Summary : Harry teaches Louis self-defense .

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"Why pouting ?" Harry grabbed Louis' hand and pulled him closer , Louis shrugged his shoulder , "Because ."

"That's not an answer ."

Louis crossed his arms over his chest , "I don't want to punch anyone ."

Harry sat down on the bench and opened his gym bag , taking out two elastic wraps , "Come here ." He patted the spot next to him and turned sideways .

Louis plopped down in front of him with his arms still crossed , "Hazzie ." He pouted deeper .

"Baby ." Harry leaned forward and pecked the tip of his nose , "I need you to know the basics ."

"But I don't like violence ." Louis shook his head .

"I'm not teaching you because I expect you to punch just anyone - I'm teaching you so you know how to defend yourself from others trying to harm you . You'll only use it when you're in danger , so you can get away from them and then call me to take care of them ."

Louis looked at him through his eyelashes , Harry leaned in and kissed him gently , "Trust me ."

"I do ." Louis nodded , Harry kissed him again before pulling back , taking one of Louis' small hands in his own and wrapping the elastic around his palm and knuckles , doing the same to his other hand .

He then kneeled in front of him and made sure his shoes were tied properly before standing up , "Let's start ." He held his hand out for Louis to take .

Louis took his hand and they stepped onto the training mattress , tugging a bit at the hem of his shirt . "Go easy on me , I've never really punched or kicked anyone ."

"You'll be okay ." Harry stood in front of him , "First - punches . You punch with your knuckles ." He took Louis' hand and closed it into a fist , tapping his knuckles . "When you punch you go for the weak points - the eyes , the nose , the throat ."

Louis made a sour face , "Sounds painful ."

"Because it's meant to hurt ." Harry took a step back , "Now the pose - one foot back , one foot at the front - for balance . Fists in front of you , leveled with your jaw , to protect your face , while your arms protect your chest ." He showed Louis the pose as he explained .

Louis copied him , "This okay ?"

"Arms a bit lower ." Harry fixed his arms , "Good ."

Louis pouted a bit , "How could I possibly punch someone as tall as you ? I barely reach ."

"Size doesn't matter ." Harry moved his fringe from his forehead , "I'll teach you everything you need to know . Besides , you can very easily kick them in the balls and they'll be knocked out . Now back to training ."

Harry held his palms up in front of Louis , "Go on ."

"I - I need to punch you ?" Louis asked , just to make sure he understood what Harry implied .

"Yes , now go ."

Louis took a breath in and punched Harry's palm , Harry couldn't hold back a chuckle , "Punch harder , baby ."

"Stop laughing ." Louis pouted as he dropped his arms , Harry cupped his face and kissed him , "Okay , I won't . You're just so cute ." He pecked his cheek and took a step back , holding his palms up , "Punch ."

Louis went back into the pose , he pulled his arm back and swung a punch at Harry's palm , harder than the first one . Harry smiled , "Getting better . Now give me your hardest punch ."

"What if I hurt you ?"

"You won't ."

Louis shifted on his feet , before swinging his hardest punch at Harry's palm .

"That was good . Good job baby ." Harry gave him a smile , "Again ."

Louis punched Harry's palm a few more times , before letting his arms drop , "This is tiring ."

"Alright , let's do some seizes and grabs ." Harry nodded , "I'll teach you how to free yourself incase anyone tries to grab you ."

"Sounds scary ." Louis bit his lower lip , Harry walked closer and held his waist , "You'll only have to free yourself so you can run away from them , I wouldn't want you to stay there and fight them - I'd rather you run away and call me ."

Louis nodded , "Okay ."

"Good ." Harry kissed him quickly , "Now , give me your arm ."

Louis held his arm out for Harry , Harry gently wrapped his hand around his wrist . "When someone grabs your wrist , you can either punch them with your other hand or kick them . You go for the face , the throat , the balls , even stomp down on their toes - it'll hurt if you go hard enough ."

"So I just ... go like this ?" Louis made an implied punch to Harry's face , Harry nodded , "Yes , you punch once or twice , as hard as you can . Same if they grab your bicep ." Harry moved his hand up to wrap around Louis' small bicep . "Show me your kicks ."

Louis implied kicks to Harry's crotch , thigh and knee , Harry released his hold , "Good , baby . Now let's try something harder ." He turned Louis so they were back to chest , his hands on Louis' hips , "Try to free yourself ."

Louis blushed softly as he looked at Harry through the mirror along the entire wall floor to ceiling , he put his smaller hands on Harry's large ones and tried pushing them off , though Harry barely moved .

"How am I supposed to , I can't punch backwards ." Louis stopped , Harry took his arm , "You use your elbow , and aim for the nose , as hard as you can . Try ."

Louis moved his torso a bit sideways and aimed his elbow up to Harry's nose , Harry kissed the back of his arm , "Good , baby . Now try to release yourself if someone picks you up ." Harry wrapped his arm low around his waist and lifted him off his feet , making him squeal .

"Hazzie !" Louis couldn't hold back his giggles , feet kicking a bit in the air .

"You're not supposed to laugh , Lou ." Harry shook his head , though found himself laughing along . He slowly placed him down on his feet , Louis turned to face him , "I think we're done for today ."

"Probably ." Harry kept his hands on his waist , "I'll stay longer to work out , go upstairs to Odin ."

"Don't take too long ." Louis stood on his tip-toes and wrapped his arms around his neck , Harry leaned down and kissed him , "You'll have to let go so I can start ."

"Not yet ." Louis clung onto him , "Now you try to free yourself ." He gave him a playful smile , tightening his arms around his neck and pressing himself against his chest .

Harry shook his head , "Don't try me , baby ."

"Are you afraid to lose ?" Louis challenged , though he knew all too well Harry was going to win .

"Suit yourself ." Harry pressed a kiss to his neck before tickling his waist , only stopping when Louis fell to the mattress out of breath . Louis wrapped his arms around himself as he looked up at Harry , smiling widely as Harry lowered himself down to kiss him .

He loved it when Harry 'broke out of character' and let himself be silly and playful with him , it showed him that Harry truly trusted him enough to be more free and more open about himself .

He held Harry's face as they kissed , Harry wrapped his arms around his waist and hoisted him up and back on his feet , "Go to Odin , he might get jealous that I'm getting all of your attention ."

"As if you don't get jealous when I pay all of my attention to Odin ." Louis teased and kissed him quickly , Harry shook his head , "I don't get jealous ."

"You keep telling yourself that ." Louis poked his cheek , where his dimple would appear when he smiled . "My jealous Hazzie ."

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