So, next one. The year is moving on and so are our two boys, right?

By the way, how do you guys like Luke objectively? Without thinking about him being "in the way" of Larry. 

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"Pizza is ready, guys" announced Aria loudly.

"Be happy Niall isn't here. You wouldn't have survived that sentence, Ari. He's good crazy" laughed Liam as he stood up and walked over to her.

"Maybe he actually is simply crazy" clicked Aria with her tongue while taking the pizzas out of the oven.

"Probably but we all love him because of that" helped Louis her with the pizzas.

"Not only that but without his craziness you wouldn't have met. No idea where we would all be without him" leaned Zayn against Louis' kitchen counter.

"I would be less starved every day. That's for sure" grinned Àmber amused.

"But also less loved, Am" pointed Louis out cheekily.

"Very true. By the way, what is he even doing right now? I'm surprised he isn't here to get free pizza" wanted Àmber to know curiously.

"He is with Sean and Harry" let Louis her know.

"And Josh" added Liam unnecessarily. "They're having a shopping trip. Sean is constantly sending me pictures or videos of them".

"He keeps you updated. Nothing wrong with that. You wanna show us?" sat Aria down with Liam on the couch.

"Sure".

The four of them leaned closer to Liam and looked at the screen of his smartphone. He swiped through his gallery and showed them the pictures Sean had sent him. Mostly, Niall was making funny faces into the camera while Harry and Josh were being in the back looking all cute together and Sean looked fakely annoyed. They seemed to have fun and Louis tried to ignore that funny feeling in his heart. But it overcame him uncontrollably when Liam showed them a video of their friends in town.

"Lima Bean, you should be here right now. They're driving us crazy. Right, Nialler?" looked Sean expectantly at Niall.

"That's still an understatement. They don't even care that we're here with them. Look at this" pointed Niall at Harry and Josh in each other's arms, laughing at something no one could understand.

"Ey, lovebirds. You want ice-cream?" shouted Niall over to them, tearing the boys out of their bubble.

"You want ice-cream, Love?" tugged Josh a loose curl behind Harry's ear.

"Always with you" stared Harry dopey into Josh' eyes, making him blush.

"I asked that" huffed Niall sulky but none of them reacted.

"Give it up, Ni. They're lost in their own little world. It's disgusting. I wanna puke" gagged Sean at the sight.

"Maybe ice-cream wasn't such a good idea. No idea how I should keep it in with that in front of me" questioned Niall his own suggestion.

"I think I pass. I wanna be with you right now, Lima Bean. None of you is disgustingly in love" grimaced Sean into the camera before the screen went black.

"Wow, now I'm happy that I'm here and not with them" shuddered Àmber traumatised.

"Same. I feel for Sean and Niall. I'm happy for Josh and Harry but please, remember that you're not alone in this world" locked Liam his phone and put it back into his pocket.

"But they think they're soulmates" sing-songed Àmber dramatically.

"Yeah, sure" snorted Zayn in disbelief.

"No, for real. Harry told me about this" grabbed Aria for another slice of her pizza.

"Really? Soulmates? How come?" raised Zayn an eyebrow at her.

"Kinda weird. He is reading this book at the moment. Tied To My Destiny. It's about soulmates and the main ship, Harley and Loucas, met exactly the same way. Well, not really but Harry had a moment with Josh that was exactly like the ships' first meeting. They even said the exact same thing and now they're convinced that they are soulmates" reported Aria giddy.

"Do I wanna know what happened?" looked Zayn a bit unsure.

"They bumped into each other" said Aria simply.

"Oh yeah, I remember that. I was there that day. I saw it happening and stepped in because Harry looked a bit overwhelmed by the situation" remembered Liam.

"Probably because he met his soulmate" chuckled Àmber lightly.

"Let's hope for him that's true. Don't wanna see him sad" was Zayn's only comment on the subject.

"Are you okay, Tommo?" eyed Liam him sceptically.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Why?" asked Louis simply.

"You didn't say anything. You're just silently sitting there. Is this bothering you? Just say it and we don't say a word ever again ab ...".

"Why should it bother me that Harry found his soulmate? That's wonderful. I'm happy for him" cut Louis his friend off.

Soulmate. Okay then. Harry found his soulmate and it was Josh. That was totally fine with Louis. No problem. They looked good together, cute and happy. Like no one else mattered except for them. Like they really found each other and were soulmates, meant to be. That was fantastic. Absolutely great and Louis did not feel the need to cry. No, he just really wanted to call Luke right now and hear his voice. Yeah, that's what he needed.

"It doesn't sound like you're happy and you don't look like it. If you still like him maybe you should ...".

"I should what? Destroy his overly sappy relationship and our unstable friendship on top of that for nothing? Definitely not. It's just strange but I will get used to this. He really likes Josh. We never had a chance" sighed Louis out and felt sadness overcoming him.

"Maybe you should have said something on New Year's Eve when you had your little moment. There was a chance" dared Liam to say out loud, his friends' eyes growing big.

"He kissed Josh that day, remember? Tell me again where there was a chance? Before or after he snogged the hell out of his soulmate?" snapped Louis at him, knowing he shouldn't be mad at him.

"I didn't say anything the first time you mentioned it but you kissed Luke first, Tommy. And Harry saw that" spoke Zayn up hesitantly.

"Are you trying to say he only kissed Josh because of me?" tried Louis to understand his best friend, who only nodded wordlessly. "Fine. Even if, it doesn't matter. Seeing them now it shows that it was for the best. They're soulmates. So what if me kissing Luke pushed Harry into Josh' arms. Looks like he belongs there anyway. So it was for the best. No more unnecessary heartache. And now give it a rest".

Louis was so over this. He needed his friends to not always bring this up. Maybe he wasn't completely over Harry yet but that's not so bad. He has been crushing on Harry for almost six years. Of course, it took a while to get over that silly crush. But he could leave it behind if everyone around stopped always mentioning it over and over again. Louis needed a break from all of this. He needed to forget it.

They let the topic rest and decided on watching a movie together. While his friends were lively chatting the whole time Louis was lost in his thoughts. Something inside of him wanted to read that stupid soulmate book now, so he decided to order it online. Right now. After ordering it, he texted Luke, asking him what he was doing. Almost immediately, he got a response and that let Louis smile. It was a nice feeling to know he was someone's first priority and didn't have to wait ages for an answer that never came.

"Guys, Luke just asked me if we would go to that frat party tonight" spoke Louis up near the end of the movie.

"I mean, why not. It's Friday night. We should have some fun" shrugged Zayn nonchalantly.

"We're already having a lot of fun, duh" retorted Aria strangely.

"C'mon, Becca. Don't be so boring" whined Àmber exaggeratedly but Aria didn't react. With a pout, Àmber faced the boys now. "How about going to that party now, boys? It's in ...".

"Hell yes. A party is always a good idea" cheered Liam loudly out of the sudden, not even letting Àmber finish her sentence. Seemed like he didn't listen before but now he was all in for it, already bouncing on his spot on the couch, looking eager as hell. Louis still wasn't used to this.

"Sounds good. I wanted to see Luke anyway. It's on campus, right?" was Louis in as well. Party meant alcohol. Alcohol meant forgetting everything for a while and that sounded tempting. And his boyfriend would be there.

"Yeah, Maribel is hosting it. I'm sure Aria can't wait to go there" wiggled Zayn his eyebrows at her.

"How funny you are" said Aria dryly.

"Wait, do you have a crush on her and I don't know about it?" gasped Louis shocked.

"No, we're just friends" clarified Aria weirdly.

"Whatever you say" sing-songed Liam on his way to the front door.

"You're coming, Am?" waited Louis for his friend in the hallway, not caring about cleaning up their mess tonight.

"Yeah, sure" cleared Àmber her throat, seeming a bit absent-minded to Louis.

"You're good?" checked Louis worriedly.

"Splendid. Let's go".

Pushing the feeling she was lying aside for now, Louis followed her out the door and locked his front door. Leaving the house, the group of friends made their way back over to the university campus. Pretty quick, they arrived at their destination and entered the frat building. Music was booming out of loud boxes and people were dancing wildly in the middle of the room. When he was looking around for the alcohol, Louis spotted Niall in the crowd.

"Niall?" approached Louis his already drunk-looking friend. "What are you doing here?".

"Partying, what else" screamed Niall loudly.

"I thought you were with Sean, Josh and Harry" wondered Louis confused.

"I was but then the lovebirds went home, if you know what I mean. And Sean didn't feel like partying. Probably because Bailey is out of town over the weekend. It's so obvious he fancies her" babbled Niall a lot of stuff, but Louis only heard that they had gone home. Like they were freaking married.

"Nialler!" exclaimed Liam loudly behind Louis as he spotted Niall. Oh yeah, right. They were partying buddies now. Completely slipped his mind.

"Lima Bean! You're here. Now the party can finally start" cheered Niall happily.

"You're already drunk without me?" eyed Liam Niall's red cup in his hand.

"I didn't know you would come, Lima Bean" pouted Niall.

"We're all here, Nialler. Great that you care about us, too" snorted Zayn next to Liam.

"But you're boring. Lima Bean is the life of the party" grinned Niall sheepishly.

"I'm gonna show you how boring I am".

With that, Zayn disappeared with Niall and Liam into the crowd and Louis just shook his head at them. Before he could go and grab some alcohol, two arms snaked around his body from behind. Immediately, he relaxed into the touch and leaned against the broad chest behind him.

"Hi, Handsome. You're alone here?" purred Luke into Louis' ear sexily.

"I have to disappoint you, Stranger. My boyfriend is somewhere in the crowd and he gets jealous pretty fast. Doesn't like other people touching me" turned Louis around in Luke's arms, wrapping his arms around Luke's neck.

"Oh, you have a boyfriend? Can't see him anywhere. What does he look like?" played Luke along.

"Well, he's pretty tall. Like damn, is he a tree? He is also hella attractive and so good-looking. Comes off as strong and tough but is more of a soft baby" bit Louis back his grin.

"Doesn't sound like he is worthy of your attention, pretty boy" leaned Luke closer to him.

"He is the only one worthy of my attention" locked Louis eyes with him.

"Why?" gulped Luke, licking his lips out of instinct.

"Because I say so" whispered Louis out. "Or because I really like him".

With a beautiful smile, Luke connected their lips in a sweet kiss. Louis reacted quickly and kissed him back. They managed to keep the kiss sweet and innocent even though everything around them screamed the opposite and Louis couldn't say why, but he loved it. He loved the fact that he could be sweet with Luke at any time. Maybe it was stupid to be happy about this fact because it should be normal but Louis didn't care. He was happy and no one could change that.

On the next day, all ten of them met up in the university library to study for their next exams. While Sean, Harry and Josh looked motivated as hell, Louis just felt like shit. His friends didn't look any better. The party had messed up their heads and they were all knackered. Liam and Niall had been drunk out of their minds until Louis had lost sight of them at one point. Àmber and Aria had danced til dawn and Zayn had chatted up some cute guy. No clue what had happened afterwards because the sweet and innocent kiss of Louis and Luke had turned into passionate and heated kisses later on and maybe they had ended up at Luke's flat to explore that feeling a little bit more. But only maybe.

"Guys, you look like shit. What did you do yesterday?" asked Sean curiously.

"Partied hard, I guess. They look like it" cackled Josh amused.

"Sh, shut up. My head is killing me" shushed Niall him with a groan.

"Same, bro. Should have stayed in bed" lamented Zayn.

"Wait, you too? I thought you were at Louis'?" wondered Sean confused.

"Yeah, until Luke texted his boyfriend and wanted us to join him at the party. Or probably just Tommy because he was horny, but hey. We had a great time" replied Zayn bluntly without a brain-to-mouth filter, earning a slap from Louis.

"Does this mean you pulled someone?" smirked Sean nastily at him.

"Who knows".

"I know" spoke Louis up, wanting to pay Zayn back for his comment on Luke being horny. "What was this guy's name, Javy? You looked very into him, but I guess later he was more into you".

"You mean like you were most definitely deep into Luke?" shot Zayn back challengingly.

"Boyfriend" threw Louis him a funny look, feeling weird with Harry watching him closely now.

"No one cares" grinned Zayn playfully at him.

"Sounds like you had a fun night" noted Josh entertained, looking at Louis and Luke with his arm around Harry.

"You could say that" glanced Luke at Louis, who stared concentrated at his book, not even reading one word.

"I could tell you had fun by the way Luke was walking. Rough night, huh?" wiggled Niall his eyebrows at them to make matters worse.

"Guys, shut up. I'm here to study and not talk about Louke's night activities" intervened Àmber now.

"Would you prefer Joyden's instead?" rested Sean his chin on his hands, fluttering his eyelashes at her.

"No need. Studying" pointed Àmber at her notes.

"Boring".

"So, you had some fun as well, yeah? Damn, I should have pulled someone. I feel excluded" slammed Niall his hand down on the table.

"Be quiet, Niall. Or you can study alone" hissed Aria at him.

"And by the way, you were way too smashed to have sex anyway" remarked Liam naughtily.

"Doesn't matter. It's not that hard to push ...".

"It's pretty damn hard, Nialler" cut Louis him off smirkingly and that caused Zayn,Liam, Sean and Josh to erupt into fits of laughter. Aria and Àmber just rolled their eyes at him while Luke blushed and rested his arm on Louis' chair. Harry just stared wordlessly at him.

"We should focus on the studying or we're gonna get kicked out" cleared Harry his throat.

"No, I wanted to ask you something" whined Niall dramatically.

"What is it, Nialler?" rolled Harry amusedly his eyes.

"Tell me when you realised Josh is your soulmate" asked Niall of him excitedly.

"That isn't a question" replied Harry matter-of-factly.

"Doesn't matter. I wanna know" urged Niall him to talk.

"I should've known it when we bumped into each other over there" pointed Harry at a spot right in front of a bookshelf. "But I only realised this on New Year's Eve. He was made for me. Simple as that. No confusion or hesitation".

"We just knew it. We're the real life version of Harley and Loucas. I got hurt by my soulmate physically but it was okay because I got him" added Josh sappily.

"Hurt?" cocked Zayn an eyebrow at Josh.

"He sent me flying to the floor" chuckled Josh while Harry just blushed deeply.

"So, you literally fell for him" grinned Niall widely.

"Guess I did" looked Josh fondly at Harry, who only stared back and like this they were gone in their own world.

"Thank you for not being like this" addressed Sean Louis and Luke before focusing back on his notes.

"We could be worse" whispered Luke into Louis' ear, tracing with his lips over the skin right underneath it.

Louis couldn't suppress a light shudder at the feeling but tried to keep his thoughts clean. That wasn't so easy unfortunately. With Luke' arm, that was rested behind Louis, now on his thigh, it was difficult to focus on anything else. He felt his dick reacting to it while the need to be alone with Luke overcame him again.

That need disappeared as soon as he noticed Harry's eyes on him. Or better on Luke and him. He could see how Harry eyed their close position and Luke's hand placement from across the table. He didn't look displeased or anything, just curious, but Louis felt weird with Harry's curious eyes on him. Not just weird, but highly uncomfortable and he couldn't say why. He should block him out and just focus on his boyfriend's touch while Harry was busy being touchy with Josh, but Louis couldn't help himself.

That feeling didn't go away, no matter how hard he tried. Even when he entered his flat with Luke and ended up making out on his bed had Louis still Harry's face on his mind. How he was watching him. How Harry was being all lovely dovely with Josh. How they had kissed during their break. That uncomfortable feeling never left his body and ruined his mood but he tried to shrug it off to not also ruin Luke's mood. That would be horrible.

That's why he ended up asking Luke something Louis never thought he would ever ask him. "Can I bottom tonight, Love?".

Utterly surprised and definitely shocked, Luke stopped sucking on Louis' collarbone and just blinked at him. "What? Really? You want that? I thought you preferred to top, like always".

"Yeah, I do. But tonight I ..." trailed Louis off, unsure of how to word this. He couldn't tell Luke that he wasn't feeling this at all right now and hoped as the bottom he could get through this easier. "I just feel like it. Want you to take care of me. To wreck me".

Inwardly, Louis cringed at his own words. His statements didn't even make sense together. Wrecking someone and taking care of someone were two completely different things. Louis had done both to Luke by now. He knew what he was talking about. But tonight he wanted his brain to shut up and Louis feared being gentle wouldn't do the thing. He needed Luke to be rough but Louis knew he wouldn't do that. He knew Louis never bottomed before and Luke was way too caring to hurt him. Right now, Louis damned that fact and hoped it would still be enough to play pretend.

"I will be as gentle as possible" assured Luke him lovingly.

And of course, he would. Just as Louis had predicted it. A part of him was annoyed by that fact but Louis knew that was dumb. He should be thankful for it. This was his first time as a bottom. Meant it would hurt. So, Luke being considerate was cute and not annoying. The only annoying thing was Louis' brain, that wasn't giving him any peace. It just didn't seem to shut up for one second.

It was still playing off those pictures of Harry and Josh together when Luke pushed his first finger inside of him. Not even the slight burn made the images go away. Luke's movements made the pictures look blurry from time to time and Louis wanted to scream out of joy. Instead he let out breathy moans at the feeling. He was finally getting into this. Just in time for Luke's dick.

"Are you really sure?" asked Luke again, looking for any sign of discomfort or insecurity in Louis' face.

"I'm really sure. I trust you with this, Baby" reassured Louis him softly, ignoring that the petname felt forced.

At those words, Luke leaned closer to Louis to press a gentle kiss onto his lips. With his hands next to Louis' head, he pushed his dick inside and Louis squeezed his eyes shut at the burning feeling of the stretch. His breathing was heavy and he felt tears prickling in his eyes but he knew he would get through this. It would get better.

And it did. After a while, he gave Luke the sign to move and so, he did. Steady and slow and careful not to hurt Louis even more. This gentleness warmed Louis' entire being and he felt so bad for those picture flashes in his head. Pictures of another person his mind wanted to have here instead. Pictures he didn't want to see and refused to see.

So, he opened his eyes and only focused on Luke's face. On his beautiful face with heated cheeks and blown pupils. The face that was only focused on Louis with so much softness in his eyes even though they were having sex that Louis felt a lump forming in his throat. That's why he closed his eyes again and just let the pleasure taking over him. The pleasure was all Louis could feel and he saw nothing. He felt the familiar heat and a second later, he came with a loud moan. Luke followed shortly after.

After being cleaned up, he cuddled up to Luke, who was caressing Louis' naked back. He breathed in Luke's smell and tried to fall asleep. He could feel the soreness in his bum already and just hoped this was a one-time thing. He wasn't made to be a bottom and didn't really feel like doing this again even though it was quite pleasuring and felt good to give up the power and control to someone he trusted. Maybe over time it would get better.  

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So, Harry thinks Josh is his soulmate and Louis had his first time as a bottom with Luke. What did you think?