{If you zoom into Harry's hand, you'll see the 'L' written on it. Louis loves to mark his man.}

LAST UPDATE FOR THE YEAR. I HOPE 2021 TREATS US BETTER THAN 2020. ALTHOUGH, MY 2020 WAS PRETTY AMAZING ❤️

«TW: Mention of r*pe. Assualt. »

"-and I wasn't really sure if the option A was right or the option B. so, I picked the option B, mom." Louis rambled about his Geography test he took this morning. "What if I fail?"

"You are not gonna fail just 'cause of a single mistake," Jay chuckled. "You have other questions too."

Louis shrugged lightly. "Mom, you never know. What if I somehow fuc- messed it all?" Jay shook her head fondly because Louis and his sudden cuss words. "I know my son very well, love. He is plenty smart and won't just fuck things up that easily." She smirked softly at him.

"You are so cool, mother of mine. I admire you," Louis cheered, dramatically putting both of his hands on his heart. "Doesn't give you a pass to swear in the house with your little sisters around. Now go bug someone else, darling."

"Harry and Niall are at the school. Not that I can meet H for a week, he's grounded for swearing like crazy at Niall's party." He pouted, leaning against the kitchen counter.

Jay giggled. "I know. Anne told me," She replied, kneading the dough for ravioli. "It's like you have somewhat become a mirror image of Harry. Swearing, dramatics, over exaggerating."

Louis huffed but decided to brush off the comment. "Anne and you are communicating?"

"All of us. Anne, Maura and Karen; Liam's mother. She wasn't at the party but Anne added her to our whatsapp group. Such lovely ladies they are," Jay commented with a smile.

"This is absolutely scary and amusing at the same time." Louis muttered under his breath. "I'll be back by lunch, mummy. Gonna stroll around for a bit. Do you need something?"

"Uh... Lottie's favorite biscuits are all out. Better get them before she throws a fit." She snickered. "Oh! And some cheddar,"

"Cool."

-

Louis smiled at the candies and chocolates he bought from the money left for him and his sisters. Lottie and Felicite will be so elated. Humming some melody, the boy skipped down the road, happily.

"Aye!" Someone whistled loudly, gaining his attention. He turned around to find the creepy college bloke from his building. Every time he would see Louis around the building or on the floor, his eyes would scream lust and only lust and that sent chills up Louis' spine. Like any other time, he was swift to turn back and ignore the creep. "Oh babe, please!" The lad called loudly, following the small lad with quick steps.

Louis wanted nothing more than to turn and show this bitch his place, but there was literally no living being around, no one in sight, just this lad and him. It's better to ignore and continue his walk.

"Aye girl, stop!" The boy caught up to Louis and yanked him back by his forearm.

The blue eyed boy snapped, snatching his hand away. "What?!"

"What's your name?" The lad looked in his twenties and was somewhat charming with a pair of icy blue eyes and brunette curls; nothing like his Harry though.

"Fuck off."

"That's a peculiar name for a beauty like you!"

Louis exhaled forcefully, brushing off the comment, he turned away from the creep to leave. However, the boy kept following, making crude comments about his body and whistling. Louis was ashamed and wanted to cry because this is downright harassment and he couldn't do a thing about it. The tip of ears were as red and hot as his face.

"I'd tap that ass so hard, baby, you won't be able to walk for days!"

Louis swallowed the lump forming in his throat, the last thing he wanted was to cry in front of him and show his weakness. Instead of reacting, he started to walk faster as his building was barely ten minutes walk from there. He could hear his heart thundering in his ears as the lad's heavy footsteps followed closer.

"Just a touch, darling!" He heard the boy whine coyly. There was just one thing he could do and that was running as fast as he could, but before he could even initiate it, he was knocked on the ground with a heavy weight on his back.

"Fuck!" He yelped, the bag of biscuits and candies left spread on the ground. His breath hitched when he felt a hand squeezing his behind and the lad moaned in his ear. "No!" He cried and with all the strength left inside him, he pushed the guy away. Quickly, he gathered his delicatessens and made a run for his home.

"You slut, fucking stop!" He heard the lad shout and follow him.

'Please god, please save me!' He prayed. As he took a turn for the housing area, the blue eyed boy collided with someone. The impact was pretty hard that it made him almost fly backwards. "Ah!" He yelped in pain as his back came in contact with the ground.

"There you are, my pretty little bitch!" The creepy university boy sneered. "Gonna ram into you so hard that you won't be able to walk for days!" He hauled the boy from the ground and glared. "How dare—

"Mate, I'm giving you a minute to leave before I beat the shit out of you." Louis couldn't stop himself from crying out of joy when he heard the familiar thick accent. Oh fuck! How can he forget the art studio Zayn works and lives in is pretty close from here.

"Who the fuck are you, bitch boy?!"

"That's none of your business." Zayn sneered. "Leave or I'll kick your ass!"

"Then do it, bitch boy!"

Louis watched the older lad zeroed his eyes at Zayn, still having a vice grip around Louis' arm. "It became my business the moment you stepped in!" He snapped. The blue eyed gasped soundlessly, figuring out that it was a golden opportunity as the older lad was distracted.

"Oi!" He shrieked, gaining his attention and kneed him in his balls. The boy howled in pain, releasing Louis. "Rot in hell, you son of a bitch!" He pushed the boy, knocking him off on the road. "Run, Zayn, RUN!"

With that, Louis grabbed Zayn's hand and skittered hurriedly. "Why the hell are we running?!" Zayn squeaked. He doubted his arm might come out of its socket because of how fast Louis was sprinting off while tugging the raven haired lad with him. "Ad-Adrenaline rush, idiot!" Louis replied, but it came out a little choppy. Now, Zayn wasn't sure if it was an adrenaline rush or just plain fear, so he just went running. It took them around three minutes to reach in front of Louis' building.

By now, both of them were totally out of breath and could feel the dull pain in their chests. As Louis coughed harshly, Zayn opted to set his ruffled hair, panting roughly. "F-Fuck..." Louis puffed out, his legs felt like jelly, and crumbled on the ground. "Fuck me!" He muttered to himself in pain.

"I know, right? We- uh we shouldn't have ran- fuck me indeed!" Zayn groaned, holding his sides. With a grunt, he took a spot beside Louis, on the ground. The two of them sat there for what felt like hours (however, it was only ten minutes), trying to regain their breaths. "Are you fine, Lou?"

"Yeah.. erm- can fi-finally breathe properly." Louis croaked out. "You, Z?"

"Peachy, love." The sixteen year old gave him a thumbs up. "But wasn't referring towards the run.. y'know- uh, I meant, that uh creepy bloke... yanno?" He asked carefully in a soft voice. "Do you know him?"

"Hm.." Louis frowned. "He lives in the same building as me. H-Have always bugged me.. but today- uh it went too f-far.." He trailed off, averting his eyes from Zayn to the ground. "He c-could've gone too f-far.. if it we-weren't for you, Zayn. Th-Thank you," His lower lip wobbled as tears filled in his eyes. "I could've have been r-raped.."

"Oh, love, c'mere," Zayn pouted sadly, scrambling closer to Louis to bring him into a hug. He rubbed the feathery haired boy's back as he cried into his shoulder. There have been name calling, teasing, a  bit of flirting before, but none of it went this extreme and that shook Louis to his core. "C'mon, I'll take you to Jay and then we'll tell her everything-

"No!" Louis jerked away in fear. "She'll tell father and h-he uh will blame me... belittle me and I-I don't want that!"

"But-" Zayn stopped when he saw Louis shaking his head stubbornly. "Fine!" He sighed tiredly, wiping Louis' tears away. "Also, don't thank me. I did nothing, I just happened to stumble upon the scene, but you were the real hero, Lou." Zayn grinned toothily. "You knocked him down. So strong!" Louis smiled at the appreciation, blushing furiously. "Remind me never to mess with you." He added with a cheeky smirk.

"Yuh-huh! I can beat anyone's ass within the snap of my fingers!" The younger boy claimed with a feigning arrogance. "I don't doubt it for a second." Zayn commented with a chuckle. Louis smiled gratefully at him. "I'd still like to thank you, Z. Thank you for saving me."

"I'll always save you, Louis." Zayn promised him with so much honesty in his tone that Louis couldn't resist saying his next words.

"Oh, my god! I like you so much, Zayn!"

-

Hi!
So, Louis finally confessed.

[A/N: I wasn't going to update today, but then I thought why tf not? So, I decided to give you the not-so-fine start of Zouis. Also, I hope the chapter wasn't very disrespectful. I tried to be less harsh, but idk. Sorry for the mentions of R*pe. I hope it didn't make you uncomfortable and if it did, I'm extremely sorry.]

I hope you liked it. x

— Catty (your not-so-good looking temporary author)