Tears in this chapter and more to come in the next

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"Where are we going?"

"I don't know."

"Well you should know."

"And why is that?"

"Because you're an adult and you're supposed to have a back up plan in situations like these."Louis sniffles, wiping away his fast running tears with the back of his hand, eyes directed out the window. They've been driving for awhile now in the dark but Louis hadn't enjoys energy to talk, too busy crying and dwelling on what they've just escaped from.

"Well I don't, now please shut up because I'm trying to think."Harry stresses, his grip tightening on the steering wheel of the car that Harry had nabbed the keys of on their way rush out of the house, dragging Louis along with him. He doesn't know where he's driving, he hadn't been given a direction so he just kept on driving further and further down the country roads and city bends this late at night.

"Fine."

"Fine."

"Whatever."Louis grumbles, kicking the passenger seat that's in front of him in frustration and anger because that's what he feels might now, not just sadness, but anger as well. Niall, for not being careful, Harry for dragging him away from the love of his life even though he can screamed and cried to stay, the gang for not protecting Niall like they should've and the bastards that are coming after him in the first place.

"What did I say?"

"I always have the last word."Louis declares, huffing loudly from his place in the backseat, hugging Bambi close to him much to the grey kittens annoyance at being coddled at. She had been having such a wonderful time sleeping on the sofa - a place where she's not usually allowed to be - whenever she had been rudely scooped up by a frantic Harry - after Louis refused to leave without her - and carried out of the house so fast that she hadn't had time to process what was happening.

The car falls into a silence after that, one that's thick with tension and only interrupted by Louis' quiet sobs or Bambi's mewls of confusion from where she's being hugged to Louis' chest. The roads are empty, something which makes it easier for Harry to continue driving on and to think out a plan to get Louis and himself to a safe location.

"Outta everyone I could've been stuck with, it had to be you."

"For once, can you not act like a fucking brat, Louis. For on fucking time, because you're not the only one here that doesn't want to be stuck with someone because let me tell you, with how you treat me, I don't want to be stuck with you either."Harry suddenly snaps, his voice filled with his own anger and frustration at the little that keeps complaining in the backseat of the car.

The silence that Harry is met with is astonishing and frightening to say the least. How Louis' face falls from his pouty anger and blankness with tears that continue to pour down his cheeks at a fast rate. Immediately, Louis is looking away from Harry and out the car window, letting Bambi out of his grip and letting her roam the backseat of the car on her own.

Harry lets out a loud sigh, watching the way that Louis' bottom lip trembles as he glares out the car window after he snaps at him. Sometimes he forgets that Louis isn't always as almighty sassy and as big of a person that he acts like he is, and that inside of the lad is a very scared and very lost little boy who needs his Daddy.

"Louis..."

"You wanted quiet, so I'm giving you quiet. Just...don't talk please."Louis' voice comes out so small and insecure that it actually makes Harry upset with himself for snapping at the boy in the first place. With a heavy sigh, Harry nods his head and decides to turn his full attention back into the road to figure out a place to head.

They're driving for a while before Harry decides to pull into a garage to fill up the car and to also stretch their legs and get something inside to eat and drink. The backpacks that Harry has grabbed on the way out contained numerous different things, from rolls of emergency money to clothes and of course items for Louis that range from different things.

"We need to gather some food, we have a 3 hour trip to get to the safe house located in Cork and I'm not stopping for you to pee every 20 minutes."Harry informs as he parks up next to one of the pumps, unbuckling his seat belt. Louis makes so move to get out of the car, continuing to look blankly out of the car window, Bambi sleeping on the seat next to him."Louis, are you listening to me?"

"Just because I don't answer, doesn't mean I'm not listening."He replies blankly, still not looking at Harry.

"Right, okay."The bodyguard rolls his eyes, getting out of the car and grabbing the backpacks as well. Louis follows sluggishly out of the car, grabbing the recognisable backpack that's his out of Harry's hands and heading into the Garage for the bathroom to get changed out of his PJs.

Harry shakes his head and decides to fill up the car before following into the garage bathroom to get changed himself out of the clothes he had thrown on in a rush just mer hours ago. Upon entering the bathroom, Harry stops whenever he's met with the heartbreaking cries of Louis in one of the stalls, a sound that doesn't even match up to the cries that Louis was making earlier in the car.

"Louis?"Harry calls softly, knocking on the locked stall door from where the loud crying is coming from.

"Leave me alone."Louis sobs, his body trembling with ear sob as he hugs himself around his stomach tighter as he sits on the closed toilet lid, too embarrassed to get up and get himself changed from his clothing.

"As much as that would be easy for me to do, I can't."Harry sighs, understanding Louis as he sobs insults at the man from the otherside of the closed stall door. There's nobody else in the bathroom."If you don't open the door and tell me what's wrong I'm breaking the door down."

"What part of leave me alone don't you understand? I'm upset! I want to be on my own!"

"Don't test me, Louis. I'll break down the door."Harry threatens, setting down the backpack to the side and getting ready to ram his side into the stall door to break it open. He's a big enough man and the door is flimsy enough to break."1...2..."

The door opens immediately with so much force that the stall door is banging off the wall of the stall and slamming closed again before creaking open to reveal Louis on the closed toilet seat. His face is a mess of tears and snot, face red and eyes red rimmed from all of he crying that he's been doing, body shaking.

"Oh Louis..."Harry's body deflates whenever he notices the familiar sight of a wet patch that's formed in the front of the Littles pyjama bottoms, probably a main source of all of Louis' crying to start off with.

"I got scared, I'm sorry."Louis is crying, feeling himself sink more and more into his little space than he should. He's been forcing himself out of it for the last day, and even more so now after what he's experienced with leaving Niall behind, but now everything is just starting to crash upon him.

He's so scared, because for once in his life he doesn't have Niall by his side to protect him from all of the bad in the world, he doesn't have him to know that Niall is okay, that he's safe and not hurt. And it hurts, because Niall has always been this large, almighty powerful man with everything at a snap of his fingers and that image of him with fear, with tears in his eyes as he told Louis that he loves him, could be the last image of him that Louis has in his mind.

"It's okay, it's fine."Harry sighs softly, feeling pity for the little in front of him."Lets get you changed and then you can pick out som chocolate for the car ride, yeah?"

"Anything I want?"

"Anything you want."Harry confirms with a soft, sad smile as he makes sure that the bathroom door is locked before he heads back to the stall, unzipping Louis' backpack and pulling out Skittles that had been stuffed in there frantically that early morning. The little takes him without hesitation, hiding his face into the soft material of his trusted best friend that smells faintly of Nialls aftershave.

"Will he be okay?"Louis whispers as he watches Harry take out what clothes are in the backpack and set them out on the floor, peeking over the rainbow teddy bear.

"If I know Niall, he's going to be fine. Don't worry."Harry goes for a reassuring smile, patting Louis on his knee until he gets a mirroring smile in return to show him that the little is okay. Once he gets it, Harry turns his attention back to the clothes, his smile flattering just a little.

He hopes

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