Dirty Secret

Chapter 9

"What do you mean by that?" Louis asks pulling away from the kiss. The words sounded ominous and Louis didn't have a good feeling about them.

Harry stares down at the omega for a moment, "Oh, no," he says shaking his head. "Nothing that you're just thinking."

"Care to tell me?" Louis asks, not wanting to let the matter go. "A minute ago you were ranting how you should kill me. So, excuse me for being a bit worried what you mean." The omega knew that it would've been better to stay quiet but when he did something he should've?

"I should kill you," Harry nods simply. "But I don't think that I could," he explains. He stays quiet after that as if trying to find the right words to say. Louis waits uncharacteristically patiently for the alpha to continue. "I'm not going to force you into anything. But."

Louis raises his eyebrows, "But what?"

The alpha captures his bottom lip between his teeth before saying, "But I'd like to make a proposition for you."

"What kind of a proposition?" Louis asks, his heartbeat picking up.

"We're going to be here for a long time," Harry starts, keeping his hands on Louis' waist. "And at some point, as an alpha, the need of um... intimacy is-"

"No," Louis says sternly. "I'm not going to be the camp's sex doll- hell no. You can take your proposition and stuff it up in your ass-"

"If you would let me finish my sentence you would know that that's not what I'm proposing," it was Harry's turn to cut the omega off with an eye roll. "I was going to propose that you help me out and I will return the favour."

And Louis couldn't help but be curious at that. "And what kind of favours are we talking about? I thought that you hated me or something," he points out humming. And well, it wasn't like Louis was the fondest over Harry or anything. The asshole was just handsome.

"Well I don't particularly like you, but no, I don't hate you," Harry says shrugging. "But my nature now knows that there's an omega around and wants it around. That means that I have a pull toward you. And what comes to the favours, nothing too bad. Just some cuddling and kissing..."

"And nothing else? That's it?" Louis raises his eyebrows. "We don't like each other and the way you want to get intimate with me is to cuddle? And maybe some kissing? Not even sex?" Louis asks, not sure if he was disappointed or not. Surely he was a virgin but he didn't think that it mattered that much. Yes, he wanted his first time to be with someone who truly cares about him, but then again he wanted to be ready for the right person.

"Well if you want to go further than that," the alpha responds with a smirk on his face. "I wouldn't mind."

Louis rolls his eyes. "Sorry, but I think that I'll pass," he says. "There's one problem with this though as one might say," he hums.

"And what would that be?" Harry asks raising his eyebrows in curiosity.

"Niall," Louis says. "I mean I sleep in the tent next to him and walk with him in the mornings. He'll definitely notice if you come out of my tent or if I'm not in mine in the morning." Harry purses his lips at that and moves to lay his chin against Louis' head, but the omega stops him. "Try that again and you'll wake up without a knot."

Harry looks like he's holding back a laugh as he stares down at the smaller man. "I guess I won't do it again," he says almost playfully. "We'll be careful, I don't think that he'll see if you disappear in the middle of the night. You'll just have to leave my tent early, easy."

"And why do you assume that I'm the one who needs to sneak? Why can't you sleep in my tent?" Louis asks raising his eyebrows.

"Because unlike yours, my scent is something that fills the room. Don't you think that Niall would be able to smell me if I were to sleep in your tent?" Harry says matter-of-factly. He didn't sound cocky at all, more like he was pointing out something that should've been obvious.