"Hey, Li! Oh my god! It's been so long!" Harry jumped forward and hugged the life out of Liam and Liam happily returned the favor.

"You visited me like a week ago, Harry." Liam chuckled.

"But still." Harry said making Liam and Zayn both roll their eyes.

"Hi, Zayn." He hugged Zayn too. They have grown a bit close with the past incidents because it seemed like they were the only stable ones with all that's been going on.

"Where's Lou?" Liam asked walking into the house. He bit his bottom lip and shook his head when suddenly he felt like leaving. He thought about how he's not a dirty person. He thought about how it was their fault not his.

"He's upstairs, in his room." Harry said and Liam was already climbing up the stairs with both Zayn and Harry following close behind.

Harry was almost bouncing up and down with happiness since he knew how happy Louis is gonna be. Once they are near Louis' room, Liam whispered.

"Haz, go in first." Harry nodded and went in. He found Louis sprawled on his bed with the iPad in his hands.

"Hey, Lou, see who's here." Harry said sitting on the bed next to Louis. The boy just ignored him as he played the game on the iPad.

"C'mon babe, see who it is." Harry rubbed Louis' back. Louis wiggled out of his touch and continued playing. Harry looked at Liam to find him still smiling despite of the fact Louis wasn't giving any attention to them.

He watched as Liam walked further into the room and sat on the bed.

"Don't you want to see, LiLi?" Brown eyed boy asked and it was all it took for Louis to turn his head around so fast that Harry was afraid the boy would have a whiplash.

"LILI!" He screamed as he jumped onto Liam. He hugged Liam so tight while bouncing on his knees and kept mumbling 'LiLi' under his breath. Liam finally let tears run down his cheeks without being able to hold in his emotions.

"Oh my god, Louis. I miss you so much." Liam said in between the sobs that left his mouth. Louis just kept a tight grip on Liam as if he's afraid that Liam would disappear. The brothers kept mumbling to each other as they hugged for another minute. Both Harry and Zayn had tears running down their cheeks watching the two brothers interact after almost half a year later.

Finally, Louis pulled out of the hug with a big grin plastered over his lips and it was surprising how Louis let Liam hug him for more than thirty seconds because the blue eyed boy wasn't a much of a hugger.

"Is LiLi gonna leave Louis again?" It was the first thing Louis asked.

"I don't think I will, Lou." Liam said trying to assure Louis even though he wasn't sure if he's gonna stay. His insecurities still had a loud and clear voice.

"Harry! LiLi 's gonna stay!" Louis cheered making Hary chuckle fondly.

"Why don't you show all the cool stuff you got when we went to Target few days ago while I plate some dinner?" Harry asked Louis while informing Liam where he would be. Louis squealed happily and tugged Liam out of the bed towards the corner of his room where all his toys are.

Harry left the room with Zayn following behind him, not wanting to interrupt the brothers.

"He has improved a lot, hasn't he?" Harry asked as he descended the stairs with Zayn.

"Of course he has. He used to be so against physical touch of any kind now he lets the people he trusts hug him. It's a big plus." Zayn explained making Harry hum with a nod.

Once in the kitchen Harry plated the dinner he made while having a light conversation with Zayn and it wasn't long before they heard thunderous sound of someone coming down the stairs.

"Hey, Lou! What's up?" Harry asked when Louis entered the kitchen, followed by Liam.

"Chocolate." Louis said making all of them chuckle. Of course, it is chocolate.

"Sure, babe." Harry nodded with a fond smile as Louis swung the fridge door open.

"I see you're still after my brother." Liam winked making Harry blush.

"Shut up..." Harry whined making Liam and Zayn laugh hard.

Liam felt happy and worthy after a long time.

-

"LiLi is just gonna get his clothes from Zayn's place and he will be back before you know it, babe." Liam explained to his best ability, not wanting Louis to have a meltdown over him leaving.

"But no! LiLi is not gonna leave, Louis!" Louis stomped his legs making Liam sigh.

"I will be back by tomorrow, buddy. I pinky promise." Liam held his pinky up but Louis slapped his hand away with a whine as his eyes filled with tears.

"Baby, come here. We can watch some cartoon till you are sleepy, okay?" Harry tried to convince the boy but nothing seems to work.

"Li, maybe I can go and bring your stuff by tomorrow." Zayn said with a sigh.

"No, Zee. You have done enough for me. I won't let you pack all of my stuff too." Liam stood his ground.

"But there's no other option, Li. I can go there in the tomorrow morning and help Zee if it makes you feel better." Harry offered.

"Okay, then. You all can come to my place for lunch tomorrow. How about that?" Zayn asked with a grin making Liam shake his head while hiding a fond smile.

"You're so persistent." Liam said making Zayn chuckle and Harry watch the two with a smug smile.

-

Louis patted on the bed next to himself, silently asking Liam to climb into the bed with him. Liam smile fondly at the boy before climbing in. He nodded towards Harry, who stood at the doorway, to tell him that he can leave.

Harry nodded back and muttered a small goodnight before leaving to the guest room. He will stay with the Tomlinson's for a week or so, just to make sure Liam is stable enough to go back to his everyday life. He's ready to stay longer if his best friend needed him.

Harry took his shirt before lying back on his bed and turned his bedside lamp off. It only took a few minutes before he's fast asleep.

In the middle of the night, Harry woke up to a scream for help and he quickly ran out of the, not even bothering to put a shirt on. Still sleepy, he subconsciously went into Louis' room because his brain has been taught to do that for the last few months. He found Liam sitting on the bed with his face buried into his palms as Louis stared at his brother with wide, scared eyes.

"Li?" Harry called out softly, knowing loud noise won't help any situation inside this household.

"I-I'm sorry, Haz."

"No, no, it's fine. Do you wanna talk about it?" Harry asked as he put a hand on Liam's shoulder cautiously. Harry quickly retrieved his hand when Liam flinched away.

"N-no."

"It's okay, Li. Do you want me to bring you anything? A glass of warm milk maybe?" Harry offered, desperately wanting to do something to make his best friend feel better.

"W-water" Liam mumbled as he looked up at Louis after calming himself down a bit, just to make sure his brother is alright. He found Louis still staring at him with wide eyes, trying to comprehend what is happening. It only made Liam feel worse. Louis doesn't deserve any of this.

Liam felt his cries coming back but he didn't want to cry in front of Louis because he knew that would worry the smaller lad. Liam sucked up a deep breath and patted on Louis' pillow, silently asking him to lie down but Louis still stared at him with wide eyes.

"Here you go." Harry walked into the room with a glass of water and handed it over to Liam. Liam took the glass and gulped the water down quickly.

"Why don't you lie down and try to fall asleep, boo?" Harry suggested as he walked around the bed and sat next to Louis on the queen sized bed.

"LiLi okay?" Louis asked making Harry's heart swoon. He was such a caring boy.

"Yeah, bubs. He is alright. Just a bad dream. Why don't you sleep now hm?" Harry patted Louis' thigh but Louis didn't budge. He didn't want to fall asleep just yet.

"I think I'm gonna go to my room." Liam mumbled after few minutes.

"Are you sure you're alright, Li? You can cry it out if you want to." Harry said, knowing his best friend better than he himself does.

"I'll be okay. This has been happening since the- the i-incident." Liam muttered with a sigh.

"I'm sorry, Li. If you wanted anything I'll be in the guestroom or here if this one didn't fall asleep soon." Harry said.

"Thank you, Haz."

"Anything for you."

-

"Lou, it's past 3am now. We have to go to Zayn's place for lunch too. Why don't you try to sleep, love?" Harry asked as he sleepily rubbed his own eyes tiredly.

"Not sleepy, Harry." Louis whined as he rolled one of his toy cars, making it crush against the wall. Front two wheels of the toy fell off making Louis groan.

"Harry!" Louis whined as he shoved both the car and the wheels in Harry's hand who was dozing off on Louis' bed.

"What's the matter now?" Harry asked with a sigh as he inspected the toy while yawning.

"It's broken! It's Louis' favorite!" Louis stomped his legs. Harry can tell that the boy is sleepy just by the way he's rubbing his eyes with tired whines.

"Okay, I will fix this but you gotta lie down on your bed." Harry suggested making Louis whine and hit the toy on Harry's hand. The toy car went flying down to the floor making Harry sigh and pick it up.

"To the bed you go." Harry said sternly but Louis kept whining and flapping his hands. Harry rubbed his forehead, stressed before deciding to fix the damn toy. He quickly put the two wheels on its axel before clicking it into place.

"Here you go." Harry handed the toy back to Louis who was sitting on the floor with a big pout. The blue eyed lad grinned while taking his toy car and going back to where all his toys are. Harry felt like slamming his own head on a wall till he goes unconscious.

"Louis!" He groaned out. "Aren't you tired?"

"Nope." Louis said but laid on his back on the floor and rolled the car over his own belly. Harry let out a sigh of relief knowing that Louis is gonna fall asleep like that. He waited patiently until the smaller lad fell asleep on the floor before going to move him to the bed.

Harry carefully lifted the blue eyed lad into his arms and brought him back to the bed.

"'awwy."

"Sh... sleep, baby." Harry stroked Louis' hair until the boy fell back asleep before leaving the room to go to his own.

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(Word Count 1871)

A/N - I'M BACK!!! YAYYYY!!!! 

I'm sooooooooooooooooo sorry for discontinuing this book a while ago but I think I found the inspiration again. I was ready to slam my head against a wall because I was that stressed with this book back then but now I find it fun to write. 

Anywayyyyy,,,, how's my baby potatoes????? I hope you all are doing great! I missed y'all talking to me, so do some 'talkings' in the comments. xD

Anygay, I love y'all to death and have a nice day/night!!!!! (: xxx

-Ash