Day by Day

Atticus

"You have to help me, I'm losing my mind!"

Niall's friend is going on a vacation so he asked Niall to take care of their puppy and dog. And Niall asked me and Harry to come over and help him.

We come through the door to find the most adorable dog and puppy on Niall's rug.

"What are their names?" I ask him.

"The puppy's name is Brego and the big dog is Fram."

"Those are very weird names," Harry says while he removes his jacket. I walk over to the dogs and pet Fram's head.

"Yeah, Ed is into the Lord Of The Rings stuff so the names come from the books or movies, I don't know... But now that you guys are here you have to help me. I don't know what to do with them."

"Niall, they are cute normal dogs not evil dogs plotting your death. Calm down..." Harry comes to sit next to me on the floor as Brego climbs up my lap.

"They are so cute," I say and bring Brego up to my face to kiss him between his little eyes. Harry stands up from the floor and sits on the couch holding Fram.

Niall sits on the couch next to Harry. "I know they are not evil Harry, I'm not stupid but how will I know when to feed them and stuff?"

"Didn't your friend leave you some instructions? Like how many times to feed them and when?" I say as Brego tries to climb up my arm to reach for Harry sitting on the couch behind me.

"He just said once a day."

Harry comes closer to my head, kisses my temple and pats Brego on his little head, who's trying to reach for Harry. "How long are they staying here for?"

"Five days and you two are going to come every day to help me take care of them. I don't know why I agreed to this. The only week we have free and I have to spend my days taking care of two dogs."

I laugh at Niall's comment. He's right though. "Niall they are just dogs, calm down. And you're staying on London the whole week, what's the problem?"

Fram has left Harry and settled on Niall's leg, as he keeps complaining. "I can't go out now. I have to take care of the dogs all day."

Brego starts to gently cry looking up at Harry. "Harry... Harry..."

"Mmm?"

"I think Brego wants you to hold him." I turn my head around and Harry bends down to my head. "You want me to hold you?" He says to the puppy. His cries get a little more desperate but still gentle. Harry offers me his hand. "Well, come here."

I give Harry the little puppy and he settles back on the couch. I stand up and sit on the armrest of the couch. The little puppy rests against Harry's chest and licks Harry's face. "Stop, stop," Harry says between laughs as he pulls the puppy lower, to rest on his stomach.

The phone starts to ring and Niall gets up fast to answer, Fram following after Niall and leaving me and Harry alone with the pup.

Brego starts to bite Harry's thumb as he playfully moves it in between his little mouth. "He barely has teeth so he must like the feeling of biting me." Harry looks up smiling and I smile back. "I don't like his name though."

"You don't? I do, it's original." I say.

"Yeah, well actually I do like it but I wouldn't name my dog Brego. Or Fram."

"How would you name your dog then?" My hand goes to the nape of his neck, twisting some of the curls that come out of his fedora.

"I like Atticus or... I don't know. Haven't given it much thought because I don't plan on getting a dog soon."

"You like Atticus for a dog? And you say you wouldn't name your dog Brego or Fram." I laugh at him and he flips me his middle finger. "Atticus sounds good. I like it."

"Of course you like it. It sounds fun and weird and I picked it so..."

"So because you picked it I automatically like it?"

He looks up at me and smiles again. "Yeah."

I hit his fedora lightly so it comes down and blocks his view.

"Hey don't do that, I can't see Brego."

Fram comes into the room with a little green toy between his teeth. He comes to sit nex to my leg and looks up at me. "Should I take the toy and throw it or something? Look at how he's looking at me, so cute," I tell Harry. He moves forward to look at Fram and smiles.

"Yeah, take it and throw it. Maybe he wants to play catch."

I take the green toy from his mouth and his eyes immediately go to the toy, waiting for me to throw it. I wiggle it over his face and throw the toy. It lands on the couch opposite of where we are sitting. Fram runs over to the couch and hops on it, grabbing the toy between his teeth. He lays on the couch, biting the toy.

A few moments later he comes back with the toy and I throw it again.

"You're doomed." Harry says looking up.

"What do you mean I'm doomed?"

"He's gonna want to play for the rest of the day and you're gonna have to play for the rest of the day."

I look over at the dog and he comes back to me, suggesting for me to throw his toy again. "This is all your fault Harry, you told me to throw the toy!"

"Well, why did you listen to me?" He says between laughs.

"I don't like you at all. Come on Fram, lets go sit over there." I take the toy from his mouth and walk to the other couch. I sit down with the dog and I can feel Harry staring at me as he whispers something into the puppy's ear. I look down at Fram while he bites his little toy.

Harry gets up from the couch and comes to sit next to me. "I told Brego a little secret. Wanna know what I told him?"

I look to the side to see Harry smiling, staring at me as Brego keeps biting his fingers. "No, I don't want to know."

"I'm gonna tell you anyway... I told him that it's very fun to see you annoyed. Specially when you scrunch up your nose like that, you look adorable. I also told him that you're very stubborn and annoying when you get upset, which I know you're not upset."

"How do you know I'm not upset?"

"Because you're pretending to be. And I also told him that I love you."

I look at him and smile. "You told Brego that you love me?"

He nods his head and looks down at the puppy as I caress Fram. I lean down to Brego's level and rest my head on Harry's stomach, next to Brego's face. "Hey Brego. Want to know a secret? The guy that's holding you is very irritating and obnoxious. He always thinks of new ways to piss me off. But... That only makes me love him more. You have no idea how lucky you are that he's holding you like this. He barely holds any puppies or dogs. And he-"

I'm cut off as Harry lays Brego on the side of the couch next to him and places his hands on my face, pulling me for a kiss. I smile against his lips.

Niall comes in the room and calls Fram. "That was Ed, he's gonna stay for one more day so I have him for six days. You guys want to move in and help me?"

"No," Harry and I say at the same time.

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