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"Mum, I'm not waking him up just so that you can see that he's real" Harry huffed into the phone "Yes, I'm sorry that I didn't tell you about him earlier" He paused again "I knew you were in Italy, which is precisely why I didn't tell you that I was"

There was a long groan from Harry, and Louis turned over, slowly waking up at the sound of the younger boys voice

"Mum please, you'll bloody scare him off" Harry paused before speaking again "I'm not leaving him alone. That's even worse"

Harry turned around at this point, to see Louis rubbing his eyes before he opened them

"Dammit he's awake now" Harry huffed, but when he looked at Louis all of his anger dropped out of him "Morning babe" He said, covering the speaker of the phone

Louis smiled as Harry rolled his eyes, obviously annoyed at whatever his mum was saying

"Mum, he doesn't want to speak to you. He just woke up" Harry's face turned angry "Of course he's real!"

"It's your mum?" Louis grinned

Harry nodded, looking frustrated at the fact that he was talking to her. Probably because she was almost begging to speak to Louis, who she didn't believe was real

"Mum please just drop it" He snapped

"I'll talk, I don't mind" Louis said, coughing to clear his sleepy morning voice

"You don't have to love" Harry said softly

Louis shrugged "Well she clearly doesn't seem to believe you" He teased "And it would be nice to speak to her"

"If you want, then okay" Harry smiled, suprised "She's a little loud" He warned "Okay mum, I'll put him on. Be nice"

He walked over to Louis, handing him the phone and sitting next to him on the bed

Louis was a little nervous, but spoke up anyway

"Good morning" Louis said brightly

"Oh! Hello my dear" She said loudly "I'm Anne, Harry's mother. I expect he didn't mention little old me" She laughed

"Well, from the sounds of it he didn't mention me either" Louis grinned, raising a brow at Harry

"I can't believe he didn't tell me about you! He just told me that you've been seeing each other for over a month" She explained "That's a very long time to keep something like that"

"Well, you know Harry. Not the most talkative is he?" Louis laughed

Anne laughed too "You've got that right" She paused "I was just telling Harry that I'm actually quite close to where you're staying now. And I'd just love to meet you"

"I'd love that too, it'd be nice to finally meet some of his family" Louis agreed

"Great! I'd just love to know a little more about you. A name simply isn't enough when you've been waiting years for your son to find someone special" Anne blabbed "Anyway, I can't be holding you two up all morning"

"I'll see you later today I guess. It was nice to speak to you" Louis said honestly

"You too dear" She agreed

Louis passed the phone back to Harry who had a surprised smile on his face

"No. We don't want to see you today" Harry said bluntly "I just told you that we're busy, and you're actually very scary" He said before laughing "He agreed?" Harry raised a brow at Louis who shrugged guilty, with a smug look on his face "Fine fine. Have it your way, I'll see you there"

Harry put the phone down, placing his hands on his hips

"Sorry?" Louis smiled sheepishly

"Don't be. I'm actually quite happy that you two get along" Harry smiled

"She was nice" Louis shrugged

"Well, she's just happy that I've found someone" Harry smiled

"You haven't found someone" Louis sighed standing up, about to walk away

Harry grabbed his wrist loosely so that the smaller boy turned around "I have found someone" He said quietly in a sad tone

Louis frowned and looked at him closer

"I've found someone that I'm happy with. I've found someone that I can get along with. I've found someone who's speacial and perfect. But it's not someone that I can be with. And I don't think they feel the same" Harry said sadly, letting Louis' hand go

"If only things were simpler huh?" Louis chuckled humorlessly

He then turned around and left the room, walking into the bathroom and leaving Harry alone

And it would be a lie to say that he didn't cry a little whilst he was in the shower

***

So later that day, the two of them had to act as if they were in love

But that wasn't the problem

The problem was that they weren't acting

The met up with a few members of Harry's family at a nice restaurant

There was his sister, mother and step father

On the way there Harry explained basic things about each member that Louis could quickly remember

"My nose hurts" Louis whined, scrunching it up

"Don't pick it baby" Harry said quickly, grabbing his hands before Louis could touch it

"It hurts" Louis complained

"You can't even see it" Harry promised, Louis raised an unbelieving eyebrow at him "Honestly! It's barely visible" He defended

"Of course" Louis huffed as the walked into a restaurant

Harry had reserved a table for the five of them and they had only just gotten seated with menus when Harry's family entered

"Oh Jesus Christ, here we go" He grumbled

"Harry honey!" A middle aged woman greeted, walking over to a table which the two boys were sat at

Both of them stood up to greet the rest of Harry's family

"Hi mum, it's been a while" Harry smiled

His mother pulled him in to a bone crushing hug, and Harry patted her on the back softly

When she pulled off of him, the other female greeted Harry whilst Anne came over to Louis

"Louis dear, what a pleasure" She smiled brightly, Louis was about to shake her hand but Anne pulled him into a tight hug

"You too, Mrs. Cox" He said softly, hugging her back

"Nonsense, call me Anne" She said once she pulled back, holding his shoulders to examine him "My, you're so beautiful. Harry is a lucky man"

"I always think I'm the lucky one" Louis laughed, looking over at Harry

"You do look like a lovely couple" She admired

A younger girl came over to Louis, smiling just as brightly as Anne was. She looked identical to Harry

"Hello" She smiled "I'm Gemma, Harry's sister. You must be Louis" She greeted

"Yes that's me, you look lovely. It's so nice to see you" Louis smiled

"Thank you, it's nice to see you too. And wow, Harry does have a good taste" She laughed, elbowing Harry who looked at her in confusing

"What Gem?" He asked

"I take back saying that you have no taste in men" She said quickly "Stand a little closer to him, I want to see you two together" She said, pushing Harry towards Louis "Oh yes, you're really cute together"

"Thanks?" Harry laughed and Louis joined in laughing, just as an older man came up to the three of them

"Hello Louis, Anne's told me a bit about you" He said happily, sticking out his hand for Louis to shake "I'm Robin"

Louis shook it tightly, smiling "Yeah, Harry's told me about you. Nice to meet you"

"You too" Robin nodded letting go and sitting down opposite Harry and next to his wife

Louis sat across from Anne and Gemma surprised him by sitting next to him at the large table

"Oh before we start I just wanted to tell you that Harry used to meditate in trees when he was younger" Gemma said seriously

And that's how the meal started

They had started eating their desserts by the time that Gemma was done telling old stories about Harry just to embarrass him

And Louis loved it

He loved hearing about how much Harry had cried when he broke his ankle

He laughed out loud when he was told how Harry used to use lipstick and nail varnish

And he cooed when Anne told him that Harry couldn't say the world 'yellow' until he was twelve

But it was all over too soon and before Louis could comprehend it all, they were saying goodbye to one another and Louis feared that he'd never see them again because why would he? After this week he may never even see Harry again, never mind his family

It was getting late by the time they left the small restaurant but neither of them minded that they were wasting their time in Italy instead of sight seeing and doing proactive things. They were just happy to be with each other alone

"So how come you get to meet my family but I don't get to meet yours?" Harry asked as the walked back into the hotel

"You never asked" Loiuis shrugged

"Well I'm asking" Harry pushed, unlocking their room door

"They're all boring" Louis smiled, looking down

"Doesn't seem it. You have a lot of siblings, at least one if them must be interesting" Harry laughed

"Well, Phoebe is quite interesting. A little crazy, but interesting nonetheless" Louis grinned, walking into their hotel room and sitting on the bed

"She's the one you have a picture of in your wallet?" Harry asked

"Yes, her and Daisy" Louis nodded in confirmation

Harry nodded along to show that he understood as he took off his shoes and coat, back towards Louis as he hung his ysl coat on the door hook

When he turned back to face Louis they kind of just looked at each other, not saying anything looking at the other mans beautiful face

The silence continued for aroinf five seconds before Harry felt eh urge to tell Louis what he'd been thinking all day

"You look lovely in orange" He smiled, looking at Louis' dark orange shirt

Louis dont say anything, just blushing a little and looking down to play with his hands. It was Harry's second sentence that caught his attention

"I kind of want to wreck you" He smirked

Louis looked up at his, biting his bottom lip lightly "I kind of want you to wreck me too"

And so it happened

They had sex in the hotel, probably waking up whoever was sleeping in the room next to them, the room below them and hell, they probably were heard by the receptionist on the bottom floor because Louis was always loud

So fucking loud

They waited until the morning to shower because as Harry liked it when Louis smelt like sex

He liked it when Louis looked so wrecked because of him

And he didn't want to ruin that with a stupid shower

They slept how thy usually would, with Louis against Harry's chest, his small frame pressed against him with Harry's larger limbs wrapping him up, legs intertwined

Louis fell asleep first like he usually did, leaving Harry awake and leaving him to his own thoughts which weren't always good ones

Sometimes they ruined him

Sometimes they destroyed his mind

Filling his brains with wishes and 'ifs' which he knew would never happen

But he thought about the possibilities anyway. He thought about how he and Louis could've been together if they'd have met in a different way. But now it was nothing to Louis

And Harry couldn't do anything but watch as Louis left him in a few days time

"I love you" Harry whispered

And from then it kind of became a ritual

He'd whisper and confess these things to the love of his life while he was sleeping because as brave as he was, he wasn't brave enough to face the rejection of telling Louis the truth only to have the boy laugh in his face

If only he could realize that the decision of telling him could save their dying relationship

Or in Louis' words "If only things were simpler huh?"

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