We Will Find a Way Through the Dark (Larry Stylinson)

Chapter Fourteen

"Aiden?! What are you doing here?!" Louis exclaimed.

"I'm on break now. I took my last final a few days earlier so that I could come home earlier. Mum told me that we had a new family member and I wanted to come meet him." Aiden turned around and shot his hand out towards Harry. "Hi! It's nice to meet you! I'm Aiden as you probably figured out."

"Hi. I'm Harry." He said shyly, shaking Aiden's hand.

"You have been the big topic of conversation anytime I talked to mum so it's nice to finally meet you." He said, smiling.

"What did Jay say about me?" Harry asked, worried.

"Just that you had been in a bad situation and you were living with us now. She didn't tell me any details if that's what you're worried about."

Harry nodded, grateful that Jay wasn't just blabbing his life story to other people. He wanted it to be his decision when he told people.

"Anyways do you know why mum was laughing when I came downstairs?" Aiden asked.

Louis' face turned red. "Um she was probably laughing at me."

"She was like dying. What did you do?" Aiden asked, starting to laugh himself.

"Um nothing."

"Mhm, sure. But anyways, mum wanted me to ask you guys if you wanted to go out to eat with us or if you were too 'busy'."

Louis' face, which had finally returned to a normal color, turned red again, and scowled, "No we are definitely not too busy."

Harry had also been blushing profusely since Jay had made the original comment.

"Ohhhhhhhh." Aiden said, apparently realizing something. "Wait, are you two like dating?"

Louis had told Aiden he was gay before he even told Jay. He figured that if Aiden could accept him then his mum could too.

Louis and Harry whipped their heads around to face each other and Louis said, "ummmm."

"You are, aren't you? Does mum know? Cause she also said you guys are sharing a room."

"It kinda just happened." Louis said, partially admitting to dating Harry.

"Well don't do anything stupid." Aiden said turning around to leave. "We're gonna leave in like fifteen minutes. Be ready."

Aiden walked out after he was finished talking, and Louis turned to Harry. "I'm sorry about him. Sometimes I think he knows more about me than I do."

Harry just nodded, agreeing that Aiden was a little intimidating.

"Before we go, I just wanna know. Have you had any other boyfriends or girlfriends? You don't have to tell me if you don't want to though." Harry asked, curious as to whether or not Louis had been with someone before.

"I kind of had one right after my dad died. But I don't really think I had the greatest intentions when I was with him."

"What do you mean by that?" Harry asked, intrigued by Louis' answer.

"Well I guess I was looking for an escape. And I did stuff with him that I regret. But it's obviously too late to change everything I've done so I've accepted that."

"Have you um..." Harry started to ask, but decided maybe he shouldn't.

"You can ask me. I'm not gonna get mad."

"Um did you have sex with him?"

"I'm going to be completely honest with you. I did, and I regret it, but what's done is done."