Ashton chased Louis around on Niall's hand, making Niall laugh uncontrollably. "No more!" He cried as he nearly dropped the flower children.

Ashton crawled up Niall's arm and rested on his shoulder. "Walk faster." He commanded and Niall rolled his eyes. "You can walk by yourself if you don't like my speed." He said and Ashton pouted. "No! I have tiny legs!" Louis laughed. "Haha! I'm bigger than you!"

Ashton huffed and crossed his arms, but he couldn't help but get excited as the familiar kiosk came into sight.

"Seriously?" The old man asked. "Where's your friend? I'm starting to think he has some weird flower child addiction."

Ashton ran down Niall's arm and jumped onto the stand, Louis following. "He has the cancer bug, so he's staying home." He said, walking around and admiring all the giant things around him.

Louis suddenly gasped and ran to a pot. He wrapped his arms around it and smiled. "This one Niall! Buy this one!"

"Okay." Niall chuckled, handing the money over to the man and grabbing the pot.

Louis cheered and jumped onto Niall's shirt, climbing up.

"Niall!" Ashton whined. "Buy me something!"

"No. I don't like you." Niall said.

Ashton stomped his foot, making a flower bloom, before quickly dying. "Niall!"

"Ashton!" Niall stomped his foot too, mimicking Ashton.

"It's not for me, I wanna get something for Lukey!" Ashton glared.

"Oh, what do you want to get him?" Niall asked. Ashton thought as he looked around at the items. "I dunno, nothing here is good enough for him."

"How about you make him a card?" Louis asked, hugging his pot.

Ashton gasped and clapped his hands. "Yes! Perfect!"

He stuck his tongue out and ran across the stand, leaping off the edge and grabbing onto Niall's shirt. He climbed up and laid down on Niall's head. "To home!"

Niall sighed deeply and started walking home.

-

Luke opened his eyes when he heard the door open and close.

He heard Ashton giggle and the patter of tiny feet as the flower child ran across the tiled kitchen.

"Ash?" He called, looking up. "What are you doing?"

Louis popped up on the couch. "He's making you a 'sprise!"

"A 'sprise huh?" Luke asked, sitting up. "Aw, did you get a pot?" Louis smiled fondly down at his flower pot. "Yeah, can we grow it now?"

"Sure." He got up and carried them to the window, where he put the screen up and watered it. Louis waited by the pot. "I'll stay here." He waved Luke away.

Luke smiled and left, walking to the kitchen to check on Niall and Ashton.

"Hand me that crayon Niall! No, that one! Yes! NO!!! Why would you break it??" Ashton cried and Niall laughed. "It was a white crayon, what did you need it for?"

"It was white?" Ashton asked. "Oh, I thought it was light yellow." Luke frowned at the doorway. "Ash? Do you need glasses?"

Ashton shook his head. "No, I can see! I run into the walls for fun."

Niall choked on his sandwich and had to leave the room.

Luke walked up to Ashton and knelt down to be eye level. "Ash, are you sure you don't need glasses?"

Ashton sighed and grabbed Luke's face in his tiny hands. "I'm sure Lukey." He leaned forward and kissed Luke's nose. "Now go away! I'm making a 'sprise!"

"Okay." Luke was unconvinced, but left Ashton anyways. He joined Niall on the couch.

"Where's Louis?" Niall asked. "At the window, waiting for his pot to grow." Luke said, turning on the TV.

"We should have waited a few more weeks to buy him that, that could have been a great Christmas present." Niall said and Luke groaned. "Can you imagine a Christmas with three flower children?"

"Luke?" Luke felt a tugging on his skinny jeans and he bent down, where Ashton was looking up at him, holding something in his hand. He reached his arms up and Luke picked him up, setting him on his lap.

"Yeah baby?"

"I made you a 'sprise.' Ashton said softly, handing a tiny piece of paper out to Luke.

Luke opened it up, and saw a teeny tiny picture of twp people, one with blonde hair, and the other with flowers around him. In little handwriting it said: I love you Luke, hope you get better of your cancer bug :).

Luke smiled down at Ashton, who was beaming up at him. "D'you like it?"

"I love it!" Luke kissed his finger and poked Ashton. "Thank you baby. I'm already feeling better."

Ashton blushed and looked at the ground. "I'm gunna go see Louis." He climbed down Luke's legs and ran off.

"You just had to say cancer, huh?" Luke asked Niall. He shrugged. "He doesn't know what it is."

"Don't let him find out."

-

A few weeks later, Luke called Ashton and Louis into his room, where the flower had started to open.

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh." Louis panicked. "I'm so nervous." Ashton hugged him. "Don't be!"

Luke left the room to get some clothes for the newest flowerchild, just as the petals opened.

Louis gasped. "He's beautiful!"

Ashton pouted. "He has curlier hair than me! I don't like him."

Louis climbed up onto the window and removed the screen. He stared at the tiny boy with wide eyes. "I wanna poke him."

"Me too!" Ashton gasped, climbing up.

"Don't poke him!" Luke said. "Let him wake up and get some clothes on first."

"Hey." Louis said softly, shaking the boy awake. "Wakey upy!"

The boy slapped Louis's hands off and rolled over.

"Oy!" Ashton shouted, jumping on top of him. "Wake up so we can play!"

The boy gasped at the sudden weight and his eyes shot open.

He pushed Ashton off him and sat up. "Where am I?"

"Here you go." Luke handed the tiny clothes to the boy. "You're at my house." The boy changed into them.

"What's your name?" Louis asked.

"Zayn." The boy said.

"Really?"

"No, I'm Harry." The boy gave a dimpled smile and Louis laughed. "Oh!" Louis grabbed Harry's hand and led him around. "I'll show you around. My name's Louis, that giant is Luke, the other flower child is Ashton and the other big giant is Niall."

Ashton sat down on the window sill and pouted. "Lukey!"

"Yeah?"

"They left me!"

"They left me too." Luke leaned against the wall and Ashton grabbed onto his shirt, climbing up and sitting on his shoulder. He leaned against Luke's neck. "We don't need them."

"Yeah. Hey Ash, I'm gunna take a nap."

"I'll take one with you!"

Luke smiled and turned off the lights, but keeping Ashton's Christmas lights on. He climbed into bed, Ashton curling up in his pillow.

"Night Lukey."

"Goodnight Ash."

-

The next morning, Luke woke up to find Ashton sleeping in a ball on his cheek. He smiled and carefully slid him off and laid him on the pillow. Ashton yawned and rolled over as Luke covered him with a blanket.

He walked to the kitchen, where Niall was cutting up a banana for Harry and Louis.

"Hey Luke, so I was thinking of keeping Harry and Louis at my place, if that's okay." Niall asked.

"Sure, if you want. Two flower children are a handful though." Luke smiled.

Harry and Louis were sitting impossibly close together as they shared the same slice of banana. "We'll be good! Harry squeaked. Louis shrugged. "We'll be okay."

"But wait," Niall frowned. "Won't Ashton be lonely again?"

"Oh yeah, I dunno, maybe I can buy him a girlfriend." Luke laughed.

Harry made a face. "Ew, girls." Louis laughed. "Icky!"

"Lukey?" A tiny voice called.

"Gotta go." Luke ran back up to his room. "Yeah baby?"

"Carry me." Ashton sleepily raised his arms up.

Luke smiled and picked him up, cradling the tiny boy close.

He walked back to the kitchen. "So you're taking them?" He asked Niall and Niall nodded. "If that's okay?"

"Yeah, Ashton and I will be fine by ourselves." Luke said. Ashton opened one eye. "Course we will."

"Okay then." Niall packed the rest of the banana to go. "Let's go to my house children!" He carried Louis and Harry out the door and waved goodbye to Luke.

Luke sat on the couch as Ashton buried his face in his shirt, falling back asleep.

Luke frowned suddenly. "Hey, where the fuck are my cats?"