Tongue Tied - Harry Styles AU (on hold)

chapter 20

"No, don't touch anything! I don't want this infected. Let me just bandage it and you could do whatever you want."

"Whatever?" He beams like a twelve-year-old who just saw his first pair of tits.

"Whatever, babe." I mock.

After I finally sterilized his tattoo, I take off my gloves and turn back at him only to find him staring at me.

"What?"

"I like watching you."

"Thanks?" I'm unsure how to respond to something so blunt.

He props his elbow on the coffee table and rests his hand below his chin, and smiles at me once more. "You know, you look cute, when you're focused and all."

I mimic him, but rest both of my hands on the sides of my cheek. "You know, you have a nice smile. I don't know, I admire it in a weird way."

My compliment only results in his smile expanding.

"You know, I could stare at you all day, Alex."

"You know, I think I wouldn't be bored doing that either," I turn my head to one side, "I mean, who could possibly get bored of looking at me?"

A poker face is displayed on his face, and removes his hands from his chin, sitting straight again, "You ruined it, Alex."

"I did, didn't I?" I needed to do something to stop this cheesiness from going on for any longer than it should. Sassy Alexa won't have it.

"I guess you'll have to make it up to me now." I hate it when he uses that seductive tone of his.

"I guess I will."

A good three minutes pass, and we're still just staring at each other, taking in each other's faces, until he finally decides to move closer to me and kiss my lips tenderly.

He pauses to look at me once more before he continues, only this time, he holds on to my forearms, and as his body pressed onto mine, he leads my back to the furry carpet.

I tug onto his hair, practically forcing him to kiss me harder. Tender kisses won't cut it for this gal.

I let out slight gasp when he presses his knee between my legs as he slightly pulls up my sweater and top to massage my breasts over my bra, and I quickly break it up before it could go any further.

"I'm on my period."

"Oh... Um, sorry." The eagerness he once had in his eyes before I informed him of my lady issue faded and was replaced with a faint sense of disappointment.

"Can we just keep kissing?"

"Yeah, we can." He smiles and kisses me back, but stops for a moment before he continues to add, "You know, I really enjoy kissing you, Alex."

I pull him closer with his shirt and kiss his wet lips; it felt like everything else froze in mid-air.

Being the Alexa I am, I use all the strength in my core to flip us over so I could tease him a little, only to result in a loud bang and profane words released into the air.

"Fuçk!" Harry screams after his head hits the corner of the coffee table. Oops.

"Oh my God! I'm so sorry, Harry. I'm so-" I never knew my eyes could open this wide until this very moment.

"It's okay, just... Ahh... What exactly were you trying to accomplish, Alex?" His eyes are squeezed shut, while his hand is pressed onto his head.

"I-I just... Wanted to like, flip us over, I didn't mean to... Oh my God, Harry, I think you're bleeding." Mortified is an understatement.

"Frozen peas, Alex."

"Is food exactly your top priority?" His head just broke open, and he wants me to cook him a meal?

"Jesus, Alex. It's for my head! Frozen peas for my fuçking head, Alex!"

"Oh." I quickly run to the freezer, and grab the frozen peas. I shamefully return and place it on his head. I'm such a dumb-asś.

"You know, I think I should drive you to the hospital or something."

"You think?" He sarcastically asks.

"Do you want me to abandon you or do you want me to help you, Harry? 'Cause if you do, then cut the śhit."

"My head is open, Alex. Are you seriously arguing with me?!" Touché.

He rolls his eyes and slowly gets up from the floor and walks off to the lift.

The drive to the hospital was quiet, except for some cussing here and there which I'll take for now, seeing that I just cracked open his poor head due to my sexual desires. How selfish of me.

It doesn't take us long to get transferred to the ER since I've exaggerated on his situation.

A doctor with the traditional white suit walks into the room, "Well, stiches are all he's going to need. It's nothing too severe." He writes something onto a paper attached to a clipboard and continues, "Other than that, you'll be good to go. I'll be back in a couple of minutes." The doctor smiles and leaves before we could say anything.

I swallow my pride and look at him only to see that he's been looking at me with that poker face of his. "I'm sorry."

"I'm getting stiches, Alex. I'm scared."

"Don't be, I'll be here the whole time!" I reach out to his hand and massage it, reassuring him that it'll be alright.

He gives me a weak smile as he lets out a sigh and shakes his head, "The śhit you put me through, Alex. It's funny because I've known you for what - two months? Yet we've been to the ER together more than I have my whole life."

I shake my head and laugh at his statement, then I abandon his hand for a moment to grab a chair and pull it closer to the bed, and hold onto his hand again, brushing my thumb against his fresh tattoo. It's like I just marked my territory. Twice, if you count the cracked head.

"Listen Alex..." His eyebrows are roughly put together, causing vertical wrinkles pop out in-between his brows

"What's wrong Harry?"

"I was just thinking, since my head is cracked open..." He looks at our intertwined hands before he meets my gaze, "Does this make me a crack-head?"

"Really, Harry?" I try to hold in my smile, but end up laughing after he chuckles at his own punch line.

The nurse comes in and informs us the doctor will be back very soon, and leaves us again.

It's excruciatingly quiet in the room until he breaks the silence, "So Alex..." By the way he began his sentence, I assume it would be something worrisome.

"Yes, Harry?" I sound like his mum.

"How long does it take until periods end?"

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