Louis Geller-Bing Tomlinson the adopted son of Monica and Chandler Geller-Bing hates his "family friend" Harry Geller-Green Styles. From his childhood, he's been told that Harry is his cousin but since he's adopted and absolutely HATES Harry, cousin...
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The next morning Louis woke up to darkness and the smell of pancakes. Just like any left over traces of sleep vanished from his thoughts. There was only one person who could wake up at the crack of dawn and start cooking.
Quickly throwing off the quilts and being careful not to wake Liam up,Louis made his way outside.The sight before him made his mouth go dry.It was like those cliche movies where one person was shirtless,back facing the protagonist as he did something as domestic as cooking which had the protagonist gulping back nerves.Louis shook his head,why was he nervous?This was just Harry,a mad Harry,but his Hazza nevertheless.
He cleared his throat to give the curly boy a little warning. "Um Haz?" He said weakly, his voice still scratchy and hoarse from a night of fitful sleep.
Harry jumped and spun around,a pancake flying off his mega cooking Liam torture device...or whatever you called that weird spoon. The pancake flew up in the air like a trapeze artist and spun a few times then landed on the floor between them.
Harry's face turned red,Louis couldn't tell if it was from embarrassment or anger.
They both reached to pick up the pancake at the same time. Lou got to it first,but unfortunately for him it was still hot from the pan. "Owww!!" He howled and retreated his hand immediately.
Harry was quick to react and grabbed Louis' hand and held it under the sink,turning the faucet on and letting the ice cold water heal the burnt skin.
"You idiot,you could've at least picked up a pancake properly," Harry chastised.
"Sorry"
Harry's eyebrows rose,like he was so surprised hearing a genuine apology out of the boy's mouth. As if he expected a sarcastic remark.
"Not only for that Haz, for yesterday too..."Louis began but Harry cut him off.
"You don't need to apologise for that, it's my fault I got mad. You're not obliged to pick me, it's your choice."
Louis stepped forward,minimising the gap between them.
"That's the thing Harry, I wanted to pick you,but everyone was teasing me so much,And I can't believe I gave into the pressure. But what I said before that was true,I'd always pick you Haz. It's always going to be you,it was always you."
Then Louis opened his eyes,but out of all the things he expected,tears welling in his favourite person's emerald eyes was the last thing he thought he'd see.
"Lou-" a choked sob escaped from his plump lips. Before Louis could react and understand what was happening, the minuscule gap between them was closed and Harry engulfed him in a big bear hug,learning all the way down as if he knew Lou was embarrassed every time he had to hug someone he'd have to go on his tiptoes.
The two stayed like that for a while, Harry's whole body was shaking with heavy sobs and Louis was no better. To be honest,for any two other people this shouldn't have been a big deal,but to each other this had been a tipping point.
They held each other,rocked each other in their arms until their full fledged sobs became small whimpers.
Then Louis pulled back and looked Harry in the eye and said, "I hope you're not mad at me Hazza."
"I could never be mad at you Lou.That's what scares me."
HARRY'S POV A DAY LATER
"Harry I told you you didn't have to do it all by yourself." Louis said. ''I know but it was bothering me so much.'', Harry said, putting the last of the cushions on the couch. Harry had literally cleaned the entire house singlehandedly and that too in the time Louis had showered. Louis could swear this boy had superpowers. Ever since Louis got to know about Harry's condition, he had always made sure that everything was okay for him, but last night, they created a mess. ''You could've taken help from the others.'', Louis said. ''Zayn is sleeping, Niall is eating and Liam is out getting fuel for the car.'', Harry explained. ''It's okay Lou, I'm fine.''
''Oh my god, what happened to this place?'', Zayn asked, as he and Niall entered the living room. ''What do you mean?'', Louis asked. ''It was a mess till last night and now it's like the first we arrived.'', Niall said. Louis glanced at Harry, he could see he was nervous. ''Oh yeah, mum called, so we had to clean it.'', Louis shrugged it all. ''Don't tell me Tommo cleaned this place.'', Liam said, joining the boys. ''You got the fuel, Payno?'', Louis asked, changing the topic when he saw Harry was zoned out. Liam nodded, ''Alright then, let's pack?'' All the boys nodded and Liam, Zayn and Niall went back to their rooms.
Louis nudged Harry, ''Haz, you okay? You seem lost.'' ''Yeah, I'm fine.'', Harry said, clearly lying. ''You know I can see right through you, what's wrong?'', Louis asked, rubbing his back. Seeing Louis' blue eyes concerned while he rubbed his back to make Harry comfortable, made him smile at the same time giving him goosebumps. Harry thought nothing could happen between them, especially after Louis' declaration last night. Another reason he was cleaning, to distract him. ''Yeah, I-I just don't like hiding things from them. But I also don't tell them yet.'', Harry said. ''It's okay Haz, we'll tell them when it feels right. I'm sure they'll understand.'', Louis said. Harry nodded, just when Louis hugged him. ''Is everything okay here?'', Niall asked, he was standing there, right on the stairs, watching the pair. ''Yeah, everything's fine. I was just making up to Harry for last night, as you said.'', Louis lied. ''Okay...'', Niall said skeptically. He looked at Harry who was just looking anywhere else but him. Niall would've believed Louis but since Harry told him how he and Louis sorted things like a schoolgirl crushing, he knew something was off. ''Anyways, you didn't come to pack so I came here to call you guys.'', Niall said. The pair nodded and went upstairs with the blond.
They were about to leave for home tomorrow at noon and then the next day back to school. After listening to Louis and Liam bicker for about an hour, they decided it's better to pack today than tomorrow morning. So here they were, packing their belongings. While Liam was going around checklisting everything for all five of them, Niall told Zayn his suspicions. ''Wait really? Why would Lou lie?'', Zayn whisper asked Niall. ''How would I know, mate?'', Niall said. ''Something's up.'' Just then, Harry and Louis came into their room. ''Niall are you okay?'', Harry asked. They all looked confused. ''You haven't said anything about lunch yet, we're just worried.'', Louis joined in, making others laugh. ''You stole my words, mate, where are we going? Because I cannot wait to eat.'', Niall asked. ''Let's go to that retro diner across the street!'', Liam suggested. ''Anywhere, let's just go or I'll eat one of you.'', Niall said.
