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twenty one

monday, at school, the couple walks into school hand in hand. they both felt so much more relaxed, and connected with one another. they spent the whole night saturday talking, until they fell asleep. then sunday spent the whole day together, nobody else, no phones, no technology, just them. it was so refreshing to just spend that time with one another, no drama, or arguments.

while, they didn't exactly have everything figured out at the moment, they were definitely going to really work it out, put forth an actual effort this time. sorting out their feelings, and piecing their thoughts out calmly, was something they never knew they needed. had it been like that all the time, would they even have been caught such a dysfunctional relationship? who knows.

they just both hoped that this was really the end of all of their petty shenanigans, and reckless behavior. the two held hands until they reached harry's first class. harry turns to face zayn, smiling up at him. "thank you babe."

"shh, you know i love walking you to class, don't thank me." zayn smiles, pinching harry's cheek. harry snickers.

"yeah i know, mr.bodyguard." harry says. zayn grins and leans down to kiss him softly.

"i'll see you after class, okay?"

"okay babe, i love you." harry replies as he kisses zayn again.

"i love you baby." zayn says, and hesitantly departs from harry, heading towards his own class. harry sighs softly. it's been a while since they did this routine. zayn walking him to his class, them sharing kisses and i love you's before every class. zayn was usually too busy hanging with liam and harry was too busy being agitated over it.

harry walks into class, and takes his seat next to louis who's been staring at him the whole time through the open door. he raises an eyebrow at harry. "i suppose you two made up?" louis inquires.

"yeah." harry breaths. louis frowns.

"but what about the picture? gigi?"

harry rolls his eyes, "don't remind me. but zayn and i talked about it, we had a very very long talk. everything is okay now."

"how can you be so sure?" louis asked.

"because, we have a better insight on a few things now and we've agreed to work on them. civilly." harry says. louis makes a face, but nods anyway.

"okay, well, good luck with that." he replies, as the teacher walks in to start the lesson for the day.

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a couple of classes later, free period arrives, the couple find each other again, and wonder off into the courtyard to occupy one of the benches. zayn sat with his legs parted, one arm stretched out on the back of the bench around harry, while harry sat next to him, one of his legs thrown over zayn's.

they were huddled together in their own little world, talking. honestly after so much time spent bickering, it felt nice to have a normal, calm conversation without any anger or irritation involved. wow, this must be how it feels like to be in a loving relationship.

"you should come to my house for dinner, tonight." harry suggested, as he munched on a granola bar. zayn made a face.

"really? you think that's a good idea?"

"yeah, i mean, i know my mum hates me being in a relationship with you, but if we are going to fix things between us, we also have to fix the views our families have on us." harry tells him. zayn nods.