Look After You

Michael

"Um.. Lou?" Harry ask in concern, approaching closer to him.

Louis finally snaps out of it and turns towards Harry.

Harry frowns, "are you alright?"

Louis takes his hands and rubs his face a bit, then shuffles his hair.

"M'fine, I just... Don't feel good."

As confused as Harry was, he didn't want to push Louis to tell him what's wrong.

"You can talk to me Lou, remember that." Harry places his hand on Louis arm and gives a comforting squeeze.

Louis looks over to the two boys, seated at the table and waiting for their piece of cake.

"Uh.. yea, but.." Louis begins and motions towards the kids.

Harry looks back and heads over to the table, handing the boys their pieces. Their eyes open wide in excitement.

"Adrian, after you finish eating, why don't you put a movie on for you two." Harry suggest, trying to think of a way to keep them occupied while he talked to Louis.

"Yes!! We can watch Lion King!" Michael yells, Adrian smiles and nods in agreement.

Harry heads to the TV and puts in the movie, while the boys finished eating, Harry leads Louis to his room and sits him on the bed near the frame. Harry sits in front of him, pulling out the blanket and handing him some.

Louis hasn't said a word since, just accepting the blanket and snuggling into one of Harry's pillows.

"Lou?" Harry ask.

Louis eyes gaze up and meet Harry's.

"It's about Michael.."

Harry nods, "if you ever feel uncomfortable, you can stop. I won't push you to tell me."

Louis nods knowingly. He lets out a deep breath before he begins.

"I had just began college. I was majoring in Arts, mostly theater production and acting. There was this girl, her name was Miley. You could give her a person and a place and she would impersonate them perfectly. She also had the most beautiful voice I've ever heard," he chuckles, stuffing his face more into the pillow.

"We were close, I was always the one who got the male lead and she would get the female. We had so much fun together, she was the first person I told when I realized I didn't find an attraction to woman, she encouraged me to tell my family and protected me from anyone who put me down because of it."

"She sounds like a wonderful person." Harry adds, wishing there was a person like that around him.

"She was.. but," he stops. Harry moves in further and places his hands on the sides on Louis legs. Louis looks up and Harry nods his head, he trust Harry. Harry made him feel comfortable and safe. He can tell him this.

"One night, she came home and she looked... Distraught, like all the life was taken out of her body. I tried to get her to tell me anything, but she refused. I didn't know what else to do, so I just let it go, trying to help her anyway I could but I never felt like it was enough."

He takes a pause, the his voice begins to shake, so does his body and his eyes tear up. Harry instantly takes him in his arms and Louis moves into the embrace.

"N-nine months later, Michael w-was born. T-thats when she told me she was raped." Tears fall down his face and his words choke out. Harry holds him tight, shocked at what he's hearing, but regardless he needs to make Louis feel okay with telling him this.

"She never went to the cops, the doctors, nothing!" Rage begins to come out, but Harry controls it by rubbing his back and running his fingers through his hair.

"She never told me who. But after she gave birth, she was too exhausted to continue and..."

"Lou." Harry tries to get him to stop but something inside of Louis told him to keep going.

"The doctors said she lost too much blood. I was the only one there. She had no family, no friends, she just had me. She told the doctors to leave the child in my custody.."

"I signed the birth certificate, I entered the hospital with my best friend, but left with a baby! I was only 18, what was I going to do with a baby!!" He yells out, tears pouring out.

"I went home and didn't know what to do. I called Mason. Mason was my boyfriend at the time. He helped me raise Michael."

"But Mason became possessive of me, he never let me leave the house and always wanted me to stay with Michael, not able to get a job or continue my studies. He even took out all of the things connected to the outside world. The worst was when he got mad, he would... He would hit me and throw things at Michael's crib, I was terrified."

Louis gets up from Harry and sits up.

"But I managed to get away, I took Michael and we left, I went to my mums. I never told her any of it, not to worry her."

"That bastard.." Harry's whispers under his breath.

"And now, I've lost him. I'm free. And... I'm with you." Louis looks up to Harry and smiles, wiping Harry's cheek, he was crying a bit himself.

Louis looks to Harry and gently grabs his face, caressing his cheeks.

"You make me feel, safe. And for that, I'll always be here for you Peaches." He smiles.

Harry chuckles, "same here, boobear."

Louis didn't mention Sarah's threats about Mason. He just entrusted Harry with his past, so he'll tell him when the time is right. He first needed to find out how Sarah knows so much about everything.

Who was she?

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❤-Lina