wheels on the bus ➸ [larry au]

ღ chapter six ღ

it's been a few days since the sleep over.

harry has been ignoring louis at recess when the four would reunite after morning classes. niall and louis would automatically begin talking about something and liam would try to involve harry into conversation but harry wasn't easy to talk to.

he was shy, he didn't know what to say. especially to a guy that was friends with the mean boy with the blue eyes. he just wanted out of this friendship or whatever it was. but he was afraid to hurt niall's feelings as they were his friends too. and niall and him were best friends.

he felt stuck, not knowing what to do.

he just stood there listening while niall and louis spoke about why pizza was better than eating any vegetables. harry thought vegetables were better but he refrained himself from speaking up. he just stood listening as they spoke about the food they liked the most

almost at the end of recess, niall says he had to go take a wee (well, after doing his little wee-dance and had louis calling him out for it). liam, wanting to wee as well, says that he would be going with him leaving louis and harry alone.

oh no, harry thinks.

"listen," louis says catching harry by surprise as louis has not spoken to him since the sleepover.

was he talking to me? he thinks.

"y..yeah?" harry stutters blushing.

"i don't like you," he states bluntly for a six year old, "but i have something for you."

he reaches for his book bag and pulls out an action figure. a superman figure. he then shoved it into harry's tiny hands and clears his throat before saying;

"this is superman, the best superhero," louis says, "now you have to say he's the best one because i gave you it."

harry inspected the doll. this was a superhero?

"put it away," he then suddenly hisses when he catches niall and liam from afar coming their way. not wanting to piss of louis (as he had actually done something nice to him for once) he puts it in his book bag. a smile threatens to come out but he didn't wanna annoy louis and make him take back his nice gesture.

"we're back!" niall announces as if they didn't just see them walk over to them.

harry sends him a small smile while his eyes avert to louis who surprisingly was looking back at him too.

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it was the end of the day already. niall had been picked up early for a dentist appointment meanwhile liam had decided to wait for his mom to pick him up from school.

that meant louis and harry would be taking the bus.

harry wanted to ask louis, when he saw him seated at the far end of the bus, if it was okay if he could sit with him. but remembering that he had just done something nice to him today he didn't wanna push it.

so he found a seat in the front beside a girl named lilian who was in his class. and although louis noticed harry glance towards him, he was glad he didn't come and try to sit next to him.

he didn't have to give him the figure. but he felt he needed to because even he felt he was a bit too mean to the four year old. he doesn't like him, but he also didn't like to see him cry. especially if it was partly his fault.

so as soon as he got home the next morning, he broke his piggy bank where he was saving up to buy a new superman figure for himself and bought it for harry instead.

he decided to just give it to him today and get it over with it and just call it even to which he did.

so now they were even in louis' eyes.

harry decided to take out the figure mid-way home and the girl lilian spots it and gasps, "you like superman too?"

harry hesitates, unsure if the figure was superman as he had already forgotten, and nods.

"cool! i 'ove him too, my big brother loves them too," she smiles. harry smiles back at her being polite.

harry looks at the figure once again before putting it in his bag and zipping up the zipper when he realized they were soon approaching his stop.

when the bus comes to a stop and he says goodbye to lilian and the bus driver, he walks up to his mother who was waiting for him by the driveway.

"sweetie!" anne beams hugging his son after a long day of missing him. harry hugs her back and goes on to explain the day to her as usual yet leaving out the part where louis gave him the superhero figure.

that was a detail of the story he wanted to keep to himself.

and maybe, just maybe, he ends up putting superman by his bedside table so he could see it everyday whenever he would go to sleep and every-time he would wake up.

but like i said, just maybe.

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authors note:

helloooo:)

so louis did something nice? ajsjdjd what a good boy ;)

anyway, how are you guys?

july 2, 2020

unedited/unrevised.