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"So you've got a boy coming over?" Liam quizzed, squinting at Louis from across the dining table

Louis shrugged "I already have a boy over" he replied simply, nodding towards Zayn who was also sat at the table with them

Liam scoffed at this "Zayn's your friend" he stated "He's not just some...boy" he pointed out

Louis rolled his eyes "Harry's my friend too" he said "I don't know what you're trying to imply, Liam" he added

Liam turned to Zayn, raising his brows at the dark haired boy "Zayn" he said softly "C'mon, spill"

Zayn's lips twitched into a smirk and he turned to look at Louis "You wanna tell him a bit more about your boyfriend or should I?" He quizzed

"Boyfriend?" Liam exclaimed, almost jumping out of his chair

Louis sighed "Harry isn't my boyfriend" he replied "He's just my friend" he stated

"Better be" Liam muttered, frowning "Otherwise I'll punch him"

Louis scoffed "I'd punch you" he replied

"Protective" Zayn sang, smirking at Liam

Liam blinked in shock "Okay, I don't know if I should allow this" he admitted

Louis rolled his eyes "You said that you wanted me to make friends!" He reminded defensively

"Friends" Liam stated

"Harry is my friend!" Louis exclaimed, still on the defence

Liam squinted "If I see him so much as look at you inappropriately-"

Louis cut him off quickly "He won't!" He promised "Thanks, Liam, love you" he added, quickly standing from the table and dragging Zayn up with him

"Louis, I haven't even finished my-"

"Come on, Zayn" Louis pleaded

"Where are we going?" Zayn asked "Louis!"

Louis pulled Zayn to the front door "To meet Harry!" He said giddily, dragging Zayn out of the house

***

Harry pulled his coat from the hook in the hallway, eyeing it briefly before putting it on; the October air was punishing this year

"Where are you going, brother?" A voice called and Harry turned

"Out" Harry replied simply, sitting down on the stairs to put on his shoes

The man squinted "Out where?" He quizzed, walking over to Harry

The curly haired man rolled his eyes "To a friend's" he clarified "You don't know him" he added

"No?" He replied

"No, Edward" Harry said "And you're making me late" he added, tying his shoelaces before standing to his feet

Edward frowned slightly, looking Harry over "Is he a special friend?" He asked

Harry laughed lightly "No" he replied

Edward grinned "C'mon" he pleaded "You can tell me" he promised

Harry rolled his eyes "He's just a friend" Harry confirmed "And, like I said, you don't know him" he repeated

"Well is he hot?" Edward asked

Harry almost choked "No!" He exclaimed

"He's not hot?" Edward quizzed

"I-I-" Harry stuttered out "I don't uh- I don't look at him like that" he stated

Edward barked out a laugh "You always have been a bad liar" he replied "Have fun on your date" he added before walking out of the hallway and back into the living room

Harry was flustered for a moment, blinking after his brother before finally speaking "It's not a date" he called after his brother, voice breaking half way through

***

Their 'not-a-date' turned out to be the moment where Louis realised that he may just like Harry as a little more than a best friend

Granted, Zayn was there watching their every move. Be it the subtle touches between the two boys or the way that Harry planted a kiss on Louis' cheek before they parted

Zayn had commented that it was 'weird' and Louis had simply brushed it off, telling Zayn that he was jealous and that he and Harry were just best friends. Nothing more

But that didn't stop Louis from being jealous when he saw Harry in the hallway a week or so later, kissing a girl from their biology class

Harry kissed her for a couple of seconds and Louis looked away, heart sinking before he stormed down the corridors, striding straight past Harry who didn't even notice; obviously too interested in the girl that he was pressing against the locker

In fact, he avoided the boy all day until fate didn't have his back and he was forced into seeing him

"Hey, Louis!" Harry called "Hey, wait" he said, jogging when Louis didn't stop "Louis" he said softly once they were side by side "Why didn't you stop?" He asked, brows furrowing in confusion

Louis turned to him with a fake smile "Oh, uh I didn't hear you, I guess" he lied "Sorry"

"You didn't hear me?" Harry quizzed and Louis shook his head "And what about lunch?" He asked "We were meant to meet at my car for food"

"Forgot" Louis told him, continuing to walk quickly through the hallway

"Louis!" Harry exclaimed, grabbing the boy's arm "Hey" he said softly "What's wrong?" He asked

Louis stopped and finally looked Harry in the eye "Nothin-"

"Have I upset you?" Harry asked "Because if I did I'm sorry and I didn't mean to" he promised "Let's just talk about it" he offered, brows furrowed

"Nothing to talk about" Louis told him "I'm fine" he stated

Harry pulled a face "Well, you're obviously not" he pointed out "So why don't you just tell me what's wrong so we can-"

"I have a class" Louis cut him off "And Sarah's probably waiting for you so..."

Harry scoffed "Why would Sarah be waiting for me?" He questioned, lips parted in confusion

Louis snapped at this "You know what, Harry? The least you can do is stop pretending" he replied

"Pretending what?" Harry asked loudly in frustration

"That you didn't just kiss her this morning!" Louis yelled

Harry's eyes widened at this and he shook his head quickly "What?" He quizzed "I didn't kiss anyone" he stated

"I saw you" Louis hissed, cautious of the people staring at them "Are you really going to lie to me right now?"

"I'm not lying!" Harry snapped "And why the hell would it matter if I did kiss her anyway?" He asked

Louis scoffed at this, shoving Harry backwards slightly so that he could push past him "Fuck you, Harry" he said before attempting to walk away

"Wait, no, Louis, wait!" He stuttered out, grabbing the boy by the wrist "I'm sorry" he said quickly, pulling Louis to a stop "Wait, I'm sorry" he repeated

Louis turned around finally, sighing as he looked at the boy "You're right" he said "Kiss whoever you want, it's none of my business" he added "But I thought you'd at least tell your best friend and not lie to them when they confront you"

"I didn't kiss anyone" Harry repeated "I don't want to kiss anyone but you" he blurted

Louis pulled back in shock, lips parted, eyes wide and cheeks flushed "What?" He questioned

Harry leaned forwards and pressed his lips to Louis'; the kiss was short and sweet, but most importantly, it was filled with such passion that Louis felt shivers flick up his spine

When Harry pulled back he grinned at Louis and the smaller boy flushed under Harry's gaze

"You know that we're best friends, right?" Louis questioned, blinking up at Harry "Best friends don't do that"

"But we also kind of like each other" Harry added in "So I think it's alright" he stated

"Yeah" Louis agreed, smiling up at Harry "I suppose it's alright then"

"Yeah?" Harry questioned and Louis nodded "Then can we do that again?"

Louis didn't answer, instead he just stood on his tiptoes and leaned up to peck Harry's lips once more. Harry, however, wasn't quite satisfied with the peck that Louis gave him and instead, he cupped Louis' face and deepened this kiss

When Louis finally pulled away, he blinked up at Harry and a confused kind of way "So what?" He questioned "Now we're just best friends who kiss?"

"Best friends who kiss and kind of like each other" Harry added in

"That sounds an awful lot like boyfriends" Louis stated

"So it does, boyfriend" Harry agreed

So it turns out that Harry never really asked Louis whether he wanted to be his boyfriend or not

It kind of just happened

"You fuckers!" Niall exclaimed when the two of them walked over holding hands "I knew it!" He said "I fucking knew it!"

"Knew what?" Harry quizzed, amused

Niall looked between the pair with narrowed eyes "Why didn't you tell me?" He asked

"Tell you what?" Louis questioned with a small giggle

"That you're dating!" The blonde replied loudly

Zayn rolled his eyes "Anyone who has eyes knows" he stated

Niall gasped at this "You knew?" He quizzed

Zayn huffed out a laugh "Louis and I live together" he reminded "Of course I fucking know" he stated "Where else do you think that they-"

"Okay, that's enough!" Louis cut him off quickly

Niall's eyes widened "Oh no you don't!" He said loudly "Zayn, tell me everything" he demanded

Harry smiled before someone walking down the corridor caught his eye, he blinked at the figure who waved back, smirking

And it hit Harry that Louis did in fact see Sarah get kissed that morning. Just not by him

Maybe it was about time that he introduced Louis to Edward

If anyone is confused as to the timescale of this book, just remember that this is a short story and every chapter is around 2 weeks later. This book will have around 15 chapters so it'll be kinda fast paced. Hope that clears things up! Louis started the school in September and it's around November now

Question:

Should Harry introduce Louis to Edward?

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