I decided to give you this update early bc I love you. The character answers will be up with another chapter probably late this week idk (yes I may be blessing u with THREE updates this week so you all better give this chapter some lovin)

The face reveal that was requested. I'm high key nervous but here you are sksk

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"Come back into bed," Tyler commanded. Louis quickly scurried to follow his boyfriend's orders, wanting to keep him happy.

It had been a few rough days since Louis had the awkward lunch with Tyler and his family. He hadn't spoken much to Harry at all, in fear of angering Tyler once more.

"You've got to be a little quieter. I don't want my mum to find out you're here," Louis informed in a soft voice.

Louis moved to sit on the edge of the bed, grabbing his shoes from the floor and beginning to put them on as he tried to get ready for the day.

"And who cares if she finds out?" Tyler asked sitting up to grab his shirt to put on that had been thrown to the side of the bed last night.

Tyler had invited himself over the last few nights. Louis believed it was his way of making sure Louis was home alone.

"She'll think I'm cheating on Harry," Louis answered standing up to his feet, now completely dressed and ready.

"How can you cheat on someone that you're not actually dating?" Tyler wondered raising his eyebrows. His tone held something else that Louis couldn't quite put his finger on.

"She doesn't know that," Louis replied.

"Maybe she should," Tyler said, now standing up from the bed, completely dressed in the clothes from the day before, to stand in front of the smaller boy, "Obviously she'll love me."

"She's not your biggest fan, especially with what happened at the lunch the other day," Louis enlightened, "She thought you were rude."

"Yeah, well, Harry was fucking me off. He was being rude to me," Tyler tried to explain himself, shrugging like it wasn't a big deal.

"He was defending himself," Louis pointed out. Tyler narrowed his eyes at his small boyfriend.

"Are you defending him?" Tyler questioned. Louis' gaze fell to the floor, nervously playing with the hem of his shorts.

"Of course not, I'm sorry," Louis stated. The smaller boy felt Tyler lift his chin up with a finger, forcing them to make eye contact.

"You've been such a good boy for me these past few days, don't mess it up now," Tyler warned indirectly. Louis nodded, praying that he didn't just fuck everything up.

"I won't," Louis responded. Tyler nodded before taking a step back and look Louis up and down.

"You know I don't like your hair pushed to that side," Tyler frowned. Louis quickly ran his hands through his hair and put it the other side causing Tyler to smile widely, "Much better. Now, you'll have to walk to school, I'm going to pick up the boys."

"But I'm-"

"Bye, baby," Tyler leant down to place a quick peck on Louis' cheek before moving to the smaller boy's window to climb down safely. Louis watched as Tyler pulled his phone out and began texting before walking to his car that was parked a few houses down.

Louis hated that he made excuses for the jock. He hated that he still couldn't see wrong in Tyler's actions. He was blinded and couldn't see the reality of how horrible Tyler really was to him.

The smaller boy also hated that he felt like he couldn't ask Harry for a ride to school, he hated that he would have to explain why he had been avoiding him for the past few days.

So Louis walked. To cover for Tyler, he walked to school with a solemn expression on his face.

To make matters worse, the minute Louis arrived he spotted Harry and Xavier near the entrance of the school, wide smiles on their lips. Clearly happy.

"What's up your ass?"

Louis jumped, tearing his eyes away from where Xavier and Harry were to look at who had just scared the shit out of him.

"Where the fuck do you come from? I swear you just pop up," Louis noted. Zayn smiled widely.

"I told you, I'm God," Zayn retorted, "Now, I repeat, what's wrong?"

"I don't know, just watching them.."

Zayn watched as Louis glanced back over to where he was before, "Xavier and Harry?"

"I don't trust him. He just popped out of no where," Louis informed, crossing his arms with a huff.

"You don't even know him. He could be really nice," Zayn scolded. Louis pondered this for a moment before turning back to face Zayn.

"Oh my god, you're right."

"I am?" Zayn questioned, "I mean, I know I am but you admitted it... I feel a plan being plotted."

"We totally need to find dirt on him," Louis clapped his hands, pleased.

"That's not what I was meaning-"

"And you're going to help me," Louis added causing Zayn to run a hand through his hair.

"Of course I am," Zayn grimaced. Louis then glanced back at Harry and Xavier before grabbing a hold of Zayn's hand and tugged him towards the school, moving past the couple on the way in.

"Morning, Lou-"

"Can't talk, Harry. Important mission to do," Louis cut the taller boy off as they passed. Zayn made eye contact with Harry.

"Help me," Zayn mouthed before he lost sight of the curly haired boy altogether.

They were now walking down the halls, Louis practically skipping as he tugged them to his desired location.

"Where are we going?" Zayn wondered. Louis finally allowed them to stop, turning to face his best friend with a wide grin.

The raven haired boy looked around, noticing that they were now stood outside the school office.

"You are going to distract Shah while I sneak in and take a look at some files," Louis informed. Zayn furrowed his eyebrows, glancing in the office to spot the girl who was sorting out some papers at the front desk.

"How am I going to distract her?" Zayn asked. He knew that Louis would never give up on this plan. Zayn recognised the girl from his Art class, she was having to help out at the office to make up for always showing up late to class.

"All you have to do is talk to her and she won't notice a thing," Louis said pushing Zayn into the office. Zayn let out a noise of disapproval which caused the girl at the office to glance over.

"Can I help you?" She inquired. Zayn smiled awkwardly, stepping forward to the desk.

"Why, yes, of course," Zayn answered, "I just need some help with my... my class schedule."

That was when Zayn spotted Louis literally crawling on the floor to make his way behind the girl and into the file room that was right behind her.

"Of course, just let me grab your file," She stayed, turning to walk into the file room that Louis was currently in.

"No!" Zayn exclaimed causing the girl to jump and face Zayn once again, "I'm so stupid, class schedule? What am I thinking? What I really meant was I'm needing to know where the best water bubblers at school are. The one near the Art Block is way too warm for my liking."

Shah frowned at the boy, walking back to where she had been standing previously.

"Are you alright? You look stressed," She pointed out thoughtfully.

"Yeah, I'm just really strong about water being at the right temperature," Zayn replied. He watched in the corner of his eye as Louis grabbed a file from the back room and waved it at him, a sign of accomplishment, eyes widening when he accidentally dropped it.

"What was that?"

"Has anyone ever told you how breathtakingly beautiful you are?" Zayn blurted out.

"You're Zayn, right? From my Art class?" Shah quizzed. Zayn nodded his head, feeling like he's going to pass out from all this stress, "You know that if you had just asked to have a look at a file, I would have let you."

"What?" Zayn's eyes widened, watching as Shah smiled widely.

"I'm going to step out for a minute, you do what you need to do."

Shah then grabbed her mobile phone that was sitting on the desk and made her way out of the office. The raven haired shook his head in disbelief before rushing to where he knew Louis was.

"You fucking owe me, bitch," Zayn told the smaller boy as he approached.

"Yes, yes, I owe you my life," Louis shot back mindlessly, not making eye contact as he flipped through some paperwork.

Louis sighed, putting the folder that he had and putting it back in place.

"There's nothing. What a waste of time," Louis complained, stepping out of the room. Zayn trailed behind him as they made their way out of the office.

"What the fuck were you expecting? Papers proving he's married or in a cult? He's a high school student," Zayn reminded.

"The only thing that was in his file was that he was suspended from his old school, didn't say why though," Louis replied. Zayn ran a hand down his face, stressed with his best friend's antics.

"You mean we did that for nothing? We almost got caught for nothing? You're lucky she didn't give a fuck, Louis."

"I told you, I owe you my life," Louis shrugged as they began to walk down the halls towards where their lockers were located.

"You better," Zayn said, "I have to get ready for class. We will discuss more things you owe me later."

"Bye, bitch," Louis waved him off before walking to the bathroom. He needed to cool off.

The smaller boy didn't understand why he felt the need to investigate Xavier. It wasn't like he had done anything to Louis.

Louis stared in the mirror at his reflection. He looked exhausted and he felt it, physically and mentally.

He looked at his hair, styled in the opposite way he would prefer it. Louis hated that he allowed Tyler to control him like that, but he couldn't do a thing about it. He felt anger bubbling within him, running a hand in his hair to fix his hair to way he would like it to be, not how Tyler would want it.

"Louis?"

The smaller boy jumped at the mention of his name. He turned to face the culprit, swallowing when he saw that it was Harry.

"Hi, Bambi," Louis greeted sweetly. He always seemed to turn into a ball of mush around the taller boy. Harry was his best friend, someone who meant a lot to him.

Harry stepped closer, smile on his lips then frowned.

"Is that make up on your neck?" Harry questioned. Louis' eyes widened, realisation hitting him of what he had done to try disguise the bruises that were lingering on his skin.

"Just trying to hide some hickies, don't want anyone questioning me about it," Louis attempted to cover the lie. Harry raised his eyebrow.

The curly haired boy could remember multiple occasions where Louis would turn up school with hickies covering his neck and he was not one bit phased.

Louis crosses his fingers behind his back, praying to God that Harry wouldn't push any further on the subject. Luckily, the sound of the bell ringing broke the look that Harry was giving Louis, that had almost compelled the smaller boy to spill the beans.

"Oops, got to head to class," Louis laughed awkwardly, moving to walk past Harry to exit the bathroom.

"Hey, Louis?"

Louis held onto the door to the bathroom, about to leave but turned to face Harry with a raised eyebrow, gesturing for the taller boy to continue with what he had to say.

"I really like it when you do that with your hair. It really suits you," Harry complimented. Louis looked to the ground, face flushed red before looking back up at Harry.

"You're fucking amazing, Harry Styles," Louis informed before leaving the bathroom. A giddy smile taking over his lips as he walked to his first class.

This was my favourite chapter to write and I don't even know why

Question: Thoughts of Louis trying to find 'dirt' on Xavier, do you think it was jealousy or genuine concern for his best friend?

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