One Of Her Students.

Chapter Seven

It was around 6:00 when Niall arrived to pick Harry up and take him to his home. Harry had just gotten into the shower and Eleanor had some meeting to go to so it was just Louis who had to keep him company. When Louis heard a light knock on the door, he got up off of the couch and opened it. He found a blonde boy with blue eyes. He opened his mouth to speak, but Niall spoke first - his Irish accent obvious. 

"Hi mate, Harry’s here, yeah?" He asked, peaking into the house. 

"Yeah, he’s in the shower. You can come in and wait for him, if you’d like. I’m Louis by the way. Niall right?"

Niall walked inside, giving Louis a nod. “Yep, Nialler it is!” He let out a loud laugh and walked over to Louis’ couch, sitting down. Louis joined him and sat next to him giving him a grin. They didn’t talk for a few minutes, just them watching TV until Niall spoke, “You must be something special, eh?” He glanced at Louis, tearing his gaze from the TV.

"Excuse me?" Louis asked, confused. He turned and looked at Niall who shifted himself on the couch. 

"Just for you to get Harry to open up to you so quickly, something has to be special. I’ve known him since we were 10 and he told me about his mum just a few months ago. How long have you known him?"

"A few weeks." Louis mumbled, watching Niall shrug.

"Then there’s something about that allows himself to trust you. It’s good though, he needs to learn to trust more people. Lately he seems like he doesn’t even trust himself sometimes. How much did he tell you?"

"A lot." Louis said, searching in Niall’s blue eyes for something but he wasn’t sure what it was.

"Now that he has your trust, you better not let him down. He’s been on rock bottom for 2 years, dealing with his dad and Aiden. He’s just starting to look like the old Harry. You fuck him over, he’ll be back down there, maybe there for good."

"I won’t fuck him ov—"

"You better not. You seem like a good guy, Louis. He tell you about Aiden?" Niall asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Somewhat.." 

Niall shook his head, “great guy.. Never seen Harry so upset though. Not even when his own father died. Harry loved him so much. After that, he was just gone. Not physically, just, like emotionally drained. I didn’t see him for months and when I finally saw him, he looked like shit. When you get to know him though, he’s the sweetest and funniest fucker you’ll ever meet. He’s always there for you when you need him. He’s just an amazing guy, Louis. God, I just sounded so gay for him. Don’t worry, It’s just Harry who is. Not me—”

There was a pause of silence until Louis spoke, “Wait, ..Harry’s gay?” Louis asked quietly, his eyes widening.

"Oh.. He didn’t tell you? Well, shit.. My bad. Well, yeah.. He and Aiden were dating - dated for like three years.. Never seen him so happy. They literally never left each other’s side.."

Louis’ heart suddenly ached for Harry. He knew why Harry took Aiden’s death so hard, why he could barely ever talk about it without crying or basically hyperventilating. He felt bad for bringing him up just this morning, he wanted to just hug Harry and tell him that it’ll be fine. That Aiden would want him to be happy now.

"Hi Nialler!" He heard a cheerful voice behind him. Turning around, he saw Harry standing there. He was wearing one of Louis’s shirts and the jeans he wore the day before that he had washed. Honestly, by his appearance he would’ve never guessed that Harry was gay. 

"Harreh!" Niall shrieked and jumped off of the couch. He ran to Harry, who’s arms were open and waiting for Niall. He jumped into Harry’s arms and Harry let out a laugh, catching the boy. Louis caught himself smiling at the two boys in front of him messing around. Harry actually looked happy. Happier than he had looked the whole day. Harry glanced over at Louis, giving him a wide smile. It caused Louis to return it - happy to see Harry smiling.