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It's been four weeks since the incident , and even though things are better than before , there were still things he wanted to change ; like Des , of course . He was still strict about him and Harry being closer than friends , so Louis made sure not to be seen around the place with Harry when Des is around .

It was Harry's birthday , and Louis really wanted to get him something . He's been helping him with reading and writing a lot , and he wanted to repay him somehow .

"Li ?" Louis approached him , Liam looked up at him from his place sitting next to the table in the kitchen . "Yeah ?"

"I - can you help me with something ?" Louis asked , Liam nodded and pulled the chair next to him out for Louis to sit . Louis sat next to him with a piece of paper and a few markers . "I w-wanted to make Harry a card . Like , write him a card ... for his birthday . Since I can't buy anything ."

Liam smiled , "Of course , let's start ." He said , making Louis smile .

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Harry walked into the orphanage with Ellianne and Zayn , all three smiling and laughing . The orphanage kids were throwing a small surprise party for Harry , so they asked him to come to the TV room at two p.m , where they waited with some snacks and food , music and presents .

Harry led Zayn and Ellianne through the halls until they reached the room , he opened the door and grinned as the orphanage kids started singing happy birthday to him .

Ellianne pushed him further inside , he chuckled and thanked everyone , hugging them all . He crouched down and let Thomas , Mia and Alex attack him in a hug , grinning as he squeezed them .

Niall , Liam , Jenna and Mary all hugged him and wished him a happy birthday , he smiled widely and thanked them all . When he reached Louis he pulled him tightly into his chest , Louis' small arms wrapping around his torso .

"I always feel like I need a chair to hug you ." Louis said and giggled , Harry laughed and pulled back , only to wrap his arms around Louis' waist and pick him up to his height , hugging him .

Louis let out a squeak and wrapped his arms around his shoulders , laughing a bit , "You're crazy ."

Harry just smiled widely and rocked him in his arms for a few more seconds before placing him down , Louis blushed shyly and bit his lower lip , "I uh , I made something for you ."

"Did you ?" Harry asked , his smile never faltering . Louis nodded and shyly took him to the side , pulling the card from the pocket of his jacket . "L-Liam helped me write this , and I'm going to read this to you ."

Harry nodded encouragingly , waiting patiently with a grin on his lips .

"D-dear Harry . I w-wish you a happy birth-thday , stay ama-amazing and thank y-you for e-e..everything . Keep being a-a good friend and keep m-m-making us yummy food . Love , Louis ."

Louis' cheeks were a deep red colour by the end , and Harry was grinning like a fool . He wrapped his arms around Louis tightly , "I love it so much , thank you . I'm really proud of you ."

Louis smiled against his shoulder , his heart racing at the close contact . Harry pulled back a little and kissed his cheek , "Thank you . Want a snack ?"

Louis could only nod , and if he could blush deeper , he would . He let Harry walk him to the table of snacks , ignoring Niall and Liam wiggling their eyebrows at him .

They reached the snacks table , Harry playfully fed Louis a crisp . He saw from the corner of his eye Ellianne and Jenna talking , Ellianne made eye contact with him and stuck her tongue out at him when he wiggled his eyebrows at her .

Jenna turned to face Harry in confusion but Ellianne turned her back towards her , "Don't worry , it was just Harry being his idiotic self . Keep telling me about puppies ."

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Louis was getting ready to go to sleep , he walked out of the bathrooms to the boys' room , raising his eyebrows when he saw Harry sitting on his bed .

Harry looked up when he heard him entering , making him smile . "Hey ." He patted the spot on bed next to him . Louis sat next to him , tucking himself under the covers .

"I uh , I wanted to talk to you ." Harry turned a little to face him , taking Louis' small hand in his . Louis raised his eyebrow , "Okay . What is it ?"

Harry had a soft smile on his face , looking down to their joined hands . "I - I would like to take you out . On a date ."

Louis stopped breathing , his eyes widened , but he couldn't stop himself from smiling . "A-are you joking ?"

"No Lou , not at all . I'd really like to take you out ." Harry smiled at him , giving his hand a squeeze . Louis opened his mouth to answer , taking a deep breath before nodding .

"Is that a yes ?" Harry asked in delight , Louis giggled and nodded , not able to talk - he's too excited . Harry brought him into a hug , Louis let himself be engulfed before his smile vanished at this one thought ; Des .

He pulled back , "C-could we save the whole d-date thing a secret ?"

Harry's smile faltered , "Uhm , okay . Why ?"

"B-because - well , I don't mind your friends knowing and the orphanage kids , but - could we keep it a-away from Des ?"

Harry bit his lower lip ; he knew his father could be strict , so he understood . He nodded , "Yeah , of course ."

Louis pouted softly , "You're not mad , are you ?"

"No , no . I understand why you asked to keep it from him ." Harry nodded at him , Louis munched on his lower lip and looked down at his hands , feeling himself blushing . Harry lifted his head up by the chin and leaned in to kiss his cheek , "I'm glad you said yes ."

Louis smiled at him , looking down at his lap in shyness . Harry chuckled softly and squeezed his hand once again , "I'll take you out this weekend , okay ? It'll be a surprise ."

Louis nodded , not able to bite back his wide smile . Harry pressed a quick kiss to his cheek before wishing him a good night , walking out of the room .

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Louis , Jenna and Niall were once again by the street piano , people walking by placing their money inside the hats .

Liam , Mary and the kids were approaching them , looking down at the ground ; that's when Niall noticed this grown up walking with them . He patted Louis and Jenna's arms to look , their hearts dropping to the ground . They took their money and quickly approached them .

Before they could say anything the guy opened his mouth . "Let's go talk somewhere private ."

They nodded silently and started walking after him , not daring to let out a single word . Des must have something to do with it .

They reached the park in town , the guy sat them all down on the grass in front of him . He sighed before he started talking . "My name is Paul . Is it true that you're robbing because you have to ?"

The kids looked around them , before Liam took the courage . "How are you related to Desmond Styles ?"

Paul furrowed his eyebrows . "Heard that name , don't know the guy . Why ? Is he the one making you rob ?"

Before Liam could answer , Jenna opened her mouth . "He's the worst person ever ."

"So he does force you ." Paul nodded to himself , sighing . "Who is he to you guys ?"

"Our - our legal guardian ." Liam said , "We're all orphans in his orphanage , and he's been treating us horribly ."

"Have you tried involving the police ?"

"Yeah , more than once . First they didn't listen , then when they came to check up on the case he pretended to not know anything about it . Then when they left he , uh . He got angry ."

"Has he been getting physical with you guys ?"

All the kids nodded , it felt good to finally have someone to listen to them ; but also completely terrifying .

"What was the worst he's done ?"

"It gets to a new level every time ." Mary said , "After the police left he locked us in the back yard of the orphanage and didn't let us in for three days , starved us so we'd realize we're nothing without him ."

"He hits us quite often ." Niall added , letting Mia curl up into his chest .

Louis took the courage and spoke up aswell . "He forced me t-to dig my own grave , for being close with his son ." He could feel everyone's eyes on him in shock , but he just looked down to avoid them . "Said he'd end me for trying to date him ."

Paul ran his hand over his face , nodding . "This is complete madness ."

"We can't do anything , we're minors and no one is listening ." Liam shook his head .

"Well it's a good thing I'm here , then , yeah ?" Paul tried smiling comfortingly , but the situation was much more complicated . "Alright , I think I know what we could do . I could get security cameras for you guys , and you'll place them around the house . I'll get my van to park at the back of the orphanage and whatever happens will be evidented on cameras for the police . I have a good friend who's a police officer , I'll tell him and only him and we'll see what we can do . For now just be natural  , we want to catch him doing what he always does . Okay ?"

The kids nodded , they were scared but they wanted to give it a chance ; finally someone is there for them .

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