This was a request by Sunshine_28_ hope it's alright:)
Also sorry it took so long, but hopefully tonight or tomorrow I'm publishing a new book I've been working on, it's only the first few chapters but I hope you will go and check it out <3

Louis' P.O.V

"Hey boys, I've got a joke!" Harry yelled as he walked into the room and sat down next to me.

"Please don't share it." Liam mumbled as he rubbed a hand over his face and Niall hummed in agreement.

"Shut up you dicks." I said as I wrapped my arm around Harry shoulder and looked into his green eyes. "What's the joke, love."

"What do you call a bear without any teeth?" Harry grinned and I admired his sunshine smile before answering.

"I don't know." I said as I continued to smile towards the cheeky boy sat next to me.

"A gummy bear." He chuckled as Liam groaned and I laughed for Harry's sake.

"Great one babe." I smiled and kissed his cheek as he blushed and tucked his head into my chest.

"Right, now the terrible joke is over, we can actaully get on with our work." Liam groaned as he stood up and I sent him a glare before gently rubbing Harry's shoulder.

"It wasn't that bad was it?" Harry whispered with a hint of insecurity in his voice. I shook my head and kissed his temple a few times until he smiled. It may seem pathetic to some people but I knew Harry was very sensitive and took everything to heart even if it was a joke, which is why he needed reassurance more than most people. He always just wants to be liked by everyone and then feels insecure if they show a hint of hatred of dislike towards him.

We all stood up and left the room to go to the tour bus so we could go get lunch before our interviews later on. I took Harry's hand and lead him outside while whispering sweet nothings in his ear making him giggle.

We reached the tour bus and all went inside, I sat down on the couch with Harry before Liam and Niall came over, Zayn wasn't with us today as he didn't feel too good so management let him stay in the hotel for the morning but he would have to come for the interviews. We were going to get McDonald's and then we would get Zayn from the hotel before finally going to where the interviews would be held.

"I have another joke." Harry smiled as he squirmed in his seat.

"Don't tell it." Niall groaned as Harry pouted.

"Why not?" He asked as his voice got quieter.

"Your jokes suck mate, can't you think of any better ones or just keep your mouth shut?" Liam admitted with a hint of harshness in his tone, making Harry sink further into my side.

"Don't listen to them, your jokes are great. You can tell me one." I whispered as he smiled and wrapped his arm around my waist.

"But I don't want them to say anything." He whispered as he tucked his head into my neck.

"Baby, if they say anything I will punch them." I laughed a little making sure harry knew I was joking as he hated when people got violent.

"Okay." He smiled and took his head out of my neck. "What do you call a sad cup of coffee?" Harry chuckled as Niall groaned.

"Harry no-" Niall was cut off when I chucked a shoe at him.

"Depresso." Harry smiled as he tried to hold his laugh back.

I laughed at his cuteness and kissed his cheek. "Good one." He smiled and relaxed back into my arms.

"Can I say one more?" Harry asked and I nodded and Liam and Niall stood up.

"If he's saying another joke, I'm leaving." Liam mumbled as he and Niall walked out of the room and towards the bunks.

"Are my jokes really that bad?" Harry asked as he looked up at me with a frown.

"No they're good, those two are just grumpy because Zayn's not here." I reassured him as he sat up and smiled.

"Can I tell you my joke, Lou?" Harry asked and I nodded making him smile wider. "So you may look around and see two different groups of people, some
Will have have a white collar others will have blue. But I don't see it that way, you know why not?" He said and I shook my head with a fond smile on my face. "Because I'm collar blind." He smirked and I chuckled and kissed his cheek.

"I like that one." I told him before he rested his head back on my chest and closed his eyes. "Go to sleep, love." I smiled down at my sleepy boyfriend watching as his eyes fluttered closed and a faint smile appeared on his lips when I kissed his hair.

I waited until his breathing evened out, telling me he was asleep, before moving his head slightly so I could stand up. Once I rested him back down on the couch and wrapped a blanket around him before walking off to go find the boys. He walked into the kitchen area to see niall sat on the counter eating a cookie while Liam leant against the wall with a drink in his hand.

"How was Harry's joke?" Liam asked before he and Niall started laughing making me more annoyed at them.

"Listen, I don't care if you don't like his jokes or you think they're bad but don't tell that to his face. You know he's sensitive and takes everything to heart, so you telling him that, is not helpful. Do you know how many times I've had to reassure him late at night because he thinks he's boring or that you don't like him? Too many, Liam. I shouldn't have to tell my boyfriend time and time again that his friends are just joking and that they do actually like him." I said sternly as I glared between them both before walking away without listening to their reply.

I walked back into the living room and smiled at my still sleeping boyfriend before sitting down next to him as his eyes fluttered open. "Hey, sunshine." I smiled at him as he sighed and moved up closer to me. "You didn't sleep long."

"My warmth left me." He pouted and wrapped his whole body around mine and breathed in deeply when his head was in the crook of my neck.

"Sorry boo, I had to go talk to the boys quickly." I told him as he hummed and closed his eyes again. I put my hand into his hair and scratched his scalp as he fell asleep on my chest once again.

~

We had just finished eating lunch when the boys came into the living room as we drove towards the venue for the interviews. I wrapped my arm tighter around Harry when I felt him tense. "Hey haz." Liam smiled and sat down opposite us with Niall. Zayn wasn't coming to the interviews as he got more sick over the day and he wasn't allowed to come with us, so it was just Liam, Niall me and Harry. "Listen, we're sorry about being rude about your jokes, they're not bad." Liam apologised as Niall hummed and sent Harry a warm smile.

"Thanks, Li." Harry smiled and sat up more.

"Do you want to tell us one of your jokes?" Liam asked an Harry shook his head and I frowned. "You sure, Haz?"

"Yeah." Harry mumbled before pulling out his phone and going on Twitter. I smiled sadly at Liam and Niall when they frowned and leant back in their seats.

~

After 1 hour we had all finished getting ready for the interviews and Harry had still not said anymore jokes but he did seem more happy so that was good, Liam and Niall had become more playful and I was worried they were going to forget what I told them earlier.

I pushed that thought aside as we all got lead out of the dressing rooms and taken into another room full of cameras and bright lights, we sat down on the couch in front of the interviewer and Harry was sat next to Liam and Niall as I sat on the other side of Liam because Harry and I weren't allowed to sit next to each other.

They counted down from five and soon enough we were live. "Hello everyone!" The interviewer said as she looked into the camera. "So today I had the pleasure of being able to interview one direction!" She smiled and looked towards us. "But this isn't the full band, so where did Zayn disappear to?" She asked before Liam spoke up.

"Oh he was going to be here, but last night he got sick and he got worse over today so he's staying at he hotel so he can get better for the concert in a few days." Liam said as the interviewer nodded and looked down at the cards in her hands.

"Well, I hope he gets better soon." She smiled before looking back at us. "So you have your 2nd album out soon, is there anything you can tell us?" She asked as Harry started talking.

"Err I think we put a lot more of our own style into it, Err and we wrote a lot more of the songs as uhh on the first album we didn't really contribute much on the writing side of things." He spoke slowly, and all the boys knew that's just the way he speaks which is why it annoyed me when Liam and Niall started giggling, I elbowed Liam in the ribs and glared at him. "Err we also have another artist on the album who wrote one of our songs." Harry smiled and the interviewer nodded.

"Are you allowed to tell us who?" The interviewer asked as Harry looked over to management who nodded their heads. "Anyone else want to tell them who?" Harry asked as he looked at us and Liam nodded.

"Yeah, I'll do it, Otherwise we'll be here for another hour waiting for you to finish what your saying. A turtle could talk faster than you." Liam laughed as Niall joined in and I looked over at Harry to see he was trying to smile to hide that what Liam said actually hurt. Harry probably felt worse as Liam had embarrassed him on live tv, I glared at Liam and Niall as they looked back at me confused, clearly they had forgotten what I said to them.

And what annoyed me more is that what liam said affected Harry so much that he stayed quiet for the rest of the interview.

When it was over I tried to talk to Liam but I had no time before we were being whisked off into another room for another interview, I sighed and sat down as I looked over at Harry who had his head down and a frown on his lips.

The interview started and Harry barely said anything, the only time he spoke was when he said hello and goodbye, apart form that, he said nothing else.

All the interviews were over and we were going back to the tour bus so we could go to the hotel, and I walked over to Harry and laced his hand with mine, not even caring who might see us. He didn't smile he just moved impossibly closer to me as we walked onto the bus. "I'm gonna have a nap." Harry whispered to me before walking off to the bunks.

I frowned and watched him walk away before going to find Liam. "What the fuck was that about?!" I yelled when I saw him in the living room area with Niall.

"Huh?"

"In the first interview, about Harry's talking!" I yelled louder as I walked closer to Liam.

"It was just a joke, Louis. I was trying to lighten the mood." Liam said as Niall shifted uncomfortably in his seat.

"Well not to him! What you said genuinely hurt him, Liam! Why don't you get that! I already told you today that he takes things to heart, did you not even think why he wasn't talking in any of the other interviews?! It's because you embarrassed him on live tv and he didn't want it to happen again so he didn't even bother talking!" I yelled as I ran a hand through my hair. "Y'know what, I'm going to go see Harry and make sure he's okay, and when you grow the fuck up, you can apologise to him and don't ever do it again." I calmed down a little and walked away.

I reached Harry's bunk and climbed inside with him. "Hey baby." I whispered before kissing his temple and wrapping my arms around his waist.

"Hi." He mumbled as he moved his body back so he was pressed up against my chest.

"You alright?" I asked him and he just shrugged and sighed. "You can talk to me about it when you want to." I told him and I felt him nod against my chest, I kissed the back of his neck before closing my eyes and falling asleep with Harry in my arms.

~

I was woke up when I felt the bus stop, I opened my eyes and heard Harry whine when I got out the bunk. "Cmon, love. We're at the hotel." I whispered softly as he rubbed his eyes and I steadied him when he jumped out the bunk. He took my hand and we walked off the bus to where Liam was stood guilty with Niall in front of the hotel. We all walked into the lobby before Liam and Niall came up to Harry.

"Haz, we're really sorry, I didn't think that it would offend you." Liam apologised as Harry nodded and tightened his hold on my hand. "It just meant to be a joke, I didn't want make you feel insecure or anything. I'm really sorry, I didn't mean any of it."

"It's okay, Li. I know it was just a joke, just please don't do it again." Harry said as Liam nodded and hugged Harry before Paul walked over to the group.

"Here's your room keys. Niall and Liam you've got separate rooms, Harry and Louis you're sharing." He smiled and handed us the keycards.

"Thanks Paul." We all said in unison before getting into the elevator.

We all went our separate ways as we walked to our rooms. I used the keycard and opened the door before letting Harry go inside first. We both stripped down to our underwear and got into the bed, too tired to bother staying up any longer. I wrapped my arms around Harry and pulled his body closer to mine. "You wanna talk yet?" I asked and Harry nodded before sitting up.

He sighed and started talking. "I didn't want it to get to me that much, but it did. Liam knows that I'm insecure about how slow I talk and the fact that he said it on live tv makes it worse. Why can't I be normal like everyone else, why do I have to be different." Harry sighed as he looked at me.

"Being different doesn't mean your not normal, H." I told him as I put my hand on his thigh. "And Liam was being a dick in that moment and he regrets it and I know that you don't like the way you talk but nobody else cares Hazza, people love you because your funny, caring, sweet, generous and the most handsomest man I've ever seen. Everyone is different, everyone has something they don't like about themselves, and I wish I could sit here for years and tell you how much I love every single bit of you. Every insecurity you have, may seem big to you but really to everyone who truly cares about you, it's small and they don't define you because of it. I make sure to tell you that I love you everyday because you deserve to be told you're loved, even when you think you're not. So I love you. I love you so much." I whispered the last bit before kissing all over his face until he giggled.

"Thanks, Lou." Harry smiled and kissed my lips.

"So are you going to continue to tell your jokes and talk how you like in interviews?" I asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, because I'm bigger than my insecurities." He smiled and I kissed his lips again.

"You are very right." I grinned and pulled him back down to lay with me. "I love you hazza, all of you."

"I love you too Lou, all of you."

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I hope that was alright, and I'm so sorry it took so long to update this, but I've been working on the first few chapters of my new book. And they should be published soon :)

Anyway make sure you have eaten something and had something to drink, and remember to have a nap if you haven't slept very well.

I love you all <3

Don't let insecure thoughts ruin something amazing - Unknown

Maybe I'm scared because you mean more to me than anyone other person. You are everything I think about, everything I need, everything I want - Unknown