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Louis was sitting in the boys' room on his bed , busying himself with folding clothes . Harry walked into the room , immediately smiling as he saw him . "Hey Louis ."

Louis looked up , smiling softly . "Hi Harry ."

"You okay ?" Harry asked as he approached him , Louis nodded , "Yeah , just - folding up clothes ." Louis gestured with his hand , Harry nodded , "Mm , I see . Well actually I'm here because Liam sent me to find a book for him , do you know where his books are ?"

"Yeah ." Louis nodded and got up from his bed , walking over to Liam's bed . He pulled a box from under the bed , trying to play it off as if he isn't nervous about not knowing how to read . "Wh-which book did he need ?" He asked , looking up at Harry , who told him the name of the book .

Louis nodded and looked down to the box , biting his lip nervously . He stared for a few seconds not knowing how to play it off , when Harry asked , "Is everything okay ? Is the book not there ?"

Louis looked around a bit in nervousness and munched on his bottom lip , leaning back on his ankles and wrapping his arms around himself . "I c-can't read ."

Harry raised his eyebrows a bit in surprise , "Oh ."

"I'm sorry ." Louis shook his head , but Harry shook his head and went to kneel next to him , "Don't be sorry . It's okay . Can I - can I look for the book myself ?"

Louis nodded silently and pushed the box over to Harry , picking himself up to sit on Liam's bed as he played with his fingers . Harry must think he's some stupid kid , he's sixteen and doesn't know how to read . So so stupid .

Harry found the book and pushed the box back to under the bed , looking over at Louis , who looked sad and deep in thoughts . He moved closer to him , "Louis ?"

Louis looked up at him , Harry gave him a warm smile and placed his large hand on Louis' small arm . "Would you like me to teach you how to read ?"

Louis raised his eyebrows , "What ?"

"Yeah . Would you like that ?"

"W-well , I don't know . I mean , teachers t-tried before but they gave up on me ."

"I won't give up on you , plus I'm the best teacher out there ." Harry smiled , rubbing his thumb over his arm . "What do you say ?"

Louis bit his lower lip before nodding . "Okay ." Harry smiled slightly wider and stood up from kneeling . "I'll talk to you later about starting , alright ? I need to go now ."

Louis looked up at him and nodded , "Alright . Thanks Harry ."

"You're welcome ." Harry smiled softly before walking out of the room .

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Harry was out with Ellianne and Zayn , sitting at a Cafe and enjoying a warm tea and a muffin .

"So I offered to teach him . It's kind of my chance to get closer to him ." Harry smiled down at his mug , Zayn clapped his shoulder , "Get it going mate , you already seem to like him ."

"I do like him , though I've known him for about a week ." Harry took a bite from his muffin before turning his attention to Ellianne , "What about you ? When are you going to make a move on Jenna ?"

Ellianne sighed , "I don't know . I mean I want to  , but - but I don't know ."

"You have nothing to be afraid of you know ." Zayn said , she nodded , "I know , but there's something that makes me doubt if she's even into girls ."

"Well I know she is ." Harry said , "I talked to her the other time , she knows I'm gay , and told me it makes her feel somewhat safer to know she's not the only one who's gay in the house ."

Ellianne choked on her tea , wiping her mouth with a napkin . "And you're only telling me this now ?!"

Harry laughed , "Waited a bit to get a better reaction ."

"You ass ." She threw her muffin paper at him , he chuckled and playfully threw it back .

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Liam , Louis and Jenna were in the kitchen making dinner , Alex , Mia and Thomas at the table playing a board game with Niall .  

They were chatting with each other , smiling and laughing . 

"All he was trying to do was clean the bathrooms but he ended up slipping on his butt ." Liam told Louis about the time he and Niall cleaned up , Louis giggled , "That's definitely something Niall would do ."

"Hey , I can hear you , you know ." Niall said from the table , Liam nodded , "I know , that's why I'm telling him ."

"Piss off ." Niall threw a piece from the game at Liam , though missing him but managing to get it into the pot with their dinner .

Liam groaned , "Niall , you - ugh ."

They were giggling and laughing at the two , immediately stopping when Des walked into the kitchen with a glass of his favourite alcohol in his hand . "Did I allow laughing in my house ?" He asked slowly with a growl .

The kids remained quiet , avoiding looking at him in fear of what would happen . 

"Someone answer me . Did I allow you pieces of shits laughing in my house ?"

It was still silent , making Des angrier . He smashed his glass on the floor angrily , making them all flinch and cower away . Des was raging . He was about to scream his lungs out when Harry ran into the kitchen , "What happened ? I heard something breaking ."

Des took a deep breath , glaring deathly at the kids before turning to Harry , "Jenna dropped a glass , that's all . Nothing happened , you can go back to your room ."

"I'll help cleaning ." Harry was quick to grab a sweep and collect all the pieces of glass . Behind his back , he missed Des glaring once more at each and every kid before leaving .

Once he left Niall picked Mia into his arms and hugged her , letting her cry quietly into his chest . Alex and Thomas were still afraid to move . Louis and Jenna were paralyzed , and Liam was helping Harry clean up the floor .

Harry looked around , eyebrows furrowing . He turned to Liam , "What happened to them all ?"

Liam looked around and sighed ; he's been there way too many times . "I think they're - they just didn't expect Jenna to break the glass , it never happened ."

Harry's eyebrows were still furrowed as he nodded , not really believing Liam . Over the years he noticed some weird things happening in the house , and that was one of them . They were pretty rare so he told himself that things just go down once in a while and it's normal , letting it go .

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Louis was still dazed that night . He was sitting in bed under the covers , playing with his nails . It was the first time he saw Des like this . Sure , he knew he's scary and he knew he can do anything he wants , but to see him raging like that just shook him up .

He felt a weight on his bed next to him , lifting his head up to see Liam . "You okay ?"

Louis sighed , "I - I think ."

"I can see you're shaken up ." Liam smiled softly , "I'm sorry you were dragged into this mess ."

Louis bit his lower lip , "I just don't understand why he's acting like this ."

"No one knows . He just cares about himself more than anything . He doesn't even care about Harry that much ."

Louis frowned . "But - but Harry is his son ."

Liam sighed , "Des is homophobic , and Harry is gay . All he cares about when it involves Harry , is Harry not knowing what's going on in the orphanage with the robbing and abuse . He also picks on Jenna for being gay ."

"I-I'm gay too ." Louis whispered , Liam placed his hand on his shoulder comfortingly , "As long as he doesn't know , you'll be somewhat better ."

"If he's homophobic , why doesn't he show it to Harry ?"

"He thinks it's a phase and waits for him to meet the right girl ."

Louis rolled his eyes at that , making Liam chuckle , "Yeah , that's what I thought too ."

"He's such a bad person , I don't understand why people don't see it ." Louis shook his head , Liam sighed sadly , "Des is a very strong person . You need to have a lot of proofs for the police to believe you , and up until now we haven't had one proof ."

Louis munched on his bottom lip , Liam rubbed his arm , "Get some sleep , we have a long day tomorrow ."

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