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Y'all, era change! 

Refer to the picture above to know who is in which era!

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About two weeks passed and there was no sight of Nick, much to Louis and Harry's relief.

Harry and Louis had been getting a lot of matching tattoos, the dagger and the rose, a compass and a ship, a cage and birds, etc. Louis concluded that getting tattoos were not so bad after all, to which Harry said "I told you, never say never."

For Valentine's day, Louis had gotten another matching tattoo with Harry. Louis had gotten an 'It Is What It Is' on his chest, while Harry had gotten a butterfly tattoo on his torso.

Harry had finished writing his song 'Sweet Creature' and sung it to Louis that day, which got Louis emotional.

Zayn and Liam, on the other hand, were already on the next step of their relationship.

Zayn had proposed to Liam on Valentine's day, which made Liam cry tears of joy, and now were officially fiancés. Niall was the happiest for both of them, which earned him the spot of 'Best Man' for Liam, already!

Louis, Harry and Niall were happy for the two of them, congratulating them with bouquets of flowers.

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Time progressed and soon, it was March.

Harry's hair had grown pretty long, while Louis was sporting a tiny stubble. Harry thought that Louis looked hotter with a beard and didn't let him shave it off.

Louis, on the other hand, ordered Harry not to cut his hair because his baby looked really hot with longer hair.

Besides that, they were unbelievably sexually active. Handjobs and blowjobs were given to each other whenever they needed it. By now, they had fucked almost everywhere in the dorm like, in the kitchen, the bathroom, the bedroom, against any wall, etc.

In two weeks' time will be the graduation ceremony. Liam, Zayn and Louis were looking forward to it, while Harry was depressed. Yes, he was happy that his friends and boyfriend were graduating, but he was also sad that he would no longer get to go to Uni with them.

It would be just him and Niall, who was one year senior to him.

Little did Harry know that Louis had a surprise for him on that day, which only Louis, Lottie, Liam and Zayn knew.

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19th March, 2022.

Saturday

The Graduation Ceremony

"Lou breath. Everything will be fine. Deep breaths." Harry said, rubbing Louis' back.

"I can't. What if I don't graduate? What if I have to stay back here? What if I lose my job? Shit my life would be ruined." Louis said, all in one breath. He rubbed his face with his hands and leaned into Harry.

Harry and Louis were in the car, Harry driving then to the graduation ceremony. His mum, sisters and entire family had already reached the Uni, waiting for Louis and Harry to reach. Louis was having a panic attack, and refused to meet anyone except Harry.

Zayn and Liam were also in the Uni, with their respective families.

They reached the Uni, and Harry had to practically pull Louis out. Louis was dressed in a black coat and hat, and Harry tried really hard not to get turned on.

"Come on now Louis. Everything will be fine! Have some faith in yourself baby..." Harry said, pulling Louis towards the hall.

He saw Liam and Zayn waiting for them over there.

"There you both are! I was beginning to think that Tommo wasn't gonna show up." Zayn said, pulling Louis away from Harry.

"No, no. Let me stay with him, please." Louis pleaded.

"No way Lewis. The ceremony begins in 10 minutes and you're still clinging to your boyfriend. Won't let you stay near him for a minute more, now come on." Liam said.

Harry nodded in agreement, which made Louis pout. "Hun, you've got to go. When your name is called, just be confident and accept your certificate. I'll be so, so proud of you Lou." Harry said, pecking Louis' lips.

Louis sighed and said, "Alright, I will. I love you."

"Love you too, bye."

With that, Harry turned and left. He looked around for Louis' family, and found Lottie waving at him. He quickly went and joined them.

The ceremony began and the dean and some other professors began speaking turn-by-turn. Finally, after ages, the names were being called.

After a while of calling names, it was Zayn whose name was called first. He walked towards the dean, accepted his certificate, and looked at his family and Harry who were cheering for him and taking pictures.

Then came Liam, who accepted his certificate and smiled wide at his family, and Harry.

Name after name, certificate after certificate. Now Harry was getting impatient. When will Louis' ever get called?

Finally, it was Louis' name called out. He walked over to the dean, shook his hand, accepted his certificate and looked over to Harry and his own family. Harry was beyond happy, and mouthed him an 'I love you' and blew him a kiss. Louis mouthed the same and blew him a kiss too, while his family cheered and took pictures.

After a while, the ceremony ended and Harry and Louis practically ran to each other. Harry lifted his boyfriend, who shouted loudly, "I love you so much Harry!!" Harry giggled and said, "I'm so proud of you! I love you too!"

They shared a quick kiss and pulled away from each other. Before Harry could say anything, Louis said, "I have a surprise for you."

Louis', Zayn's and Liam's families congratulated all the three boys. Louis was again nervous. What if Harry didn't like the surprise? What if Harry ran away from him annoyed?

Zayn saw the panic look on Louis' face and quickly said, "Uhm mum? Dad? I think we should all go for lunch as we had planned with Liam's family?"

"Oh yes. Right. Let's go, come on." Yaser Malik said and the Paynes and Maliks began walking towards the exit.

Lottie then said, "Mum even we've got to go back home, right? Daisy has got a ballet competition in the evening?"

Louis smiled gratefully at Lottie, who smiled back and mouthed a 'Don't worry' to him.

Louis' family left in a while, after Louis' sisters were done playing with Harry's hair.

Harry sighed happily, "Now, I have you all for myself." Louis nodded and said, "Yes. Now let's go to our surprise?"

"Go?" Harry asked and Louis nodded, handing him a blindfold. Harry huffed, "Again a blindfold?" Louis nodded. Harry wore it and Louis pulled him towards the car, driving them to where their surprise awaited them.

***

"We're here! Come on, I'll lead you to the right spot." Louis said.

"Okay but quick, I'm dying to know what's happening." Harry said, and let Louis carry him bridal style to some place.

After a while, Louis helped Harry stand on his feet and pulled away his blindfold. Harry gasped and his hands flew to his mouth, covering it.

He was facing their house, which was supposed to be finished four months later. "Louis this is...wow!" Harry exclaimed.

"Glad you like it. Now come on, let's see the house." Louis said, tugging at Harry's hand and interlocking their fingers. Harry walked around with Louis, gasping at everything he saw.

It had a kitchen, a living room, four bedrooms, five washrooms and a garden. It was huge.

"Lou?"

"Haz."

"It was supposed to be finished only by June, how is it already ready?"

Louis started laughing and Harry looked at him confused. Louis said, "It was to be ready by last week, I lied to you. It was known to me that the house would be ready by now, not June."

Harry gaped at him and said, "You liar. I hate you."

"Naah, you love me, and I know it." Louis said.

"When can we move here?" Harry asked.

"How about...we start moving things already?" Louis suggested.

Harry smiled wide and threw himself on Louis, peppering his face with kisses. "I *smooch* love *smooch* you *smooch* so *smooch* much *smooch* Lou."

Louis giggled all the while through the kisses. When Harry was finally done, he said, "Let's start right now."

They began making calls to the packers and movers, went over to their dorm and began dreaming about their future together.

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1380 words. Such a tiny chapter ughh.

So...anyone any predictions about the future? 

Chapter 42 will be all sweet and stuff but...

Love, 

S

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