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Chapter Eight

It was one in the afternoon when Louis and Harry decided that they could walk around some of the shops. Their time in the park had been fun and by the looks on their faces they enjoyed it. They started down a road with many different shops on it. Harry pulled Louis into a shop before either of them knew what it was. By the smell of it, it was a candy shop. The warm aroma of sweets filled the air as they walked further into the shop. Louis let go of Harry's warm hand to look at the shelves of sweets. 

Harry's hand felt cold without Louis' but he didn't want to scare Louis by just grabbing his hand so he stayed back. Louis noticed something was off with Harry as they walked around the shop, occasionally putting things into the basket. "Harry, are you alright?" the sound of Louis' voice drew Harry out of his thoughts. What if he hates me? What if I've ruined everything? He definitely hates me. What did I do? "Harry?" Louis asked, it seemed like the boy was stuck in this mind. "Oh, sorry um what did you ask me?" Harry said. Louis chuckled and repeated his question "Yeah, yeah I'm alright, sorry I just zoned out for a minute there." Harry said embarrassment rising in his chest. "Harold it's okay," Louis said, grabbing Harry's hand again. "Do you want anything else or should we checkout?" Louis said. Their basket was almost full with sweets and chocolates of all kinds. "No I'm good. But-" Louis interrupted, "You're not paying Harry, my treat." Louis said already knowing that the boy was going to say that he could pay. Harry nodded and Louis paid for the candy.

 They walked down the road before finding a street vendor who was selling trinkets of some sort. "Wait here," Harry said to Louis before rushing off to the man and speaking very quickly. Louis couldn't catch what Harry was saying. Harry came back a minute later holding a brown paper bag. "What's with the bag?" Louis asked, curiosity filling his blue eyes. "Guess." Harry stated the corners of his lips turning up into a smile. "Gee um I don't know. A snail?" Louis said, saying the first thing that came to his mind. "Why would it be a snail!" Harry exclaimed. "I don't know! What is it then?" Louis asked, he really wanted to know what was in the bag. 

Harry pulled out two bracelets, one of them was green and the other was blue. "A bit of a coincidence considering my eyes are green and yours are blue, but I bought these for us, you can have the green and I'll have the blue." Harry said, giving Louis the beaded bracelet. "Harry! Thank you! I love it!" Louis was so excited. As he slipped the bracelet on he made sure to only pull the sleeve up a little bit. Harry smiled putting his bracelet on his left arm. Louis gently grabbed Harry's hand again as the bracelets clinked together. "Oh my! It's almost four! I promised Niall I would be home by then." Harry said, checking his watch. "I'll walk you home then," Louis said, wanting to know where Harry lived. "You lead the way." They walked together talking the whole way.

 "Thank you Louis! I had so much fun!" Harry said as Louis pulled him in for a hug. "I did too! Before you go, put your number in my phone. That way we can hangout again soon!" Louis said. He handed Harry his phone and Harry put his number into a new contact. Harry smiled at Louis before making his way to the building. "Bye Harry!" Louis said as he watched Harry go into his shabby building. Harry waved and shut the door behind him. Louis stared at his phone and opened it only to find out that Harry had named himself "Hazza" with a heart. "My Hazza." Louis whispered to himself before making his way to his own home. When he got home he went straight into the kitchen, where Zayn and Liam were putting away groceries. 

"How did your date go?" Zayn teased. "I told you both before it's not a date. And it went well thanks for asking." Louis said laughing. "Well I'm glad it went well. When are you going to invite him over for dinner?" Liam said. "Geez Liam you sound like a mother, and I won't be inviting him over if you loosahs are here." Louis chucked as Zayn and Liam pretended as if Louis hurt their feelings. Louis got off of the stool and started putting away the groceries with the two idiots he called his friends. After the groceries were put away Louis sat back down on the stool as Zayn and Liam started preparing dinner. Louis pulled out his phone and opened a new message.

To: Hazza

From: Louis

Hey Harry it's Louis.

Louis sent the short text hoping that Harry would respond soon. He was right as his phone buzzed on the table.

From: Hazza

To: Louis

Hi Lou -H

Louis smiled and started typing away. He must have been texting with Harry for a while because he started to smell something delicious. He looked up to see pasta that Zayn was making was ready. "Smells great Z." Louis said getting a plate from the cabinet and filling it up with pasta, garlic bread, salad, and the fruit salad Liam had made. After they all had their food, they sat down at the table. "So tell us everything. We HAVE to know." Liam said as they started eating. "Okay well..." Louis explained everything that happened as Liam and Zayn listened with delight. "So yeah test everything." Louis finished. "Well all I have to say is how are you guys not dating? I mean the matching bracelets, the jumper, everything." Zayn grabbed Louis' wrist trying to get a look at the bracelet. Louis snatched his wrist away from Zayn, holding back a wince at the pressure on his cuts. He pulled up the sleeve of Harry's jumper a tiny bit to show it. "Aw isn't that sweet." Zayn said in a mocking tone. "I guess I'll need to see Harry again to give him his jumper back." Louis said casually. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Liam said laughing. "Of course not, I literally would never do such a thing." Louis said. Although he did notice as Harry walked into the building that he was still wearing the jumper, he wasn't going to say anything. After all he really did want to see Harry again.