little ; ms

24

"harry..." simon spoke warningly, harold hummed smiling at him. simon turned into the driveway, with a nervous smile on his face. harry noticed the amount of cars outside of the house.

"is there a party or something?" harry giggled, but when he looked at simon his face turned to confusion. harry frowns weakly. "minter? what's happening?"

"i totally forgot the boys were coming over, so you might have an impromptu interrogation." simon says apologizingly. harry sighs looking back at the house. it was now darker than when they left and the cars were very blurry to see which the naked eye but harry could make out two more cars in the driveway so he believed there wasn't that many who had come.
"it'll be fine, they're really laid back guys if you like jj you'll totally be fine."

"how many people are here?" harry asked innocently, trying not to show his nervousness. simon had shrugged and had brought his hand down to rub harry's thigh which calmed him down a little bit, but he was still drop dead nervous. "okay."

"are you sure? i can just tell them to all leave." simon said, really not wanting to stress him more than he already is. the younger nodded, sucking up his scared self and stepping out of the car. simon quickly places his glasses back and hurries out of the car with his keys and leftovers they both had. simon took harry's hand as harry dragged him inside the home. they tried to dodge the kitchen but jj was there to catch them.

"nuh uh, not so fast minter." jj taunted. simon sighed before turning to him and then looked towards harry who had smiled and had happily walked to the kitchen. simon not far behind him. simon once he instantly walked into the kitchen was bombarded with hugs by many people that harry really didn't recognize. once harry got his simon back, his friends started to speak.

"so, whos the boyfriend minter?" lewis questioned, as simon rolled his eyes and harry let out a little giggle, holding onto his hand once again.

"this is harry." simon says softly, his hand safely moving to harry's back, holding him in a firm way. harry smiles, looking around at each person before smiling and speaking.

"hi." he said shyly, quickly looking back at simon, then down once he caught josh's dead glance at him.

"huh. how did minter snag you? is this a ploy?" the boy in the back pips, slowly causing the others to laugh and release the tension as harry lets out a giggle.

"you guys are d-bags. i am perfectly capable of finding a boyfriend, ethan." simon retaliates, a little hint of red left from embarrassment scattered on his face.

"oh, si, no ones saying you aren't capable. we're just saying you are THAT capable." another boy in a hat replies erupting even more laughter from the boys, simon just shaking his head.

"can i excuse myself now?" he says duly, looking at the boy who just spoke and ethan. josh moves to speak,

"he hasn't spoken a word, minter. atleast let him talk." josh said calmly. simon turns to give harry a look, like he doesn't have to talk if he doesn't want to. but harry just gives him a nod, before detaching himself from his boyfriend.

"you guys are really funny, i don't know how you deal with simon and his plain jokes." harry muffles, causing the group to laugh again. simon rolls his eyes, but smiles at harry.

"i like him." jj said, chowing down on his pasta he had grabbed early. ethan sighs towards him.

"you like anyone, olajide. you aren't hard to please." ethan snickers, causing a bottle to be thrown at him full throttle.

harry ended up speaking to the group for awhile, while simon just lingered in the conversation. seemingly mostly speaking to jj, but it didn't bother harry much. he was just glad to get along with  the rest of the group.

once people started to leave, simon took that as the cue that they could exit as well. saying quick goodbyes, he drags harry up the stairs, pulling him into his room.

simon flops down on his bed, letting out a huge groan causing harry to giggle. he goes to sit on the bed next to him.

"what's wrong, you big baby?" harry jokes, moving his fingers to lace with his hair and slowly massaging him. simon moves his face to the side, showing off his features.

"they're so obnoxious, i swear i don't know i deal with them." he said, closing his eyes and groaning once more. harry just clicks his tongue.

"they're so cool! i wish i had friends like you, simon. i liked them a lot." harry says softly, causing simon to feel a little bad. he sits up, going to pull him into his lap, harry sitting delicately.

"it's okay, baby. they liked you too, for sure. any friend of mine is a friend of yours, okay?" he said, stroking his cheek, harry slowly leaning into it. simon lets out a small smile at the facial expression of his boyfriend.

"baby?" harry starts, simon just lets out a small hum in response. and harry diligently continues to his sentence. "what were you and jj talking about when i was talking to the guys?"

simon chuckles, pulling himself up to leave a small peck onto harry's lips. it's soft and meaningless, but he didn't forget his question. "nothing that you need sorry your pretty head about, darling." he says confidently.

"but it had to be, you were talking for so long." harry recounts, his hands going to rest on the tops of simon's shoulders. simon goes to shake his head though.

"if it was something important, i would of told you, baby. nothing for you to be worried about, okay?" simon says quietly but firm as well into harry's ear. "now are you tired? because i sure know i am."

"fucking exhausted."