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Louis knew that he wasn't really the strong and tough kind of lad. He was very aware of how his body seemed more feminine and curvy than any other normal boys his age. It was not his fault that he born that way, his height also didn't help his case. It wasn't hard for the bigger boys to find the difference in Louis which made him their main target of bullying.

Maybe if Harry didn't appear out of nowhere then Louis Tomlinson would still be the kid that everyone picks up on.

He didn't quite like to imagine that.

So he's aware that he owes Harry a whole lot, but he's getting rather sick of Harry who seems to be more protective than ever.

Don't get him wrong, he's grateful because he knows that Harry cares for his safety a lot and at the beginning he could still understand his point of wanting him to always be in his sight and his reason was Blake was still roaming the school freely and he could hurt Louis.

And Zayn had told him that Harry was not yet over the gym incident which Louis would like to erase fully from his memory but he's over it. They guy just caught him off guard and he was more embarrassed of what the boys think of him rather than what that guy has almost done to him.

He was almost a grown up boy and he still couldn't protect himself and that's not ok for him because he can't always rely on others for safety.

So he's got a mission.

He knows Harry wouldn't like or even remotely approve of it but if there's anything he got from his parents is that he's pretty damn stubborn.

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"What do you mean I should teach you how to fight?!" Harry exclaimed unbelievingly.

It was like in the movies where someone tells something ground breaking to another while they were in the process of drinking, in surprise, chokes and spits almost everything in surprise.

Harry didn't die from choking, which Louis was grateful but he was staring at Louis like he was crazy; like he'd grown another head and if it was any different reason then he'd be laughing at him.

But he should keep his determined face on if he wants Harry to take him seriously.

Louis decided to tell Harry about his mission during lunch when they were in the middle of eating. He wanted Harry to teach him how to fight so he can defend himself in times of danger.

Zayn, Liam and Niall were silently laughing to themselves and decided not to interfere with the two.

Harry was hard headed and Louis who was stubborn arguing is worth watching, it doesn't happen every day but once it does, it's quite a show. And they knew Harry would agree later on because he's that whipped but it doesn't mean he's going to just stand down without a fight.

"That's exactly what I mean; I want you to teach me some combat moves of yours."

Harry actually winced like the thought physically pains him; the thought of Louis being on the receiving end of Harry's punches....nope, just nope.

"Absolutely not." Harry stated as he tried glaring at Louis to prove his point that he would never ever show Louis the side of fighting and violence. Louis should just stay safe with his studies and his books and Harry will do all the tough things, just the image of Louis with a bruise can seriously harm Harry's mental state.

Louis just glared at him harder, his eyebrows almost meeting as he tried to sway Harry and change his decision. He knows that it won't be an easy task but no way is he backing down from it.

They were glaring down at each other, the distant from their faces were just inches away and Harry had to hold himself back and prevent him from grabbing Louis' stubborn face and kissing him. That wasn't fair because Louis looked ridiculous with his glasses and trying to look tough and Harry's heart is confused.

"It was Louis who sighed sadly as he pulled away and Harry had a mini victory dance in his head because he can't believe that he was able to resist and not agree on Louis for the first time. It was an achievement, he's going to fucking celebrate all he want.

"Ok fine, you don't want to teach me. That's ok." Louis said as he turns his attention towards his other friends.

Zayn, Liam and Niall were all watching with such interest in their eyes that most mothers who were watching their favorite show on TV have. They were sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for what could happen next.

Louis rolled his eyes and turns back to Harry who already had a victorious smirk all over his face.

He couldn't help but smirk himself because Harry knew better than to think that he's going to just give up without having a backup plan.

That made Harry's smirk fall.

Seeing Louis with a devilish smirk was hot but that wasn't his point, the point was that smirk meant more and Harry is so screwed.

Niall burst out laughing, probably thinking the same thing followed by Liam and Zayn.

Harry would really really like to punch them all.

"I was just thinking that it'll be better if you were the one to teach me so you can still look out for me but you don't want to so it's fine, I'll find someone who would do it then." Louis grinned mischievously and stood up from his seat.

Harry had his mouth open in shock as Louis sauntered away, probably returning back to his class.

Of course Louis knew how to instantly make Harry give in. He was a fucking smartass and Harry wanted to kiss the disobedience out of him. God damn Louis for being so god damn smart all the time.

"Points for Louis, Zero for Harry." Zayn laughed as he wiped the actual tears on his eyes from laughing so hard.

"Oh my god hahahaha, the look on Harry's face." Niall followed, chuckling helplessly. He was so close to just rolling on the floor and laughing at the disbelieving look on his friends face.

Liam was also laughing but he decided not to comment because they were already being stared at by half the people on the cafeteria, probably wondering what all the ruckus was.

Harry still wanted to punch them to shut them the hell up.

"Shut up you idiots, didn't you just hear what Louis said?!" He muttered angrily to his so called friends.

"Harry, Louis just wanted you to teach him how to defend himself." Liam reasoned out because Niall and Zayn were still laughing and recalling the recent events between Harry and Louis.

It's decided.

Liam is his only friend; he ignored the two and glared daggers at them before turning back to Liam, his one true friend.

"But why would Louis even want that, I would never let anything happen to him."

"Harry, listen to what you're saying. Louis cares for you a lot but you're treating him like a child and maybe he doesn't want that, maybe he wants to know how he can defend himself without any of our help." Zayn butted in.

Harry scowled at him but he can't deny his point because he was probably right, Zayn was always fucking right anyway. Louis had eventually grown tired of Harry guarding and following him around like some personal body guard. Even the other kids at their school had noticed and more people had started avoiding him, they were all scared of Harry which you know, figures.

"You were bruising his manly ego Harry, he'll react soon or might I say now." Niall added.

"What am I supposed to do then guys?" Harry sighed dejectedly.

"It's either you teach him or like he said, he'll find someone who'll teach him."

No way in hell would he let other people near Louis and teach him how to land a punch or two, what if they fuck up and Louis got hurt in the process.

He wouldn't be able to forgive that person and Harry wouldn't be able to forgive himself because if he wasn't so hard headed and just agree then Louis wouldn't be in much danger.

"Fucking hell." Harry angrily muttered to himself as Liam, Zayn and Niall all patted his back.

They knew Harry would give in to Louis anyway.

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Louis should have thought long and Hard about his plan of not yet speaking to Harry until he agrees because he's been used to always seeing him and being able to talk to him and now he's trying to ignore him. Emphasis on the word trying because Harry looks like a kicked puppy when he arrived at their English class and Louis had decided to switch seats and not next to their usual seat.

Louis wanted to kick himself for causing that but Harry really should just say yes so they can go back to normal.

He couldn't focus on what his teacher was saying because he was busy stopping himself from turning around and subtly looking at what Harry was doing.

Class flew by so fast and Louis was scowling at himself because for the first time in his life, a class was ending without him even understanding a damn thing.

He didn't even notice Harry hurrying out of the room because he was too distracted about his empty notes in class.

He only found out about Harry's disappearance when he unconsciously turn to his side to tell him about his failure and forgot that he wasn't sitting next to Harry.

"Harry I-" he paused and tried looking for him around the room but he was gone.

He hurriedly placed all his stuff in his bag and exited the room and tries to find his curly headed friend.

Another reason why Louis had wanted Harry to help him is because he sucks so much at cardio. His legs were already killing him after running for like a few meters. Even running away from danger isn't even an option.

He stopped running for a minute to even his breathing out because damn it feels like running a marathon.

Louis was too busy catching his breath that he didn't notice a group of people coming his way. A pair of new polished shoes stepped in front of him making the hair at the back of his neck rise because even without looking at the owner of those shoes, he knew too well who can afford such expensive looking shoes.

"Well, well, well, isn't it my favorite nerd Louis Tomlinson."

Louis clenched his fist and slowly lifted his head to come face to face with Blake.

"Nice to see you as well, I think..." Louis muttered under his breath.

Blake burst out laughing and Louis noticed that he wasn't alone. There were two other guys behind him and Louis hasn't seen them before.

"You speak! The nerd speaks!"

Louis gritted his teeth because he has no time to deal with this.

"I'll be going now thanks."

He went to take a step aside but the guy behind Blake blocked his way and when he tried to go the other way, the other guy did as well and now Louis was getting nervous.

He knew where this was going and he wasn't particularly looking forward to it. This is exactly the same reason why Harry should just help him, so he can at least get himself out of this when none of his friends were there to help him.

"Don't leave now, I haven't seen you without that bodyguard of yours following you around. Is he your boyfriend?"

Louis didn't speak, just tried looking around for a way to escape this inconvenient events.

"I can't believe that you're both a nerd and a fag." Blake laughed and Louis suddenly snapped.

"Shut up you fucking asshole." He angrily glared at Blake because seriously, Louis really wants to punch him but he was afraid he'll hurt himself more than he'll hurt Blake.

Blake seems surprise of his outburst though.

"Oh, so you grew yourself some balls and now you're fighting back." He was then smirking at Louis.

Louis rolls his eyes because he was so tired of how big headed this guy was.

"I'm not as immature as you Blake, why don't you grow yourself some balls and grow up." He retorted, he was suddenly very proud of himself but the enjoyment was gone quickly when Blake was clenching his fist and readying himself to punch.

"You're going to pay for saying that." He said.

Louis was lucky to have dodged, Blake ended up hitting a wall which must have hurt. The distraction was enough for Louis to escape and make a quick run for it.

"Get him boys!" Blake shouted from behind.

Like what Louis said before, he wasn't the fastest runner and he knew that they'll be able to catch up on him quickly and he's going to be dead.

He can't die! Harry was still upset with him.

"Come back here you little fag."

Louis didn't know how much he can run, he still hasn't recovered from his early sprint so he needed to think of some plan before Blake catches up and beat him.

He needed an exit and it feels like all his prayers were answered when he saw the slightly opened Chemistry lab which he immediately entered, locking it completely before Blake and his friends can even enter.

"You think you can lock yourself forever in there Louis? You're not as smart as everyone thinks you are then." Blake shouted from the other side of the door.

"Think Louis, think." He whispered to himself.

He was biting his nails and trying to come up of a solution quickly because it seems the damn old doorknob wouldn't hold back from Blake and his friend's brute force on trying to push it open.

He needed to distract Blake and the others so he could make a run to safety and hopefully find his friends.

"Smoke bombs." Louis suddenly realized when his eyes caught a glass labeled with potassium nitrate.

Smoke bombs are easy to make with the right kind of ingredients and it seems the luck was in Louis' side because there are actual ingredients stocked up next to the glass.

It seems the last class to use the lab where actually trying to create one.

Louis quickly went to work, his hands shaking a bit because he was pressured dammit, who knows how long before Blake completely breaks the door.

He finished mixing everything in a bowl and was in the process of pouring it in a rolled out cardboard and cleaning the leftovers because he'll be in trouble if he leaves a mess.

He used a piece of paper as the fuse part so it'll be easy to light it up and quickly snatching a box of matches. He placed his little experiment under a table, just a few feet away from the door and decided to light it up in a minute when he's sure that they're inside.

Louis was sweating while he watched the poor door broken down and he quickly lit the paper and ran at the back to hide.

"You're so dead Tomlinson." Blake angrily muttered.

But before he can even walk any close to Louis, the smoke bomb ignites in front of them which caught them of guard.

"Oh shit." The cursed as they panicked, not knowing why there was so much smoke.

"Fire! There's a fire!" one of Blake's friend shouted as he ran outside for safety.

"Go back, go back, run!" Blake yelled as he pushed his other friend and disappeared.

The other guy followed quickly just before the smoke bomb was finished and Louis sighed in relief because that was so damn close.

He quickly exited the lab just as the school fire alarm blared through the hallways.

He needed to escape quickly before any authorities come and check what was going on.

Students were rushing out of their class as teachers shouted for everyone to exit the premises. Louis tried to blend in and followed so it may seem that he didn't actually caused the panic in his school.

The adrenaline was still rushing in him because he can't believe he actually managed to escape. He wasn't dead.

"Louis!" someone called from farther ahead.

He stood on his toes so he could see from the swarm of students who it was and he was so damn happy when his blue eyes met green.

"Harry!"

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A/N: I almost forgot, this chapter was made possible by Amao, an ao3 user and she was nice enough to share some ideas. Thank you so much.

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