Oh I Do Like Guys, Just Not You (L.S)

Chapter 21

It's been about a week since the talk, and honestly, things couldn't be better. Harry is back to school, feeling better than ever, and that made him realize just how much the whole thing with Louis affected him.

It still does, but now in the best way possible - no more secret glances, brushing hands or sneaky texts, just full-blown-right-in-your-face-boyfriend-things.

Whenever they're near each other in school, Louis will sneak an arm around Harry, kiss his cheek or bite at his shoulder - a bad, but quite endearing habit of his. The butterflies are thriving more than ever, and Harry revels in their every touch, glad there's no more hiding, no more worry.

Louis seems determined to prove that this is more than it was before, going out of his way to make Harry smile with stupid sticky-notes in Harry's locker, his books and anywhere in his room. Sometimes they're cute, other times they're just plain stupid, but they never fail to make Harry giggle, and even though he'd never tell Louis, he saves every last one of them in a small box next to his bed.

Looking cute today, Harold <3

Is a hotdog a sandwich? And are cereal cold soup?

Good morning Curly, enjoy English and think of me!

How does wind even work? I should know, but I don't. Flaunt your brain and teach me, boy!

I miss you, love. See you at lunch!

So yeah, things are great, and Harry still loves the feeling of Louis sneaking up behind him to wrap himself around his waist, hooking his chin on Harry's shoulder, not caring if anyone sees.

The sneaking around was fun for a while, but this is so much better.

And they kiss. A lot. They still haven't done anything else, and Louis hasn't pressed Harry for it with as much as a lingering touch. Harry really appreciates it. It's so evident that this is more than just fuckbuddies now, it's a proper relationship, and Harry is beginning to feel safe in believing so.

Louis is his boyfriend.

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It's Thursday, and Harry is sitting at their usual table with Niall and Zayn - Louis and Liam off to a school trip to a butterfly sanctuary for the day.

Harry might miss him a bit, even though they literally chatted this morning when Louis walked him to art class, just so he could hold Harry's hand for a while longer. Yeah, they're a bit cheesy, so what?!

When Harry grabs his lunch from his bag, a note falls to the floor, Louis' crooked handwriting scribbled across it. He must have slipped it into Harry's bag this morning, and he can't help from smiling when he reads it. It's just so Louis.

How the fuck does a caterpillar know what to do in order to turn into a butterfly, and can I in any way recreate it?!

Of course, Harry smiling at a piece of paper makes Zayn and Niall want to read it as well, and when Harry lets them, Niall starts gushing about how cute it is that Louis is leaving notes for Harry, and even Zayn can't hide a small smile - which might just be from Louis' stupid question, but still.

Harry blushes as Niall keeps prodding at him to spill more details of all the cute things him and Louis does, and he quickly diverts the attention to Zayn who is suddenly blushing at his phone.

"What are you looking at, Zayn", Harry says with a pretend innocence that makes the other boy's head fly up at a suspiciously fast pace, looking way too guilty to shrug it off as nothing. "Umm... nothing".