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twelve

harry walked down the empty hallway, on his way back to the classroom. he had been excused from class to be released to go to the bathroom. although he didn't really have to use it, but he and zayn did have a heated make out session which nearly turned into much more, but they both had more dignity to do anything in a dirty bathroom.

so as harry made his way back to class, he stops as he begins to hear hushed voices up ahead. harry slows down and stops jus before he turns the corner. he frowns when the voice sounds very familiar until it clicks in his mind who it is. louis. harry knows louis' voice from anywhere. after all they were best friends, have been for years, there's no mistaking louis' distinctive voice. he was talking to someone who's voice harry didn't recognize, but instead of worrying about that he zoned in on their conversation.

"-know you wanna tell people, but let's just wait a while." louis says.

"why? are you embarrassed of me?" unknown voice asked, sounding disappointed.

"no, i'm not embarrassed of you ni, it's honestly not you."

"what is it?"

"it's just, harry. if he knows you and i are together i'll never hear the end of it." louis sighs. harry covers his mouth eyes widening. louis has a boyfriend? and he didn't tell harry? they tell each other everything, literally. so why doesn't he know about this so called boyfriend or whatever? harry was confused, why would harry care who louis was dating? who could it possibly be?

"so what if he doesn't approve, not like he can do anything about it." unknown says. harry narrows his eyes. he outta punch whoever that was in the face.

"i know niall, but he is my best friend, his approval would be nice." louis says. niall?! louis is dating niall? so that's why he didn't want harry to know, he was dating that anti social that he and harry usually sat at lunch with. so that's who louis has been so infatuated with lately. constantly smiling at his phone, not hanging out with harry as much, and dodging questions. even though harry isn't much of a friend to niall, he still would've wanted to know something like this. it's unlike louis to not tell him things and he felt upset that louis hadn't mentioned this to him. it's not like harry would have yelled at him. he's not that kinda person.

yeah he would've thought it was a weird match, since louis never showed interest in niall before, but it's not like he would have stopped being friends with louis because of it. so he doesn't know why it's so hard for louis to just tell him. harry tells him everything, family drama down to relationship issues, and louis was being so secretive about this little thing he had going on. did he really not trust harry? harry just shakes his head and turns around walking off not wanting to hear another word. it's obvious it wasn't meant for him to hear, so he would pretend like he didn't even know and wait to see how long it would take for louis to say something.

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at lunch it was kinda awkward. louis was siting next to harry, who was next to zayn. liam was across the table, talking to zayn while louis and harry were quiet. harry has his head leaned against zayn's shoulder, silently munching on some chips, listening to whatever zayn and liam were going on about.

zayn slowly stars to notice how silent harry is, and knowing harry he's never silent. he runs his mouth a hell of a lot, zayn knows, he deals with his chatty boyfriend daily. he looks down at him, rubbing his back. "you're quiet today."

"well if my best friend didn't have his face stuffed in his phone, i'd be talking." harry grumbles glancing over at louis with narrowed eyes. louis lifts his head, smiling sheepishly and hiding his eyes phone away.

"sorry about that."

"yeah. and who are you talking to anyway?" harry tested. he already knew louis was talking to his secret boyfriend, but he wanted to see what louis would say. what lie he'd make up.

"oh, just a classmate. supposed to be getting extra help in class." louis says. harry rolls his eyes and scoffs.

"sure."

louis frowns, "why the sarcasm?"

"why the lies?" harry shoots back, crossing his arms. louis frowns deeper, wondering what harry was talking about.

"what?"

harry smacks his teeth, "i know about you and your boyfriend." harry blurts, not able to hold it back anymore. louis' eyes widen and before harry says anything else, louis grabs his hand and pulls him away from the table, pulling him outside the cafeteria. harry pulls his arm away ice they come
to a stop and crosses his arms, eyeing louis.

"how'd you know?" he asked.

"i overheard you talking to him." harry replies. louis sighs, scratching his neck sheepishly.

"surprise?" he tries. harry rolls his eyes and louis grunts, "alright, harry i'm sorry i didn't tell you, i just thought-"

"that i would judge you?" harry interrupts.

"wow you heard the whole conversation didn't you?" louis laughs lightly. harry keeps a straight face.

"lou, seriously. why would you think that?" harry asked in serious tone. louis sighs again and shrugs.

"i don't know harry, you can just be a little...judgemental sometimes." louis says, cringing at the end.

"i am not!" harry protested. louis raises an eyebrow and harry grumbles, "maybe a little. but lou, that doesn't mean i'll think any less of you. you've been my best friend since forever." harry adds.

"you're right. i should've told you, i mean we tell each other everything." louis replies. harry nods. "i'm sorry."

"it's okay, i just wish you'd trust me a little more with stuff like this." harry says.

"i do trust you, i was just protecting him, i didn't want you to jump him." louis says. harry laughs.

"i'm not that crazy lou." harry says. louis smiles.

"i bet zayn would protest to that statement." louis comments. harry giggles and brushes his hair from his face.

"he sighed up for this when he asked me out."

"true."

"so are you gonna introduce me to your boyfriend or what? i know he's dying to make your relationship public." harry wiggles his eyebrows. louis thinks for a second, before nodding.

"yeah he has, he'd be happy." louis replies.

"then c'mon. maybe once we get to know one another we can all go on double dates and all that cute shit." harry says. he and louis laugh as louis leads him back into the cafeteria heading straight over to niall's table where he sat by himself.

it went a lot better than what louis thought it would. maybe this wasn't so bad after all.

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