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"Where are you going?" Standing up, Harry follows the younger girl, wondering if this some joke she's pulling on him.

And he really hope it's not. Because Harry doesn't believe he'll be able to handle it.

"It's along story, and if you want to know it, we need to get comfortable" came the soft reply.

He follows the now silent girl to the living room taking a seat next to Phoebe. He stays quiet waiting patiently for the girl to start speaking, not wanting to rush her or anything.

Because right here, right now, for the very first time Harry can actually can reads the girl and he can sense how nervous and scared she's.

Harry hesitates for a couple of seconds debating with himself to do it or not, before to deciding to just screw it and goes to it.

He pulls the smaller girl into his arms, hugging her close to his body. Harry manage to keep his body relaxed as he feels Phoebe goes tense for a few seconds before she starts to relax slowly.

And Harry couldn't help but smile secretly at this.

That's an achievement now. He honestly thought she would yell and pull herself away.

Maybe she isn't as bad as Harry originally thought.

"Harry?" He hummus as a reply, otherwise staying quiet as he plays with her hair, waiting for the girl to continue. "I don't hate you, that's the first thing you need to know. The second thing is, I didn't mean to hurt you and I'm sorry if I did" Phoebe says so softly. As if she's afraid to speak.

"It's okay"

At that, Phoebe pulls herself away harshly, and Harry believe he just blow it all apart. Did he? "NO IT'S NOT" Phoebe takes a deep breath, before settling in Harry's arms one more time. "No it's not" she repeats softly. "I hurt you. I treated you so badly even though you don't deserve it. So I need to explain myself"

Harry sees how she's having a trouble with whatever she's about to tell him. So he decides to make it easier on the poor girl. "Why do you hate me? You were so cold to me while with Eleanor, you're so nice and I could see it clearly that you love her?"

Harry couldn't stop the smile that's painting on his face when he hears Phoebe laughs. For the very first time, she's laughing around him and it's warm Harry's heart. "Like I said, I don't hate you. With Eleanor though, it just... I know I have nothing to be afraid or worry about when it comes to her"

Okay, he's really confused right now. What is she talking about? "What do you mean?"

Phoebe sighs knowing there's no way she can escape this. It's just, she doesn't like to think about it. "I think I need to go back to the past for you to understand this, from the start. So sit back and try to relax, it's along story,kind of"

And he does just that. Listening carefully to Phoebe's story. "One day, Louis brought home his boyfriend, Shane. It was his first relationship, and Louis was so in love with that boy. You could literally see it all over his face. And he was happy. Obviously, we were so happy for him. And Shane was so lovely, polite, visiting every few days and we became so close to him. Especially me. Everything was perfect until one time, Shane, and I believe he forgot his phone next to me as he went to the bathroom, his phone lightened up with a new message and I happen to read it, I didn't mean to, I swear. But the phone was right there you know? And honestly, there are times I wish I never read it. 'Don't take too long, I'm waiting for you baby' and I got so confused. Who would he be texting and talking that way to? I just had a bad feeling about it. Of course I didn't say anything to anyone, it could mean anything, so why cause problems?! But I started to pay more attention to him, watching out like a hawk for any sign. Making it my personal mission to figure out what's going on. And I finally did. I catch him talking on the phone, 'I know baby, just a little bit more, I cannot just break it like that, just a bit more, I promise, love you too' and I knew then that he's cheating on Louis. So I couldn't take it anymore, and I told him everything that night, of course Louis didn't believe me, but I begged him to be careful and watch out for himself, and Louis, he promised me that he'll talk with Shane. After that Shane refused to talk to Louis, saying how could he accuse him of such a thing. And of course I got blamed, with time, apparently Shane fed Louis with lies such as I don't like him and how I was trying to break them apart, and Louis, he was so in love that he turned blind to everything else. He believed him, stopped talking to me and slowly he stopped coming home and talking with the family, all together. And it hurts. Because Louis is everything to me, he's my big brother and I need him there next to me. For along time I blamed myself for all of this, until one day, he came home, skipping everyone, he runs to me and hugs me tightly to him, after so long. Apologizing over and over again. Apparently Louis went home from tour earlier than it's supposed to surprise Shane, only to find that jerk in bed with another guy" Phoebe takes a deep breath, wiping away the tears, hating how it's still affects her after all this time.

That boy destroyed her relationship with her brother. And she hates him for this. "Do you understand now?" She turns to face the stunned Harry. "Louis is gay. With Eleanor I have nothing to fear since she won't be able to hurt him in anyway. The couple of guys that came after Shane it was nothing serious so I didn't have to worry. But with you... I heard the way he talks about and I can tell Louis is very serious about you so, I got so scared that you would turn out to be just like Shane. I thought if I break you I'd be able to see your real face and save Louis from the pain"

Harry hugs the girl closer to him. Trying to process everything he's just learned. How can someone do this? How can they hurt people like that as if it means nothing at all? "Don't worry Phoebe, I would never hurt him, I promise you"

She let's a watery laugh at this. "That's we he said too"

Harry shakes his head, taking a deep breath before he starts to pull the bracelets off. Showing his scared wrists to Phoebe. He can't believe he's doing this, after all, he's been hiding this from Louis for so long. "I would never hurt Louis like that. Because I know how it feels to get hurt by someone you trust so much"

Phoebe gasps at the sight in front of her, she couldn't help but to reach out and trace the many scars. Hating the way Harry flinches at her touch. "What happened?" She asks softly. "God! I feel so awful now, and I made you cry, I'm so Harry" apologizing one more time.

"Long story. Besides, you're not the only reason, I cried"

And that caught her attention. "What do you mean?" She asks with narrow eyes.

And Harry starts to explain everything that happened with Louis. And by the end Phoebe was almost fuming with anger. At whom? Harry honestly didn't know.

Harry puts the bracelets back on, covering the scars perfectly.

"Go pack. We're leaving" Phoebe says.

"Huh? Where to?"

"WHERE TO? I believe there's someone who needs to get his ass kicked and thrown from the highest building in whole Japan" she says, in all seriousness. With a glimpse of mischievous in her eyes.

"WHAT? ARE YOU CRAZY?"

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