Connection(A Larry Stylinson AU Fic)

Chapter 4

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Chapter 4

It turned out that the boy was actually in quite a few of his classes. It also turned out that his name was Matthew. Whenever Harry had seen the boy before, he had mistaken him for Louis. The only difference was the hair length, and the fact that a stuffed animal polar bear sometimes peeped out of the boy's knapsack.

Harry managed to corner the boy after history class the next day.

"Excuse me!" he yelled to the shy blond. When Matthew didn't respond, Harry resorted to grabbing his shoulder and turning him around. "Excuse me, Matthew," he said again. The boy's eyes widened in shock.

"Y-you know my n-name?" he asked, disbelief coating his voice.

"Of course! How could I not know your name when you're in so many of my classes?" he lied through his teeth. He hadn't figured out that boy's name until today by asking Stan of all people. Instead of dwelling on this fact, however, Harry wanted to get straight to the point. "You're Louis’ brother, correct?" he asked a little eagerly.

"Y-yeah, but he's not free this period, so-"

"Do you like being his brother?" Harry asked, seeing if he could cause Matthew to turn on Louis and get him angry at his twin.

Matthew was bewildered at the question. "Um, I guess it's ok…"

"Are you sure?" Harry asked, trying his best not to sound too desperate. "Isn't there anything that annoys you about him?"

"Well…I mean, he does tend to take the spotlight away most of the time…"

Bingo.

"I know what you mean, Matthew. You're such a hardworking student, but you're hardly ever recognized for it. Louis can be so over-the-top that I'm surprised you haven't all but vanished yet."

Matthew flinched a little at Harry's statement. Sure, there were many things he hated about his brother, but there were also good qualities about Louis. Matthew knew that once he got riled up about his twin, however, he wouldn't be able to stop any insults he had from flowing right out of his mouth. He had to keep his temper in check now.

"Well, I mean, I don't exactly make my presence known, and it'd be too much to handle if everyone knew me, so-"

Harry cut him off again. "You're right. Popularity is a burden. I mean, what if something embarrassing happened to you? Then everyone would know! And Louis is in that position. If something embarrassing happens to him, soon everyone at school would know about it." Harry eagerly waited for Matthew's response, hoping something, anything, would slip.

The response wasn't all too thrilling. "Yeah, I guess so…"

"But then again, he's so perfect that I suppose he couldn't have anything to be embarrassed about…" Harry said, desperately trying to pry something out of the boy.

"H-he's not perfect!" Matthew disagreed, a small bubble of anger forming inside. "Far from it…"

"Oh really?" Harry questioned. "I bet you can't name one thing about him that's even the slightest bit humiliating," he said with a slight challenge in his voice.

"W-well, you know, he's actually got this stuffed animal bunny he carries with him all the time! He's real shy about it, and would die if anyone found out, so-"