A/N: editted.

~Hunter xx.

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Hybrids: they walk among us all over. No one knows how they came into the world, or how they even started to come about. So many are born each year that no one really knows how many truly exist. Hybrids can be tricky; they love to hide their identity. As far as you know one could be sitting right next to you, and you wouldn't even know.

That's the funny thing; they are so good at concealing themselves from the public that they can live normal lives like humans. The only thing that really sets them apart from regular humans is that they have two sets of ears-human decoys, and then their hybrid ears- and of course the dreaded tail. Those things can range from something tiny to something that drags along the ground as they walk. But even with those traits, they can still conceal themselves really well.

Hybrids are born like humans, nothing out of the ordinary, but once they reach the age of thirteen, that's when they change. They start to develop animal-like instincts; then come in the ears, tails, and then the teeth. They do start off with human teeth and ears, but once their body starts to make the transition, those are no longer needed.

Some people adore hybrids, while others think they are an abomination and shouldn't even be able to live on this planet.

Louis Tomlinson is one of them, but he hasn't had the best life. It all started a month after he had turned thirteen.

"Lou, honey, come here and let me give you a haircut." Lou nods and walks over to his mother. He hops onto the stool to let his mother give him his monthly trim.

His mother starts to cut, when she feels little nubs on the top of his head, "Shit..." she mumbles, she thought it skips two generations in her family but apparently she was wrong.

"What's wrong mummy?"

"Louis, I need to tell you something but don't get scared, alright?"

"What's wrong?" he asks nervously.

She goes and kneels in front of Lou. "Well, in my family, every so often one of our family members are part cat. I was told that it happens every two generation, but I guess things change. And whenever the said child turns thirteen, he or she starts to develop changes. And Lou honey, you have just started to develop ears, next will be the tail, seeing how your teeth already sharpened. Do you understand?"

"Yes, mummy. Will people treat me differently?" Louis looks to her, his wide blue eyes piercing into her soul.

"Sadly, yes sweetie, but you will just have to wear a beanie. And when your tail comes in, you will have to wrap it around your waist. Am I understood?"

"Yes." Just like that, a door slams and Jay freezes. How is her husband going to react? Yes, she did tell him that there would be a chance, but that it skips. She knew that somehow Lou would end up a hybrid; he was always so cuddly and sleepy as a child.

"Jay, Lou, I'm home!" Lou's father is heard throughout the house, his feet stomping against the floor as his descends to the kitchen.

"Hello—-what's going on in here?"

"Uhh, Lou could you go upstairs while we talk?" Lou nods quickly before hopping off the stool and running up the stairs into his room.

He hears the shouts. The screams from his mother, the frantic pleas from his mother to not hurt him, but nothing was working; he keeps screaming. He probably screams so loud that their neighbors can hear, but they don't care about what happens inside this house, like Lou's family doesn't with theirs.

Louis hears the loud footsteps approaching his room before his door is slammed open, his father coming in fuming mad.  "Come here you little freak!" Lou stumbles off his bed, and cowardly walks over to his father with his head down.

"Now let me see those fucking ears of yours!" Louis doesn't speak, but his father takes it in his hands to grab two handfuls of his hair and ends up lifting him up by his ears as well.

"Oww...Daddy please stop." Louis says through his tears, while his father holds him up by his ears.

"No, you little freak. I should have given you up when your mother told me this when we first met. But, no that little bitch wanted to keep you. So now, you little demon, I will make your life a living hell." He spits on Louis and drops him to the floor before charging down the stairs and out the door, only to return later completely drunk.

His mother comes running upstairs and opens the door and looks down at the sobbing broken boy. "Oh, come here to mommy sweetie." He runs over, and she runs her fingers over Lou's head, trying to soothe his hurt ears. Only making it worse, she lays him down and grabs ice. She places the ice on the top of his head and watches as he slowly falls asleep.

This has been Louis' life for the past five years, not quite the same, but you get the picture. He doesn't even know who his father is anymore, always coming home drunk and strolling up the stairs to give Lou his daily beating. He always ends up going to his room to pass out, only to do it all over again.

Since his dad always beats him, and it doesn't help that he gets tormented at school, he's tried to end his life, but has always failed. Each time he tries, his best friend, Harry,  swoops right in and saves the day. He is happy that someone actually cares for him, but on the other hand, he just wishes that he wouldn't be in this position. He really just wants a new life, something better where he wouldn't have to worry about the daily beatings from his father or the fact that his mother barely does anything to help him, but he can't blame her either when she too suffers from his actions as well.

Now, back to Harry. He has always been there for Louis, always asking him how he is, always forcing him to show him his bruises. Harry knows about his father's constant beatings, but doesn't know the reason behind it. Harry tried to question him, but he sort of gave up after quite some time of no answers from Lou, so he leaves him be for now.

With everything being so overwhelming, Louis has turned to self harming; Harry checks on that as well. Making sure that he has stopped, or even if he has had a slip up. He looks out for Louis like his own brother, but he does wish he could be more than just a friend to him.

You got that right- Harry is in love with Louis. But who could blame him? Louis is quite the looker and those blue eyes, they could make anyone feel sorry for him. And word is, Louis is in love with him too, but they are both oblivious to each other's feelings. Everyone around them knows this, but neither of them have been able to catch on and no one knows why.

But, the thing is, Louis still hasn't told Harry that he is a hybrid. How will he react to that when Louis tells him? Will he still love him or just leave him when he needs him the most?