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When the morning came, Harry was yet to have a wink of sleep

Louis had been tossing and turning all night, completely restless and unsettled; it had caused Harry to stay awake all night

Although Harry could have just simply have slept in one of the many guest rooms, he was too scared that something might happen to Louis whilst he was gone, so instead, he endured the hours of laying next to Louis quietly

When Louis woke up, his clothes were damp with sweat and his hair was sticking to his forehead. The boy's skin was glistening with a layer of sweat, even though Harry had been constantly changing his wet cloth and fanning him through the night

"I don't know who looks worse" Zayn commented when he walked into Harry's bedroom the next day

"Piss off" Harry muttered groggily

"Sleep" Zayn ordered "You look like shit"

"I did sleep" Harry lied, unable to refrain himself from yawning loudly

"Right" Zayn agreed sarcastically, walking over to Louis "How are you feeling, Lou?" He asked, kneeling beside the boy

"Too hot on the outside, too cold on the inside" Louis whispered "Can't speak properly" he added, his voice hoarse

Zayn hummed at this "I can hear that" he agreed "You need to drink, no matter how much it hurts" he stated "And I can give you something for your throat, alright?" he questioned and Louis nodded

"When's he going to be better?" Harry asked

"Why?" Zayn quizzed "Missing the sex?"

Zayn's comment was a whisper just to Harry so Harry's sharp reply made Louis jump in shock

"It has absolutely nothing to do with that!" Harry snapped, pointing angrily at Zayn "Don't fucking say shit like that"

"I was only joking" Zayn replied defensively "For fuck sake, it was a joke"

"Don't joke about that" Harry said angrily

"Alright alright" Zayn chanted quickly "Didn't realise you were so sensitive"

"M'not sensitive" Harry grumbled "It's just too early for you to be accusing me of stupid shit"

"Go to sleep" Zayn scolded, throwing a pillow at Harry who scowled at him "Seriously, you look sick"

Harry huffed at this, but stood up "I'm going to get you something to eat, alright?" He said to Louis "Anything in particular you want?" he questioned

"M'not that hungry" Louis said softly, pouting up at Harry

"You have to eat something" Harry stated "Do you feel sick?"

"No" Louis replied

"Then you have to eat" Harry said firmly "Is toast okay?"

Louis nodded weakly, not wanting to fight with Harry; he'd try his best to eat if it would make Harry happy

Harry smiled at this before leaving the room to go and fetch Louis something to eat

"Here" Zayn said to Louis, holding a glass of water and a couple of tablets "For the throat pain" he explained and Louis nodded, sitting up in the bed to take the water and tablets

He swallowed quickly, scrunching his nose up slightly at the burn "Thanks" he said hoarsely once he'd finished, handing the glass back to Zayn

"Hope you feel better soon" Zayn replied softly, ruffling Louis' hair and standing to his feet "Get Harry to shout me if you have any problems, alright?" He added and Louis nodded, laying back into the pillows behind him

After a couple of minutes, Harry came back into the bedroom with a plate of toast and a hot cup of tea for Louis

"Here" he said quietly, placing the plate and cup on the bedside cabinet and sitting on the edge of the bed

"Thanks" Louis whispered, sitting up slightly and taking the plate of toast and looking down at it curiously

"Put honey on it" Harry told him "Should help your throat" he added

Louis smiled at Harry the best he could "Thank you" he said quietly, happy at how thoughtful Harry could be

After Louis had eaten and drank as much as he could, he laid back into the bed, cuddling into the bedsheets

He was finally allowed to snuggle beneath the duvet because his temperature had gone down, and he intended to take full advantage of that. Even though he'd only been awake for a couple of hours, he was completely exhausted and his eyes were beginning to shut involuntarily

"Here you go," Harry said quietly, tucking Louis in and pushing the boy's hair back from his face

"Thank you, daddy" Louis murmured, eyes closed

Harry's eyebrows shot up and he swallowed, looking down at Louis who's eyes were already closed

"You're welcome" he replied softly slowly backing away and leaving Louis to sleep

***

A day passed and Harry continued to be as caring and as tentative to Louis as he had been the day prior. He'd ran Louis a warm bath and carried him into the bathroom to undress, even though Louis had insisted that he was perfectly capable of walking a few feet

"Are you decent?" Harry called, knocking on the bathroom door

"Um..." Louis muttered, bringing the bubbles closer to his chest to try and shield himself from exposure "You can come in" he called back

The door opened slowly and Louis couldn't help but smile as he saw Harry appear in the doorway; the thing that made him smile the most, though, was how Harry didn't even bother to look down at Louis body, instead, he looked straight into Louis' eyes with a bright smile on his face

"Are you feeling any better?" Harry asked"You weren't doing so great yesterday"

"Yeah" Louis answered, blinking up at Harry "My throat doesn't hurt anymore" he added, watching as Harry's smile widened at the information

"Glad to hear it" Harry replied, kneeling down next to Louis and pressing the back of his hand to the smaller boy's cheek "You look better" he noted "And you're not burning up anymore" he added

Harry poured a small amount of shampoo onto his hands before rubbing them together and beginning to wash Louis' hair as gently as he could. Louis smiled at this, tilting his head to the side slightly to looking at Harry who was knelt beside him

Harry was beautiful

It killed Louis to know that Harry was a victim to his cruel past abuse and that his previous years had ruined him; they are what had shaped him to be the person that he was right now

"What are you thinking about?" Harry asked

"I really like you" Louis blurted, flushing pink almost immediately "I-I mean, you're so nice to me...I appreciate it" he rambled "I really like you, Harry"

"I...um-" Harry practically choked out, his eyes wide at Louis' confession

"It's alright" Louis replied quickly "You don't have to say it back" he promised "I know that feelings aren't your thing" he added "I just wanted you to know that I like you"

"You like me?" Harry repeated in confusion 

"I-uh...yes" Louis replied, equally as confused

"Why?" Harry asked, furrowing his eyebrows as he continued to massage the shampoo into Louis' hair 

"Well...because you're really nice to me" Louis answered simply "You're all nice to me. Why wouldn't I like you?" he asked "You've taken care of me" he explained "You're still taking care of me" he added

Harry didn't reply for a couple of seconds, instead he just continued to wash Louis' hair as gently and as efficiently as he possibly could

Louis wanted to carry on and tell Harry how much he truly appreciated everything that he'd done for him. He'd practically saved Louis. Harry was just like his real life hero. God knows what could have happened to Louis if Harry hadn't taken him away from his prior life of abuse and forced submission 

Louis was grateful for what Harry had done for him; more so, he was shocked at how kind Harry had turned out to be towards him

"Well, I'm glad" Harry replied finally "I'm happy that you don't feel like a prisoner here, that was never my intent"

"I've never felt more free" Louis confessed

Harry all but grinned at this, picking up the shower head and carefully rinsing the shampoo from Louis' caramel coloured hair "I'm glad" he repeated, running his hands through Louis' hand before turning off the water from the shower head 

Louis turned to face Harry, watching as he stood to his feet and grabbed a large, fluffy towel from the shelf 

"Come on" Harry said, purposefully holding the towel in front of his own eyes "You'll turn into a prune if you stay in there much longer" he joked

Louis giggled, standing up and letting Harry blindly wrap the towel around him

It was the little things about Harry that Louis always seemed to notice, like how he'd cover his eyes with the towel before Louis stood up just to respect his privacy

And it suddenly hit Louis that he was falling in love

YAY!! I thought I'd finally give an insight on how Louis' feeling about Harry! 

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