Like A Dream

Chapter 15

Harry groaned yet again as he sleepily stumbled down the stairs, almost tripping at the bottom last two. He sat down and slammed his head into the table.

Zayn made an amused yet slightly concerned sound at the impact. "Ready for school?" the Dom chuckled.

"I hate Mondays," Harry muttered, glaring at the cereal that Louis placed in front of him. "Ew," he complained. "Cereal again?"

Louis raised an eyebrow. "Do I need to feed you?" he asked, half jokingly and half seriously.

Harry huffed and picked up his spoon, eating a mouthful of the not–so–delicious looking cereal.

"You did finish all your homework, right?" Liam inquired with a raised eyebrow. "I do recall asking you before."

Harry froze and gave a sheepish smile. "Oops?"

Louis sighed and opened his mouth to surely scold Harry, but Harry grinned and said, "I'm kidding. Yes, I did finish it."

Louis fell into a lecture of responsibility, boring Harry immensely. He fiddled with his collar — his permanent, comfortable, silky collar — and thought happily that he would get another day of showing the pretty thing off.

The last time he'd gone to school with it, Luke and Nick had both been hugely proud of him for earning it. They both had had their permanent collars around their necks, and now Harry could join them.

"Harold, stop dawdling and hurry up," Louis reprimanded when he caught Harry daydreaming. "Liam's already almost ready to go out while you're still in pyjamas."

Harry rolled his eyes. "Yes, mum," he mumbled, then rushed up the stairs before Louis could rebuke him. He searched through his dresser and picked out the clothes he wanted to wear, getting ready quickly so none of the Doms would get cross with him.

He kissed all his Doms goodbye, jealous Louis had the day off and could sit at home and do nothing. Don't get him wrong, he loved school, but some days, he just had a bad feeling about it.

Like today.

Colin and his buddies hadn't bothered him since the last incident, surely because Liam had taken care of it. But that didn't mean there weren't other bullies at the school.

Like he'd done the past few weeks, he walked into school confidently, the weight of his collar around his neck making him feel full of pride. He knew he wasn't better than any of his classmates for having earned a collar, but there was nothing wrong with feeling confident.

"Have a good day, Angel," Liam said to the boy with a smile. "Remember, you can always come talk to me if something happens, yeah?" he reminded. He didn't know why, but he had a feeling that something was going to go wrong today — he just didn't know what it was. Dom instincts, he guessed.

"I know," Harry said, kissing Liam's cheek just before his first student walked in. "I love you."

Liam returned the sentiment before Harry left his classroom and made his way to History. He saw Nick there when he arrived, and he immediately rushed over and sat by him.

"Hey," Nick greeted with a smile, putting away his phone. "What's up?"

Harry grinned cheekily. "Oh, nothing much. Guess what my Doms and I did last night?"

"What?" Nick asked eagerly, leaning closer with a sly grin. The two subs absolutely loved gossiping about all the different kinds of activities they were lucky enough to do with their Doms.

"They fucked me hard again and they wouldn't let me come. One of them kept their cock in my arse while I sucked the others' cocks," he told his friend with no shame, and Nick nearly spluttered.