Louis woke up in the morning feeling warm. He looked down to find Harry in a deep sleep with his head on his shoulder and his little hands still clutching his shirt in a tight grip. Louis tilted his head to kiss Harry's soft curls.

Minutes passed by as Harry's eyes fluttered open. He looked up with his big, wide, innocent green eyes to meet with a content pair of blue. A small smile took over his face.

"Morning princess." Louis greeted, placing another kiss on his curls. Harry's smile widened as blush crept upon his skin, not just because of the new name but how raspy Louis' morning was.

"M-Morning... Da-L-Lou." Harry greeted, dimples up for display.

"You look even more beautiful in the morning when you wake up" Louis greeted before getting up and placing a soft kiss on the little boys' nose. Blush crept upon Harry's cheek as he giggled in response. Louis' heart swelled listening to it.

"Let's go downstairs and have some breakfast okay ?" Louis said. Harry nodded and walked behind Louis.

"Morning El." Louis greeted Eleanor as she placed breakfast on the countertop. He walked towards her before giving her a hug and standing beside her.

"Morning Lou ! Hey morning Harry." Eleanor greeted in her high pitched voice. She was a morning person.

"M-morning.. E-Elly." Harry greeted, looking rather proud of himself to speak. Eleanor paused in her place, shocked. She slowly turned herself to face towards Louis.

"Lou.. ? Is it just me or Harry just spoke ?" She quietly whispered to Louis. Louis chuckled lightly before placing his hand on the small of her back. Harry tensed at the gesture but relaxed after convincing that its alright. They're friends.

"Yes El. Harry spoke. He's been speaking since last night. I'll explain everything later." Louis said lightly.

Eleanor moved from her place behind the countertop towards harry before taking him in a hug. Harry hugged her back.

"Ooh Harry ! I'm so proud of you love !" She said lightly before kissing his curls.

"Th-thnk.. O-ou" Harry replied. Eleanor gave him a loving smile before taking her place back by the countertop.

They sat down to have their breakfast when they heard the front door open and someone walking in.

"I am back" a voice rang throughout the house in a sing song way. At listening to the voice, Harry jumped from his stool and ran towards the front door.

"A-Alex !!" Harry yelled before running into her arms and wrapping his own around her neck. She hugged him back placing her hands on his waist, holding him in a tight grip.

"What the hell ! Harry !" She yelled back. Harry chuckled lightly before loosening his grip and standing in front of her.

"I go out for a week and boy starts talking again !" Alex threw her hands in the air before releasing an exaggerated sigh, but Harry didn't miss the little drop of tear that left her eye. Harry stood on his tippy toes before wiping her tear away with his thumb.

"A-Alex.. N-No cry.. A-Alex.. S-Sad ?" Harry asked, tilting his small head to the side like a little kitten, with a little pout on his lips.

"No baby. I'm very very happy." She said before taking his small face in her palms before placing a soft kiss on his nose. Harry giggled and hugged her again.

"H-Harry Happy A-Alex here" Harry said, burying his face in her hair.

"I'm happy too baby boy. I came to your place directly from the airport. I did not even go to my apartment ! That's how excited I was to see you !" Alex said before releasing the little boy from her grip and walking towards the kitchen. Harry and Alex grew pretty close in the small amount of time. They spent as.much time together as they could. After Louis, she was the only person Harry trusted with all his heart, like an elder sister.

"I figured it was you." Louis said with a smile lingering on his lips before walking up and embracing her in his arms. She hugged him back but saw a figure behind Louis. She pulled away from Louis.

"What the hell is she doing here ? Isn't she supposed to be gone by now." Alex spoke while pointing an accusing finger towards Eleanor.

"Alex !" Louis seemed surprised. He shouldn't have though. He knew Alex wasnt very fond of Eleanor and she was one of them people who spoke what they think is right with no care in the world  because the know they are right, and in almost all the circumstances, they are.

"You know I don't like her !" Alex said bluntly, not affected one bit. Eleanor just stood there, shooting daggers at her. Well Alex shooted them back with her equally hateful glare. A small hand took place on the small of  Alexs' arm. Harry looked up to her.

"A-Alex.. No.. H-Hate.. Elly. Pl-please ?" Harry looked up at Alex with big innocent green eyes. Alex groaned out loudly. Who could go against those eyes ?

"Fine ! If it wasn't for this curly headed beautiful frog which I happen to love so much, I would've kicked your ass out of this house long ago." Alex said glaring at the other girl.

"Alex !" Louis shouted again but did she not miss the hint of a smirk he had on his face before sighing in defeat and taking a seat on his stool.

They sat down and had breakfast together making small talk. Mostly Harry and Alex having a laughter session where Louis joined in sometimes.

"El let it be. I'll do the dishes." Louis said before taking the dishes and placing them in the sink. Eleanor smiled gratefully at him before leaving the kitchen and walking towards her bedroom.

After doing the dishes, Louis decided to check up on Alex and Harry. He walked in the living room to find Harry with his head in Alexs' lap as she played with his curls. They both seems in a deep conversation. Louis decided to interrupt them.

Louis sat on the loveseat besides the couch, sprawling himself on it.

"Now that you're here, I was thinking maybe we could all go shopping." Louis suggested.

"Yes ! And we can buy some really pretty dresses for our Hazzi !" Alex squealed before she noticed Harry's face go pale at the mention of dresses. She placed her hand gently on his arm but Harry flinched away.

It surprised everyone as Harry got up for the couch and sprinted towards his room upstairs.

"Did I- Did I say something wrong ?" Alex asked, equally as nervous as Louis.

"I don't know. He hasn't reacted like that in a long time."

"Should I go talk to him ?"

"Its okay. I got it." Louis said before giving her a small smile and making his way up to Harry's room. He gently knocked on the door before walking in. He found the little boy sitting on the bed, staring at the wall.

Louis quietly walked towards the little boy and sat beside him. He snaked his arm around his smaller waist, pulling the little boy closer to himself. Harry hesitated before standing up and placing himself on Louis' lap.

A small smile took over the older lad's face. Louis placed his one arm around the curly headed boys' waist while the other slightly massaged his scalp. Harry placed his head on Louis' chest.

"Wanna tell me what happened down there baby ?" Louis spoke, voice a mere whisper. Harry kept staring at the wall in front of him for what felt like years but were about five minutes before mustering up courage and
nodding his head.

Louis placed a soft kiss to the boy's forehead in an encouraging way. Harry's cheeks burned up with blush as he took in the warmth of the older lad's body in his. Harry took about another ten minutes, Louis waiting patiently for him.

"H-He.. says.. Harry.. N-No.. W-wear.. D-dresses.. Harry a.. B-boy.. Harry wear b-boy cl-clothes... H-He.. B-beat.. H-harry.. If Harry we-wear.. Dress.. Harry sc-scared.. That.. H-he b-beat.. Harry again.. Harry wear sh-shirt.. Harry l-look.. U-ugly in dress.. Harry a b-big b-boy.. Harry s-sorry Da-Lou.." Harry spoke through his sniffles. Harry looked up to find tears brimming Louis' eyes. A tear escaped his eye. Harry wiped it with the pad of his thumb.

"L-lou s-sad.. B-because of Harry ? Harry b-bad b-boy." Harry stated before standing up from his position on Louis' lap. His heart shattering to pieces knowing that he hurt the only person who cared for him right now.

Louis sat there taking all the information in. It wasn't even much and he knew there was a whole lot of story behind this one but he couldn't help but think how cruel this man would be to break this little boy to pieces. How cruel he must be to make his little baby feel bad about himself. He wanted to fix Harry and be there for him.

When Louis saw Harry walking towards the bedroom door, he sprinted towards the little boy before turning him by his arms and pulling the little boy in his chest.

Harry felt relief flood over him as he took in the warmth of Louis' chest. Harry wrapped his arms around Louis' torso and Louis placed one of his hands on Harry's back while the other making their way towards his curls.

"Oh my baby" Louis pulled away from Harry before gently tugging him by his arms towards the bed. They took their position back with Harry on Louis' lap.

"Lou.. S-sad ?" Harry asked timidly. Louis massaged his scalp and felt the little boy relax under his touch.

"Yes I'm sad because my baby had to go through so much shit and I couldn't do anything to help." Louis confessed.

"L-Lou.. That's a N-No no word.." Harry corrected Louis but did not comment about anything else, rather looked down at his lap and feeling his cheeks burn when Louis said 'my baby'. Something fluttered in Harry's stomach at sound of possession and authority in Louis' voice. He felt weird but a good weird. A light chuckle left Louis' lips as he placed a soft kiss on the boys' nose.

"I'm sorry baby. But love listen to me." Louis placed his index finger under Louis' chin before lifting it up to let the blue meet green. Harry looked intently in Louis' eyes as if his eyes told stories no author could ever write.

"Whatever he said and whatever you thing about yourself is absolutely wrong. Clothes are made for people, not gender. I want you to know that I genuinely love it when you wear dresses. You remember the time I bought you a dress ?" Harry nodded his head.

"Well that was the day when I saw the a beauty which no woman or man could compete to. I saw an Angel that day. Do you have any idea how beautiful you looked ? Your bright green eyes highlighted due to the leaves in your tiara or your rosy, soft cheeks matching your dress or how fragile and delicate you looked or the fact that you didn't even try but innocence in your eyes just made me feel pure. It wasn't the dress that made you look beautiful, you made that dress look beautiful."

"Harry, baby, you are perfect. You are perfect to me and you are perfect to the people downstairs who love you with all their hearts. The boys', Liam, Niall and Zayn love you baby, and they loved you since the beginning, when you wore dresses. Everyone loves it, I love it, when I see my baby wearing a dress with a beautiful tiara on his head that make these luscious curls pop out which I happen to love so much."

"Harry, you just need to know no one is going to hurt you or be mean to you for just being yourself. Everyone here loves you baby and we will do everything possible to make you feel happy and safe with us." Tears were streaming down Harry's face with a soft smile on his face. Louis wiped away the tears with his thumb before placing a gentle kiss on the little boys' now red cheeks.

"What did we say about crying love ? We don't want anymore of these tears coming out now, do we ?" Louis said teasingly. Harry grinned like the Cheshire cat he is, both dimples on display. Harry wrapped his arms around Louis' neck before burying his  head in there too. Harry changed his position where both his legs laid besides Louis', straddling him. Louis held the little boy tight to his chest.

"Th-Thank.. You.. Lou" Harry murmured against his neck. Louis placed his palm on Harry's curls.

"Anytime love."