Surrounded by tons of unknown people and even more alcohol, Louis found himself in Nikki's flat on New Year's Eve back in Domumley. After the quiet but also very emotional time back home, Louis was in for some fun with his friends and boyfriend, who looked like he wanted to run away. He was definitely out of place at a party like this and Louis felt bad that their friends had convinced him to come along. As much as Louis was used to getting wasted and party till dawn, he would have been okay with staying in and doing something different. He felt it was time for a change in his life and Harry was part of it.

"Don't look so scared, Deer. Those people won't bite you as long as I am around" wrapped Louis his arms around Harry's waist from behind, startling him.

"Gosh, don't scare me like this, Lou" slapped Harry Louis' arm weakly.

"Sorry, but you looked so cute. I simply couldn't resist" nuzzled Louis his nose into Harry's neck, feeling a little bit tipsy.

"Are you drunk, Louis?" looked Harry down at him.

"Nope" shook Louis his head and popped the p. "Just smally tipsy. Haven't been drunk since we were out clubbing after the exams".

"I didn't know you were drunk that day" frowned Harry slightly.

"I was. Not the whole time but at some point, I was. Tried to block everything out and wake up without memories. Didn't work out though" told Louis him truthfully.

"Lou, it's not good to get smashed and lose control over your body. Sorry, I'm doing it again. I should stop lecturing everyone who does things I never did just because I'm a freaky coward" switched Harry's mood from stern to apologetic in less than a second.

"You don't have to be sorry, Haz. You're right. It's nasty to get sick over alcohol and vomit on yourself and lose control, but sometimes you want to forget and that's the easiest way" explained Louis gently.

"Were you trying to forget something?" questioned Harry in a small voice.

"Yes" mumbled Louis quietly.

"What was it?" Harry wanted to know sadly.

"You" swallowed Louis hard as he looked into Harry's green eyes.

"Me?" blinked Harry.

"Yes, you. I tried to fight my feelings and control my um ... upcoming jealousy. All those horny and greedy jerks that were ogling you like fresh meat made me pissed. I tried to stay calm because I had no right to be jealous, but I still was. When Niall started dancing with you, I was so relieved, but it turned into even bigger jealousy at the closeness of you two. Aria and Àmber tried to distract me, but I was damn close to killing someone, so I decided to get smashed instead. Not my proudest moment" confessed Louis to him embarrassed and avoided his eyes.

"You were jealous?" checked Harry perplexed and Louis barely nodded. "I thought you avoided me on purpose to get some that night".

"What?" screaked Louis. "Never. I never did that in the first place and especially not as a form of distraction".

"But with Zayn ...".

"Totally different thing and I explained that already" cut Louis him off. "Looking back at it now, none of us is really proud of it, but we don't regret it either. It happened for certain reasons, but I'd never hook up with a stranger. I was simply jealous of those bastards and Niall and ...".

"Niall? But why? Don't you know he's ...?".

"I heard my name" shouted Niall over to them, cutting Harry off.

"We talked about how much of a jerk you really are" replied Louis sassily.

"Harry would never do that to me" claimed Niall surely.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that, you Spanish devil. He's on my side now" smirked Louis smugly.

"That's true. I am" nodded Harry, a loose curl falling in front of his eyes.

"Told you so" grinned Louis at Niall and simultaneously tucked the curl back behind Harry's ear.

"When did that happen?" asked Shawn as he was approaching them, clearly already drunk.

"Didn't I mention that?" turned Niall around to him, almost falling over.

"Nope. Guess it slipped your mind" shook Shawn his head, steadying Niall by the waist.

"Whoops" grinned Niall unapologetic.

"So, you're soulmates too, huh?" addressed Shawn the two of them.

"They are the soulmates" jumped Zayn against Shawn's back. "That's a difference".

"What the fuck, mate?" slapped Shawn Zayn's shoulder.

"Don't slap my boyfriend, dude" slapped Liam Shawn's arm.

"Can you stop slapping each other?" looked Nikki disbelievingly at them.

"Yeah. Behave like civilized human beings for once. You're gonna ruin her reputation" snickered Àmber evilly.

"You're not any better" huffed Nikki.

"What did I do this time?" asked Àmber amused.

"Exactly. She definitely didn't slap random people" laughed Niall drunkenly.

"So, we're random now?" raised Zayn an eyebrow at him.

"You especially" winked Niall at him.

"No, she didn't. But she constantly snogs her girlfriend in the middle of the room" came Nikki back to the point.

"Oh, how bad" mocked Shawn her.

"It is! They're not alone" pouted Nikki.

"It's New Year's Eve and I wanna snog my girl. Nothing bad about that" crossed Àmber her arms over her chest.

"I give up. Do whatever you want but please, don't have sex in my living room. Any of you" pleaded Nikki with a grin.

"Do you think that bad of us?" gasped Louis fakely.

"As if we would ever do that" claimed Niall nastily.

"Maybe not those ones, but these two know no shame tonight. Don't even ask" shuddered Nikki and pointed firstly at Louis and Harry, who was pale-faced, and then at Liam and Zayn, who were already touching each other again.

"Guys, get a room" gagged Louis overdramatically.

"Don't act all innocent now" shot Zayn back, kissing Liam's neck.

"I am innocent" claimed Louis loudly.

"Sure" snorted Liam.

"Haz, tell them I'm innocent" made Louis big puppy eyes at Harry, who he had still in his arms against his chest.

"What he said" sighed Harry dreamily, getting lost in Louis' ocean blue eyes.

"Disgusting how cute they are" commented Shawn on the scene.

"That's adorable. Disgusting follows later tonight" snickered Niall dirtily, making Harry blush and pale at the same time.

"Nialler, I swear" growled Louis at him.

"Uh, he's getting all dark and Daddy now. Maybe we should leave the room" cackled Niall.

"That's it. You've had enough, Noe" took Shawn away Niall's drink and dragged him far away from them.

"That reminds me I have to catch my girlfriend. She's waiting for me" saluted Àmber to them and went over to Aria, who was coming back into the room.

"You wanna get out of here? They forgot we're still here" whispered Louis into Harry's ear, pointing with his head at Liam and Zayn, snogging wildly.

"Please, I feel out of place" let Harry out a sigh of relief.

"Come with me, Baby" intertwined Louis their fingers.

They passed wildly dancing drunk people and snogging couples until they were finally outside. Hand in hand, they walked through the cold darkness of the night back to their dorm. Back in the room, Louis handed Harry a coke, he had taken with him from the party, and took one himself. Together they cuddled up on Louis' bed and turned on some countdown for the new year over the laptop.

"Thank you" whispered Harry so quietly Louis almost didn't catch it.

"For what, Love?" wondered Louis confused.

"Leaving with me and not making me feel bad about it" played Harry with his fingers.

"No need to thank me, Baby. I know you don't like crowds like that, and I just want to spend my time with you, no matter how. And to be honest, I might be good at adapting myself, but I hate it too" caressed Louis Harry's hand tenderly.

"Really?" asked Harry surprised.

"Yes. Too many strangers. I always act like I'm cool and outgoing but I'm actually not. I like to stay in and have a quiet one, just relaxing with someone I like" let Louis him know.

"Like me?" hooked Harry with so much hope in his voice that Louis' knees would give in if they weren't lying down already.

"I more than like you, Haz. I thought you knew that already" stroked Louis with his thumb over Harry's cheek.

"I know but I'm not used to it yet" blushed Harry embarrassed.

"Me neither, Love. We get used to it together. But I have to say I'm definitely already very comfortable with you. It just feels right" said Louis softly.

"It feels right to me, too" smiled Harry cutely at him.

Louis just stared fondly into Harry's eyes before he kissed him softly. Immediately, Harry kissed him back eagerly. Louis deepened the kiss and tangled his hands into Harry's curls, hovering over him now. Shockingly, Harry let out a low moan and placed his hands on Louis' waist, pressing their bodies closer together. Getting a bit too much into it, Louis lightly bit down on Harry's bottom lip, causing him to gasp out in surprise. Louis used that opportunity to slide his tongue into Harry's mouth. More and more, the kiss got more heated and passionate and Louis felt the effect of it in his pants. Embarrassed and even a bit guilty, Louis tried to soften the kiss down, but Harry wasn't having it.

"Lou" moaned Harry out, reflexively buckling his hips up uncontrolled, rubbing their clothed dicks together for a second. Both of them hissed at the contact and Louis couldn't believe it. Harry was as hard as he himself.

"Haz, I um ..." trailed Louis off, not sure what to say right now.

"I'm so sorry, Lou. I didn't mean to ... I don't know ..." panicked Harry.

"Sh" lay Louis his finger on Harry's soft lips. "You don't need to be sorry, Love. It happens, but what do you not know?".

"I um ... I err ... never ..." stuttered Harry scared.

"You never got hard?" tried Louis to ask indifferent and not let that simple word affect him even more.

"No, of course, I did. How do you think I knew I was gay? It's just ... I never did anything. Literally nothing. Not even touch myself" admitted Harry awkwardly.

"It's okay, Haz. No need to be ashamed. I kinda figured. Well, part of it. Don't worry about it, Baby. We don't have to do anything. Let's ignore it and focus back on kissing" caressed Louis Harry's cheek gently, just admiring his beauty.

"But that's the thing. I want to" blushed Harry deeply.

"Really?" blinked Louis shocked.

"I always willed it down or had a cold shower, but now I really wanna come. It felt good to have you this close, Lou, but I want us to be closer" admitted Harry quietly.

"You're so cute right now, Love. If you want to, I can help you come and make you feel good, but slowly. I'm not jumping into it with you right now. We have time" admired Louis his boyfriend.

"Okay, I trust you" smiled Harry lovingly at him.

Softly, Louis kissed Harry, but it quickly deepened and turned into more heated kissing. Carefully, Louis traced his hands over Harry's sides and stomach until he finally pulled the sweater over Harry's head, revealing his toned chest. In awe, Louis stared at Harry before he attached their lips again. Harry moaned into the kiss and tugged on Louis' shirt. In one swift motion, he took it off and went back to kissing Harry. Their tongues battled for dominance shortly, which Louis won, and their hips rutted together, causing some friction.

"Louis" whined Harry out eagerly.

He chuckled lightly and then opened Harry's skinny jeans and pulled them down. Afterwards, he got rid of his own jeans and caught Harry staring at him in admiration. That look on Harry's face made Louis blush. He wasn't used to someone admiring him for just himself. Or at all.

Shaking that thought away, Louis lowered himself down to press a soft kiss over Harry's waistband. With one last look to see if Harry was still with him, Louis pulled Harry's boxers down and freed his dick. At the sight of it, Louis' eyes grew big and he swallowed hard. Harry's dick was huge and very beautiful in Louis' eyes.

"Gorgeous" breathed Louis out.

Teasingly, Louis licked over Harry's tip, getting a moan in return. Remembering that no one has ever touched Harry like this and he'd come pretty fast due to it being the first time, Louis took Harry into his mouth, stilling his moving hips with his hands. He swirled his tongue around the base and licked over the tip before going back down on it completely and bopping his head up and down slowly. The sounds Harry was making went straight to Louis' rock-hard dick.

"Fuck Lou" panted Harry out in pleasure.

"Not today" chuckled Louis, the vibration of it making Harry moan loudly again.

That was the first thing Louis had noticed. Harry was pretty vocal, and Louis was loving it. He picked up his pace, tasting the pre-come on his tongue, and he knew Harry was close. Experimentally, Louis cupped Harry's balls with one hand. That made Harry look down at him and they locked eyes. Seeing Harry this riled up and sweaty and in pleasure made Louis almost come in his pants untouched. Harry's eyes were intense on Louis. Like the tease he was, Louis hollowed his cheeks and sucked harder, which made Harry come loud and hard into Louis' mouth with a cry of Louis' name.

Louis helped him ride out his first High and then released his dick with a pop. Harry's breathing was heavy when Louis pecked his lips shortly. Moving made him remember he was still hard in his boxers. He thought about ignoring it but with those pictures of Harry coming on his mind, he wouldn't be able to get soft any time soon. So, he decided to just do it in the bathroom.

"Wait, where are you going?" held Harry him back, still a bit dazed.

"Just to the bathroom, Love. Don't worry. I'm not leaving. Gonna fix my problem pretty quick before we have midnight" assured Louis him.

"Don't go. I wanna do it" pulled Harry him back on the bed by the wrist.

"You don't have to ...".

"I know, but I wanna make you feel good" interrupted Harry his objection. "Although it won't be as good as you, because I have no clue what to do".

"Don't feel pressured into doing it just because ...".

"I don't" cut Harry him off again. "Just, please?".

"Whatever you want, Love" gave Louis in. He couldn't deny him anything.

"Can I ...?" trailed Harry off, pointing at Louis' boxers.

"Sure" smiled Louis at him and lay down on his back, propping himself on his elbows.

With shaking hands, Harry slowly pulled Louis' boxers down, revealing his dick. Now Louis was the one feeling nervous, hoping Harry would find him attractive enough to be his boyfriend. The way Harry was tracing his fingers over Louis' hated curves told him he might be attracted to him still and not scared off because his curves were so feminine. Harry's tender touches made Louis shiver all over, not unnoticed. Lightly, Harry moved his hands further down, one stopping on Louis' waist and with the other he touched the inside of Louis' thigh, making his hard dick twitch. Hesitantly, Harry touched Louis' dick close by the tip and that alone made Louis moan lowly and his elbows gave in because he was already too close to the edge.

"Shit" cursed Louis, shutting his eyes.

"Does it feel good?" questioned Harry as he started to move his hand up and down slowly.

"So good," said Louis in a shaky voice, feeling this warm feeling in the pit of his stomach. "Damn, I'm already so close".

"Okay" was Harry's voice shaking, too.

"Don't stress, Love. Oh God, this feels good" panted Louis out, trying to take any pressure away from Harry.

Harry's movements got faster and Louis' pre-cum was smeared all over his dick by Harry's hand. It felt so overwhelming to be touched like this, and that the person touching him was Harry, his soulmate, made it even more surreal. When he was about to come, he felt his marks react to the whole situation, which intensified the feeling and pushed him over the edge. With Harry's name falling from his lips, he came into Harry's hand, riding out his orgasm in a trance-like state. He has never come like this and he never wanted to miss it ever again.

"Was this okay?" asked Harry timidly.

"This was amazing. Gosh, I never felt so good" marvelled Louis breathlessly.

"Really?" spread a smile across Harry's face.

"Yeah, but um ... did you feel that too?" sat Louis up to look at Harry.

"I did and I'm relieved you felt it too" nodded Harry his head lightly.

"Damn, whatever this was I want more of that" chuckled Louis, grabbing for his boxers.

"Thank you, Louis" put Harry his hand on Louis' knee.

"Stop thanking me. I didn't do anything" squeezed Louis Harry's hand.

"You were understanding and kind and caring and assured me that everything was okay the whole time. You took my last fears away and made me feel safe. That's not nothing, Lou. You're special" told Harry him sincerely.

"You make me blush" heated Louis' cheeks up and he felt warm all over.

"And you make me feel home" stated Harry truthfully.

Emotionally overwhelmed, Louis kissed Harry gently and put all of his feelings into it. After they broke apart, they put their boxers back on and lay down on the bed under the covers with Harry in Louis' arms. When Louis kissed Harry again, they heard fireworks explode outside and people cheering. They looked into each other's eyes and just smiled happily.

"Happy New Year, Love" whispered Louis totally in love.

"Happy New Year, Louis".

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Question of the Chapter: Did you expect any of this?