Thank you so fucking much for 55k. I am always blown away by the support that each and every one of you give me which is exactly why I decided to update for the second time this week. Enjoy this 2,000 word chapter sksk

As per usual, I'm an insecure shit. Mainly bc this is by far my favourite story that I have written (besides R.E.M - I have posted the first chapter and you should check it out) so please let me know what you think x

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"Are you listening to me?" Harry questioned raising his eyebrows at his best friend. Harry was seated on a bean bug in Niall's bedroom, complaining about all that had happened that day at school. Niall looked up from his phone to glance over at the taller boy. Niall nodded his head.

"Of course," Niall responded. Harry rolled his eyes.

"What did I say then? Repeat it for me," Harry wondered. Niall's mouth opened his mouth to speak but then shut it causing Harry to let out a laugh.

"Shut up, I was having an argument with Liam and got distracted," Niall explained causing Harry to furrow his eyebrows.

"Is everything okay?" Harry asked, concern laced in his voice.

"Of course, don't you worry about me. Now explain to me what's happening with my favourite fake couple?" Niall placed his phone next to him and sat up so that he was sitting cross-legged facing Harry.

"Well I may or may not fucked some guy from Louis' party," Harry said bluntly, giving his best friend a nervous smile. Niall widened his eyes before letting out a laugh.

"I wondered where you disappeared to," Niall shook his head in disbelief, "One, good fucking job. Two, does Tiny know?"

"If you were listening you would know that is what the problem is. Louis found out and he's being weird about it. And the guy kind of found out that Louis and I are together."

"He goes to our school? Harry, you knew this would backfire," Niall scolded. Harry sighed, looking down to his lap.

"I wasn't thinking straight at all, "Harry said then laughed, "Well, literally not straight."

"That was a horrible joke," Niall shook his head in disbelief with a big grin on his face nonetheless, "Are you going to tell what's his face the truth?"

"What's his face name is Xavier and I can't really unless it's okay with Louis. I agreed to this deal with him, I'm doing it to help him," Harry informed.

"And what, Louis won't let you?" Niall asked, furrowing his eyebrows in confusion.

"Well, I kind of didn't ask."

"Here's a smart idea, ask the midget," Niall proposed. Harry rolled his eyes.

"First of all, don't call him that," Harry scolded, "Second of all, it's-"

Harry stopped when his phone went off from it sat on Niall's bedside table. He glanced over at it before reaching for it to look over at the text.

Our park?

"Is that midget?" Niall asked. Harry decided to give up on trying to stop Niall's nicknames for Louis. To the curly haired boy, there were more important tasks at hand.

"I've got to go meet him," Harry answered standing to his feet, making sure to grab his phone and slid it into the back pocket of his jeans.

"Be careful, alright? I know I make jokes and shit but that's just how I cope with this. I'm not very good with drama," Niall let out a forced laugh, "I love you and I love Louis. I just need you two to come up with a solution that works out for the both of you, even if that's not together, which would make me pretty depressed because I'm a hardcore larrie."

"What the fuck is a larrie?" Harry furrowed his eyebrows. Niall sighed before moving to push Harry out of his room.

"It's time to go. Text me everything when you get home. Be safe, I love you," Niall said pushing Harry's car keys into his hands. Harry rolled his eyes before making his way out of Niall's house.

There were so many thoughts that were running through his head as he jumped in his car and began to drive towards the park. The last time he had been there with Louis was when the smaller boy had ripped out his heart and stomped on it repeatedly. Harry wasn't going to let himself be hurt like that again.

Harry could feel the uneasiness rumbling in his stomach, he felt lightheaded. He had no idea what Louis would want. Things were weird between them when Harry had seen him at school a few hours earlier.

Once he had arrived at the park, he manoeuvred his car into a park before climbing out and locking the doors behind him. Harry looked around, trying his hardest to spot where the smaller boy was. There was no sign of him. Harry pulled out his phone and began to type out a message.

I'm here. Where are you?

Harry sighed, waiting for a response as he walked towards a park bench to sit down while he waited. He was getting more nervous as time passed by.

"Harry?"

The taller boy frowned at the sound of his name, standing to his feet to face the culprit. His eyes widened once he saw who it was.

"Xavier, what are you doing here?" Harry inquired. Xavier shrugged his shoulders.

"Got this text from this Tyler guy that said to meet here. Apparently, there's something I need to know?" Xavier explained. Harry frowned at his words, beyond confused and scared of what the fuck Tyler was doing.

"Perfect, the both of you are here," Another voice piped up. Xavier and Harry both turned to the voice. Harry almost choked on air when he saw Louis and Tyler both standing side by side staring right at them.

"Louis, what's going on?" Harry asked. Louis looked at him before letting his gaze focus at Xavier.

"Hey, sorry I haven't introduced myself sooner... I'm Louis," The smaller boy stated with a small smile. Xavier coughed awkwardly, looking down at his feet.

"I'm Xavier," The brown haired boy replied, "I'm sorry about this all."

"Honestly, don't be sorry. You're probably wondering why you both are here," Louis let out a nervous laugh glancing between Xavier and Harry. Harry's eyes were wide, completely shocked that Louis was about to tell Xavier what was really happening, "There's something I need to talk to you about."

"Louis... you don't have to. It's okay," Harry murmured. He knew what the smaller boy was about to say. Harry didn't want Louis to feel pressured to tell anyone and as much as Xavier seemed like a nice guy, he felt that if Xavier ran and told everyone the secret that it would be his fault.

"I know you probably think Harry is some dick now because you think he's cheated on me and whatever but you deserve the truth."

"The truth?" Xavier questioned, eyebrows furrowed in confusion. Louis sighed looking over at Tyler who gave a nod before once again focusing his gaze on the other two boys.

"What Harry and I have... it's fake," Louis watched as Xavier's face screwed up in confusion, "I had just came out to my mother and she demanded to meet this boyfriend of mine."

"Which, yes, hello, is me," Tyler spoke up, stepping forward and wrapping an arm around Louis' waist. Harry made himself look away from Tyler when the jock gave him a wink.

"We knew she would never approve straight away. That she needed time to warm up to the idea of me having a boyfriend and for her to slowly get to know Tyler and like him. But, being the overprotective and nosey mother that she is, she had to meet my boyfriend and I thought of someone that she liked. Someone that she had met and immediately assumed that I was dating them when I uttered the word, boyfriend..." Louis explained. Xavier looked over at Harry then back at Louis.

"And that was Harry?" Xavier questioned. Louis nodded letting out a laugh.

"He had came over for an English project a few months earlier and my mother had instantly fallen in love with him. I knew that I had to ask if it was even possible for him to help out," Louis answered then gave Harry the most genuine smile, one that seemed to reach his eyes, "Harry has honestly been amazing, he is amazing. That's why I needed to tell you the truth."

"Just... wow, I don't know how to even respond to any of this," Xavier shook his head in disbelief. Louis looked away from Harry to glance over at Xavier.

"And that's understandable which is why we are going to leave the both of you alone to talk this out and what this means for the both of you," Louis declared. Tyler let his grip around the smaller boy's waist loosen so that he could reach for his car keys out of his pocket.

"Thank you, Lou," Harry gave Louis a half smile. Louis nodded, placing a hand on Harry's forearm to give it a slight squeeze.

"Anything for you," Louis responded truthfully. Harry gave him a bright smile. Xavier cleared his throat which caused Harry to look away and glance at Xavier who was trying to hide a smile. Harry had no idea why but he was sure he was going to find out soon, "I'll see you later, Bambi."

Harry watched Tyler narrow his eyes at him before grabbing onto Louis' hand and tugging him in the opposite direction which he assumed is where they had parked. Harry decided it was time to look over at Xavier, prepared to hear the worst but was proven wrong when he turned around and saw that the brown haired boy was grinning ear to ear.

"What?' Harry asked. Xavier crossed his arms against his chest, grinning smugly.

"You like Louis, don't you?" Xavier raised his eyebrows questioningly. Harry's eyes widened at the boy's words, scoffing loudly.

"No, of course not. What makes you think that?" Harry diverted his eyes so that he wasn't making any eye contact whatsoever. Xavier's laughter surrounded them.

"It's okay, I know you do, "Xavier informed, "Listen, I know this is probably a bad idea but how about you and me have our own deal? You can pretend I am Louis whenever you want. You can speak about him, you can picture me as him to help let it all out because if you really do want to stop thinking about him in that way, maybe you need to get it out of your system."

Harry's widened once again, opening his mouth but instead let it flap like a goldfish. It was a fucking horrible idea, no doubt. It was most likely going to end terribly.

"This is probably a really bad idea," Harry informed. Xavier let out a laugh, looking around the park to make sure no one was in sight before stepping forward and wrapping his arms around Harry's neck.

"You're probably right."

Okay don't worry I will be feeding you some larry soon

Question: Thoughts of Xavier and Harry's deal? Thoughts on Louis explaining everything to Xavier?

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