bed and quickly got changed, I grabbed my phone and a beanie before cautiously opening the door. You would think after your best friend has seen you half naked with your boyfriend you would stop doing 'it', but these two don't. I walked in on them twice in the same day once.

"You better be fucking clothed!" I yelled with my hands over my eyes, I heard Niall chuckle from beside me.

"We're clothed." He laughed as I removed my hand seeing Liam sat casually on the couch and Niall drinking a beer. He went to put his hand on my shoulder but I pushed him away.

"I don't know what your hands were just touching" I stepped towards the door as Niall laughed again.  "I'm going to see Lou, I will be home later." I said before swiftly leaving the dorm, I had just left the room when my phone started ringing.

"Hey, Curly." I heard Louis strong accent through the phone as I walked down the hall.

"Hi, I've just left the dorm. But I saw the grossest thing." I said as I reached the stairs.

"Were Niall and Liam doing it in the dorm again?" He asked chuckling and I immediately groaned at the disgusting memory.

"Almost, I walked in on both of them half naked." I heard him laugh more and I just listened, I loved his laugh.

"Alright, well I'll see you in a bit. I've got a surprise." He said and I went to talk but he hung up before I could. I quickly reached my car and started driving towards the shop.

I parked my car and walked towards the door as the snow started to fall again, I shivered before walking inside. I saw Louis behind the desk with his phone in his hands, and Zayn was doing a tattoo on the other side of the room. I walked further in and Louis looked up and smiled when he saw me. "Hey, curly." He stood up and walked round the desk

"Hey, Blue." I hugged him before he grabbed his coat and smirked at me. "Louuuu, where are we going it's cold outside." I moaned and he laughed as he chucked a pair of keys over to where Zayn was working.

"Just come with me." He said walking towards the door. So that's what I did, I followed him out of the shop and into the freezing weather. We walked through the town and the snow kept falling and it made our cheeks turn slightly pink as it was so cold. We eventually stopped walking when we go into the park, the same park I got Louis' number in. I looked at Louis as he smiled at me without saying anything.

He walked closer to me and stopped when he was able to grab my hand, I felt my heart rate speed up and I felt butterflies in my stomach. "I wanted to ask you something, you dont have to say yes if you think we haven't known each other long enough." He whispered as he looked down at our hands, he sounded nervous and vulnerable.

"What do you wanna ask?" I whispered back as a curl fell into my face, I went to move it but Louis beat me to it. He reached his hand up and gently tucked it behind my ear, I blushed as I looked into his mesmerizing blue eyes.

"Curly, would you like to go on a date with me tomorrow night?" He asked and I instantly smiled wide and nodded my head. I probably looked like and idiot but Louis didn't seem to care as he wasted no time in leaning in. I leaned in the rest of the way and his hands rested on my rosy cheeks as our lips met in the middle. We kissed for a little bit before pulling away slightly out of breath.

"Yes, I will go on a date with you." I smiled as he leaned in again. It was just me and Louis. Louis and I. Harry and Louis.

(A/N: I'm too lazy right now to do the date scene so you will have to use your imagination :))

Time skip - 1 year later

Louis and I had been together for a year now, I graduated college a few weeks ago and I have moved in with Louis. He and Zayn still run the tattoo shop and I am working to get a few jobs to do with photography, I was about to get another tattoo that my amazing boyfriend was going to do to match his own. I parked my car and got out. I walked inside but I couldn't see Louis so I walked to where Zayn was sat on his phone. "Hey Zayn, do you know where Lou is?" I asked and he looked up at me.

"Err, he went out back a few minute ago." He said as he scratched the back of his neck, I looked at him suspiciously before walking out the back of the shop. I saw Louis stood with his back to me as he looked out on the river, he didn't notice me yet so I walked closer and I wasn't until I walked closer I realized he was smoking. I hated when he smoked and he knew that, that was why he tried to cut it down, it took a while but in the end he was able to go a whole week without one cigarette, now he only does it when he's really stressed.

I sighed and walked towards him. "Hey, Blue." I whispered and he hesitantly looked up at me but didn't bother taking the cigarette out, instead he took another drag. "How are you?" I asked in a soft tone, not knowing his mood. He didn't say anything, he just shrugged and blew the smoke into the air away from me. "Did something happen today, you left home this morning and you seemed okay, so what happened at work?" I pushed on, wanting to know what was stressing out my normally cheery boyfriend.

"It's nothing Harry, just leave it." He mumbled as he placed the cigarette between his lips.

"Y'know I don't like when you do that." I said watching the way he closed his eyes for a few seconds.

"Do what? The smoking or the stubbornness." He shot me a fake smile before looking back at the river.

"Both, I hate when you smoke and I hate when you try and push me away. I'm trying to help you, Lou. That's what boyfriends are supposed to do! I get sometimes you dont wanna talk about it, but I want to know you're okay." I tried not to yell as Louis kept his eyes on the river and took another big breath of nicotine, he didn't say anything so I sighed and stepped back. "Fine. I'm going. Come home when your willing to talk to me." I mumbled before I started walking to the door, I was about to open it when I heard his voice.

"I saw them." He was so quiet I could barely hear him, I paused and turned around.

"You saw who, love?" I asked with a gentle tone as I walked towards him again.

"My parents." He mumbled as the cigarette sat in his mouth and he turned around, I kept walking closer. "M-my dad was with my mum, and a kid. He looked around seven or eight." He blew the smoke into the air once more, and I was now stood in front of him. "They had another kid, H. Because I wasn't good enough." He said as tears formed in his eyes and he went to take another drag of his half burnt cigarette, but I took it out of his hand and dropped it onto the floor before standing on it.

"Let's stop that." I meant referring to the cigarette. "You are good enough Lou, you are more than good enough. They are just too stupid and blind to see that being gay doesn't make you different, you're still the same person, you're just free." I said to him as he let a tear roll down his cheeks.

"Why didn't they even call me after? They just left me and made a new kid that I bet they hoped wouldn't be 'ruined'. That's what they told me, that I wasn't normal, that I was a ruined child. Clearly their new son is exactly who they want them to be. They dont need me anymore." He whispered and I pulled him into my chest and kissed his head.

"You're not ruined, and you're the one who doesn't need them Lou, not the other way round. You have Zayn, Niall, Liam, that old lady that always compliments your hair." I smiled when he laughed lightly into my chest. "And you have me. You will always have me." I whispered as he looked up at me.

"I love you, Curly" He sniffled.

"I love you too, Blue." I leaned down to kiss him so he wouldn't have to go on his tip toes. We stayed like that for a bit before I felt him shiver. "Cold?" I chuckled and he nodded.

"I forgot to put my coat on." He laughed with me and I kissed him once more.

"Alright, lets go back inside then." I smiled and kept my arm around his waist as he walked back into the shop. "Do you still want to tattoo me?" I asked once we were back inside.

"Yeah, I may have trashy parents, but I still want a matching tattoo with my wonderful boyfriend" He smiled and hung my coat up before walking into the main area of the building.

"Alright then, Blue. Get working." I smirked and sat down in the chair as he grinned and got all the equipment ready.

3rd person P.O.V

Harry got a ship and Louis has a compass, Louis is guiding Harry home.
And when he reaches home, he will see one person.
Louis. Louis is his home, he always will be.

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I AM SO SORRY I HAVENT UPDATED IN A WHILE, IM DOING A LOAD OF REVISION FOR STUPID TESTS AT SCHOOL, BUT I GO ON CHRISTAMS BREAK SOON SO I WILL UPDATE MORE I PROMISE.

Anyway, I hope this was alright, I'm running out of ideas. I've got one draft that I need to write but after that I'm stuck, so if you want to read anything specific let me know :)

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