Summary : Louis likes makeup , but he's getting hate for being a boy , and when he meets Harry , Harry helps him realize that nobody else matters .

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Louis pouted to himself as he opened his makeup bag , seeing he needs some new products after he lent the bag to Lottie .

He put on his usual light makeup , fixed his crop top and pulled up his skinny jeans , slipped his feet into his Adidas and grabbed his purse , leaving his flat .

He got into his car and drove to his usual makeup store . He parked his car and walked down the street , getting into the store .

He ignored the usual weird looks he got from customers , though the workers already knew him and they liked him , he liked them back since they were sweet to him and always helped him .

"Hey Gemma ." Louis greeted her with a smile , Gemma smiled back , "Hey , how are you ?"

"I'm good , you ?"

"I'm good too . What are you looking for today ?"

"I let my sister borrow my makeup , long story short , I need some new products ." He giggled a little , Gemma laughed , "Alright then , tell me what you need ."

Louis went through the shop with her , she got him what he needed and went to the cashier with him .

"Thanks for helping ." Louis smiled at her as he handed the cashier his things and card , Gemma smiled , "You're more than welcome ."

The cashier handed Louis his card back and put his things in a bag , he thanked her and turned to say goodbye to Gemma , when he saw she wasn't next to him anymore .

Instead , she was hugging a very goodlooking guy , who hugged her back tightly and lifted her off her feet a little , due to him being to tall .

He waited for her to be put down before he walked over to her , "Gemma ?" He said her name quietly , Gemma turned to him , "Yeah ?"

"Just wanted to say thank you again , for helping me ." He smiled , Gemma pinched his cheek softly , "I already told you you're more than welcome , Lou . You know you can be yourself ."

He nodded at her and glanced up at the guy she hugged , only to see him staring at him .

Gemma caught on and smiled , "Louis , this is my younger brother Harry . Harry , this is Louis , he's a regular here ."

Louis bit his lip , waiting to be laughed at , but Harry just smiled and held his hand out , "Lovely meeting you ."

Louis shook his hand with a smile , "Likewise ."

"I need to go back to work , okay ?" She told the two , they nodded and watched going to help another customer .

Louis looked up at Harry , giving him a light smile . Harry smiled back , "I really like your outfit ."

Louis looked down to his clothes , then smiled up at Harry . "Thank you ."

"I'd like to get to know you , if you want . What do you say about some ice cream ?"

Louis' eyebrows raised , he wasn't expecting that to happen . He nodded quickly , "Sure , just - can we go to my car ? So I can put my - my makeup there ?"

"Sure , let's go ." Harry nodded with a smile , leading the way out of the store . They walked side to side to Louis' car , Louis unlocked it and put the bag in the backseat , locking it and turning to Harry , "I'm ready ."

Harry smiled gently and held his elbow out for Louis , Louis couldn't help but let out a short giggle as he wrapped his hand around his bicep , though his hand could barely go halfway around it .

"So , Louis ... I only met you five minutes ago , is it too early to say that you fascinate me ?"

Louis blushed at Harry's flirting , "Do I ?"

"Yeah , you really do ." Harry smiled at him . "I'm sorry if it was too straight forward , I just say what's on my mind ."

"I-It's okay ." Louis smiled , "I uhm - I don't know what to say ."

They walked into the ice cream shop , the worker smiled at them , "Hello , what can I get you ?"

"What would you like ?" Harry asked , Louis bit his lower lip and scanned over the flavours . "One scoop strawberry ."

"One scoop strawberry and one scoop vanilla ." Harry said , the worker quickly fixed up the cones and handed it to them . Louis reached for his bag to take money out but Harry put his hand over his smaller one , "I'm paying ."

"But -"

"Shh . I'm paying ." Harry handed the worker the money quickly , he got his change back and put his free hand on Louis' back , "Let's go sit at the park ."

They ate their ice cream as they crossed the street , sitting under a tree on the grass .

"Can I ask you something ?" Harry asked as they sat down , Louis nodded , "Yeah , go on ."

"When did you realize you like makeup ?"

Louis bit his lower lip , "Uhm , I - I was thirteen . I used to sneakily use my mum's makeup and wash it off so she wouldn't know , I just liked how it looked . I don't wear anything fancy on a daily basis , just light makeup . But uhm , I - never mind ."

"No no , tell me . I'm not judging you ." Harry encouraged .

"I wear very light makeup because people don't really appreciate boys wearing makeup , so I try keeping it down , but at my standards ."

"I hate when people are ignorant ." Harry said , "I myself am called a show off because I like singing , but fuck what other people say , if I like singing I'll sing ."

"I don't think makeup or clothes or anything else should have a gender role , you know ? Why can't it be gender free ?"

"It is gender free , but some people were brainwashed into thinking there has to be gender roles , and it sucks ."

"Yeah ." Louis said as he finished his ice cream , Harry scooted to sit closer to him , "I want you to know that you are beautiful just the way you are , okay ? And I'm sure you look good without makeup aswell ."

Louis blushed as he smiled softly , "I look like a dead raccoon without makeup ."

"I beg to differ ."

"I'm serious ."

"Maybe we can keep discussing this topic over dinner ."

Louis raised his eyebrows . "Are you asking me out ?"

"Perhaps ." Harry chuckled . "What do you say ?"

"Where and when ?"

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Louis was munching on his lower lip as he parked outside the address Harry gave him . They settled on a simple dinner at Harry's place , and to say Louis was nervous was an understatement .

He got out of the car and locked it , fixing his knitted sweater crop top and skinny jeans before walking up the front . He took a deep breath and knocked on the door , a few seconds later Harry opened it with a smile .

"Hey Lou ." He brought him in and hugged him , Louis hugged him back with a smile , "Hi ." 

Harry closed the door , "Was the drive here okay ?"

"Yeah , no traffic or anything ." Louis said , Harry put his hand on his lower back , "I'm almost done with dinner , just a bit more ." He said as he led him to the kitchen , Louis nodded .

"Do you need help with anything ?" Louis asked , but Harry shook his head , "No no , you just stay cute and I'll do the rest ."

Blush spread on Louis' cheeks as he smiled , "Do you always flirt ?"

"Me ? Flirting ?" Harry raised an eyebrow playfully , making Louis giggle . Harry chuckled , "I like your laugh ."

Soon enough Harry was done with dinner , he brought it to the table and pulled a chair out for Louis , who smiled and thanked him with rosy cheeks . They ate , talked and laughed . Harry loved how Louis had to put his fork down to cover his mouth with both hands from giggling too hard , making him grin at the smaller boy .

After they finished eating Harry took their plates to the sink and they moved to the living room , Harry insisted Louis should take his shoes off to feel more comfortable , though Louis declined the offer .

"Don't be shy around me ." Harry chuckled and poked his side playfully , raising an eyebrow when Louis giggled loudly . "Is someone ticklish ?"

"N-no ." Louis giggled , holding his hands out in defense . He tried pushing his hands away , though Harry was too strong , so he managed to take a hold of both his hands with one hand , the other clawed in front of his body .

"I'm warning you , I'll knee you in the face ." Louis giggled out , Harry laughed , "Okay , okay . I'll have to test it some other time , then ."

"Maybe never ." Louis giggled again , Harry poked his side again , laughing at how quickly he curled up .

"You're really cute ." Harry smiled and leaned back on the couch , opening his arms , "Come give me a cuddle ?"

"No , I don't trust you ." Louis shook his head , Harry laughed and held his pinky out , "I pinky promise I won't tickle you ."

"You know I'll have to cut off your pinky if you break the promise ."

Harry threw his head back laughing , shaking his head , "Then I'll have to restrain myself not to break the promise ."

"You'd better ." Louis said as he scooted closer ,  Harry put his arm around him and held him against his side . "I like how quickly you opened up to me , I'm really grateful . You were so shy when we met , and look at you now ."

"Yeah ... it never happened before , so you're a lucky one ." Louis poked his dimple , making Harry smile , "Oh I'm very lucky ." He looked down to him , moving his eyes to briefly look at his lips .

Louis saw where his eyes went , making him blush . Harry wanted to kiss him , but he didn't want to just do it out of nowhere , without getting a sign that he can .

Louis brought his hand up to cup Harry's cheek , scooting up a little . Harry took it as a sign and pressed his lips to Louis' , tightening his grip around him .

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Louis took his notepad and pen and walked over to a table that was just filled with five guys . "Hey , can I get you anything ?" He asked and clicked his pen .

"Yeah , I'd like -" One of the guys started but was cut off by another .

"Mate , are you fucking wearing makeup ?"

Louis froze a little . "U-uh . Yeah . Why ?"

"What the fuck , that's for girls , you faggot ."

"Woah -" One of his friends tried stopping him but he cut them off , "No don't tell me to shut up , makeup is for girls , not boys ."

"Who said ?"

Louis turned to face the voice behind him with tears stinging in his eyes . By now everyone in the diner was watching ; the customers , waiters , even their boss came out to see what's happening .

"Tell me , where does it say that makeup is for girls ?" Harry walked closer to the table , the guy looked around , "Everyone says that ."

"I didn't ask who said that , anyone can say whatever the fuck they want . Show me where it's signed and clearly says that makeup is for girls ."

"H-Harry .."

"It shouldn't be signed anywhere -"

"Because it's not fucking true ."

"It is -"

"Stop being ignorant , you need to learn to respect other people's decisions . Makeup is not for girls , just because girls tend to like it more than boys shouldn't make it a gender role , because gender roles are so fucking stupid . If a boy wants to wear a dress , he will wear a dress . If a girl wants to be a mechanic , she will go and be a fucking mechanic . Ignorant people like you make society so ugly , and I hope you realize how insulting it is to not accept someone for who he is ."

The diner was silent after Harry talked , then the boss approached the table , looking at the guy , "I'm sorry but I'm going to ask you to leave ."

The guy left without another word , Harry turned to face Louis , who was in tears . He brought him into his chest , Louis sniffled , "Thank you ."

"Don't thank me , someone needed to tell him that ." Harry said and rubbed his back , "Let's go wash your face , okay ?" He took Louis to the bathroom , Louis took toilet paper and dabbed lightly under his eyes . Harry wrapped his arms around him from behind , "You okay now ?"

"Yeah ." Louis nodded and wiped his nose a little , "Thank you again ."

Harry kissed his cheek and turned him around to face him , "Stop thanking me ."

Louis sighed and turned to the mirror , "I have mascara stains , Harry , why didn't you tell me ?" He turned the tap on and wet a piece of paper slightly , before wiping under his eyes .

"Because you're beautiful nontheless ." Harry rubbed his back , Louis sighed , "You can be so annoying sometimes ."

"But you love meeeee ." Harry chuckled and hugged him , kissing his temple . Louis smiled , "Yeah , I do ."

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~Author