Piper ~ H.S

~Twenty~ *

***Edited in October 2022***

A/N: I got stuck on this chapter a few times so I'm sorry if it wasn't exactly what you expected <3

The feeling of a kiss seemed almost foreign to me now. Having another man's lips against my own actually felt somewhat strange after not feeling anything like it for so long.

But even with that said, I still fucking loved it.

It was as if Harry's lips were just moulded to fit perfectly with mine. My heart swelled, and began to thunder loudly and rapidly inside my chest until it felt like it was about to explode. My eyes slowly closed, and I felt like my body was melting in his arms. My mouth opened, and I felt his tongue slide in – and I let out a low, quiet moan against him before I could stop myself.

I leaned back against the railing and slid my fingers through his little curls at the nape of his neck. However, I then suddenly remembered that there was seawater underneath us, and my eyes shot open before I pulled away from him with a gasp – grabbing onto him and scrambling away from the railing by instinct with my eyes wide as I looked down at the water beneath the pier – and I heard Harry let out a deep chuckle.

"Don't worry," he smiled at me and wrapped his arms around my waist, "I won't let you go."

I rose my eyes to look up at him – the way he smiled so warmly making me feel like putty in his hands. My breath then hitched as I realized how tightly I was holding on to him – and I immediately released my grip and blushed softly.

"I...s-sorry..." I told him quietly, "I guess I...freaked out a bit there..." I then looked up at him again, "wow, did we...did we actually just do that..?"

"Yeah. I guess we did," Harry chuckled softly once more.

"W-Was that my fault?" I began to get anxious that I was the one who leaned in first – and that he actually didn't want to kiss me at all, "I-I'm sorry, I...fuck, I always used to do that-"

"Leah," Harry interrupted me with another smile, "relax. That was all me."

"It was?" My eyes widened slightly.

His smile grew, and he leaned forward to press another sweet kiss to my lips – making my breath hitch quietly.

"It was," he replied once he pulled away.

"Wow..." I felt my blush deepening, "I...I didn't think that today would turn out like this..." I bit my lip.

"Neither did I, actually," Harry's smile perked up into a lopsided smirk, "but...I really like it, though."

I smirked back at him. "Me too."

"Then perhaps...we might be able to continue this outing as a date?" Harry's smirk grew a little.

"A...date..?" I asked him shyly, "You...want to turn this into a date..?"

"Well, I mean...it's a nice day, we're having a nice time, and we've actually selected a pretty romantic location to hang out. I'd say that we were already halfway there to start with, so we might as well," he chuckled.

"Us...on a date..?" I had to chuckle as well, "Holy shit...that sounds...kinda crazy..."

"But I'm into it," he replied cheekily.

I let out a quiet giggle at his words. "I see what you did there. But, I admit...I'm kinda into it, too."

"That settles it, then. We are making this a date," he grinned at me, "and I think us kissing two minutes ago was a great start."

I giggled again. "Yeah...I'd say so."

His eyes then drifted out towards the shore, and his smile began to grow.