Harry thought it was funny, cute even, how Louis bullied him. Harry was taller and buffer than Louis, so he really didn't get intimidated by him.

Every day, Louis would 'steal' Harry's lunch money. Harry really didn't put up a fuss, be just passed it over. Sometimes he would even walk up to Louis and hand him his lunch money.

It was almost as if Harry was buying him lunch indirectly. Louis didn't have much money, Harry knew that, and Louis was quite thin, so Harry knew why he needed the money, so he was okay with giving him some every day.

Harry wouldn't even really consider it bullying , more just like teasing, and to be honest, he didn't mind it, he liked the attention.

Sometimes Louis would pin Harry up against the lockers, and Harry would have to suppress a laugh. Louis really thought he was scaring Harry, but he really just looked like an angry kitten most of the time.

Harry could have easily punched him into next week by now, but he hasn't, and he wont, because Louis just an adorable misfit.

•

Louis sat at a park bench, his money layed out across his lap, and he was digging in his pockets for some loose change.

He counted it all, and it came to $16.70.

He shook his head, that wasn't nearly enough to feed his family. He sighed, shoving the crumpled bills back into his pockets. He just has to take Harry's money again tomorrow. That should be enough for a few sandwiches, at least for his mum and sisters.

He stood up and started walking back home. His mum had a job, yes, but it was a part time, minimum wage job, and payday wasnt until next week

He walked into his house and sat his bag on the kitchen table.

"Did you get food?" Daisy asked, peeking her head into the room

"I'm sorry, I didn't. Tomorrow, I promise. Theres some tuna in the cupboard" he said

"I don't want tuna, we've had it for the past 4 days" she groaned

"I know darling, I'm really sorry." He frowned

He plated up tuna and a few cubes of cheese and crackers, and poured them each a glass of water, placing them on the table for his sisters and mum.

He gave them each a kiss on the cheek before heading to his room

"Louis?" Jay asked

"Yes mum?" He replied

"Wheres your food?" She said

"You guys can have it, that's alright. I'm not hungry" he said with a smile

"When was the last time you ate?" She asked

"I had Nialls orange today. I'm really sorry I didn't give it to one of the girls, or you, I was really hungry-" he said

"Baby, don't apologize for that. Before the orange, when was the last time you ate?"

"Three days ago" he said softly, looking down at his fingers

"Lou, you have to eat. Have my portion" she said, pulling him into a hug

"No, that's okay. I had some food today, I can wait until tomorrow" he said

She shook her head and passed him the plate of food, looking at her watch

"You eat, I have to leave for work. Make sure the girls get to bed by 10" she said, and before he could answer, she walked out the door

He looked down at the food, his mouth watering. He took a deep breath, then looked back up at the girls, their plates empty.

He took his plate, putting half the food on Daisy's and half on Pheobes, giving them a kiss on the forehead.

"Eat up girls" he said with a small smile. They immediately dug in.

He grabbed a glass and filled it up with water, chugging the contents. That made him feel full enough.

He walked to his room and layed down on his bed, popping a peice of gum into his mouth.

•

Harry sat on the couch, trying to braid his hair, but failing.

Anne laughed and sat down beside him

"So, tell me about school. What's going on in your life?" She asked

"Not much. Well, actually theres this boy who bullys me, but its not really bullying. It's kinda hard to explain" Harry told her

"Is he bothering you?" She asked, an eyebrow raised

"No" Harry shrugged

"Well I say kill him with kindness" she said

"I geuss so. I give him my lunch money every day because he never brings a lunch and I don't think he has too much money" Harry said

"That's very sweet of you. What's his name?" She asked

"Louis"

"Well here, give him this..." she trailed off, digging through her purse and grabbing a $50 bill

She grabbed an envelope as well and sealing the bill inside of it, finishing it off with writing his Louis on the back.

She handed it to Harry

"Give him that tomorrow" she smiled

"Thank you mum, I'm sure he'll love it" he smiled back

•

Louis woke up the next morning and looked through his closet. He didn't even know why he had a closet, it was so barren.

He had 3 tshirts and 2 pairs of pants, and about a half dozen pairs of boxers

He grabbed a set of clothes and put them on, walking into his sisters rooms to get them dressed as well. They both had the same pink and yellow princess dress that they basically lived in, plus normal clothes.

He woke them gently with a kiss on the forehead, getting them into clothes, and making them breakfast, which was the last slice of bread cut in half with some jam, and a big glass of water each.

They ate happily as Louis sat there, zoning out. He caught himself doing that alot more lately. It was his body's natural was of distracting itself from the hunger and tiredness.

"LouLou?" Pheobe asked him through a mouth of toast, snapping him out of his daze

"Yes Pheobe?"

"Aren't you hungry?" She asked

"No, you girls eat" he smiled

She was too young to understand what was going on, so she just nodded and kept eating. The twins little 6 year old minds couldn't comprehend that they were poor.

He looked at the clock and realized it was time to go to school.

He walked them to school, dropping them off at their classes, giving them a kiss on the cheek, before walking to his own class.

•

Harry woke up happy the next morning. He looked at the card sitting on his bedside table, taking his bottom lip inbetween his teeth. He grabbed a gift bag and walked to his closet, picking up his favorite hoodie.

He folded it nicely and put it in the bag, placing the card ontop, along with a bag of candy that he had bought the day before.

He smiled to himself, eating quickly and going to school

•

"I need to get more money today so I can buy them a real meal" Louis mumbled to himself

That's when he saw Harry walking up the hallway.

He smiled and walked up to him, his forearm splayed across his chest, pinning Harry up against the lockers

"Give me your money" Louis said, trying to make his voice sound deep and demanding, but it came out more squeaky than he intended

Harry laughed

"What are you laughing at?" Louis growled, pinning him harder against the door

"Let go of me and I'll give you my money" Harry smiled

"No, give me the money first" Louis demanded.

He made eye contact with Harry, trying to push him hard into the wall

Harry smiled, leaning in quickly, pecking Louis' lips. That made Louis let go instantly

"W-what the fuck was that?" Lousi asked

"I don't know, but it made you let go of me, didn't it?" Harry smirked

"Shut up, just give me the money" Louis snapped

Harry chuckled and handed him the gift bag.

Louis looked down at it, dumbfounded

"What's this?" Louis asked softly

"A gift" Harry replied

Louis looked up at Harry, both had cute smiled on their faces

"Open it up" Harry said

Louis places it on the ground and took out the card first, seeing his name scrawled on the back. He carefully opened up the card, talking out the bill.

"Harry.." Louis said quietly

"Open the rest Lou" Harry smiled

"I.. I can't take this" Louis said, close to tears

"You can and you will. Open the rest." Harry replied

Louis carefully put the bill in his pocket and grabbed the bag.

He pulled out the bag of candy next.

By now, hot tears brimmed his eyes as he took out the hoodie. The warm, green Adidas hoodie that smelled like cinnamon and vanilla.

He was at a loss for words. Why would the person he bullys do something so nice for him

"Thank you Harry" Louis said, a single tear escaping from his eye, which he quickly hid.

Harry nodded with a tight smile.

Harry turned around and was about to walk away, when Louis grabbed his hand, turning him back around, and hugged him.

He wasn't holding his tears back anymore as he cried into Harry's shoulder, his tears soaking through his shirt onto his skin. Harry just wrapped his arms around the poor boy and comforted him. That's when he realized how thin Louis was.

They pulled back, Louis looking embarrassed

"I um..I got your shirt a bit wet" Louis laughed, still crying slightly

"That's okay" Harry chuckled

"Thank you so much Harry, you have no idea how much this means to me" Louis said

Harry smiled

"Do you...would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight?" Harry asked

"Um, I can't" Louis replied

"I'll pay, don't worry about that" Harry said softly

Louis looked shyly down at his hands, picking at his fingers anxiously. This was a side of Louis that Harry had never seen before, a stripped down, emotional and vulnerable boy

"What's your address? I'll pick you up" Harry said

"We can just meet there" Louis replied

"Oh, okay. Do you know where Braza is?" Harry asked

"Yeah, but that place is really expensive-"

"My treat" Harry cut him off

"I'll meet you there at 6? Does that sound okay?" Harry asked hopefully

"Thank you Harry" Louis replied, nodding his head slightly

They went their separate ways to their classes, both excited for dinner together

•

"I'm taking Louis out for dinner tonight" Harry said cheerily to his mum the second he walked into the house

"That's sweet of you H, did he like the gift?" She asked

"Yeah, he actually cried a little and hugged me" Harry said

She sadly smiled at him, feeling pity for the boy

"We should drop off some things at his house tomorrow. Like groceries and clothes" Anne said, and Harry nodded.

"While you guys are out to dinner I'll do that" she added

•

Louis got home, feeling quite guilty.

"Girlsss, I have something for you" he sang through the house. He had used the money to buy groceries on his way back home

He put away all the food and held the bag of candy behind his back as the girls came running into the room

"What is it?" They asked in unison, making Louis chuckle

He pulled the candy out from behind his back, making the girls gasp

They gently took the bag from his hand, treating it as if it were gold

"Can we open it?" They asked, he nodded

They happily skipped to the kitchen table, opening the bag and grabbing a handful of candy each. Louis smiled as he saw them eat the candy, happy that he made them happy.

Pheobe whispered something into her sisters ear. They each took a few peices of candy in their hands, walking toward their brother

"Have some" they said

Louis smiled and picked up one piece of candy, popping it into his mouth

"Eat the rest" Daisy urged him, shoving her hands filled with candy towards him

"No no, you guys have them, I'm full" he smiled

"You can't possibly be full! You only had one peice! Plus, we can eat all these by ourselves" Pheobe said

Louis laughed at their persistence and took one more peice. Daisy sighed and shoved the rest of the candy in her hands into Louis pocket

"Eat" she pouted

"Were not leaving until you finish that candy" Daisy added on

Louis smiled, a genuine smile, realizing how much his sister's actually cared for him. He took the candy into the palm of his hand and ate them, one by one. He felt guilty seeing his sisters watching him eat them, he felt like he should be giving it to them.

He finished, and the girls smiled, grabbing the rest of the bag and disappearing into their room.

•

A few hours later, they got to the restaurant. Louis was wearing the hoodie that Harry gave him, because it was the nicely peice of clothing he owned.

Harry got there first, about 20 minutes early. Louis came 10 minutes after him.

Harry was sitting at the table, looking behind him every 5 seconds at the door, when he saw Louis wall into the restaurant, looking around for him.

Harry smiled and walked over to him

"Hi Lou" he smiled

"HI Harry" he replied

Harry lead him to the table, his hand was hovering over Louis' back, just barely touching him. He pulled out Louis chair for him, making Louis blush

They talked and joked around for a while before the waiter came for their orders

"Hello, my name is Viktor and I'll be your waiter tonight. Can I start you off with some drinks?" He said in a thick French accent

"I think we're actually ready to order" Harry said, looking at Louis who nodded

"You go first" Harry smiled

"I'll have the caesar salad please" he told the waiter

"Okay, and what would you like for the main?" He asked

"Um, just the salad please" he said

"No, we'll have 2 deluxe meals with steak, fries, salad and ice cream please" Harry said

The waiter scratched that down on his notepad and smiled at Harry, walking away

"Thank you" Louis said flowing with empathy

"Now what kind of dessert should we get?" Harry asked, ignoring Louis 'thank you'. Louis laughed and propped his head up with his hands, watching Harry look through the menu, his tounge poking out of his mouth. Louis had never realized how attractive Harry was. Woah, he's really hot

Their food came and they happily ate it, laughing and having a great time, until relationships came up in the conversation

"And how's your looove life?" Harry teased

"Ah, non-existent. How about you? You must have girls throwing themselves at you" Louis laughed

"Well not exactly" Harry laughed nervously

The waiter came back to take their plates away

"And would you lovely couple like some dessert?" He asked

Louis immediately turned bright red. The waiter thought they were dating?

"We'll get a slice of the chocolate cake and a slice of the vanilla cake" Harry smiled, not correcting Viktor

The waiter smiled and nodded, walking away

They both ignored that he thought they were a couple, and continued on with their conversation

The cake came and they started eating it.

"Can I try some of yours?" Harry asked

Louis nodded happily and pushed thr plate towards Harry. Harry didn't move the fork in his hand. Instead he just opened his mouth expectantly.

Louis laughed and took a bit of the cake on his own fork, placing it into Harry's mouth.

"Fank you" Harry said, muffled from the cake, making Louis laugh hysterically

Harry took some of his own cake and motioned Louis to open his mouth, feeding Louis the rest of his cake.

There was still about a half of a slice of cake left, and both boys were far too full to eat the rest.

The waiter came back and Harry paid, asking for a takeout container.

Louis felt guilty again when Harry paid, but he was reassured when Harry took some icing on his finger and swiped it across Louis nose, making him giggle

They got up, Harry holding the takeout container filled with cake in one hand, the other hand still hovering over Louis lower back.

Louis saw that Harry was hesitant about touching his back, so he slowed down his walking speed a bit so that Harry's hand wound bump into his back.

His hand grazed over Louis' back, he pulled away for a second before just going for it and resting his hand on the small of his back.

They reached outside, where they stopped walking, turning to look at eachother with big smiles on their faces and a small blush creeping along their faces.

"Thank you Harry. For everything. This was the best night I've had in a while" Louis admitted

"The pleasure is mine" Harry replied

"Come with me, I'll drive you home" Harry said

"Thank you for the offer, but it's okay, I can walk" Louis replied

"Where do you live anyways?" Harry asked

"28 Maple Lane" he replied

"That's like a 20 minute walk away! You're crazy to think I'd let you walk that all alone at night in the cold. Get in silly" Harry said. Louis hadn't really realized how far it actually was, he was used to walking everywhere.

Louis smiled and followed Harry into his car

"You can pick the song" Harry said, handing Louis his phone

Louis looked through his playlists before his eyes settled on "Parents" by Yungblud

He clicked on the play button as the sound slowly enveloped the car speakers

"This is my favorite song!" Harry said, a surprised look on his face

They laughed and belted the lyrics out together, the windows down, the wind blowing their hair every which way.

Harry pulled into Louis' driveway, it was suddenly very quiet

"Thank you again for this amazing night Harry, I owe you" Louis said

"You don't owe me anything, we should do this again soon" Harry said

"I'd like that" Louis smiled

It was quiet for a moment

"Goodnight Harry" Louis said, leaning over to give him a hug

"G'night Lou" Harry said muffled into Louis hair. Before they pulled back, Harry gently kissed Louis cheek.

Louis blushed and stepped out of his car, walking up to his front door with a grin ear to ear. Harry waited until he opened his door, waving bye, before he pulled out of his driveway and drove away.

•

Louis walked inside, his cheeks hurting from smiling so much.

His mum and sisters were laughing at the table, she had made chicken for them.

"Louis!" She exclaimed happily

"Hi mum, hi girls" he laughed, kissing each of their foreheads

"There's some chicken on the stove for you" she said

"Oh, that's okay, I ate already" he smiled

"You did?" She asked

"Yeah, um..my friend took me out to dinner, I brought home some cake" he said

"Niall?"

"No, a new friend, his name is Harry" he said

"Well that's very sweet of him. Where did you get the money for these groceries anyway? And the candy? And is that a new sweatshirt?" She asked

"Harry gave it to me" He said

"I like Harry, whoever he is" Pheobe said

"I do too. I really like him" Louis replied

They finished the night and Louis fell asleep over the moon happy.

•

The next morning, Harry put all the food and clothes in the trunk of his car that his mum got the night before. He remembered that Louis mentioned he had two 6 year old sisters, so he got clothes for them too, and his mum.

Him and his mum got in the car and he drove over to Louis' house.

He walked up to the front door and rang the bell. A sleepy looking Louis answered

"Hi Harry" he said, stepping forward to hug his torso, he was still half asleep by the look of it

"Hi Lou" he laughed