Eyes up to heaven

chapter five

continuing on from the last chapter

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the sun had began to set just as the two boys made it to louis' house after deciding to stay at the library for a little while longer and were now, waiting to go inside louis' home as tiny boy himself, was busy shakily pulling off his backpack to zip it and take his keys out.

louis' nerves hadn't calmed down since he'd gotten his mother text at the library and the car ride home only worsened his anxiousness.

he still felt excited but was more nervous than ever for what was to come since the plan to invite harry over for dinner had been so sudden, let alone the fact that he already felt uneasy on whether his mother would like harry or not.

he, of course, knew that the woman definitely would since his mother had always been a very kind hearted and loving person who never liked to judge people from first sighting but he still couldn't help but feel the least bit of hesitantance, especially since harry smoked and smelled like it along with a mixture of cologne.

which was also quite infatuating to louis and had become his new favorite scent.

he'd been so caught up in his thoughts, that he didn't hear or realize that harry had been calling him for the past two minutes and blinked his eyes a few times before looking up at harry with a startled expression.

"h-huh?" he stuttered, cheeks flushing red in pure embarrassment. "o-oh sorry.. i-i was just thinking.." he told, with a sheepish smile.

the older boy shook his head and sighed, knowing that it was something more than that

"well, what the hell were you thinking about cause' your hands are shaking like crazy, kid. jesus, c'mere."

harry grabbed louis' dainty and shaking hands in his much larger own and held them tightly until the shaking started to decrease.

louis' couldn't help but blush and get sudden butterflies in his tummy from the overprotective way harry was acting along with the slightly worried look in his emerald green eyes. the tiny boy blushed harder at the fact that harry' strong hands completely swallowed his smaller own.

he bit down on his lower lip, trying his hardest to keep the shy grin from growing on his lips.

eventually the shaking in his hands had decreased but they still had an unusual twitch, except that was for an entirely different reason which only louis knew about.

harry slowly dropped louis' hands once he'd been satisfied with how much they calmed down and sighed, pursing his lips together. "are you alright, now?"

"y-yes..." louis smiled, gratefully. "was just a bit nervous b-but m'alright now.. thank you,"

"nervous about what?" harry raised an eyebrow.

louis could feel the embarrassment rising and lowered his head, twiddling his fingers together. "i-it's nothing." he responded, shyly. "m'okay."

louis suddenly felt two hands cup the sides of his face and lift his head up, only to be met with a pair of mesmerizing green eyes, which he all knew too well and let out a soft gasp in surprise.

"don't be nervous about this, alright?" harry spoke, his deep and raspy voice nearly making louis lose it. "if anything, i should be the one who's a nervous wreck cause' i didn't even have a smoke before this," he chuckled, "but i'm not, so just try and chill out, yeah? it'll be alright."

"yes.. i-i mean, o-okay.." louis stuttered, feeling his face heat up more and knowing that he was as red as a tomato. "m'fine, 'arry.. i-i promise.."

the older boy nodded but didn't move an inch, continuing to stare at louis, who'd been staring right back at him, both staring deeply into each other eyes. louis bit his lip which caused harry' eyes to slowly lower until they were staring at them, which made louis bite on his lip harder.