Different

Five

"You're inviting us to a party! This is a first!" Niall laughed.

"Well like I said Jess came up to me then Louis was all like 'Oh I'll go too and I'll bring friends', so please come guys!" Harry begged.

"Don't worry we will, mate." Liam smiled. Liam was always so kind while Niall was always so funny. Harry was kinda just awkward. This bothered the boy a lot.

"Thank you," He let out a deep breath. Niall laughed and jumped off of the couch.

"You're so cute Harry" The blonde says while messing with Harry's long ringlets.

"Thank you Niall," Harry blushed looking down, fixing his hair.

"I'm really glad you and Louis hung out last night, it seems like you guys had a lot of fun." Liam brightens the boys mood.

"Yeah and um, well... I'm pretty sure he thought I was asleep but before he went to bed he cuddled into me and said he was glad he had a cuddle buddy," Harry whispers.

"What?! Oh my god! This is so exciting!" Niall fangirls.

"What are you doing?" The brown haired child laughs.

"He has been talking about you a lot around Louis lately. And now that you know him and you two interact, Niall really wants you guys to date now. Not just as a supportive friend thing," Liam explains. Harry softly smiles as his cheeks pink up.

"Oh, um, thanks again Niall."

"Stop being so polite and go see lover boy in last period already!" Niall drags the young boy and his friend along.

As they finally all begin to walk at a normal pace, Harry questions, "Why couldn't Louis just meet us in the lounge? Mrs. Dixon will just make us work!"

"Because, if you wanted him to meet you there you need to tell him yourself. He likes you Harry."

"Niall! Your suppose to shut the he.ll up about that!" Liam scolds.

"Oops, forget I said anything about that," Niall nervously laughs. Harry's eyes widen as the enter the cold classroom.

"Glad to see you boys could make it!" Mrs. Dixon sarcastically smiles. "You realize that Ms.Carey has returned to school and accounted that everyone was to return to class thirty minutes ago."

Niall nudged Harry, as if to tell him to speak up since he was the class pet.

"It was, uh, a-an medical thing. They were, um, with me when-" Harry begins his lie.

"Oh. I apologize boys, please take a seat with your group." Mrs.Dixon looked concerned.

He hated using his medical issues as an excuse. It was unfair and ridiculous. And lying was not good, he learned that the hard way.

"I was worried you guys died or something!" Zayn chuckles.

"Oh my god, your jaw!" Harry chokes up. Harry didn't handle fights very well. Liam rubbed his back to help him calm down.

"Yeah. It's nothing," Zayn assures the boy. But it wasn't nothing. It was cut open and bruised up.

"Is that from Shepherd?" Blondey mumbles. Shepherd... That was one of the boys who picked on Harry whenever he had the opportunity.

"Mhmm," He smiles. "You should see him."

"Yep. We got him back good!" Louis turns to high five his bestfriend.

"Louis..." Harry tears up. When the kitten, his kitten, had a large bruise on his chest that was exposed through his white muscle shirt. Along with a cut on his cheek.

"What's wrong Harry?" Tomlinson furrows his brows.

"Why did you guys get into a fight?" He sniffles.

"Well if it helps the situation Shepherd and his friends started it," The raven haired child shrugged.

"No it doesn't help anything at all," Harry stands up and leaves the room. When the boy gets outside he leans on the wooden door and cries. Oh how fights hurt him. It brought back memories that his brain blocked out for a good reason, a real good one. The boy steadies his breath and slides down the door and sits on the tile. All the voices in the choir room has become whispers, except for two.

"What's his problem?" Louis scoffs. The boys heart cracks a little.

"You know Louis, that's not what Niall or I should tell you. He had a bad past, in fact his back story is really fu.cking dark. Maybe you should stop talking about certain s.hit when you see someone's uncomfortable!" His fatherly figure shouts. He hears footsteps and throws himself to the side as the heavy wood flys open. "Harry please stop crying. Everyone's worried about you."

Harry wipes away his tears, "I know. I'm being a embarrassment. I'm sorry you feel the need to take care of me Liam."

Liam helps the boy up, "On the bright side you barely shed any tears so you don't have red eyes."

Harry holds him in a tight embrace then raises his head to stand tall. He needed to change. Get over all these silly issues. He pushed the door open and everyone is staring.

"What the fuck are you looking at? If you have a problem say it." He spats. Harry was almost shocked as his own words.

"What's your past," Harry hears a whisper.

He walks back over to his seat with Liam, "Doesn't matter, it's not who I am now. Don't worry yourself about it."

The rest of the class went back to usual as requested, more like ordered, by the teacher. But the boys worked quietly, but efficiently despite the fact Harry had a meltdown.

"Harry, I know that I shouldn't tell you this but we did it for you. We just wanted to protect you," Louis whispered.

"What?"

"He threatened to hurt you. So Zayn started to yell at him, and when I came Cole swung at him, and Harry no one hurts my bestfriend, so I helped Zayn out. I'm sorry," Louis frowned.

Harry stared at his exposed knees, and thought. "It's okay Lou, you didn't know."

"Lou?" He smiled.

"Oh I'm sorry, it uh kinda just slipped out."

Louis grinned, "No it's cute. I like it."

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a/n

HARRY AND LOUIS FLIRTING MAKE ME SCREAM