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after harry's close encounter with travis, it was very emotional for all of them, especially harry. harry ended up spilling to them everything that happened, that has lead up to this point, and everyone was left shocked. not only were they all sad for harry, but they were all mad at themselves for letting it get to this point. zayn, was especially angry with himself. this was something that had been going on for some time, and he failed to pick up on it. he noticed harry being all clingy to him, and why he was so quiet and always wanted to be around his dads.

he felt so stupid not to see it. no wonder harry didn't want to be alone, it was all because that sicko was harassing him this whole time, and trying to get harry to do things he didn't want to, making him scared and uncomfortable in his own house. and zayn was the one who kept inviting him in and not seeing how it effected harry. it breaks his heart to have harry go through that. he knows how kind hearted that harry is, how nice he can be, and how he never likes to upset anyone. it's too easy to take advantage of him, and it sucks that zayn wasn't there to stand up for harry until he was almost too late. zayn was so fucking anger, he could've killed that kid. he doesn't think he would've stopped himself had his family not been there.

he pushed all his anger aside for the time being and focused on harry. that was all that mattered right now.

"i wish you would have said something earlier haz, i would have never let this happen." zayn says softly, stroking harry's hair gently. harry has it rested against his shoulder, seated beside zayn. liam was on the other side of harry, holding his hand comfortably. niall and louis were sitting beside one another on the couch opposite of them quietly, watching them.

"i- i was scared baba. i didn't know what to do." harry whispers, sniffling.

"i know baby. we all just feel so terrible that this happened, and we feel like we failed in protecting you." zayn tells him.

"i-i'm sorry."

"don't apologize harry, it's not your fault, it's never your fault." zayn tells him. harry sniffles shakily, rubbing his eyes as he nods slowly at zayn's words. liam squeezes his hand

"we love you harry, none of this is your fault. it's okay to feel scared when something like this is happening to you, but never feel afraid to speak to us. you know that we're always gonna be here for you, no matter what." liam chimes in.

"that's right, we're always here for you. even your brothers. i know they're mean to you all the time, but you know they'd kick someone's ass over you in a heart beat." zayn tells him. harry looks up from zayn's chest, wiping his eyes.

"really?"

"yes, i would haz." niall says, looking at harry, then he walks over to him, kneeling down in front of him. "i wish you had told me what he was doing, and i would have stopped having him come over here. i was under the impression that you two were friends, but if i had known i definitely would've fucked him up." niall tells harry. liam doesn't even think about chastising niall about his swearing because it just wasn't the time to do that. their main focus was just making harry feel better, and reassuring him that they were all here for him. "i love you haz, even though you're annoying sometimes— or all the time really. i love you to death, you don't need to be scared to come to me if someone is bothering you. that goes for anyone at school too." niall tells him. harry nods and slowly opens up his arms for niall, making grabby hands. niall gets up and hugs harry tightly, rubbing his back gently.

"i love you too nini." harry says before they pull away. louis comes over to on the floor next to niall. everyone is staring at him waiting for him to say something. louis sighs deeply.

"um, i love you too haz. i uh- i'm not great with expressing myself like how everyone else is but uh just know that i do care about you, even if we fight a lot, that's just what siblings do sometimes, but it doesn't mean i hate you. you know, i'd fight someone for you any day. so i uh, i'm sorry i wasn't there for you." louis stammers. he's always had a hard time expressing his feelings, so they were happy to hear him speak his mind and it definitely made harry feel better to hear louis— of all people, say that to him.

"i love you too lou. i love all of you." harry says, managing a weak smile. as scared as he had been before, with his family around him, he felt nothing but safety and security around them. he knows that they all love him and they take care of him. that's the thing he loves about their family, no matter what goes on or what happens, they always make sure that he knows they're always here for him.

"we love you too, baby." zayn says, kissing harry's forehead. "c'mon." zayn says, motioning everyone to come in for a group hug. they all encircle around harry, giving him a big warm hug. harry giggles softly, loving all of the affection he was receiving. he loved his family so much, he doesn't know where he be without them. once they all pull away, liam speaks first.

"instead of having dinner here, should we just go out? maybe get out of the house for a couple hours?" liam asks everyone. zayn looks to harry for an answer.

"would you like that, baby?" zayn asks him. harry nods eagerly.

"yes please." harry replies. zayn nods, patting his head gently.

"alright, let's do it then." zayn says. everyone nods in agreement and goes off to grab their shoes and whatnot. zayn goes with harry to his room while harry puts his shoes on and pulls on a light jacket. zayn grabs harry's arm gently, and sits him down on the bed. harry looks at him with big doe eyes, wondering what it could be that zayn wants. by the look in zayn's eye harry can tell zayn is serious.

"what is it baba?" zayn gazes at harry for a moment, biting his lip in thought.

"can you tell me one more thing?" zayn asks, raising an eyebrow at harry, his tone sounds curious, but firm and serious. harry nods slowly at his question.

"what baba?"

"did tra- did he ever see you naked?" zayn asks. it was an odd question to ask, but it was something zayn felt he should know, something he needed to know. harry blushes furiously, quickly shaking his head.

"n-no baba, no never!" harry squeaks out. zayn breaths out in relief, closing his eyes briefly. zayn smiles at harry who still all doe-eyed. zayn reaches out to cup harry's cheek in his palm gently, cradling it softly.

"good." zayn answers briefly as he slowly moves his hand up to run through harry's hair before he adds, "only i'm allowed see you naked." zayn tells him. harry giggles.

"and papa too." harry says. zayn chuckles, poking harry's nose with his finger.

"nope, just me." he says jokingly. harry smiles, leans forward to kiss zayn on the cheek.

"okay baba."

"i love you baby boy, i'm glad you're okay." zayn tells him. harry nods, hugging zayn. zayn kisses the top of his head, before he hoists harry up bridal style. "alright, let's go bud." zayn says, carrying harry out to the car where everyone else was waiting. the family go out to eat for the night, trying to forget the previous events and enjoy the night. even though it would stick with harry, as long as he had his family, he knew he could get through anything.

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pls tell me that didn't suck lol. i say this every time but like sometimes i be looking at my writing like 👀👀 tf. i need reassurance sometimes 😭

i love you guys so much tho on all the support for this book! xxx