let's escape // larry stylinson

chapter 33

"Hi love", I wake up Louis with small kisses all over his face. "Hi", he mutters as he opens his eyes.

I plant a soft kiss on his lips and get off of him. "Happy birthday, sunshine."

"Thank you", he smiles.

Today is December 24th, Louis' birthday, he turns 17 today.

(A/N pretend that their age gap is a bit more than a month, so now Louis is 17 and Harry is 16)

"Got you a present", I say and I get out of the bed to get the box. "You didn't have to."

"Of course I do. What proper boyfriend wouldn't get his boyfriend a present for his birthday. Besides, I wanted to get you something."

I hand him the box, "I hope you like it."

In the box he finds a teddy bear with a little box it's paws.

"Harry", Louis sighs. "Thank you."

He embraces the teddy bear. "Smells like you", he states. "I sprayed a bit of my cologne on it. Now open the box."

He opens the box and it reveals two necklaces, two paper planes. "Haz", he whispers. "They're beautiful. Matching necklaces, thank you so much."

I embrace him and take the little box from his hands. "Here let me help you", I take a necklace from the box and put it around his neck. He then takes the other necklace and puts it on for me.

"Thank you so much, Harry", he whispers and I lean in to kiss him.

I pull away, out of breath. "I'm taking you out tonight. We're gonna celebrate."

"Really? That would be great", his face lights up and his eyes sparkle.

"Of course. Now let's get some breakfast, love", I say as I pull him out of the bed and throw a pair of sweatpants at him.

"Louis!", is the first thing I hear when we enter the living room, bowls of cereal in our hands.

Phoebe and Daisy run towards Louis and embrace his legs. He smiles fondly at them, "Wait a second girls, let me put my bowl away."

"Happy birthday Louis", they say at the same time and they hand him a small package. He opens it to see a photo frame with a picture of him with the two of them.

"Dais and I bought the frame ourselves!", Phoebe exclaims proudly and I smile at the little girls.

"Thank you so much girls, it's beautiful", he hugs them tightly and they run away to their dolls again.

"They're so sweet", I say as we settle on the couch, eating cereal. "Yeah, they really are", he agrees and then Fizzy walks in, Lottie following closely behind her.

"Big brother!", Fizzy exclaims before she hugs her brother. "Happy birthday, Lou", Lottie smiles. "Happy birthday!", his other sister says.

Lottie hands him an envelope. "From Fizz and me", she smiles and Louis opens the envelope.

"Really?", he asks and he smiles widely at his sisters, they nod.

"We're going to see that show in the theatre I was talking about, that music show!", he exclaims as he embraces his sisters tightly.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you. Thank you so much. It means a lot", he smiles.

"That's great", I smile at him. "I'm taking you with me", he says excitedly. "Really? I'd love that. But shouldn't you go with your sisters? You got it from them", I reply.

"No, no, no", Lottie contradicts. "You should go with Harry. He'd enjoy it better than us, he plays the piano."

I freeze as Lottie says that, Louis didn't know that.

"You do? You play the piano, Haz? How come you never told me?", he asks me curiously.

"Yeah I used to play in Holmes Chapel but we didn't take the piano here so I haven't played in a while. Only at school a few times."

I smile at him and he suddenly takes my hand, pulling me to a room I've never seen before, Lottie and Fizzy following closely behind us.

We enter the room and I see a piano, "My mum used to play a lot, she hasn't played since, you know? Since my dad left."

"Oh", I look around the room.

"Play something for us Harry", Fizzy says and I look at Louis, he nods so I sit down behind the piano.

I play a song I remembered from the piano classes I took back in Cheshire, I start humming the lyrics and focus on the keys as I enjoy the music that I'm playing.

After the song is done I feel two arms wrapping around me.

"That was beautiful. You're talented Haz", Louis whispers in my ear, a shiver running down my spine from the feeling of his warm breath against my skin.

"Really good, Harry!", Lottie agrees and Fizzy hums.

"Anyway, we gotta go", she says and she and Fizzy walk away, leaving me and Louis alone in the room.

"Play with me, Lou", I pat the space next to me for him to sit.  "Oh no, I can't play."

"Come on, I'll learn you something', he hesitates before he nods and sits down next to me.

I take his hands and put my fingers over his. I play the keys with his fingers under mine, slowly playing the song together.

"You're doing great", I whisper after a while.

"Do you think you could play it alone now?", I ask him after practicing for half an hour. He nods hesitantly, "I think so."

He slowly plays the music, beautifully and perfectly. I smile fondly at him as he concentrates on the keys of the piano.

He is so cute and I absolutely love him. It's the moment like these I realize how much I love him.

After he played the song he looks up at me, a twinkle in his eyes.

"That", I start, "was so beautiful. You played that so well". I wrap my arms around his waist. "I love you", I whisper.

"Love you too", he answers and puts his head on my shoulder.

"Now you play", he puts his arms around my waist.

I play a different song and hum along with the lyrics. After a few moments he cuts me off, "Sing along?"

"I-I don't know. I'm not that good", I hesitate. "I bet you're great."

"Yeah you have to say that", I roll my eyes and laugh. "That's not true! You know I'd say it if I thought you were awful. Now sing."

"Okay", I sigh and start playing again.

I start singing Just The Way You Are by Bruno Mars, changing the female pronouns into male ones.

The song has always been one of my favorite love songs and this was the first song I ever learned on the piano.

When I finish the song I look over at Louis, I see a few tears in his eyes. "Lou?"

"Haz, that", he sniffles. "That was beautiful woah. I- you're so talented Hazzy."

"Sang it for you, my dear Louis. I love you, always", I embrace him from the side. "I love you so much Lou, so, so much."

"I love you so much", he puts his head on my shoulder. "Sing it again? Please?"

"Of course", I put my hands on the keys again and sing the song again, with a bit more confidence.

"Gosh, I love you so much", he whispers as I finish the song. "Love you."

"Louis? Since when do you play?", I hear someone entering the room.

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A/N hii !! who do you think just walked into the room ?
Btw, I think this chapter is kinda cute so i hope you like it xx
Enjoy x