I'm in Love With A Criminal

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"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Louis whipped around and saw a man with brown hair that was flipped to the side standing under the upstairs balcony. He looked like he was around Harry's height, and he seemed just as intimidating, maybe a little more.

The man stormed over to him. Louis' eyes widen and started to run wherever he could. But, the man was faster. Louis felt him wrap his arms around him and held him tight against his chest. So tight, he couldn't breathe. Louis yelped at the tightness and tried to rip off his hands, but the man situated his arms so he was holding Louis' small arms down so he couldn't move.

"Were you trying to get away? Huh? Why the hell were you looking outside?!" The man yelled into Louis' ears.

He tightened his grip even harder, making Louis cry out in pain and let tears fill his eyes. "P-Please, I-I'm sorry- I didn't m-mean to-"

"What? You didn't mean to look out the Goddamn window and try to escape?! You fucking brat-"

"LIAM!"

Both of them looked up and saw Harry standing at the top of the balcony. He ran down the stairs when he saw Louis crying. He ran over and ripped the small boy out of the man's grip, pulling him into his own.

"What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"The brat was looking outside. He was probably trying to escape! So, I-"

"So you decided to hurt him?!" Harry screamed.

"Oh for God's sake, don't tell me you're taking  his side." The man, Liam, groaned.

Harry huffed and rubbed Louis' arm gently. "Why wouldn't I? You were hurting him." Harry looked down at the trembling boy. "What were you doing, love?"

Louis stayed quiet. He looked down to the ground and let his tears fall. He would do anything to just be at home, drinking hot cocoa with his sisters as they took down Halloween decorations and put up Christmas decorations while "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" played on TV. It was something they did every year on the 1st of November, and he would do anything to be there with them.

"See how quiet he is?! You can't tell me-"

"I wasn't trying to escape, I promise," Louis looked up at Harry with bright blue eyes. "I just wanted to look around the house. I was looking outside, I swear. I promise I wasn't doing anything else."

Harry nodded, making Liam scoff. Harry whipped his head up at glared at him, throwing daggers with his eyes. "Apologize to Lou."

"And why should I apologize to your little princess?"

"You scared and hurt him!"

Liam rolled his eyes and glared at the small boy. It was enough to terrify Louis. He looked away from Liam and melted in Harry's embrace. It was strange to feel safe in the arms of your kidnapper, but he weirdly felt protected with Harry. His arms were so much better and comforting than Liam's.

"I'm sorry that you're a lying brat and you tried running away."

Louis flinched as Liam reached forward to take him. But Harry turned Louis away, facing his back to him. "Don't fucking touch him."

"Don't get so fucking attached to him!" Liam yelled back.

Suddenly, there were two new voices calling from the balcony area. "What's going on?" Louis turned his head and saw one man with blonde hair with brown roots, and another man with darker hair. They looked like they would be around Louis' height, maybe a little taller.

They walked over to the three of them with concerned eyes. Harry looked down at Louis. "Are you hungry, love?"

Louis simply shrugged. If anything, he felt sick, like he was going to vomit. "Why don't you go with Niall and Zayn to get some breakfast, yeah? They made some chocolate chip pancakes with bacon." Louis nodded, and Harry looked up at the two boys. "Make sure he eats something, please. I'll deal with Liam."

They boys nod and smiled at Louis as he was released from Harry's grip. Louis wiped his eyes and let the boys take in away.

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"What the bloody hell was that?!" Harry screamed as he pushed Liam. Once Louis left with Niall and Zayn, Harry dragged Liam outside onto their patio.

"You tell me! You've known him for 12 hours, half of them he was knocked out, and suddenly you're treating him like your little princess," Liam yelled back.

Harry huffed and looked out into their property. "Is it bad that I don't want you hurting him?"

"Oh please, I wasn't hurting him," Liam scoffed. "He's just weak as hell."

Harry was about to punch Liam. He had never acted like this before. "You were the one that told me to talk to him. Remember that?"

"I didn't think you'd go this far! Kidnapping him? Forcing him to love you?!"

"When did I force him to love me? I don't care if he loves me or not! I just want to make sure he's safe!" Harry claimed. "I knew he'd freak out when he found out who I was. I didn't want to kidnap him, but he left me with no choice. If people heard him screaming, we would've be caught and taken into custody. And now I can't let him go, because then the public will look down on him."

"But if you keep him any longer, the news will get worse and they'll know you kidnapped him," Liam said calmly. He placed a hand on Harry's shoulder. "I'm just worried for you. You kidnap the poor boy and you're treating him like he's royalty. He probably knows you like him, and if he knows you have a soft spot for him, he'll take advantage of that."

Harry looked up at Liam and shook his head. He knew Louis wouldn't do that. Last night at the party, he talked about how much he hated when people took advantage of other people's love.

"He's not like that. He told me-"

"How do you know that?" Liam asked. Harry went quiet. "You got yourself in a really bad position, Harry."

Liam started to walk back inside, but Harry was quick to grip onto my forearm. Liam glared at him. "If I see you touch him like that again, I won't fucking hesitate shoot you." Liam chuckled, thinking Harry's was joking. "I'm being dead serious."

Liam stopped when he saw the dark look on Harry's face. It scared everyone, even Liam. He simply nodded and Harry let go. They both walked inside to a sight that melted Harry's heart.

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A/N- I'm so sorry for the short chapter!! I just wanted to quickly write this chapter so there wasn't a cliffhanger. But now there's another one. I'm sorry lol