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*Christmas Vacation*
Louis was cuddled up in a blanket with hot tea humming along to the song on the radio behind him when he got the email.
Harry was baking for his mother, leaving her a snack before he returned back to campus when his phone buzzed and he got the email.
Many students around the area seemed to be in their relaxed most precious state when they received the email that changed everyone's views on life.
The buzzing irritated Louis as he scratched at the space upon his thigh that still felt the buzzing sensation as he scrolled through his emails from the school, readjusting his glasses as he read the line in per shock and confusion.
Hello Students,
Tomorrow we return to school with one less member of our beloved family. We would like to send our love to the family of Brenna Luna, our secretary at our Cedar dorm.
Brenna’s wake will be on Tuesday at 6pm, her family extended the invitation to any students who wanted to come. We encourage you to send your love and prayers to her family and keep them in your hearts this holiday season.
Thank you and see you tomorrow,
President Jane Johnson
Louis dropped his phone in his lap and felt as if he couldn't move. The Raven had died. He quickly scooped up his phone with a heavy feeling in his chest and called Harry, letting the ringing of the phone fill his head and scare away the blankness.
“Hello love?”
Louis was quiet for a moment and simply took a deep breath, scrambling for words he didn't think he had to explain the emotions he was feeling.
“Love?”
“The Raven. She died.”
Harry sighed into the phone, wishing he was beside Louis so he could cuddle him tightly.
“I'm sorry babe, I know you secretly adored pushing her buttons.”
Louis frowned heavily, knowing all too well that Harry was right and now he was never going to get to do it again, or apologize for it, or laugh about it. She was just gone, just like that. It's was just all too sudden.
“Louis? Are you still there?”
Louis hummed and tightened the blanket around him so he was cuddling into himself more and slowly sipped on his now cooling tea.
“I'll see you tomorrow love, I miss you.”
He didn't wait for Harry to say anything back he simply hung up and dropped his phone, the same phone he didn't touch until the next morning because he was too afraid of what might pop up next.
******
When Louis pulled into the parking lot on Sunday, bringing with him all of his luggage from break Harry was in the lot waiting patiently for him in a scarf that engulfed his body.
He knocked on Louis’ window as Louis put his car in park and Louis rolled it down slowly.
“Nice scarf how many people fit in that thing.”
Harry smirked touching the soft but warm fabric that was hanging down to his knee caps.
“Hopefully two.”
Louis blushed and popped his trunk and smiled at Harry, his hand already on the button to retract his window back up.
“Well as nice as that sounds I have unpacking to do and I need your help, how many boxes can you carry?”
Louis started to roll the window up as Harry rolled his eyes playfully.
“For you my love? A million and one boxes!”
Louis rolled his eyes right back at that comment but still blushed into his steering wheel as Harry move to his trunk to help unloaded his luggage.
Louis took a breath and shut his engine off. He slowly got out of the car and saw Harry already had both duffle bags and his small suitcase wrapped around his body.
“You know I could've carried something? It is my luggage.”
Harry smiled softly and kissed Louis’ forehead while he closed the trunk.
“I've missed you too.”
Louis just stared at him blankly and locked the car.
“Why are you being extra nice to me today.”
Harry made that sound of complete fake surprise that he knew Louis hated and put his free hand to his chest.
“I can't love you without a reason?”
Louis stopped before the stairs and turned to face Harry who seemed to be struggling ever so slightly.
“This is about the Raven isn't it!”
Harry sighed in defeat and let his head fall to the side as he looked down at Louis.
“Babe you had a rough day yesterday and it's not about to get any better just let me carry your bags.”
Louis sighed and just nodded because he knew hart was right. He climbed the stairs slowly and used his key to unlock the door.
Harry sensed his tension so he slipped his hand into Louis’ so they walked in together.
Louis looked around at the still quiet bustling of students and family members helping them unpack and he saw the security desk which held a man with short hair and a bored expression on his face sitting in the seat The Raven used to occupy.
Harry nudged him towards the desk and Louis put on a fake smile as he read the, “introduce yourself to the new security guard” sign hanging above the new mans head.
“Hi I'm Louis Tomlinson, this is my boyfriend Harry.”
Harry waved lightly, trying to hold all the bags together as Louis smiled softly at him but his smile faded as he turned back to the guard.
“Hello Louis, l’m Wyatt. It's a pleasure to meet you I'm sure I'll be seeing you often Harry?”
Harry laughed and Louis smacked his chest lightly lightly.
“Only at appropriate hours Wyatt.”
Wyatt laughed lowly and opened an email on his computer that hummed softly to get his attention.
“That's what I like to hear, don't make my job too hard now.”
Louis took Harry's hand and pulled him along lightly.
“We won't, I promise!”
Louis dragged Harry to the elevator before Harry could even say goodbye and he pressed the button a million times before Harry grabbed his hand and gave him a stern look.
“Louis, he was nice.”
Louis rolled his eyes and stared at the door, tapping his foot to the rhythm of any song that came to mind.
“You're going to be nice to him, right?”
Louis just raised his hand in the air to silence Harry for just a damn second as the elevator door opened up and people shuffled out letting the two in followed by another two pairs who stood in front of them.
Louis pressed the floor he needed and then stood beside Harry who's free hand was on the small of his back as the door closed.
Harry's hand moved down so he was squeezing Louis’ butt. Louis blushed red and Harry leaned in to whisper into his ear.
“Only good boys get things like this, so be nice.”
“You're going to have to do better than-”
Louis couldn't even finish before Harry smacked Louis’ ass and Louis let out a little gasp the man in front of him may or may not have heard as he quickly left the elevator with the small group leaving Louis and Harry alone.
“You're going to spank me in public?”
Harry laughed as the elevator opened on Louis’ floor and they walked down the hall to Louis’ room.
“In public, private, wherever you want really but if you don't behave you won't get anything.”
Louis went to go put his key in the door but stopped to press his body into Harry's.
“I thought spanking was a punishment?”
Harry pushed him off very lightly and smiled.
“Not when someone likes it as much as you do.”
Louis opened the door and shrugged walking in and sitting on his desk.
“Fair enough. Can I have a little kiss? Just a teeny tiny one. Just because I'm having such a bad day.”
Harry put the bags down and walked over to Louis who was sitting with his knees touching. Harry used his leg to pry Louis’ own legs open so he could stand in between them.
“Just one?”
Louis nodded and Harry smirked while squatting slightly and taking Louis under the thigh and picking him up so he could wrap his legs around Harry's waist.
“How about a long one then? When's your buddy coming back?”
Louis’ head moved to touch Harry's forehead so they were so close their noses were touching.
“Tonight.”
Harry smirked and spun around so he had Louis up against the door. Their breath mixing together in clouds of lust.
Harry placed his lips against Louis’ and held him around the waist with one hand as his other took Louis hand and intertwined their fingers above their hands.
Harry pulled away and pecked his forehead. Louis’ eyes took a second to adjust as Harry spoke softly.
“I missed you.”
They could hear murmurs behind them, different lives bustling through the halls as Louis’ heart beat so heavily hart could feel it in his own throat.
“You make missing you so damn easy, carrying my bags, pushing me up against the wall. What a gentlemen.”
Harry chuckled at the playful sarcasm Louis spit out at him and simply kissed right under his ear ever so softly.
“I'll take that as an I love you.”
Louis kissed his forehead and Harry let him down slowly, noticing how tightly Louis was holding onto his biceps.
“So. Are you sure you don't want to talk about it?”
Louis crossed his arms. Cocking his head to the side, his tell when he got incredibly annoyed.
“So you were just buttering me up to get me to talk?”
Harry rolled his eyes and picked Louis up from the knees and threw him over his shoulder.
“No, I love you and I want you to open up to me.”
Harry brought him over to the bed and lightly dropped him on top, sliding in beside him so Louis’ back was against the wall and their knees were touching.
“So now you're going to corner me?”
“You're being extra difficult today.”
“I love you Harry but I don't want to talk about it.”
Harry nodded and rolled onto his back so Louis was staring at him and watching his chest rise and fall in a slow rhythm.
“I'm sorry.”
Harry's head rolled to the side so he was looking at Louis.
“Don't be sorry, you know what might make you feel better though.”
Louis raised his eyebrows and Harry smirked while taking his shirt off to reveal tattoos and Louis smiled tracing some on the arm closest to him.
His eyes caught the ferns by his hips and Louis swung his leg over Harry so he was straddling him. His fingers traced the lines very slowly as Harry smiled.
“Oh the ferns that's a fun story, I think they're ferns anyway.”
Louis laid down so he had his chin on Harry's chest and was staring up at him as he shoved his hands under his back so he was hugging him like a koala bear.
“Oh do tell.”
“It involves minor nudity.”
Louis laughed already enjoying where this was going. Harry smiled down at him and started his story.
“So a few buddies and I went to this beautiful island about 6 months ago and it was right past midnight and we were still just relaxing on the beach enjoying the sound of the ocean and the calm of the night.”
Louis smiled and he and kissed his chest very lightly as he went on bringing Louis on a journey into his past.
“So of course what do you do at midnight on an island? Strip and go skinny dipping in the ocean of course.”
Louis’ eyes were closed when Harry looked at him for a reaction and saw a tinge of a smile breaking the surface of his face.
“Naturally, go on.”
Harry smiled and let his head fall back on the pillow one of his hands on Louis’ back and the other running through his hair.
“So I guess it was tease Harry day because there I was everything out and about just standing in the ocean admiring the moon and my asshole friends left me in the ocean and took my clothes with them into the hotel.”
Louis giggled into Harry's chest and looked up at him with a smile.
“Please do tell me how this fern comes into play.”
Harry smiled, looking down at Louis whose eyes were closing again.
“Oh the fern, that poor plant. Anyway there I am clutching myself and running up the boardwalk and let me tell you people were awake with children and everything and this giant, naked, long haired ass comes running through clutching his junk and stupid me didn't think of getting a towel from the chairs outside I ran into the hotel ass naked and used a fern plant to cover myself up.”
Louis had his mouth hanging open slightly as it twitched into a smile and then formed into a laugh.
“I cannot believe you.”
“What?”
“Babe why didn't you grab a towel? You're an idiot.”
Harry laughed and kissed the top of Louis’ head and stroked down Louis’ arm until he pulled his wrist out from under his back and let his thumb play over the card symbols.
“My turn, let's hear what you got these from. I like them.”
Louis smiled looking at the bracelet of symbols and his mind wandered back to around this time last year.
“Well my friends and I were really into poker for a while.”
“Poker? You play poker?”
Louis smiled rolling his eyes.
“You'll see it's in the story!”
Harry smiled and Louis took a deep breath and continued on.
“Well we were playing poker and I was all in thinking I had a good hand and when I turned them over the entire room laughed about it and it turns out I have no fucking idea how to play poker.”
Harry laughed at the brief explanation me moved Louis’ hair away from his face.
“How much did you lose.”
Louis grinned really widely and chuckled.
“A thousand.”
Harry shook his head and smirked.
“Remind me to never let you be my poker partner at the frat.”
“You play?”
Harry nodded and Louis let his eyebrows raise in suspicion.
“I feel like you don't have the face for it.”
Harry smiled and rolled his eyes. He moved his head so his lips were brushing Louis’.
“Well at least I know the rules.”
Louis waited for Harry to press his lips against his own but it never happened. He opened his eyes and Harry was smirking at him from the pillow.
“Tease.”
“I love you.”
Louis kissed Harry's forehead anyway and let out a sigh of content.
“I love you too.”