Identity || Larry Stylinson (A.U)

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Louis looked around quickly to check if Niall was at school today as he got out of his car. He knew that Niall was also taking some of the same courses as him, which included first period. Louis sighed in relief when he saw that Niall hadn't parked in his assigned area and prayed that he was away and not late.

After gathering his belongings from the boot of his car, Louis walked into the campus and straight to first period. He didn't have time to sit around this morning, considering he slept in. Truly, he didn't want to come across Niall so he arrived later than usual.

Once reaching the room, he took a seat and waited for 5 minutes for the lesson to start, hoping that Niall wouldn't pop in, considering their desks were right beside one another.

"Did you hear?" A girl's voice was heard across the room. It was common in the university that people would talk a little too loudly. He doesn't know the girl as well because the classes' ages are mixed. She's in second year of college while Louis is still in first and still an 19 year old 'child.'

"There's a new kid coming to the school today. Replacing that pink-haired kid." The girl continues.

Louis' ears pricked up when he heard about the news. He tuned in to listen to the conversation, not because he wants to appear stalker-like or anything, considering the fact that he doesn't even know the girls.

"Yeah, heard he's from Cheshire." The other girl replies. Louis isn't facing their way as that would give it away a little too much. Instead he is pretending to be reading over notes.

"Oh that's great." The first girl says with a little excitement in her voice. "I hope he's hot."

Louis can't help but snicker at the comment. He does so quietly though, so the girls don't hear him. He feels weird listening to their conversation but he's interested and also is finds it quite amusing.

"Shut up Georgie, you have a boyfriend." The second girl says. Louis can hear 'Georgie' sigh and her chair squeaks while she turns on it.

"Well, I don't like him anymore." Georgie rebuts and Louis rolls his eyes. He finds it sort of annoying the way that these girls are acting. It's not like it's just them. There are quite a few boys in the campus which act the same way. He just doesn't like the people in his college very much. They're all stuck up rich kids who paid to get their way in.

"Georgie you only hooked up 2 days ago."

"Well, it's a free country isn't it?" Georgie says, just as the teacher walks in.

Even though lectures may be the most uneventful and boring part of Louis' day, he still takes an effort to concentrate, Even if he loses that concentration 5 minutes into the lesson.

Niall doesn't end up coming after half an hour through the lesson. However there is a knock at the door and Louis' heart sinks when he realises that it's probably Niall and the only seat available is next to him.

However, through the door, Niall doesn't appear. Instead, a tall boy with dark brown hair walks in. As he walks in, he hands his note to the teacher. Louis assumes this is the new boy.

He looks towards Louis and their eyes meet for a second. He recognises Louis from somewhere but Louis doesn't think the same. To Louis, Harry's face is new and unfamiliar.

"Class, this is Harry Styles. He's joining us in this class for the rest of the year." The teacher announces and tells Harry to sit next to Louis. Harry is sort of worried in case Louis recognises the Styles in his name and the hair, but Louis doesn't recognise anything at all.

"Hey, I'm Louis." Louis whispers as Harry sits down on the desk beside him.

Louis is hoping to become friends with Harry in hope of actually having some fun this year with Niall being all moody and everything, however Harry is just praying that he won't realise that Styles1993 and himself are the same person.

"I kn-I mean, nice to meet you." Harry quickly saves himself from saying something he'd regret. Louis doesn't notice the stumble too much and focuses his attention back at the teacher before he gets told off to shut up.

The rest of the class goes on as an average class would. After the end of the class, Louis picks up his bags to go for his break between 1st and 2nd period. He decides not to disturb Harry.

"Hey, do you know where classroom 203 is?" Harry asks as he gets up and follows Louis out the door. Louis nods and assures that he'll show the way. Louis takes the time to realise how much taller Harry is than himself and sighs.

Lifting an eyebrow at the random sigh, Harry sits down next to Louis on a table.

"Are you sure you want to sit here?" Louis asks, thinking that Harry probably doesn't want to associate with him. Louis couldn't stop himself from putting himself down after he screwed up everything with Niall. He always goes to take the blame, just as instinct.

Harry nods and raises his eyebrows. Louis can't help but notice how green his eyes are and smile faintly to himself.

"Of course. What's wrong with sitting here?" Harry asks, but not rudely. Louis shrugs his shoulders and takes out a packet of crisps from his bag. Harry copies and pulls out a popper juice. Louis can't help but laugh at the sight. "What are you laughing about?"

Trying his hardest not to laugh too, Harry pouts his lip. Louis' laugh was just contagious, even though they had only met a little more than an hour ago.

"Juice pops? Are you 7?" Louis says, running a hand through his slightly gelled hair and fixing it up. Harry stuck his tongue out, proving Louis' point. "Pretty much a 7 year old in a... however old you are, body."

"Pretty much 17." Harry says but starts laughing when he sees Louis struggle to get the chip packet to open. Louis frowns at him but then goes on trying to open it again.

"Need help with that?" Harry smirks and Louis shakes his head. After a few more seconds of trying to open it, Louis gives in and lets Harry open it for him. "Here." Harry says when he finally stops laughing his ass off.

"How did you do that?" Louis says in awe. Harry finds it cute how Louis gets amazed by such little things. With the thought in his mind, he smiles and forgets to answer Louis. "Hello? Are you brain-dead?" Louis says and Harry wakes up from his thoughts.

"I'm good with my hands." Harry says and Louis, of course, thinks about the statement in a wronger context.

"And I'm good with my dick." Louis says and Harry nearly spits his juice out everywhere whilst Louis starts laughing at Harry's disturbed face.

Louis is the same online as he is in real life to Harry. Sure, he's a little less confident and more shy but Harry wouldn't describe him as reserved. He's just afraid of stuffing up, but then again so is Harry. He's just worried about what Louis would think if he told him that he was the same guy he was texting.

Harry knows that it would be best to tell him now before things go out of control but he just can't. He doesn't want to hurt the cute little boy. Maybe he could tell him tomorrow over text.

One more day can't hurt, can it?

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I hate studying -_-

~Lord