"Come in, boys".

It felt bizarre and a little bit odd to be back in his childhood home after everything that had happened but it also felt like coming home, just weirdly different than he had expected it to feel. Entering the familiar living room felt surreal to him but not as much as seeing his sister Sophia again. As soon as she saw him she ran right into his arms, making Louis feel whole again.

"You're back".

"I'm sorry" Louis hugged her even firmer than before.

"It's not your fault, Louis. I'm just happy you're back" Sophia mumbled into his neck.

"Me too" Louis sighed out contently. "Where are Luna and Stella?".

"In the backyard" Sophia informed him matter-of-factly.

"Darling, sit down first and introduce your sister to your guest" his mother placed some cake and drinks on the living room table.

"Oh, right" Louis had forgotten that Harry was there for a second. "Um ... I know you've met him before but I wanna officially introduce you to each other as well, Mum".

"Okay" Jasmine sat down, waiting for whatever he wanted to say.

"Mum, Sophia. Meet Harry, my boyfriend" Louis intertwined their fingers to give Harry some comfort and support.

"Hi" Harry waved shyly at them. He was too cute.

"Hi, Harry. It's a pleasure to officially meet you" Jasmine just played along for Louis' sake.

"The pleasure is mine, Mrs Tomlinson" Harry smiled timidly.

"Please, call me Jaz" Jasmine offered him kind as always.

"So, you're my brother's boyfriend, mh?" Sophia clicked with her tongue, eyeing him up and down. Harry only nodded fearfully.

"Sophia" Louis glowered at her warningly.

"What? Just making sure he treats you right and is good for you. That's my job" Sophia was unaffected by his warnings, facing Harry again. "You better not hurt him or you'll have to face me".

"I promise I'll take good care of your brother" Harry promised.

"Honey, you don't need to scare him. Believe me, he knows how to treat Louis right and make him happy. Look at what he's done for us" Jasmine interfered now calmly. And Louis knew he was blushing so hard right now but he couldn't help it.

"One wrong move and you're dead" Sophia held her finger into Harry's face unimpressed but Louis could see she was only taking the piss. Harry just didn't seem to get that. He looked terrified; ready to cry and admit he already did something wrong.

"Give it a rest, Soph" Louis rolled his eyes at his sister. "How about we eat some cake now, mh? I'm starving".

Right in time, the younger twins burst into the room and directly attacked Louis with hugs and kisses. He just let them have their way with him because he had missed these two fairies so much. The kids at his workplace always reminded him of his sisters. They were around the same age and just as energetic as them.

The six of them cut the cake and chatted lively over eating the delicious cake. Watching Harry bond with his family made Louis feel stupidly warm and happy and emotional. This has always been his dream and now it was becoming his reality.

"So" Sophia dragged the word out extra long to build up some tension. "About you two ... how did that happen?".

"How do you think it happened? Have you never seen people meet and start dating?" Louis replied challengingly.

"I wanna know details" Sophia didn't back down.

"I don't think you do" Louis levelled her down.

"Maybe not too many details but I'm curious, too" his mother quipped in traitorously. "Yesterday it didn't sound like you were a thing. You said it was complicated. That didn't scream couple".

"Uhh".

Louis only glared at his sister before facing his mother. "Because we weren't a thing until yesterday in the late afternoon?".

"Now I wanna know why" Sophia pressed troublesome.

"Because two weeks ago I broke up with him ...".

"Because I did mistreat him once" Harry talked over him, the guilt still sounding through. "And he did the only right thing".

"We talked about this, Haz. One wrong move does not make you a bad person. I wasn't always perfect either" Louis countered, not keen on discussing this again with his family around.

"But you had your reasons, Lou" Harry insisted stubbornly.

"You did too" Louis shot back strongly.

"That was different. It was only my jealousy talking and no solid reason to say any of the things ...".

"Does it matter, Love?" Louis cut him off, ignoring his family's eyes on them for now. "We talked about all of this and left it in the past. Maybe we needed these two weeks apart. I sure as hell did to find myself and learn to stand on my own, without you backing me up. Your support means everything to me but I needed to work on my faith in my own skills. Alone ...".

"You're amazing and I'm happy you can see this now" Harry blurted out sappily.

"Well, I'm working on that" Louis blushed at his words. "What I was trying to say is that we're fine and you need to stop blaming yourself. Everybody makes mistakes. Yours wasn't so bad, only the wrong thing during the worst timing ever. In a year it might not even be triggering anymore to say something like that. Who knows?!".

"I will never say something like that again to you" Harry stated and he sounded so sure and genuine.

"And I will never compare the two of you again, I promise. That was wrong from my side and you know it. You are not him. He means nothing while you mean everything to me, Haz. And talking to my mum made me realise the dimension of my feelings for you after missing you for two weeks. I won't ever let you go again".

Louis just knew his sister was gonna tease him about this moment for the rest of his life but right now, he didn't care. He needed Harry to see how much he meant to him, no matter who was around or who wasn't. He meant the world to him.

"And I won't let you" Harry sniffled emotionally.

Thankfully, his mother managed to steer the conversation in a different direction after this and they ended up talking about jobs.

"Does this mean you can bake too?" Sophia hooked interested.

"Yes, I can. I'm definitely a better cook than a baker but I'm working on it. Louis will hate this when he has to taste everything from now on" Harry told her cheekily.

"Don't underestimate my undying appetite, Haz. I'm always up for some food here and there" Louis marked playfully. "I have high expectations though".

"I'm gonna try my best to reach your expectations" Harry nudged him lightly with his elbow.

"Good luck trying but you will never top what my Mum made. It's out of this world" Louis retorted with a certain tone to his voice.

"I could try. What did your mum make exactly?" Harry was definitely too innocent to get his innuendo but he feared his mother probably understood what he had meant.

"Everything. Her food is the best" Sophia gushed over their mother's food and saved the conversation from becoming weird.

Louis leaned a bit closer to Harry and whispered right into his ear, his lips tracing his skin there. "Me, Babe".

And it was beautifully satisfying to watch Harry turn completely red in the face up to his ears and all the way down to his neck.

"Louis, while we're all here I wanted to talk to you about something" Jasmine cleared her throat, sounding nervous.

"What is it, Mum? Is something wrong?" Louis felt his heart starting to beat faster.

"No, everything's fine and that's exactly it" Jasmine assured him but that only confused Louis even more. "Now that everything is fine again and your father is gone and we found each other again you could come back home, Louis. I know you're staying in the house of love and it's great a place like this exists but you don't need to stay there anymore. You can come back to us".

Completely caught off guard, Louis blinked a few times in mere disbelief. He hadn't even considered going back home but now his whole family was looking at him expectantly, waiting for him to say something. He could also feel Harry's watchful eyes on him.

"I don't know what to say. This means a lot to me and a few days ago I wouldn't have thought this was possible. I've missed you guys a lot and don't wanna lose you ever again" Louis let them all know gently, inhaling deeply. "But I can't come home".

"Are you sure about this, Sweetheart? Our doors are always open" Jasmine checked in such a gentle voice.

"I really appreciate this and I will miss you but I need to stay where I am" Louis backed his original answer up. "This doesn't mean I won't visit you. You're gonna get tired of me someday".

"Never".

"Definitely".

"Are you really sure about this, Lou?" Harry checked for the millionth time when they entered Louis' room.

"Haz, how many times do I have to tell you that I'm sure about this? It's just like I told my mum. I have to stand on my own two feet now. I can't go back and I don't want to. I wanna be on my own from now on" Louis reasoned his decision all over again.

"You seem confident about this" Harry pointed out observingly.

"I am. Living here and working has helped me grow in character. I'm my own person now and I'm ready to take on the world" Louis delicately touched Harry's cheek. "With you".

"With me" Harry breathed out affected by Louis' everything.

"I don't wanna face anything that happens without you anymore, Haz" Louis rubbed their noses together. "But another reason to not come home was definitely that I have too many memories that I wanna forget in there. I wanna start fresh with no bad memories".

"We'll make many new good ones" Harry wrapped his arms around Louis' waist securely.

"Funny that you're saying that because a memory of us had made me see that I could never forget you before my mum even asked about you yesterday" Louis admitted to him.

"Really? What memory?" Harry wanted to know eagerly.

"Remember how we were in the library that one day when you insisted on reading to me?".

"Is it okay for you if I sit down in your spot with you?" Harry stood in front of him pigeon-toed with doe eyes.

"Of course, Haz. Come here" Louis patted the bay window.

Beamingly, Harry sat down opposite Louis in the bay window, which caused their knees to touch and their legs to tangle together because the space wasn't made for two grown people to sit in there. Somehow that made him feel all giddy and tingly.

"I found part three. Would you ... um ... like me to read it to you?" Harry showed him the third part of the Island Circle series he loved so much but that almost went past him at Harry's request.

"You wanna read to me?" Louis blinked frozen.

"Yes" Harry blushed deeply.

"Whatever you want" Louis was definitely affected right now.

Opening the book, Harry started reading out loud to him, but Louis couldn't really focus on what he was even saying. He was mesmerized by Harry's character and personality and mere being, how he was sitting there simply reading for Louis like it was the best thing ever to him. To Louis, it was.

"Haz?" Louis brought out nervously, making Harry look up from the book. "Can I ... um ... come closer?".

Harry looked like a deer caught in headlights. "Of course, you can, Lou. Um ... where do you wanna s ...?".

Endeared by everything that was simply Harry, Louis crawled closer to Harry and squeezed himself in between Harry's legs with a fast-beating heart. "Right here. Is that okay?".

Frozen in his spot in pure shock, Harry let Louis rest against his chest and placed one arm carefully around Louis' delicate waist. "It's perfect, Lou".

Feeling Harry relax and melt into the position made Louis feel at ease. He pulled his legs up into his chest and rested his head safely on the right side of Harry's chest, so he could glance up at him every now and then while Harry was reading to him. The hand that was resting on Louis' waist started caressing him absently and everything felt magical, surreal. Harry was right. This really was perfect and Louis would never forget it.

"Looking back at that moment made me appreciate you the tiniest bit more, if that is possible. You were so surprised but so kind and gentle with me when I wasn't even sure what I was doing. You always made me feel safe and I love you for that, Haz" Louis cupped Harry's face tenderly, pouring his heart out. "I love you and I need you to know that I meant it yesterday. It wasn't just a spur-of-the-moment thing. I really mean it and I know it might be rushed but ...".

"Lou, I love you too and I don't care if it seems rushed. To me, it's not because it's how I feel about you" Harry pulled him in closer. "From the moment I laid eyes on you in that library I knew I would love you one day. From then on, this love was building up slowly before we even first kissed. I don't know about you but I felt it lingering underneath the surface this whole time. You always meant more to me than a simple crush and a possible temporary boyfriend. This love has been creeping up on us for months".

"In retro perspective, I can see it too. During these moments I wasn't ready to face it and wanted to run away so many times but I felt drawn to you from the very beginning. You're my safe place now, my love and I would always run to you, Haz" Louis knew they were being so cheesy and overly romantic right now but he had never felt so in love with anyone. "I'm in love with you, Haz".

"And I'm in love with you, Lou. You're my entire world".

There were no words left to say, so Louis simply connected their lips in a sweet but passionate kiss. He still couldn't believe that this was his life now and Harry was really his boyfriend.

His ringing phone startled them apart. "Shit! Sorry. I'll take this. Give me a second".

Violetta's name was burning on the screen, so he answered the call quickly. "Louis, hey. Sorry to bother you around this time but I have news for you".

"What news?" Louis' ears perked up in interest.

"Remember Logan from the sports club, who teaches some of our kids different sports? He saw you playing football with them yesterday and asked for you. He'd like to meet you and might offer you a position as a football coach, if you want it" Violetta unfolded the news to him and Louis barely trusted his ears.

"Are you fucking serious right now? Of course, I'd want that. Wow, that's huge. You're not shitting me, right?" Louis was shell-shocked.

"Nope. This is happening. Is next Tuesday okay with you?" Violetta was definitely grinning. Louis could hear it.

"Um ... actually, I have plans but I could cancel. When would it be?" Louis remembered his plans with Maribel and Liron.

"In the morning. I don't have the exact time yet" Violetta told him.

"That's perfect. Thank you so much" Louis was flabbergasted.

"No need to thank me. That's your own merit" and with that, she hung up and the line went dead.

"Fuck. I might get the chance to become a kids' football coach at the cooperating sports club. Holy shit!" Louis dropped his phone to the floor in utter disbelief.

"What?! Lou, that's fantastic" Harry picked him up and twirled them around in pure happiness, making them both giggle. But Harry wouldn't be Harry if he didn't stumble over his own feet. That made them fall down on the bed, erupting into uncontrollable laughter. He loved him to pieces.

"I can't believe it. This has always been something I wanted to do but never thought I ever would" Louis settled down on his pillow, taking Harry with him, who was only staring down at him.

"I'm so freaking proud of you, Sunshine" Harry kissed the tip of Louis' nose cutely.

"Proud enough to reward me?" Louis raised an eyebrow dirtily.

"Oh, definitely but you don't need to achieve anything for me to want to suck you off, Lou. I do that for free" Harry lowered himself down closer to Louis' face with red cheeks.

"You love my dick that much, huh?" Louis wiggled his eyebrows.

"I do and I have absolutely no shame" Harry giggled idiotically.

"Then, by all means, get down and shamelessly suck me off, Darling" Louis tried to cover up the fact Harry was affecting him way too much, his dick twitching in anticipation. "But don't you dare come in your pants this time. I wanna put my mouth on you".

Harry's pupils became so much darker at this and he sloppily kissed Louis, rubbing their clothed dicks together and making them both moan in pleasure already. "Whatever you want, Lou".

"How did it go, Love?" Harry asked him anxiously before Louis had even reached him properly.

"I'm not quite sure, to be honest. They asked me about past experiences with football and if I've ever coached anyone before. Well, obviously I didn't but I was on the football team in high school except for my last year, so ..." Louis reported to him, trailing off towards the end because he wasn't sure what else to say.

"It will be fine. They're gonna take you for the job. You're great" Harry assured him, embracing him comfortingly.

"You're biased, Baby. Of course, you would take me" Louis grinned into Harry's neck, wording this purposely nasty.

"When you say it like that ..." Harry's voice sounded strained.

"Good to know that's where your mind is going. I can't believe this" Louis acted as if he was mad but was dying of laughter inside.

"No, Louis, please. I swear it's not" Harry claimed panicky, causing Louis to snort out his laughter. "Louis! What ...? I hate you. You're so mean to me".

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't help myself" Louis was still cackling.

"I really thought you were mad at me" Harry huffed poutily.

"For wanting to take me?" Louis's voice dropped a lot lower now. "Never, Haz. I'm irresistible. You're not to blame".

"And so full of yourself" Harry rolled his eyes at him. "Don't you dare turn this sexual too because it wouldn't be true".

"How could you possibly know what I ... ?".

"It was the perfect opportunity to say something like 'I'd rather be full of you' or something stupid like that, indicating I'd want to be ... you know ... " Harry wasn't able to complete his sentences.

"So, you wouldn't want that?" Louis checked insecurely.

"Of course, I wanna be intimate with you, Lou. Don't even think I don't want that but ... We haven't talked about it yet and I know you probably think you have to ... I'm not sure what you expect me to do or want ... Or what you think I'd prefer ...." Harry stumbled over his words adorably helpless. "What I'm trying to say is, that I know how it was for you with Kyle and we're different. We can talk about everything and we should talk about this before we do it".

"Yeah, we can talk about this, Haz. No shame or hesitation or doubts, Baby" Louis caressed Harry's face. "But probably not in the middle of town".

"You're such an idiot. Louis!" Harry whined dramatically.

"But you love it" Louis winked at him.

"I really do" Harry's whole face softened so drastically. "The way, I didn't know you were on the football team. That makes it even weirder that we haven't met before. We were at the same school. How is that possible?".

"It's not a small school, Haz. I barely knew anyone apart from my friends and the rest of the football team by name. We didn't have any friends in common or literally anything else" Louis replied, wondering if he really never crossed ways with Harry before.

"But you were in the drama club for years and on the football team. Shouldn't that make you school-famous?" Harry frowned way too cute to be legal.

"Are you saying I wasn't and you weren't secretly crushing on me this whole time and haven't told me yet?" Louis gasped in faux-horror. "I was desperately waiting for that plot twist, Harry".

"Sorry to disappoint you. I didn't give a shit about the football team at all. I have no clue who even was the captain or if you ever won a game. I was never there" Harry let him down brutally.

"To be honest, I can't remember his name either ...".

"Wasn't he supposed to be the most popular guy in school according to movies and books? They lied to us or otherwise we would have seen each other before, which would have spared us a lot of trouble, drama and pain" Harry looked as if he was reconsidering his whole life.

"But maybe all of this was supposed to happen, so that we would meet the way we did. It was written in the stars like this without any secret crushes as plot twists. We don't need that to be meant to be, don't you think?" Louis felt himself becoming poetic.

"And where does our story end, my soulmate?" Harry hooked, sounding as if he was on the verge of giggling.

"With 'and they lived happily ever after', of course," Louis looked incredulously at him, barely able to keep it together.

"Do you really think that?" Harry was definitely caught off guard.

"I hope so but we don't know that. Life won't always be easy but it's in our hands how we handle whatever life brings us ...".

Harry cut him off with his lips before Louis could finish his thought but this was way better anyway. It was turning way too cheesy and corny and a bit cringy anyway. Louis has never been this romantic in his entire life but Harry made him wanna write endless poems about their love, which he normally would make fun of in a nice way but here he was now.

"I love you" Harry murmured against Louis' lips.

"And I love you" Louis pecked his lips one more time before grabbing Harry's hand and finally heading towards the ice-skating hall but he stopped in his tracks before they could go in. "Oh, while we're still alone. I need your help with Niall and Jonah".

"Is something wrong with them?" Harry looked lost.

"Well, it looks like we're having a case of two idiots crushing on each other here but they won't do anything about it" Louis clicked with his tongue in nonchalance.

"Wait, Niall has a crush on Jonah? Since when? I thought he was hopelessly crushing on Sean. Why do you know that and not me? He's my best friend" Harry frowned upset.

"Something over a week ago Niall admitted his crush but it was new to him up to that point. I kinda knew it before he did. Maybe Niall didn't wanna bother you with love stuff while we were broken up because you were blaming yourself so much but does it matter? You know it now" Louis tried to justify Niall's silence.

"Still" Harry crossed his arms over his chest.

"Anyway ... back to the topic. Jonah had a crush on Niall forever but because of Niall's obvious feelings for Sean, Jonah is trying to move on and wanted to ask Alec out, which he didn't do yet. That made Niall realise his feelings but now he thinks it's pointless and I don't know what to do without breaking any of their trust in me. I can't just tell them. What am I supposed to do?" Louis felt so helpless and out of his realm.

"How about we set them up on a secret date?" Harry tapped his chin deep in thought. "After we managed to survive the moving day we could trick them into coming to the same place and then they have to talk. There would be no other way".

"That isn't too dumb. This could work. Let's hope Jonah doesn't ask Alec out on moving day" Louis thought that plan over.

"We just have to stop that from happening" Harry shrugged unchanged.

"Look at you. My smart boyfriend" Louis licked his bottom lip. "Why can't they be as smart as you? Or a little bit brave?".

"You have two bottoms there. One more of a wimp than the other. No backbone whatsoever" Harry giggled like a pre-teen.

"Ey, no bottom shaming here. We don't tolerate that in this house" Louis tried to stay serious but cracked up laughing. He still meant it though. He has obviously been the constant bottom with Kyle.

"I wouldn't dare to bottom shame. More the opposite. All hail the bottoms. We would be nothing without them" Harry couldn't seem to stay serious for one second but Louis could tell that he was still meaning his words somehow. "And why would I shame something that I very much like, mh?".

"Is that so?" Louis raised an eyebrow at him, hope and heat pooling in his stomach. That sounded promising.

"Pretty much" Harry secured his arms around Louis' waist.

"Good but what are we gonna do about our friends? Two straight-out bottoms just don't work together" Louis bit back a laugh.

"Well, I guess one of them has to sacrifice themselves to top" Harry was visibly trying to school his facial expressions.

"Wow, that's such a big sacrifice. Not sure they can do that" Louis pulled a funny face at him, caressing the skin by Harry's neck.

"Me neither. It might be too much to ask. Topping really sucks" Harry practically purred at the touch.

"But I thought you like sucking?!" Louis quirked an eyebrow up.

"I swear, you're the worst. No blowjob for you today" Harry let go of him and walked towards the entrance of the hall.

"Let's see if you can actually stay away. I know you love my dick, especially in your mouth but maybe you'd prefer it somewhere else" Louis called after him, crossing his arms over his chest with a smug smirk on his face. He loved teasing him and with Harry, all of this just came naturally to him.

Harry stuttered in his steps and almost crashed into the front door. Bright red, he turned back around to Louis, trying to come off as unaffected but failed miserably. "You're all talk but I know you're only trying to stall time because you can't ice-skate, r-right?".

"But you can, mh? Or are you gonna stick to my fabulous ass again this time? I wouldn't mind" Louis came closer to him.

"You like my attention on your bum, admit it" Harry coughed squirmy, still as red as a tomato.

"Oh, definitely" Louis walked past him, gracing Harry's bum slightly. "But don't stare too much or you're gonna fall on your precious bum and hurt it although that's only my job".

This time, Harry did stumble over his feet, earning a smug laugh from Louis. "Oh, shut up, Lewis".

"You did not just call me that" Louis glared playfully at him. "You are so gonna regret this, Harold".

Ending their light sexual banter right there, the two of them made their way fully inside, organised them some skates and put them on. Fully prepared for some fun, they clambered over to the rink where Maribel and Liron were already skating lost in their own world. Seeing them like this, Louis wondered why he and Harry were even here.

"This feels like a strange deja-vu, just with ice instead of a normal track" Harry commented when he observed the new place.

The word deja-vu reminded Louis of the scene in the kitchen he had seen a while ago and it brought him back to their jealousy incident during Aria's family reunion. "Yeah ...".

"Let's just hope today ends ...".

"Better than last time, I know" Louis sighed out, still feeling bad when he was thinking back about this. "I still feel so bad about that. Sorry for causing that scene and snapping at you".

"No, none of that. You felt what you felt. It's fine. I wasn't helping your case when I left" Harry placed his hand on Louis'back.

"But ...".

"When I look back I only see the good parts of that day" Harry didn't let him speak. "And that incident led to a beautiful moment and our first kiss, Lou. I see nothing I could ever regret".

"When you say it like that ..." Louis bit the inside of his cheek to suppress the smile that was threatening to come through.

"Today is a deja-vu I appreciate. This could be great if I survive it" Harry smiled softly down at him. "Today is the real deja-vu".

The way Harry had emphasized that word made Louis' heart stop for a moment. "Oh god, you heard that".

"I did, yeah. I've heard every word and I didn't know ...".

"Fuck, I'm so embarrassed right now" Louis felt humiliated and caught. "I'm so sorry for ... Shit, what was I even thinking slamming the door like that after I ...".

"After you spied on me?" Harry guessed a tad bit too amused.

"I did not spy on you!" Louis huffed indignantly. "I was on my way to Niall and saw you with Jordan from the corner of my eye".

"Sure, whatever you say, Lou" Harry looked so smug.

"It is true!" Louis insisted ashamed. It was true, after all.

"Hey, I'm only messing with you, Sunshine" Harry placed his hands carefully on Louis' upper arms. "Realising you were there and saw me with Jordan did something to me. Seeing you upset and hearing how mad you were about the possibility of me having the same date with Jordan that I had with you gave me a strange kind of hope. That moment made me hopeful again".

"In which way?" Louis wrinkled his nose in curiosity.

"It looked like you were jealous, which made me think there was still a chance you might be into me. That maybe you still had feelings for me and didn't move on yet. That you didn't want to see me with someone else because you wanted me back" Harry expounded to him awkwardly.

"Well, I did. Kind of" Louis croaked out. "It made me feel uneasy and I knew I wasn't over you but I was telling myself I just needed more time. That I was better off without you if you went off and had the same date as we had with someone else".

"But I didn't".

"But you didn't," Louis said at the same time as Harry, making them chuckle. "No, I was wrong. So wrong. I'm not better off without you and this here today, is the best deja-vu".

Smilingly, Harry put their foreheads together, both of them closing their eyes on instinct. "Let's make new memories".

"Deal" Louis pecked Harry's lips sweetly.

"Oh, but before we head into the brutal pain I'm gonna experience let's clarify one thing" Harry held him back, making Louis look up at him expectantly. "You were so jealous of Jordan".

"I was not jealous! I'm never jealous!" Louis exclaimed squeakily.

"You're quite literally jealousy walking on two legs. Jealouis should be your name or do you not remember being jealous of Kit and Savannah?" Harry mocked him amusedly.

"I was never jealous" Louis huffed peeved, knowing full well he had admitted to being jealous of Savannah and Kit before.

"Oh, please," Harry snorted exaggeratedly.

"You're not any better. You were jealous of Jonah and Luke. Ha," Louis turned this thing around skilfully.

"No, I wasn't. I was only scared Luke would hurt or use you. I was not jealous of him" Harry denied everything in a high-pitched voice, only making it so much more obvious. Louis raised a pointed eyebrow at him. "Fine. I was jealous of Luke but for a good reason. He kissed you and I knew he liked you".

"Jordan likes you. Your point?" Louis didn't back down.

"Stop being right all the time" Harry groaned childishly. "But just so you know, I was never jealous of Jonah. Yes, there was this one moment where I had my doubts about you two but rationally, I knew there was nothing going on, at one point, because Jonah and I had a conversation about you".

"I know. I heard you arguing" Louis let him know honestly.

"Oh ... so you know I promised him ...".

"Yeah. I know. That was very cute" Louis interrupted him softly. "Of Jonah. You know, always looking out for me".

"What about me?" Harry niggled charmingly.

"Oh, you? Wanna know what I thought when I found out you promised him to be gentle and patient with me?" Louis built up some suffocating tension to rile Harry up. "It was the most you thing to do and I love you for it, Baby".

"Stop scaring me like this" Harry nudged his shoulder huffy.

"Sorry but you're so easy to mess with. Teasing you is fun" Louis cooed over him endeared.

"You really like being a tease, mh?" Harry sulked some more.

"Yes, always and everywhere. This is your fair warning. Lastc hance to leave" Louis tried to sound confident but a part of him was scared Harry might hate this side of him.

Louis should have seen it coming. Obviously, Harry saw right through him and pulled him into his arms, rubbing their noses together. "I'm not going anywhere, Lou".

"Lucky me" Louis got lost in his beautiful eyes.

"Lucky ...".

"Can you finally stop doing whatever you're doing and get on the ice or why are you even here?" Maribel called over to them, skating in their direction with Liron right behind her.

"I was asking myself the same thing. You don't need us. He's already following you like a puppy" Louis countered cheekily.

"Louis!" Maribel shrieked embarrassed while Harry only giggled into Louis' neck captivatingly.

"I beg your pardon?" Liron propped his hands up on his hips." I'm a full-grown dog, thank you".

"I like him. Approved" Louis could appreciate his comeback.

"And the ice isn't approved or why are you still standing around looking like dumb fucks?" Maribel stared him down peeved.

"My choices were watching you being disgusting or flirting with my stunning boyfriend. Easy choice for me. Sorry, M" Louis rested smugly on the railing, definitely presenting his ass to Harry on purpose and not without an audible reaction. Success.

"Whatever" Maribel gave up and skated away with Liron.

"Shall we get down to business now, Baby?" Louis turned around to his flustered boyfriend, leaning with his elbows on the railing now, jutting out his hips provokingly.

"Here?" Harry squeaked oh-so high-pitched and adorable.

"Get your head out of the gutter, Babe. I was talking about skating. That's why we're here" Louis laughed at his charming boy. "But I'm not opposed to coming back to that offer later, Princess".

And if Harry actually whimpered at that name for real, then Louis had left it uncommented for now but had stored that information in the back of his head for later. He had no idea where this sudden confidence was coming from and why being this playfully sexual with Harry was so easy and fun to him but he didn't question it. It felt good and the thought of actually doing it later didn't scare him. He might even be hoping for it to happen.

Giving his poor and affected boyfriend a break, Louis stepped onto the ice with him. Harry was gripping his hand tightly, almost crushing his hand in the process but it was worth it. Louis was drowning in the feeling of Harry trusting him and putting his faith in him. It still felt surreal sometimes that this was his life.

Together with their friends, who definitely seemed to be more than friends, they skated for something over an hour before Harry was complaining about his feet hurting and being shit at skating. Louis told Maribel to focus on Liron and leave the whining baby to him, which earned him a harsh poke to the side. He apologised to the baby by peppering his face with dozens of kisses.

On their way off the ice, Harry caused them to full-on crush into the railing with Louis' back hitting it and Harry tumbling into him. At first, they were both laughing like maniacs but then both of them seemed to take in the whole situation. This close their whole bodies were aligning perfectly and all Louis wanted to do was go home.

This was all still so new to him. He has never felt so much lust in his entire life. Not once. He had been longing for Harry before and they'd obviously done some simple things but this was so different and he wasn't sure how to act. As confident as he night pretended to be, he really wasn't yet. Not completely. Not when it came to this. He wanted it, badly, but it was also making him nervous and a tad bit scared to do something wrong.

He didn't want Harry to hate it when they'd be intimate with each other for real but he didn't know how to do this right. He only knew one way to do this and it was a painful and unloving way to have sex and he didn't want that for Harry. With Kyle, he has never felt the urge to do this. It has been more of a task to keep his boyfriend around, a chore even. With Harry, it was so different. He wanted to be close to him, as close as possible. But would he be able to do it? Would he be able to enjoy it this time?

This question didn't leave him alone until they had reached his room and were sitting down on his bed. Clearly, Harry had noticed his absent behaviour and his thoughtful frown. "Lou, tell me what's on your mind, please. Tell me if I said something wrong".

"You didn't do or say anything wrong, Love. My mind just won't shut up right now. It's ..." Louis was wrestling to find the right words for this. "I know we've been joking and teasing about it a lot today and I loved it but ... I think we need to talk about this".

"You mean ..." Harry trailed off unsurely.

"Sex. Yes, Harry" the word felt weird on his tongue and that wasn't okay. "Don't tell me you didn't feel the tension between us earlier. It was heavy".

"I did and I wasn't sure ... You're right. We should talk about this sooner rather than later. There's a lot of uncertainty and hesitation between us suddenly and that's just not us anymore" Harry saw his point and agreed with him. "Right now or some other time?".

"Right now would be nice if that's okay with you" Louis fiddled with his fingers anxiously, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the bed.

"Is there anything in particular that you wanna talk about? I know this must be a touchy subject for you even though we already did some stuff" Harry went right into it to make Louis feel safe.

"And all of that was amazing but mostly, just new to me. I'm still not used to liking any of this, to getting something instead of only giving and being used. I'm not used to actually wanting this so bad because I've never felt like this" Louis opened up to him, feeling weird talking about this but good at the same time. "But even if I'm still getting used to all of this I can confidently say that I want you, Haz. All of you. God, all the fucking time but ...You know?".

"I do. I know. I get it and I feel flattered, Lou. I feel the same though. I want you just as much but I also tried to give you all the time you need to figure yourself and your needs and wants out before we do the whole thing" Harry intertwined their fingers. "But I was also trying to understand myself".

"In which way?" Louis hooked attentively.

"I know this is all new to you but it's kinda new to me too? I don't know how to explain this but before I met you, it was nice with my exes but it never blew me away. I always thought people were exaggerating but then you happened. Every gentle touch makes my whole body tingle and every time you look at me my whole world stops spinning. Everything we did together so far had felt so freaking intense. I've never had that before. With you, I also feel safe enough to fully embrace myself and find out what I may like that I don't know of yet?!" Harry opened up to him completely.

"And you can always tell me what you want to try. I'm open for almost everything. Don't knock it til you try it, right?" Louis tilted his head aside with a crooked smile.

"Right. Um ... does that mean you'd like to ... um ...?".

"What is it, Baby?" Louis checked when Harry fell silent.

"Would you like to top? I knew you wanted to before and it didn't go well but this won't happen with me. I'd love you to fuck me, Lou. You could finally try it out and um ... I really love bottoming and I ... err ..." Harry asked bluntly this time.

"And you?" Louis pressed eagerly, all of this making him dizzy.

"I really want you to take me and claim me as yours. As animalistic as that sounds. I wanna feel you all over me" Harry told him boldly, pupils blown. "And inside of me".

"Please, say right now or I'm gonna die of blue balls" Louis sat up on his knees and leaned in on Harry's face.

"I don't know about you but this whole conversation didn't leave me unaffected and you looked pretty sexy on the ice" Harry gulped aroused. "Please, make love to me, Lou".

"Your wish is my command" Louis pushed him down on the bed.

Massively turned on, they kissed again needily and tried to get rid of their clothes meanwhile. With some giggles in between, their clothes ended up on the floor and they found themselves back on top of each other, fully naked this time. This was the first time they'd ever seen each other completely naked and Harry was stunning. No, magnificent. Absolutely beautiful. Louis wanted to worship every single part of his body, so that's what he did.

Slowly, Louis kissed all over Harry's body, tracing his nipples with his teeth every now and then and making him gasp out. Like the little tease he has become, Louis brushed with his fingers tips over Harry's entrance before leaning away and opening his drawer to get some lube and a condom, which he had maybe bought a few days ago. Cutting off Harry's whiny protest, Louis went down again and licked over Harry's tip, taking him in deeper inch by inch slowly and teasingly. Harry was already falling apart.

If you had asked Louis last year he would have told you that he hated to give blowjobs because there was nothing pleasurable about them. It was only pain. Now, he would say he was loving it. Sucking Harry off made him feel stupidly good about himself. Seeing Harry in such pleasure did something to him that he couldn't explain and from now on, he would always go down on his knees for his boyfriend because he knew Harry would do the same for him. They were on the same page and they were equals. That simple and normal fact almost made him come.

"Lou, stop or I'm gonna come. I can't handle more than orgasm today" Harry warned him close to the edge.

Louis stopped what he was doing and released Harry's dick with a popping sound. "But another time?".

"Oh, definitely. With you, definitely. I don't think I will ever stop getting hard around you or coming from literally nothing" Harry admitted shamelessly, making Louis blush. "So please, take me apart now. Fuck me, Louis. I can't take this any longer".

"Fuck. Okay. Whatever you want, Haz" Louis' head was empty.

Feeling his nerves coming back, Louis grabbed for the lube and opened the cab to coat three of his fingers. Shakily, he repositioned himself between Harry's spread legs and hesitantly touched his hole with one finger. Harry nudged him with his knee to make him look up and give him a reassuring nod of the head. A lot lighter, Louis pushed his first finger inside of Harry slowly and everything around him stopped. He couldn't stop staring at the spot where his finger disappeared into his boyfriend for real.

"You can start moving now, Lou" Harry's voice brought him back into the moment. He sounded so understanding.

In trance, Louis started to move his finger in and out of him in the most gentle way possible. Something he had never experienced. The whole situation was overwhelming to him and he felt his throat becoming dry and filled with emotions. Absolutely fascinated, Louis watched Harry take two and then three of his fingers like it was nothing. The sounds Harry was making went straight to his dick.

"God, please. Lou, I'm ready. I need you now" Harry blabbered out desperately.

Retreating his fingers, Louis grabbed the condom and struggled a bit with putting it on because he was so nervous. Harry noticed that and propped himself up to lean over and put it on for him, making his eyes flutter shut at the feeling.

"Lou" Harry cupped his face, his voice oh-so gentle.

Louis opened his eyes and was met with Harry's warm eyes looking at him so fondly. "I know and I want this, Haz. Really. But ... this right here means the world to me".

"And you mean the world to me, Lou. Take all the time you need. We're doing this at your pace whenever you're ready" Harry understood the heavy meaning of his words just like Louis had understood Harry without any words.

"Our pace, Baby. You matter too, remember?" Louis lay him down again, hovering over him now while caressing Harry's hair.

"I do" Harry opened his legs wider for Louis, making Louis completely shift his focus from Harry's face to his bum.

Letting out a shuddering breath, Louis positioned himself right in front of Harry's entrance and nudged the rim with his dick, luring the first moan out of his boyfriend. With new courage, Louis carefully pushed the tip inside and went all the way in until he had bottomed out and stopped to give Harry some to adjust to his size and get used to the new stretch. Also to give himself some time to grab the feeling of really being inside of him.

"You could move".

Locking eyes, Louis connected their lips in a passionate and meaningful kiss while starting to thrust his hips back and forth at a slow and steady pace. Harry was moaning into the kiss and his hips were meeting Louis' thrusts. That only spurred him on to pick up his place and thrust a little harder. After all, Harry wanted him to take him apart and claim him like an animal, right?

"Fuck, you look so breathtaking right now, Haz. Like pure art, Princess" Louis complimented his stunning boyfriend, earning a broken whimper in return. "You like that? Wanna be my princess?".

"Yes, please. Uh, more, Lou" Harry begged strained.

Thrusting harder, Louis lured more and more loud moans out of Harry and watched him fall apart completely. The most beautiful sight was when Louis finally found Harry's prostate and he positively screamed out and clawed his nails into Louis' sheets. Hitting that spot dead on with every thrust from now on, Louis brought them right to the edge and knew this was it.

"I can see it in your face. Let go. Come for me, Princess" Louis purred lowly, hoping to sound seductive and not risible.

His words had the effect he had hoped for. Harry came all over himself with a loud cry of Louis' name, clenching his walls around Louis' dick. That tipped Louis over the edge as well and he came hard into the condom. Fucking them through their highs, Louis collapsed exhaustedly down on Harry. With a bit of effort, Louis pushed himself back up and pulled out of Harry to throw the condom away and clean them up. Fixed and tired, Louis lay down next to Harry and pulled him into his arms but Harry was just lying there silently, staring at the ceiling.

"Haz? Are you okay? Was this good for you? Did I hurt you? Oh god, I did, didn't I?" Louis panicked massively.

"No, no, no, no, no" Harry finally seemed to be present again, curling up into Louis' arms and touching his face. "This was great. I was just ... still a bit out of it. You worry too much and too fast".

"I always worry about you, Haz. I love you" Louis frowned, causing Harry to place a kiss right over Louis' heart. "Also, I was terrified of hurting you. I wasn't sure if could top without hurting you because I didn't know how to do this properly in a non-painful way. It's all I've ever known and I was scared I would hurt you the same way he hurt me without noticing it because I wouldn't know better".

"All these fears are totally justified and I understand where they come from and knew they would be there but you were so gentle with me, Louis. This was the best sex of my entire life. No one has ever made me feel this loved and worshipped as you did. You have nothing to worry about. You're nothing like him. You did not hurt me or did anything wrong, Lou. It was perfect. I'd even say magical" Harry took every trace of worry and fear away from him.

His words made Louis tear up. This whole act of them having sex for the first time had already made him so emotional and Harry'swords had only pushed him right over the edge of the cliff he was standing on. Now he was drowning in every single emotion he was feeling. Good ones. Only good ones.

"Thank you for showing me that sex can be different. Thank you for letting me find out how good this can feel. Thank you for being you, Haz. I love you so much" Louis sniffled, overcome with waves and waves of emotion. Mostly, the love he was feeling for Harry.

"Thank you for trusting me with this and letting me into your world. I love you just as much, Lou" Harry kissed him sweetly before resting his head on Louis' naked chest. "But you're aware of the fact that we're never gonna stop again now, right? I want you to f ... take me in every way possible and as many times as possible".

"Just say you want me to fuck you senseless every day of your life from now on in every position on every surface and in every spot possible. I know it anyway. No need to be ashamed, Princess" Louis just had to tease him, his tears not falling down anymore.

"Louis" Harry wailed embarrassed, blushing crimson.

"Aww, you're so cute for such a filthy little boy" Louis poked his nose. "But don't worry. I want that just as much as you".   

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