A Year of Celebration

September 30 to October 2, Octoberfest, Munich, Germany

Once again, they spent some time home in England before they flew to Germany at the end of September to attend Octoberfest. Harry learned his lession in Sweden and didn't buy letherhosen for the event. Instead, they made sure to disguise themselves before they went out to drink beer, jumping from tent to tent, blowing off some steam.

Octoberfest was nice, but they both agreed that they preferred the playful festivals they attended so far.
"I think the Mud festival in South Korea is my favourite." Harry said.

"Pamplona definitely for me." Louis replied.

Harry rolled his eyes at him.
"Of course."

"Aright, I might be something of an adrenaline junkie, not gonna lie. Remember when I did that bucket list thing with Richard? Loved the fast cars. Loved it!" Louis said.

"Yeah, I could see that. I mean, I drove too, remember? I was mostly scared, to be honest." Harry chuckled.

"Really? Well, you did it anyway." Louis smiled and took a dip of his beer.

"Yeah." Harry beamed. He looked around to make sure that no one recognized them. It didn't seem like it. He relaxed again.

"Lottie called earlier, by the way. Lucky loves all the toys we bought him for his birthday. She wasn't loving the drum set, though." Louis chuckled.

"That was the best one!" Harry laughed. They had both attended Lucky's birthday party at the beginning of August.

"He's so cute!" Harry said dreamily.

"Obviously. He has the Tomlinson gene." Louis smirked jokingly.

Harry looked sad all of a sudden. Louis took his hand over the table.
"Hey, what it is, love?" He asked softly.

"I really want kids, Lou." Harry sighed unhappily.

"Me too, Haz, and we will one day." Louis answered.

"But I want them now! My sister is a mum, your sisters... I always thought I would be a dad before thirty." Harry pouted.

"Harry, you know this is a complex thing. We can't have a baby and be closeted. We have contracts. And touring? We're both in the middle of our solo careers. I mean, how would that even work practically?" Louis said.

"I know all that!" Harry huffed.

"I know you know. This is something that needs to be discussed properly, and perhaps not here... but I'm open to having that discussion." Louis said.

"Yeah?" Harry smiled.

"Absolutely. We should have some kind of time frame. A plan, you know what I mean? There are a lot of factors to consider here." Louis said.

"I guess..." Harry sighed. "Since when are you the voice of reason?" He smirked.

"Since I got grey and old." Louis chuckled.

"You're not old, Lou, and you know how much I love your silver streaks. So sexy." Harry smiled.

"Thanks, love." Louis smiled back.

They ordered another round of beer. Louis noticed that Harry seemed happier after their little talk. So that was what had been on his mind. A baby? Were they ready for all that? Not just a baby but everything that came along with it? So much would change.