They found Louis and Harry the next day, cuddled up with each other.
They woke Louis up first.
"Sir? Sir? Prince Louis? Get up!"
Louis sat up.
"The hell do you want?" He grumbled.
"I have some important news.
First off, the rebels didn't do too much damage. They burned about 25 homes, as in people who work in the castle. The second thing is, they have called for war, and King Jason requests that you deal with it. He claims that you 'need to learn what it's like'. Also....sir, what are you doing?"
Louis rubbed his head.
"Of course. What do you mean what am I doing? I was sleeping!"
The guard shook his head.
"No. Why were you all over...him, sir? He's a maid. You can't sleep with a maid. Bet you didn't know he's a five. He got lucky. Don't screw this up."
Louis stood up immediately.
"First off, mate, who the hell do you think you are telling me who I can and can not date? Second of all, the fuck cares if he's a-"
Harry stirred.
"Louis, what are you-" Harry stopped talking immediately when he saw the guard there.
Louis got even more mad.
"Look what you've done, mate. You've got and woken him up. I can walk back to the damn castle. If I ever see you again, it will be your last day on earth. Get the hell out of my face." Louis gritted his teeth and talked so low that Harry couldn't hear him, but the guard heard him crystal clear.
"Y-yes sir." He quickly walked out.
"Louis?" Harry whined.
"Yes, baby?" Louis looked over at him.
"Are we going home now?"
"Yes, kitten. Let's go. Can you walk, or do you need help?"
"I can walk." Harry said.
He stood up, and immediately fell back down in a grimace.
Louis chuckled.
"It's ok, I got you babe." Louis kissed Harry on the cheek, and put him on his back. They walked back to the castle, just enjoying the last few real moments they had together.
As they were walking, Louis stared at Harry. And that's when he realized he was in love with Harry. He had been this entire time, but he's just now realizing it.
~
As soon as they walked in the castle, they were told to go to the King's office.
"Are you alright, son?" He asked.
"Yeah. I'm amazing." He looked at Harry, and Harry blushed.
Jason looked between them, then continued.
"Well, that's good. Now we can continue the selection. Bad news though. Half of the girls were killed, so that leaves you with 8. Also, there were a lot of homes that the rebels burned down. There were homes of people that work here, and......" He paused. "Harry's house was one of them. Everyone in your family has passed, except for your dad."
Harry stared at him for a second, then started laughed.
"You're kidding right? My mom and my sister are dead? You've gotta be kidding. This isn't funny."
Jason just stared at him in response.
Harry laugher died down.
Then he looked down, and didn't say anything else.
Louis could tell he was about to cry, so he took over.
"H-hey, Dad, we're gonna go. Love you, see you in a minute."
Harry and Louis stood up.
They didn't say anything until they got into Louis' room.
Louis locked the door and immediately gave Harry a hug.
"Baby.....it's ok, we're gonna get through this. You can stay in my room. It'll-"
"No! Y-you don't understand!
M-my mom and sister are d-dead! You have your family! T-they were my everything. My dad abuses me....they were my family. Now I have nobody but my dad, who every time he sees me, he abuses me! Fuck!"
Louis didn't say anything, he just walked forwards and embraced Harry while he cried on his shirt.
"I'm gonna go take a shower." Harry whispered.
When he came back, Louis was laying on his bed, reading a book. Louis looked at Harry.
"Hey, babe, are you ok?"
Harry looked down.
"I'm not sure if I'll be truly ok for a while."
Louis patted the spot on his bed.
Harry walked over and laid on top of Louis, laying his head on his chest.
"I love you. I'm sorry for screaming at you." Harry whispered.
"Aww, baby, you're worried about that? Don't. It's ok." Louis kissed the top of Harry's head.
A few hours later, Harry had fallen asleep, and Louis was still up. (Yes, he took a shower.)
Louis walked to the window.
His eyes went wide.
"Holy shit! Harry!" He ran over to Harry and shook him awake.
"What the hell do you want?" Harry mumbled.
Louis grabbed Harry's arm. Harry immediately jumped up.
"Ow! Ow! Stop! Let go!" Louis dropped Harry's arm.
Suddenly, Harry's arm started to bleed.
Louis stared at him.
"Harry! What the hell?! I thought you stopped doing that!"
"I-I did it while I was in the shower." Harry whispered.
"Babe, you can't keep doing this. You're hurting yourself, and I don't know what I would do with myself if you bled out or something."
"It makes me feel better."
Louis' heart dropped, but he didn't like seeing his baby sad, so he just dropped it.
"Ok. It's ok. Let's just go back to bed."
"N-no, wait. What did you wanna show me?"
"Never mind it. Let's just sleep. I'm exhausted."
Harry looked at him for a second, then nodded.
"Ok."
They got back into bed. Harry laid beside Louis. Louis wrapped his arms around Harry, and put his face in Harry's hair.
"I love you." Harry said.
"Don't say that." Louis said.
Harry turned over.
"What does that mean?"
"Instead of saying 'I love you.' Just say Marry Me. I will marry you one day, Harold Styles, so don't give up on me." Louis mumbled.
"Never." Harry smiled. He turned back over.
Few minutes later, Louis spoke again.
"Marry me."
Harry smiled.
"Always."
