//past//

❝ G E N E R A L ❞

the first thing harry noticed when he stepped inside the tomlinson household's premise was two little girls having a little tea party with their dollies in the garden. as he walked closer, he noticed they were twins. very cute ones, if he may add.

when the two identical ones felt a stranger's presence, they became a little wary. "who are you?" one of them asked nervously, the other one opted to hide a little behind her sister.

with a little coo, harry answered "i'm harry, here for fa— louis." these are probably louis' little sisters and harry couldn't be disrespectful towards their brother in front of them.

"you are here for lou! are you his new friend?"

the little girls didn't need to know his disliking towards the boy so he just gave a little nod.

"i'll go call him." one of them ran past him towards the door. he stood there awkwardly. he looked down when he felt a tap against his hand. it was the other twin. a soft coo left his lips when he saw her looking at him with big blue eyes, so adorable. kids are always adorable.

"would you like some tea?" and little girls with cute bows in their hair are too cute to resist. harry found himself grinning at the adorable kid who was holding her china made kettle.

"of course." when she handed him a very tiny china cup filled with tea (water), he thanked her. "what's your name?"

"phoebe. i'm louis' sister," she replied shyly. "yours?" harry couldn't help but think if louis' sister were so cute then what happened to the hideous guy?

"harry styles."

she gasped and put her little hand on her slightly agape mouth. "my, my! that is such a beautiful name, harry. even you have such gorgeous curls." and when harry smiled graciously, his dimples made her swoon. "so pretty!"

"why, thank you. you yourself are so lovely."

"harry." harry tried not to grimace. he handed the cup to phoebe with a 'thankyou'. louis has to ruin everything with his ugly presence.

"louis." harry tried not to sneer it out.

"louis, harry is so pretty. he even has dimples." as phoebe rambled, the other twin ran towards harry and gasped. "you have dimples! smile please?" who was harry to deny? "louis, look!" daisy jumped up and down and pointed at harry's dimples.

louis hated how his little sisters fawned over harry's looks. 'he's ugly inside.' he thought but kept to himself and smiled. "that's sweet. now you both play and harry and i am going to study." louis wanted to scoff out loud because what's there to adore about dimples, huh? after all, they are just bodily defects.

"i thought harry could join us and be my prince!" phoebe whined, making harry extremely glad. he loved playing with kids.

"sur-

"daisy, phoebe." that was it. the warning tone made the girls quiet and they went back to their little play set. he motioned harry to follow him inside. harry was in awe. louis was fucking rich. from what he could see, he even has maids. the house was lavish and harry was overwhelmed. when he reached louis' room, he'd be lying if he said he disliked it.

"please sit." and the mattress was definitely made of clouds; so freaking soft. but louis seemed to destroy his happy bubble quite a lot.

"should we start with algebra or geometry?"

nothing; harry wanted to reply but he simply pointed at the geometry textbook. because algebra is just ew.

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in the past two hours, louis found out that teaching harry was difficult. he asked a lot of questions; that wasn't a problem, but he asked every question at least thrice. but louis was always patient with him because what kind of teacher would he be if he didn't clear his student's doubt? by the end of the session louis was exhausted. on the flip side, harry looked ecstatic.

"even though you are ugly and a freak, you are a good teacher, fatlinson. i actually understood everything." harry grinned cheekily, putting his notebooks back in his satchel.

hearing that from harry was amusing, even though he insulted him again. but louis chose to ignore that and thanked him with a small smile. "would you like to eat something?"

for a moment the boy seemed to contemplate. "okay."

the two went down to the kitchen and harry wasn't expecting a cook. a fucking cook.

"mr. gerald, could you please make us something?" louis requested politely and the man gave him a thumbs up with a smile. "are bacon and cheddar quiches fine with you, mr. louis?" the blue eyed boy gave a curt nod and turned to attend a very ill-mannered harry.

"damn you are loaded!" harry took out a chair, making a heavy scraping noise and sat on it. he lacked manners heavily and louis had to refrain himself from scolding him because those are some very expensive marble floors— lux touch. lux fucking touch.

"that's my dad, not me." louis took a seat as well, taking his phone out and busying himself. "- and do not try to make any sick joke!" he glared.

harry raised his hands in mock surrender but kept quiet. mr. gerald came with a dish of quiches and placed two plates in front of the boys and served them the quick bites. then came the tea.

louis thanked the man, while harry stuffed his mouth with three mini quiches and moaned. "it's delicious!" he declared. louis made a disgusted face when a few pieces fell from harry's mouth. ill mannered. "thank you for this, louis!" he grinned brightly, devouring his tea now.

louis smiled a little. even if a bit ill mannered, harry was cute, but harry was evil. why can't harry be nice, then, they could be friends.

"i see why you are such a fatass!"

and that helped the thought.

after that, they ate in silence, other than harry's obnoxious noise munching and humming once in a while. louis refrained himself from making any small talk because he was sure it would end up in another set of insults.

harry was about to leave when daisy and phoebe came running toward him. "will you come again?" there a glint of hope in their eyes and harry was pleased.

"yes," he crouched down to their heights.

harry was never this nice to anyone, louis pondered. maybe only kids could get him to be this nice.

"yay!" the two kissed his cheeks and scurried back to their room.

harry was halfway out when he turned and spoke "i might consider to stop bullying you if you kept stuffing me with such delicious food!" and then he was out. harry made a lot of jokes out of him, but he never joked with him. and maybe, maybe they can be friends.

however, this is only their first day together and he knows that it's a long way to go. a very gruelling one, if louis may add, but he is willing to try because you never know what the future has stored for you. by the end of this, him and harry might end up becoming friends.

//of course, i had to be this optimistic and think our future held something delightful. oh my naive self!//

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❝ It's a hard road,
As far as I can see. ❞
— Niall Horan

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28/11/2020

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🍒 : what is your favorite one direction era?
☁️ : mine is 2014-2015 for sure!

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excuse my mistakes. i hope you liked the chapter x