It Ended With An "Oops" And "Hi"

[ 16 ] Bleeding Out

Date Published: Thursday, June 22nd, 2017

Word Count: 2257

Song: Good Intentions by The Chainsmokers ft. BullySongs

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Tuesday, July 19th, 2016

6:04pm

"Liam, when you're done flirting, lock up," Louis reminded his friend before exiting the store, not waiting for a response.

Even though Liam was giving him a ride home, he thought the least he could do was to let the boy spend a few minutes alone with Niall. Louis looked up at the bakery in front of him, and sighed knowing that Harry was in there earlier today. The lights were now off, signifying that the bakery was in fact, closed for the day.

Louis decided to meet Liam at his car, so with one last longing look at the bakery, he started walking towards the exit of the mall. The small lad began whistling a tune as he casually strolled out the doors. He looked behind him to see if Niall and Liam were following him but they were nowhere to be found. He sighed as he turned the corner to the parking lot.

What Louis saw in front of him stopped him in his tracks.

Louis saw a boy with curly hair, hair that could only belong to Harry, cowering in fear. His back was to Louis, so he didn't notice the Doncaster lad. There was also another lad, who Louis remembered as Zayn. The boy who was arguing with Harry a few days earlier.

Louis backed up and hid behind the wall, so he could peer around the corner and watch. A little voice inside his head told him that something bad was going to happen, but Louis shook the feeling away. So far, he didn't think that Zayn noticed him, and he wanted to keep it that way.

From where he was standing, he couldn't hear what the two of them were saying, but it didn't look like it was a pleasant conversation. But it all started going downhill when Zayn started punching Harry.

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6:00pm

Harry walked out of the mall with his head down and hands stuffed into his pockets. He had a bad day at work, considering he spilled coffee on a customer and got yelled at by his boss in front of everyone. The dejected boy was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that he bumped into someone until it was too late.

He looked up and saw none other than his bully, standing in front of him with a smirk plastered onto his face.

"Faggot, how have you been?" Zayn asked tauntingly.

"I-I've been fine," Harry stuttered back, unsure how else to answer.

"Been sucking a lot of dick lately?" Zayn teased.

"No, p-please j-just leave me a-alone," Harry almost begged.

"P-p-p-please l-le-leave me a-a-a-a-alone," Zayn snickered, imitating Harry.

"Stop it," Harry muttered, before trying to walk around Zayn.

Zayn's expression admittedly turned to anger when Harry tried to walk away. He grabbed the curly-haired lad roughly by the shoulder, and looked into his scared green eyes.

"Don't walk away from me when I'm talking to you," Zayn demanded in a scarily low voice.

"S-sorry," Harry mumbled.

"And stop fucking stuttering, you queer," Zayn replied.

"I'm not gay," Harry said quietly, hiding the truth from his bully.