The X Factor

Chapter 11-Week 8

They were getting closer and closer to the final and their fanbase grew bigger with every day. This week's theme was rock and Harry had chosen one of the songs, Summer of 69. They were singing two songs for the first time and Simon had chosen You are so beautiful for them to perform.

Things were progressing between him and Louis both physically and emotionally. They could now add blowjobs to things they did in private. It was Louis who had initiated it and went down on Harry who saw stars. Sex with Louis in any way was so good and he was really looking forward to the first time they would go all the way even if it made him nervous.

It felt like he would burst if he didn't tell him soon how he felt about him even if it was a bit scary. He finally found the courage to address his feelings on Wednesday afternoon after they had locked themselves in the bedroom for some quality time alone (blowjobs to be more exact).

When they had come down from their highs after trying 69 for the first time Harry took a deep breath and started to ramble.
"Lou? I, ehm, like, I just want to tell you ehm, that, like, I have more than a crush on you. I mean, like, oh God, I'm in love with you. Thought you should know."

Louis squished Harry's cheeks together and peppered kisses all over his face.
"I'm in love with you too."

Harry felt truly happy and let out a liberating laugh and hugged Louis hard.
"Do you wanna be my boyfriend, Boobear?"

"Of course, love." Louis said. It felt like his face would break from how much he was smiling. Happiness poured out of him and he just had to laugh as well. Harry killed the mood in an instant.

"I can't wait to tell everybody."

Harry saw how Louis' face fell and he looked really sad all of a sudden.
"What is it?"

"We can't tell anyone, Harry. I'm sorry but it has to be a secret." Louis said softly. It looked like he was about to cry.

"Why? Are you scared to come out? Are you ashamed?" Harry questioned with a slight tremble in his voice. He wanted to cry as well.

Louis' eyes grew wide and he pressed a hard kiss against Harry's lips before he answered.
"Don't you for a second think that I'm ashamed of you. I'm proud of us. This, you, mean everything to me, baby. I'm not scared. I already told me mum about us. It's just..." Louis hesitated.

"Just what?"

"Remember that meeting I had with Simon last week?" Louis asked and bit his lower lip.

"How could I forget? You just disappeared." Harry huffed.

"Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Ehm, it wasn't a pleasant meeting. Simon scolded me and said some really nasty things."

"What?" Harry looked shocked.

"Yeah, he told me that there can be two gay guys in a boyband, and that he would kick me out of the band if I didn't break up with you."

"That's horrible!" Harry gasped, tears forming in his eyes.

"Yeah. I told him that he couldn't control who I fell in love with and then he said that I could do what I wanted as long as no one knows, but he didn't say it kindly." Louis' eyes were glossy and he wiped away a tear that broke loose.

Harry threw himself at Louis and hugged him close.
"That's fucked up! I can't believe it. What's wrong with him?"

"Yeah. That's why I disappeared. I just wanted to see me mum, you know?"

"Of course. So what do we do now?"

"It's not much left of the competition. Are you okay with keeping a low profile? I don't want to but I also wanna stay in the band." Louis said and looked really miserable.

"Of course you're staying in the band, Lou! We can't do this without you. The songs doesn't sound good without your voice. Can I at least tell my mum? Harry asked shyly.

Louis broke out smiling.
"Yeah? You'd want to tell her about us?"

"I'm in love! It's exciting! I'm happy! Of course I wanna tell her."

"God, you're such a sweetheart, baby. Tell her and we should probably tell the boys as well. They're probably suspecting something anyway." Louis chuckled.

Harry reached for his phone and called his mum right away. Louis listened to the conversation with a fond smile on his lips. Harry was really gushing about his amazing boyfriend and it seemed like Anne was really happy for him. Harry turned to him as soon as he hung up the phone.
"She's really happy for us. She's sending her love to you and she's gonna call your mum to gush about us. I hope that's okay?"

"That's okay. Me mum will be equally bad in the gushing department but I think you took the price. You said really nice things about me."

"I meant every single word of it." Harry beamed and nuzzled his nose in the crook of Louis' neck.

They told their bandmates the next morning when they woke up and they didn't seem surprised. They accepted it right away and hugged them both with bright smiles. Louis then proceeded to tell them about his conversation with Simon and they all stared at him in disbelief.
"What? That's crazy! He can't do that!" Niall argued upset.

"Unfortunately I think he can kick me out of the band. He's powerful." Louis answered with a sigh.

"We have to do something!" Liam said, visibly upset.

"What can we do?" Harry questioned.

"I... I don't know. If we tell our parents?" Liam tried to reason.

"If we tell our parents there won't be an One Direction. We won't get a record deal. I know how much you all want this, hell I want this! Harry and I will manage. We're so close to the finals."

"Are you sure? Both of you? It's not right." Zayn asked.

Harry and Louis looked at each other and nodded their heads at the same time.
"Yeah, our families know about us and you guys as well. We don't have to tell the whole world."

They made it through the live show and all of a sudden they were facing the semi-finals.