Rent a Date Beta Version. - Short Story [L.S]

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MY BELOVED MAGNETS!
Incredible, right?
Can't believe we're here.

At first I wanted to write this because RAD is one of my most read stories and people love it, but then it become a much more interesting project.

It's like exploring deeper into this world, into this characters, and I loved the process.

Originally, it was meant to be a one shot. But it got too long so I decided to split it up in three parts.

This one is dedicated to two people that are there to support me in every story.
Also because they claimed it.

I love you both NatyJimenez484 alex_lt_28
✨❤️

This is for you.

Mag 🦋

RENT A DATE BETA VERSION

Part One.
[Harry's POV]

I didn't know how I got into this situation.
Yet, here I was.

Probably against my will, but I was being a good friend, so that must count for something.

That's how friendship works, right?
Sometimes you do things you don't want to do just to see your friends happy.

Or maybe you just accept so they'd shut up and stop bothering you.

Either way, it's part of the deal.
Sometimes you just have to give in to your group of friends' wishes.

Just like I did today.

Finding myself walking down through the large halls inside some Atlanta's Mall, helping Niall, Zayn, Liam, Roman and Ed pick their tuxedos for Prom.

The so waited and not at all needed prom.

Which I wasn't attending.

You'll see, it's not like I hate the event, it's just I didn't want to go on my own when all of my friends had invited their dates months prior.

I didn't have one.
And I couldn't get one either.

Everyone in my school was straight.
They didn't even acknowledged that I was gay, nobody knew except my close friends.

Just them.
And my parents, of course.

Everyone that knew was supportive though, nobody made a big deal out of it and that made me feel a little more confident with myself and with who I was.

But still, it didn't mean I could just ask any guy to come to prom with me.

I was confident, yes.
I was eccentric, yes.
I was gay, proudly.

But not many guys my age were. And at least in my school, I was the only one.
That's why inviting someone to go with me was out of the equation.

I didn't want to go alone either.
So my decision was simple, not going at all.

That didn't stop my friends from dragging me with them to shop, though.

So, that's how I ended up inside a store on a Saturday, surrounded by multiple suits and tuxedos of all shapes and colors and waiting for Liam to try his chosen options.