Disability one shots, leaving taboos behind and giving awareness about day to day struggles.
Please note that whaterer is described here does not intend to represent every person with a disability. It just aplies to a particular person in a certain...
"Happy birthday to youu, happy birthday to youu. Happy birthday my dear Hazza, happy birthday to youu..."
Harry blinked his eyes open a few times to let them adjust to the bright light coming from the lamp. He scrunched his nose and slowly lifted his hands, gesturing to the facemask he now had to wear while sleeping.
Louis carefully unstrapped it and helped Harry lift his head from the pillow to take it off.
"Ouch" Harry complained jokingly when his hair stuck to the velcro strap.
"Sorry" Louis apologized, gently separating his hairs and pushing them behind Harry's ear after leaving the mask aside.
"How did you get here so early, Lou? Visiting hours don't start until 9" Harry smiled, glad that Louis was the first one to wake him and not a random nurse who probably wouldn't even know it was his birthday.
"Convinced me mum to come with her to work and annoyed her until she let me in" Louis grinned innocently.
"Only you..." Harry shook his head.
"How are you feeling. Really?" Louis asked, pulling the covers up and laying beside him.
" 'm feeling better. I got new meds for my heart and wearing the mask at night helps. I wake up with a bit more energy at least" Harry replied.
He had been in the hospital since the breathing scare because his lung infection hat gotten worse and his regular heart tests had been altered. So. Here he was, spending his birthday in a hospital.
"Hmm. That's good. I've got a present for you..." Louis hummed, turning to get a box from the chair beside the bed.
"Oh, thanks Lou!" Harry exclaimed pushing the button to lift the upper part of the bed.
"It's a combined present with your mum but she said it was okay if I gave it to you. I chose it but the ticket is inside if you want to change it to somet-" Louis explained, shutting up at Harry's raised eyebrows.
Harry's nimble fingers moved around the wrapping, slowly tearing up until the box was revealed.
"Lou, that's amazing! Where did you find this?" Harry exclaimed, his eyes wide when he realised what it was.
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"Found it online. I thought it'd make using your computer easier for you. And it's wireless so you can even use it from your wheelchair or bed if you want" Louis shrugged.
"Cm'ere" Harry made grabby hands at Louis, holding him as strongly as his weak arms allowed when he got closer and hugged him.
"You like it then?" Louis asked, his face still buried in Harry's neck.
" 'Course I do. I can't wait to set it up" Harry smiled and kissed Louis' cheek.
"I- I-" Louis blushed pulling away.
"What? Is everything okay, Lou?" Harry asked in concern as it was rare for Louis to struggle with his words.
"I- No. No. Everything's fine... I just... I need to tell you something but you have to promise you'll still be my friend if I tell you... Promise?" Louis stuttered bitting his lip and searching Harry's eyes.
"You're being weird, Lou. But of course I promise. We'll always be friends" Harry nodded.
"Um... Okay. Right. I'll just... Okay..." Louis wiped his sweaty hands on his pants. "I... I think I l-like you. Like, like like you" He wishpered, bitting his lips and hiding his blushing cheeks in his hands.
Harry sat there with wide eyes, not knowing what to say. Had his best friend, who he had had a crush on since forever, just said he liked him too?
"Um... Okay... I'll just... I have to g-go" Louis chocked, failing at keeping his tears in and stood up.
"Don't. Don't run away from me when you know I can't follow... I- I like like you too. A lot" Harry failed to grab him by his jumper.
"Y-you do?" Louis turned to him with a parted mouth, sitting back on the bed and whipping his tears away.
"Mhm" Harry nodded reaching for Louis and pulling him closer.
"I- c-can I?" Louis breathed out looking down at Harrys red lips and back at his green wide eyes.
Harry bit his lip and nodded slightly, rubbing his nose with Louis' before the blue eyed boy closed the space between them and let their lips touch for a second.
Louis pulled away with a giggle, leaning back down when he saw Harry was trying to get him closer again.
Their lips touched once more, and again and again and again. Each time letting them together for a bit longer until they were both a giggling mess and settled for resting their foreheads and noses together.
And maybe when Anne arrived she stopped at the door and walked back out with a smile without any them noticing that it had been opened in the first place.
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5 years later (20 years old)
"Hey, Haz. What time is your exam?" Louis asked, pecking his boyfriend's lips when he found him in their uni's library as usual.
"Just before lunch. Let me kiss you properly" Harry replied, moving his index finger to make Louis come closer again.
He did, taking Harry's nearly limp hand in his and moulding their lips together, letting their tongues roam eachothers mouth.
They parted when the librarian cleared his throat, keeping their hands together as Harry's continued studying from his computer and Louis played with his fingers and pretended to read.
"Lou. I really don't want to ask for this but Paul's sick and I really need to go to the bathroom" Harry wishpered scrunching his nose.
Paul was his usual assistant in college.
" 'kay. Let's go. Which bathroom has your crane?" Louis squeezed Harry's hand and stood up, picking up their things.
"I love you" Harry smiled, glad that Louis was trying to make everything normal even if he always tried to avoid having him help him with 'that' if he could.
"Love you too" Louis kissed him as they exited the library.
They entered the bathroom and Louis placed the harness under Harry's back and thighs before pulling his pants down and lifting him with the crane and to the toilet.
"I'll wait outside for a bit. I don't want to die yet. Call me when you need me" Louis teased and winked after lowering him on the seat and making sure the security strap was secured around Harry's chest.
"Fuck you" Harry chuckled as Louis closed the door.
"After your exam, Haz... Honestly. Can't you wait until we're back home?" Louis replied, putting his music on to give Harry some more privacy.
"Ha! As if you wouldn't let me if I asked" Harry bit back.
"Maybe" Louis shrugged from the other side of the door.
Harry called Louis back in to help him clean up and back to the chair after a few minutes. Once they were done, Louis threw his gloves away, -he always used them when helping him go to the bathroom and such as they had found it to help differentiate between caregiving and intimacy-, washed his hands and they both parted with a long kiss to go to their respective classes.
And if after Harry's exam they skipped lunch and rushed to his parents house, which they knew would be empty until much later, to make sure there still was a big difference between caregiving and intimacy then no one had to know. Except maybe their poor neighbors. After all, they were two twenty year-olds best friends who happened to be in love.
