The Petrichor - Larry Stylinson

20. Target

"Don't shuffle those, Harry!" Louis said as he stood up from the office chair and walked over to Harry, who's shuffling all the files on the file rack. "God damn it." He whispered under his breath as he took the file in Harry's hand.

"Okay, that's enough. Let's go and have a coffee. You love coffee right?" Louis asked as he took Harry's hand in his. He guided Harry out of the office room to the hallway.

"Hello, Mr. Styles." Veronica, who used to be Desmond's private secretary but now Louis' private secretary, greeted.

"Hello, Veronica! We're just going to have a coffee. Check those emails I sent you and please, correct if you found any mistakes." Louis said to the kind lady.

"Sit on the sofa. I'll bring your coffee." Louis said as he pointed towards the sofa in the relaxing room. Harry jumped himself onto the piece of furniture making Louis cringe when it creaked.

Louis made two coffees from the machine and poured one into one of Harry's sippy cups residing there for times like this. The room is a private area made for just the CEO. He put both his coffee and Harry's coffee on the counter, so it'd cool down a little. He went and sat next to the elder boy, who was lost in his own little world while humming and looking around.

"I think we should go swimming sometime. What do you say, Hazzy?" Louis asked trying to grab Harry's attention and successfully doing so.

"Swimming? In the pool!" Harry rocked back and forth on the sofa while twitching his fingers.

"Yes, in the pool. Have you ever been to the pool?" Louis asked, hoping Anne was able to take the boy to the indoor pool in the Styles mansion.

"Yes!" Harry nodded excitedly making Louis giggle.

"That's great!" Louis ruffled the elder boy's hair.

"Floaties." Harry mumbled.

"You wore floaties?" Louis asked just to make sure, so he won't drown the boy in the water. Harry nodded his head before getting up from the sofa and wondering around the house.

"Okay, I haven't seen any floaties around the house. I guess, we'll have to make a quick stop at Target to buy you some floaties." Louis said more to himself before getting up to get their coffees from the table.

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"Okay, sweetcheeks, we're gonna go inside this okay?" Louis asked Harry over his shoulder as he parked the car in the parking lot of Target.

"Don't get out. Not yet. Nope!" Louis shook his head when Harry tried to open his door as soon as Louis turned the engine off, but the green eyed boy opened the door anyway. Louis jumped out of his seat and immediately took Harry's hand in his, not wanting to risk him running away. He locked the car and went inside the building with his husband.

"Floaties for you." Louis sing-songed as he looked through the floaties, only finding the ones for kids. He sighed and let go of Harry's hand to look better through the shelves.

"Ah ha!" Louis said in triumph when he found a pair for adults and turned around to see that Harry has gone missing.

His eyes widened and he turned 360 degrees, still to find no sign of Harry. He walked to the aisle next to the one he's and sighed in relief when he found the boy sitting next to the toy cars.

Louis let out a sigh when he saw that he has already opened the package of one of the cars.

"Don't ever run off like that, baby! Louis was so scared!" Louis said as he crouched down next to his husband, but Harry was too busy ripping the package open of another car. Louis took the car from the boy's hand to get him to pay attention to him, but it only made Harry whine and he snatched the toy back from Louis' hands. Louis stood up and patted Harry's back twice.