Don't Distract [L.S.]

Twenty-Two

December 24th...

Harry knocked on the door with a big smile, Annie was right beside him as she wagged her tail, and Louis was quick to open the door with a smile. He pulled the younger into a tight hug, "Happy birthday, Lou," Louis smiled, "Thanks, Love,"

The green-eyed boy walked in after pulling away from the hug with Annie close behind him, "Thank you for coming over, I know how hard it is for you to be around a lot of people," Harry smiled, "I wanted to be with you, it's your birthday," Louis kissed his cheek, "Thank you, Haz, it really does mean a lot,"

The smaller's cheeks darkened, making Louis chuckle softly, "Tell me if it gets too much, okay? We can always go to my room if you need to," Harry nodded, "I will, thank you, Lou," Louis kissed his forehead, "Of course, darling,"

~

3 hours later...

The last of Louis' family had just arrived, it was more people than last time and it made Harry nervous. Louis came up behind him and wrapped his arms gently around his waist, making the boy jump slightly. "Sorry, love, are you okay?" Harry shrugged, "J-Just-" Louis kissed his temple, "Come on, let's go to my room and we can talk for a bit, yeah?"

Harry nodded, letting Louis grab his hand as he gently pulled him along and to his room, finding a few of his cousins in his room playing video games. "Out you guys," one of his cousins turned to him, "Come on, we're almost done with this game," Louis shook his head, "No, out, I need to talk to Harry alone,"

The two boys groaned and stood up as they walked out one of them tried to pet Annie, "Don't touch her without Harry's permission, she's a service dog," the boy retracted his hand and apologized before walking out of the room. Louis closed his door and sat on the bed before gently pulling Harry to sit with him, "What's going on love?" 

"P-People keep touching Annie w-without my p-permission and s-she's not able t-to pay her full attention to me a-and it's s-stressing me out. I-It's hard for me t-to tell them not to b-because I-I don't wanna g-get hurt," Louis hugged him, "I'm sorry, love, who's tried to touch her?" Harry shrugged, "I-I don't know their names," Louis kissed his temple, "Okay, that's alright," Louis pushed passed the second thing Harry said to him because he didn't want to stress the boy out more than what he already was.

"Let's just relax here for a bit and then if you feel ready we can go back down and I'll stay with you if you need any help, okay love?" Harry nodded, "Okay," Louis kissed him softly.

~

After about thirty minutes, there was a knock on Louis' door, "Come in," he said softly, it was Johanna who walked through the door a moment later with two plates of food. "I brought up some plates for you two, we've been eating for about ten minutes and I wanted to give you guys some food while it's still hot," 

"Thanks, mum, we'll come down in a bit for cake," Johanna smiled, "Alright, take your time, we won't start the cake until you come back," Louis smiled at her before his mum left them alone again. 

"How are you feeling, Haz?" he asked as he sat up and leaned against the headboard, "Better," he replied as he sat up and did the same. "Good, are you hungry?" Harry nodded with a soft giggle, "Of course, your mum's cooking is amazing," Louis chuckled softly, "Well she loves cooking for you when you come over," 

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