Some parts in this chapter came from @kokoping and cormacswife
TW: terrible pick up lines
KEY:
Y/n = your name
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The sun was setting, casting beautiful hues across the horizon. Y/n was sitting on the windowsill, watching the pink clouds move slowly out of view. His gaze snapped back into the room when Harry sat down next to him.
"Wow," Harry remarked, gesturing to the sunset.
"Yeah... I love watching sunsets. How about you?"
"I never really noticed them. Not until now, I guess."(wow, way to steal that from The Outsiders)
"It's so pretty," y/n whispered.
Harry smiled, looking at y/n, "Yeah, it really is..." How would he ever tell y/n how he felt? It seemed like the hardest thing right now. Harry felt like no one in the world knew him as well as y/n did - even if it had only been a few days.
He was so lost in thought that he didn't notice y/n staring back at him, "Are you ok?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine."
Y/n laughed, "Ok..?"
Harry laughed too, "I was just thinking."
Y/n put his hands up defensively, "Ok, ok."
Harry leaned back against the wall and poked y/n with his sock-covered foot, he had a great idea, "Hey, so-"
"Ew, don't touch me with your feet," y/n pushed his foot away, to which Harry began to laugh again.
"I was gonna say, can I follow you home? Cause my parents always told me to follow my dreams."
Y/n blinked at him, "Your parents said that? I thought they sucked."
Harry inwardly sighed, that one didn't work, "Yeah, they do. Never mind. Can I see what you were sketching?"
Y/n's eyes widened. He couldn't show that to Harry, it was a picture of him, "Uh- I didn't finish it," he covered. It wasn't a lie, he really hadn't finished it, but there was no way in hell that Harry was going to see that.
"Can I see it anyway?"
"No!"
Harry frowned, "Okkkk," he pouted.
Y/n blushed and looked away, "Your begging is not gonna work."
"Fineeee," he sighed dramatically. "Don't show me then."
Y/n rolled his eyes.
Meanwhile, Isaac needed to confirm that everyone knew what was going on. Luckily, he didn't need to start that conversation:
Charlie: hey were you right about who Harry likes?
Isaac: of course I was
Nick: so who is it then?
Isaac: I'm literally rolling my eyes rn. It's y/n! Obviously
Elle: AW 🥺🥺 they would be so cute together
Tao: but if Harry hurts him in ANY way, he will suffer the consequences
Charlie: this seems familiar for some reason
Nick: yeah, I sure do wonder why
Darcy: what's going on?
Tara: they're talking about how y/n and Harry are in love with each other
Darcy: Y/N AND HARRY LIKE EACH OTHER?! SINCE WHEN???
Elle: well we don't have it confirmed if y/n likes Harry, but we do know that Harry has got a massive crush on y/n
Nick: actually, I asked y/n if he likes Harry yesterday and he said he didn't know, so I'm thinking that he probably does
Charlie: when did that happen?
Nick: y/n and I have the same free period
Charlie: ooooohhhhhh
Nick: yeah
Elle: really? Man, I wish we could find out for sure!!
Isaac: me too
Darcy: how are we gonna set them up?
Tara: woah, woah, woah. Slow down girl. We need to make sure y/n likes Harry first!
Darcy: but that's gonna take too longggg
Nick: I can just ask him again tomorrow
Isaac: no, don't do that, you've already asked him, that would be too suspicious
Darcy: sus
Tara: oh my god, stop
Charlie: on a serious note, I think I should be the one to ask him
Tao: makes sense to me, but I still don't really like Harry. How can we trust him? He went from an ass to, well, whatever he is now!
Elle: calm down, Tao. You're not the one we're shipping him with
Tao: obviously 🙄
Isaac: let's give this a rest for now. Charlie, talk to y/n tomorrow, and we'll go from there
Everyone agreed, and Isaac opened a book, easily drifting into the imaginary world.
It was finally Friday morning, and Charlie could still barely wake up to his alarm. He got dressed, brushed his teeth, and hopped onto his bus with his sister, Tori.
When he got there, he had completely forgotten that y/n and Harry walk to school together. Shit. He tapped y/n on the shoulder, "Hey~ can I talk to you?"
Harry looked quite displeased at this, but y/n nodded, "Sure, what's up?"
Charlie led them a safe distance away from their friends, "So, quick question; do you like Harry?"
"What?"
"I said-"
"I know what you said!" Y/n was quiet for what felt like a lifetime. "Yes, but you can't tell anyone. If you do, I'll have your guts-"
"Ok, I get it! Please don't hurt me, I promise I won't say anything."
Y/n nodded slowly, "Good. Anyways, Harry's dad and my mom are coming in today to sign papers so Harry can officially live with us!"
Charlie smiled, "Really? That's great! I hope it goes well."
"Me too."
They headed back over to their group, y/n mouthing a silent 'sorry' to Harry. Charlie gave Nick a quick hug, whispering under his breath, "It was a yes."
Nick smiled down at him, "I knew it," he whispered back.
"What are you two talking about?" Harry asked, seeing that everyone else was beginning to head to class.
"We're doing.. couple things. Don't worry about it," Charlie improvised.
Harry smiled and rolled his eyes, "Sure, whatever." Then he left with y/n off to their first class.
By the time lunch rolled around, everyone at the Truham lunch table knew about it.
"So I'm talking to him at chemistry then?" Isaac asked, looking up from his book.
"Yup, you've gotta give him some good advice," Charlie confirmed.
"Don't worry, I have some ideas," Isaac winked.
Just then, y/n and Harry ran over to the table. "We just had the meeting with our parents, and it went sooooo well!!" Y/n practically screamed.
Harry was smiling like a dumbass, "Yeah, and we're even going to try to jail my dad for child abuse."
"What about your mum?" Tao asked - he thought that Harry's mum was a bitch too.
"We can't prove anything, so we're not gonna try," Harry answered, slightly disappointed. His mum wasn't as bad, so he wasn't too sad.
They ate with much more conversation than they had all week, finally connecting with one another. They were all slightly shocked at how quickly they had gotten used to having y/n and Harry a part of their group.
Now, this is a group, Tao thought with a smile.
After lunch, Isaac and Harry were walking together to chemistry.
"So, I have an idea to help you with your situation," Isaac began.
"Oh god," Harry tried to force a real sigh, but he ended up laughing anyway.
Isaac smiled, "Try some pick-up lines. Start off low, make sure they aren't too obvious. Then you can say the more obvious ones."
"I've already tried that! Y/n was so oblivious!"
"You did?"
"Yeah, it wasn't a very good one, though."
"Well, make sure this time it is good," Isaac advised.
Harry looked at him, "Obviously!" Isaac laughed.
Finally, computing class rolled around, and Harry raced to the library to walk with y/n.
"Hey!" Harry said, giving y/n a side hug, "Are you my appendix? Because I have a funny feeling in my stomach that makes me want to take you out!"
Y/n gave him a weird look, "Uh- ew," he grimaced. "I did not need that image in my head..."
Ughhhhh, that one didn't work either. Maybe he would have to research better ones. He laughed, "Gross, right?"
"Yeah, if you're having appendix trouble, you should get it checked out!"
They laughed and talked together for the rest of the day, getting so off task when they were doing their homework that night. Harry really needed some alone time to do that search.
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8 kind of ended at a weird spot, but I definitely have an idea for the next part!
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