Bittersweet

Part 20

~Part 20~

Looking back over the last few months, it's been a wild ride. Right from the moment you met Harry at the coffee shop right down to you moving into his apartment right now, you reflect on all the things that happened and conclude that you wouldn't do anything different if had the chance to do it all over. All the sneaky touches, the silent moments and late nights spent thinking about how you shouldn't have done something, it all played out well.

What seemed like detrimental moments only led to show how strong your love for each other was and how willing you were to overlook mistakes for the better. It all seems stupid now, worrying about small things that you did or didn't do. You feel like you've been blessed with such a parter; caring, loving, warm, nice butt and shoulders, sharing, intelligent, fit, willingly makes you breakfast every morning and just overall perfect.

There are all these things that shouldn't have happened, yet somehow they slotted in together. Maybe not perfectly, but they did. Who knew that choosing a different coffee shop would lead to such amazing things? If there's one thing that you know, is that you didn't anticipate any of it.

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"Harry!" You call out to him from the bedroom, standing up balancing on the tiny chair. "Do you have my box of clothes labelled 'Summer&Stuff'?" You can hear Harry rustle through some paper on the floor, crunching it underneath his feet. "Yeah! Do you need it?" He replies in a huff. "Yes please!" You have to shout out over the top of the birds chirping outside the window. Damn birds spilling their happiness through song and causing headaches. "Honey don't hate on the birds." Harry chuckles as the paper crackles underfoot as he makes his way to you.

"It's like you can read my mind." You laugh just as Harry comes through the room and places the box on the bed. "I'm forced to listen to you grumbling about them at 4 in the morning every day." A smile taints his lips as he comes over to you. The room is coming along nicely you think. All your clothes are nearly transferred to Harry's wardrobe and he hasn't complained about the amount of space that it takes up which is good. Really he shouldn't complain as he only has like two pair of ripped black skinny jeans and three t-shirts.

"Fall back." Harry gazes up at you as he can see you're barely managing to stay on the tiny chair much longer. Trusting Harry, you fall back into his arms as gracefully as you can. Catching you, he holds you close to his body as he tickles your neck with his curls. "Get off!" You laugh, placing a kiss on his soft lips once he stops. "Mm cherry." You smirk as you can taste the cherry jam you had for breakfast.

You rest back in his arms, eyes glancing around at the room and the new decorations you've put in place. "Soon it'll feel like more comforting." Harry says as he looks around and sees how things have changed. It wasn't easy leaving behind your place and moving in with Harry, but it was a great decision. It'll never feel like home though, these walls are stained with 'Harry' and it can't change.

"As soon as uni is over and we are on the right path, we'll find our own place. And we'll have everything you want; a place to grow strawberries, a spa bath to relax and a place for the kids to run around." Harry envisions the whole complex in his mind. "Kids?" You gulp down and look at him questioningly. "Just saying," he carries you out of the room and to the living room, "it's just that I see you and me starting a family that's all." You don't dwell on the thought for too long as you've got other things on your mind right now, but you do see yourself and Harry as parents.

Harry sets you down on the couch and you sit there in comfortable silence. "I hope I didn't scare you." Harry adds in a chuckle. "No no, just that I'm still getting used to the thought of us living together. Like under the same roof. It's just weird." You say truthfully as it all clouds your head. "I know it's hard, but it means that I get to kiss you any time I want." Harry leans over and starts kissing your cheeks; left, right, left, right.

"God I love you." You add in between laughs as you lay on your back staring into Harry's eyes. "Love you too." He adds a final kiss to your lips before getting up and helping you off. You've already unpacked about half your boxes and it's starting to look more and more like a shared living space already.

You've put some photo frames up in mix with Harry's, the toiletries are out and Harry's already complained about the mass of hair products - 'do you really need all that?!'- and you've put small bits and bobs everywhere. You spend the rest of the afternoon unpacking your items and relocating them around Harry's flat, squeezing things here and there.

"I love it." Harry chuckles as you put the last cd in the cupboard. "I truly love it." He smiles wide, dimples showing either side of his cheeks. "Just in time for your parents." You add with a bit of a huff. Harry's parents are coming down in a week to see you since apparently they've heard so much from Harry they had to come down to see who had taken his heart.

A week gives you enough time to settle into things and be calm enough to meet the family. "They'll love you, you're adorable." Harry assures you as he hauls you in towards him by your waist. "I just hope they don't bring up any awkward stories about me and don't listen to Gemma when she talks about me." He gives a soft warning.

"I'll make sure to listen to every word she says." You reply with a cheeky grin as you imagine meeting the family and their reactions towards you. You hope they like you and you get along well, otherwise it'll be really bad. But you have faith that they will because if they're anything like Harry who's easygoing, funny and calm you'll be fine. "Now I was promised some things this morning when you said we'll finish unpacking." Harry tries to subtly remind you your morning deal that you made with him. "Well I don't know, let's go and see?" You wink and run to the bedroom, Harry trailing behind you.

Harry climbs on top of you on the bed as his eyes stare down into yours. "Let's see." He smirks. At this moment, you can't be happier. Things have turned out marvelously; Harry's yours, you live with him now and you get to see his stunning smile every morning. With that in mind, you smile. You truly do.

Fin~

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[A/N]

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