Louis was walking home from the grocery store in the middle of the night.

"So much for an early night" he mumbled to himself as he trudged through the thick, wet slush that covered the pavement beneath his feet.

His arms began to get tired from holding the white plastic bags, filled with chips and fruit. He neared his house and placed the bags against the wall of his house looking for his key.

"Shit, where'd it go?" He cursed quietly. He must have dropped it on his way back

A shiver ran through his body as a cold gust of wind ripped through the air

"Shit!" He yelled, more to himself

His head snapped backwards as he heard a twig snap in the forest behind him.

Suddenly someone jumped out of the bushes causing Louis to let out a small yelp

"Niall, what the fuck? You almost gave me a heart attack!" He stated in relief

"Hey now, don't be a tit" Niall replied with a cheeky smile

"Why are you here anyway?" He asked

"Well, Harry was going to come but his sister needed his help with something. He sent me here for moral support" he shrugged

"For mor- why do I need moral support?" He had no clue

"Online classes start tomorrow" Niall replied

"And you think I need moral support? I'm not in highschool anymore Ni, I think I can manage" he laughed

"Well I can leave if you want?" Niall suggested

"No, no you dont have to leave. I kinda......kinda lost my key. Do you still have that extra one I gave you a while back?" Louis asked

Niall threw his head back laughing his obnoxious trademark laugh

"Shut up" Louis pouted

Niall pulled out his key and handed it to Louis

"Help me bring in the grocery Ni" Louis said

"No"

•

*a few hours later*

"So you have everything ready for tomorrow? Is your computer charged? Do you have extra paper and pens? Have you set your alarm clock?" Niall asked

"Yes you little cunt" Louis replied exaustedly

"Ok, just making sure" Niall raised his hands in defense

"I'll get going now, you look tired and I dont want you falling asleep in tomorrow's class" Niall said standing up and stretching

"Ok, see you later. Thanks for coming, I feel alot better now" Louis rolled his eyes

"Is that sarcasm Tommo?" Niall replied laughing

Louis didn't reply, instead he laughed and said his goodbyes to his friend

"Oh and Ni?" He called out his door

"Tell H I said thanks"

"Tell him yourself you oaf, you have his number" Niall called back

Louis rolled his eyes and closed the door, and rolled into bed

Snuggling into his pillow, he grabbed his phone from his bedside table and began checking social media. He went to messages and his thumb hovered over Harry's name.

He hesitated before clicking on it, and typing out

Thanks for sending N over :) love youuuu xx

He giggled at his text and pressed send, closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

•

*the next morning*

Louis was awakened by loud beeps. Startled he jumped and fell out of bed with a thump

"Bloody hell" he said as he rubbed his elbow

He stood up and turned off his alarm, stretching then grabbing his phone.

He turned it on and let his eyes adjust to the brightness. As usual, not many notifications. Just an email from some rewards program he had signed up for years ago. He never bothered to unsubscribe, he just ignored the emails.

He swiped it out of the notification bar and glanced at the second notification. A text from Harry.

He smiled and opened it, still standing in the middle of his room, probably looking like a sleep deprived maniac

No problem Lou, I wish I could have been there instead :( Gem had a dentist appointment I forgot about and I had to drive her back home. Maybe I'll drop by tomorrow? -H xx

The text had been sent just minutes after Louis had fallen asleep, and he felt kind of bad that he didn't reply right away so he quickly wrote out a reply

Sorry haha I fell asleep before you sent that last text last night. Is Gem okay? I know she hates the dentist. And yeah, I'd love it if you dropped by :) see you soon xx

As soon as he hit send, he heard a light knock at the door.

He walked towards the door and opened it, revealing a beaming Harry.

Before Louis could say anything, Harry smiled and walked into the house, immediately walking into Louis room

"I brought you breakfast!" Harry shouted from the other room

"What would I do without you?" He rolled his eyes

"You would starve" he replied cheekily

Harry checked his phone and laughed

"Oh yeah, Gems is fine, she just got her wisdom teeth out so shes been a bit loopy. Shs doesn't remember anything though"

"Please tell me you got a video of her" Louis laughed as Harry was already pulling out his phone to show him. They watched the video of Gemma in the car after her surgery, and laughed.

"Oh, shit! My class starts in 5 minutes" Louis remembered, pulling him back into reality

"I lost track of time, I still have to shower and brush my teeth and change and-" he rambled pulling out his laptop

"Don't worry, it's not like they can smell you through ths screen" Harry joked

Louis sent him a playful glare and logged into the video call, turning off his mic and camera.

"Its just gonna be boring class now, but thanks for dropping by and thanks for the breakfast Haz, I really appreciate it" Louis spoke truthfully

"I don't wanna leave though" Harry pouted

"Well you dont have to, but it wont be very entertaining" Louis replied laughing

"I'm staying" Harry grinned, plopping himself beside the smaller boy on his bed

Louis got a weird feeling in his stomach when Harry's hand brushed against his leg when he was shuffling around.

Must just be the 'first day of school' nerves

Harry was about to speak when the teacher began speaking

"Good morning everyone, were going to start by doing attendance. I'll just call out your names and you guys unmute yourselves and say here, got it?" Which she was met with no response

Shs mumbled to herself and the two boys laughed

She started calling out everyone's names when she got to Louis

"Lewis Tomlinson? Is Lewis in class"

"Here" he said quietly, too shy to correct her

Harry gave him a look and unmuted the mic for the second time

"Its pronounced Louis" Harry spoke into the microphone

The teacher just mumbled again and moved on with the list

Louis looked up at Harry and smiled

"Thanks Haz" he whispered, to which Harry replied with a hum

Louis progressed through the class, taking notes and groaning in annoyance every time the teacher switched the slide too fast for him to copy it.

"H, did you catch what that last slide said?" Louis asked, eyes fixed to the screen

No response

"Harry?" Louis asked, looking beside him to see Harry asleep against the headboard

"Awe" he fonded before turning his attention back to the computer

A few hours later the class ended and he slammed his laptop closed, tossing it to the foot of his bed. He started picking at the leftover breakfast beside him.

Harry was still fast asleep

"Hey, wake up H" he tapped his shoulder

"Eeughh" he replied with

Louis rolled his eyes and slid out of bed, going into the bathroom. He brushed his teeth and took a quick shower.

Louis wrapped a towel around his waist and walked back into his room to get some clothes, and he was startled to see Harry awake

"Morning" Harry said

"Haz, mate, its 1pm" Louis replied grabbing a sweatshirt and some trousers

Harry didn't reply, instead he grunted distractedly, eyes stuck on Louis

Louis chuckled and did a little spin, which made Harry snap out of his trance.

Louis just smirked at Harry, making Harry's cheeks turn a dark shade of red.

He was about to speak when his phone rang, and he let out a sigh of relief

"Hello? Why do I have to do it? Fin- okay fine" he spoke on the phone

He hung up and sent a weak smile

"Mums making me drive Gems and her friend to the mall, I have to go, but ill see you tomorrow?" Harry said

"Sure" he replied

They said their goodbyes and Harry walked out the door, Louis ignored the feeling he got when Harry left, and instead collapsed back onto his bed and went back to sleep.

•

*the next morning*

Louis woke up to the nagging voice of his teacher and a pencil scratching along paper.

He cracked open his eyes and saw Harry sitting beside him.

"Harry?" He groaned

"Good morning sleepy head. You slept through your alarm and luckily I got here soon enough to log into your zoom call. It just started so I'm taking some notes for you. You can go back to sleep, love" Harry explained, dropping his hand to tangle into Louis hair.

Louis hummed in approval

"You're the bestest Haz" he slurred, already half asleep again. He fell asleep once more to Harry softly massaging his scalp.

•

Louis woke up a few hours later. He sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"Harry?" He said quickly

He checked his phone to see a text from Harry

Class ended and you were still sleeping so I let you sleep. Theres lunch in the fridge, love you and miss you already -H xx

"Awe, that sap" he said outloud

He reheated the food and texted Harry back

Thank you so so so much for covering for me today, I owe you ;) and thankyou for the food too, love and miss you too haha xx

•

*middle of the night*

Louis couldn't sleep. He had slept for most of the day so he wasn't tired.

"This is gonna fuck up my whole sleep schedule. Why didnt he just wake me up" he whined, turning over on his pillow

After a long time of trying to fall asleep he finally gave up, sitting straight up in bed quite frustrated.

He grabbed his phone and started scrolling through Instagram because he had nothing better to do

"Ahh" he hissed when he turned on his phone, the light blinding him

After about a half hour of scrolling through Instagram, he checked the time 3:30am. He knew he wouldn't be able to fall asleep and he knew he would be tired tomorrow, and he cant keep relying on Harry to do his classes

He texted Liam

I can't sleep, send me memes :)

But of course, Liam couldn't respond. Curse him and his normal sleep schedule.

So he tried the same thing with Zayn, with the same outcome.

His thumb hovered over the call button on Harry's contact. He had already done so much for him, he didn't want to wake him up.

After a few minutes of hesitation, he finally called him

He picked up on the first ring

"Lou? You okay?" He spoke softly

"Cant sleep" Louis mumbled back

"M'sorry" Harry replied

"Its not your fault" Louis said

It was quiet for a while before Louis spoke up again

"Can you come over?"

"Yeah? Yeah, I can. Right now?" He asked

"Nevermind, I'm sorry I woke you" Louis said shyly

"No no, it's okay, I was already up. I'm on my way" Louis smiled at that

"Love you Hazza" Louis whispered

"I love you too, I'll be there in 10" he said before he hung up.

Louis didn't stop smiling until Harry got there. When he heard him open the door quietly, Louis pretended to be asleep.

"Lou?" He whispered

He came into Louis room and saw the small boy curled up facing away from him.

He smiled and climbed into bed with him, laying on his back.

"Good night Lou" he whispered

Louis turned around and wrapped his arms around Harry's torso, resting his head on his stomach, nuzzling in

"Night Haz"

Harry chuckled and tangled his hand in Louis hair, slowly moving his thumb back and forth, creating a ripple of tiredness overtake Louis body. His thumb motions got slower and less frequent until his hand went completely still, and the boys were both in a deep sleep.

•

*the next morning*

Harry woke up first to a warm feeling on his neck and a heavy chest

He opened his eyes to see a head of brown, soft feathery hair. Louis face was pressed into the side of Harry's neck, their arms wrapped around eachother and they legs tangled up with the blankets.

Louis soft even breaths mads Harry smile and absentmindedly place a small kiss on the top of Louis head.

Louis stirred on his chest, moving his hand from Harry side to rest on his stomach. Harry suddenly got butterflies as Louis began moving his fingers across his stomach making random shapes. The soft pads of his delicate fingers roaming through Harry's thin white tshirt, sending tingles up Harry's whole body.

He placed his hand ontop of Louis rubbing the back of his hand.

Louis suddenly sat up and rubbed his eyes with his sweater paws, his hair disheveled, looking even cuter than before

"Harry" Louis said

"That's me baby" Harry replied, resting his hand on Louis knee with a smile

"Thank you for last night" Louis blushed

"Dont worry about it" he replied

Louis got ready for his class and set himself up on the bed, Harry sat down beside him

"You're staying?" He asked

"Of course, why wouldn't I?"

"Thought you would be tired of me by now" Louis said

"I could never get tired of you"

Class progressed as normal until the teacher called out Louis name

"Lewis, you're going to present your essay now" she said

Louis looked at Harry

"Harry, what essay?" He said in shock

"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. She assigned that yesterday, don't worry though I did it. You just read it" He replied

"You're a life saver" Louis sighed, placing a quick peck on Harry's cheek, but quickly pulling back after realizing what he did

"Uh, s-sorr-"

He was cut off by Harry pecking his temple

"Rock that presentation babe" he winked, and Louis blushed

Louis unmuted himself and began reading

"Hi, um, so I did my essay on the-"

"Put your camera on too" the teacher bitched

"Oh, uh, okay sorry" he stumbled

He quickly ran his hands through his hair and looked at Harry for approval of his looks, Harry nodded

He turned on his camera and smiled

"Carry on Lewis" she said

"Its Louis" Louis said quietly

"Huh? What was that?"

"He said his name is pronounced Louis, not Lewis" Harry said, coming into the frame.

She just rolled her eyes and Louis began again

"So I did my essay on the 1918 Armistice. It was signed by the Germans who surrendered-" he started, when Harry placed his hand on Louis thigh

"Uh, the Germans who surrendered during World War 1" he breathed out. Harry was lightly massaging his thigh, his fingers unknowingly making their way under the hem of his shorts

"They, uh, they were in debt and couldn't keep.....couldn't keep fighting in the war" Louis said, sending a death glare at Harry who looked oblivious.

'He probably thinks hes just comforting me and my nerves' Louis thought.

"Lewis, do you speak English? This isnt what I expect from a Collage student" the teacher interrupted

"No, I mean y-yeah I just....sorry can i restart?" He asked

Harry smirked and took his hand off of his thigh.

Louis read his essay fully and quickly turned off his camera and mic as soon as it was over.

"You did great Lou" Harry smiled

"You were distracting me" he pouted

Harry was about to speak when Louis phone buzzed

OMG WHO WAS THAT WITH YOUUU???

-Jade

Louis laughed and answered

It was Harry my best mate haha, you fancy him ;) ?

"Who's that" Harry asked while making toast

"Jade, shes a friend of mine in class" he replied still looking at his phone, and he missed the look of sadness on Harry's face

"Oh, okay. I should go now, I made you breakfast" Harry said plating up his mates food

"Wait, you don't have to go yet" Louis said immediately dropping his phone on the bed beside him

"Its okay, I think my mum wanted my help for something" He replied looking at the floor

"Oh, well....see you tomorrow I hope?" Louis asked

"Of course" Harry smiled

Louis stood up and wrapped his arms around Harry's middle, squeezing tight

Harry reciprocated the hug and placed a hand on his back, rubbing soothingly up and down

"See you later, love" Harry said walking out the door

Louis smiled and looked back down at his phone to see that Jade had spammed him

No I dont, but you do ;)

Hes hot

Like really hot

You're lucky

He even stood up to Mrs. Queef for you

Why aren't you responding Louuu?

YOU'RE FUCKING HIM AREN'T YOU?!

YOU TOTALLY ARE

HOLY SHIT CONGRATS

He shook my head and laughed at her texts

Jadeeee no. I was just saying bye to him, you dirty minded perve. And hes straight so :/

He took a quick shower and checked his phone once more

You're blind af if you think hes straight HDKSJSJ

He just turned off his phone and plugged it in.

He hadn't been out of the house for a while because of the quarantine so he decided to go for a run. Harry probably shouldn't be coming over either because of social distancing but he basically lived there so he didn't really count.

He went on his jog without running into anyone and went straight to sleep.

•

*the next day*

Louis woke up early today, about an hour before his class started.

"What the fuck" he said while looking at the clock that read '7:00am'

He tried to go back to sleep for another hour, but couldn't

"Skrew this" he mumbled, throwing himself out of bed and into the shower. The scolding hot water made his skin turn a pinky tinge, and he stepped out of the shower, steam emitting from the shower that had turned into a sauna.

By the time he had finished his morning routines it was only 7:30am so he fell back onto his bed.

He looked around his room until he saw a brown package on the floor that he had ordered months ago and never bothered opening.

He forgot what was in the package, so he grabbed it and began opening it.

"Ohhh I remember buying this" he smiled as he pulled out a rainbow pride flag.

He ran into the kitchen and opened his drawer of miscellaneous items, fishing out 4 thumbtacks.

"Perfect" he said, pinning the flag onto the wall just above his bed.

Just as he stepped back to admire his work, the door opened and in came a panting Harry.

"Harry, oh my god why are you so sweaty?" Louis asked

"I-, I ran here. Gem- Gemma stole my car for driving- for driving lessons, and I didn't want to be late" he panted, falling to the floor dramatically

"Well, you stink. Go take a shower so I can hug you" Louis smiled