Chocolate Kisses // ☆

•the one where harry stops caring•

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Harry leaned against his locker, eyes looking fervently across the sea of people in the hallway. When they met a cool brown he pushed himself away from the wall and walked determined towards Zayn.

Zayn only locked eyes with him. His friends were at his sides but Harry didn't care, he cared that Zayn was the reason Louis had cried the night before.

"We need to talk." Harry exclaimed.

"What about?" Zayn asked calmly.

"Just know that we need to talk." Harry muttered. Zayn got a huge smile on his face.

"Oh, lemme guess, the new school slut?" Zayn hi-fived one of his friends.

Harry got up to his face, he pushed him against his locker. "You know that's a fuxking lie."

"How would you know. What haven't you not seen how loose he is?" And oh he did not just say that. Harry pulled his hand back, his other keeping Zayn upright.

"Harry. Stop." A soft voice piped up. A warm hand grabbed his hand. Harry relinquished in the soothing touch before yanking his hand away. He dropped Zayn who only smirked as if he had won. Harry brushed past Louis.

Louis sighed and watched him leave. He noticed he was alone with Zayn's stupid friends. He glared at Zayn, Zayn only winked in turn. Louis glanced away in clear disgust. He shook his head and started walking back to his locker.

There he looked around for Harry but he wasn't anywhere in sight. Liam however was. Liam walked up to him and helped him carry his books as well as his own. Louis smiled at him and thanked him. They walked to their classes together, all the while Louis tried to ignore everyone's side glance towards him. Liam noticed but he didn't bother to comment on it, already knowing the reasoning behind the hateful glares.

"How's Harry?" Liam asked as they settled into their chairs for class.

Louis shrugged, "still as arrogant as ever."

Just then a group of guys walked up to them. Louis knew them from the football team, that and Harry completely hated these four guys.

"Ignore them," Louis muttered lowly to Liam, and he went to open his textbook and grab a notebook.

"Hey, Louis!" One of them piped up, while the other three laughed like it was the funniest thing ever. Louis only kept his eyes down on his book. The guy, named Eric, had brown wavy hair and blue eyes, he was lean. His hand felt cold, as his fingers gripped Louis' chin to make him look up. Louis pulled back angrily. Eric smiled in amusement. "Well then don't fucking ignore me you shit." He muttered, the smile still on his face.

Louis went back to his book, even though he felt like climbing over the desk and punching Eric's face. He didn't. He didn't have to. Eric tried to make a grab for his hand but before Louis or Eric knew it Liam was standing up and pushing him away. "Don't touch him, he doesn't like that. Now leave." He said, his usually warm voice now cold. Eric looked completely pissed off, and maybe that was because no one expected that from shy and quiet Liam Payne, and he probably hates that he let this usually laid back person sort of show how weak he is.

Eric cussed a lot and left with his friends all bewildered at what just happened. As they left the room, Harry walked in, Harry's eyes zeroed in on them and then flickered over to Louis.

"What happened?" Harry asked as he took his seat beside Louis.

"People being their usual form of stupidity. Nothing big." Louis exclaimed.

Harry ignored him and turned to Liam. "What really happened?"

"They were picking on Louis, I told him to leave. Eric grabbed Louis' chin, and Louis pulled back and they laughed and then I intervened basically." Liam spilled.