9. trivia

                                    

                                          
"Ready?" 
"Absolutely not" 
"Well" Harry says, turning his head to Louis. "This was your idea" 
He's shouting so that Louis can hear him, a laugh laced with his words. Louis is laughing too, although he's absolutely terrified. It was his idea, Harry is right. He doesn't really remember how the hell he came up with this. 
All he remembers is that Harry woke him up with kisses and told him Anthony would do Harry's work today. He remembers how the sunlight poured through the windows in the tower, promising a warm day, after all, it's almost June. 
He remembers how Harry decided they would leave the castle for a picnic near the pavilion and that they would take the horses. He remembers how he complained about his thighs aching until Harry gave in and asked how he wanted to get to the pavilion then. Louis chose his skateboard but Harry said there was no way in hell he would do that, so Louis came up with... this. 
He's currently sitting on his skateboard with his legs folded underneath himself, holding on to two ropes. They're tied to Zelda's saddle on either side of her. Harry is sitting on her back, per Louis request wearing a white linen button up along with a dark red cape and his hair is beautifully draped over his shoulders. 
There are two bags behind Zelda's saddle, in one is a blanket and fruits, in the other one are two water guns, a quiver with a few arrows and a bow. Harry's figure really looks like a painting, if it wasn't for Louis on his skateboard with some distance between them, attached to his horse by ropes as if they're water skiing. And that was basically the plan. 
Since Zelda is the only horse not wearing shoes, they chose her for this task because they need to go over the asphalted way towards the forest, otherwise Louis would probably die during this. He might die this way too. 
So far, Harry leads Zelda in a slow trot, pulling Louis along. Not for long. "Ready?" Harry asks again and turns around with a grin. 
"Yeah" Louis says as soon as he got up and stands on the board with both feet securely. "Be careful" 
"I'll try my best" Harry laughs and caresses Zelda's withers. 
He looks back at Louis one more time to check up on him before he nudges Zelda's side. She immediately increases her speed, listing to Harry as if she's done nothing else her whole life. And Louis believes that she hasn't. Even though Harry doesn't have much time for her normally, the bond between them seems so strong, it's rather beautiful. 
Louis holds onto the ropes so tightly his knuckles are turning white the faster Zelda gets, before she's galloping. It probably looks really fucking comical, Harry on his black horse like he's in some movie, the cloak flying in the wind, while Louis gets pulled along on his skateboard. 
Louis laughs breathily at the imagination of what this must look like to anyone else. Just that nobody gets to see this, this is for Louis and Harry only. 
After Harry's confession and after the tears, they didn't talk about it again. That was two days ago, Louis didn't see Harry that much the day after, he was already gone when he woke up. Louis was scared that he would avoid him once more, but that was thankfully not the case, when Louis went to his office after breakfast and sat down on his lap, kissing him until Harry chuckled and said he had to get back to working. 
Louis obviously stayed where he was and told Harry about a meme Niall sent him, until Harry sighed and picked him up. Louis wasn't really bothered by that, chatting away while Harry carried him through the room and set him down on the left armchair. He silenced Louis with a soft kiss and smiled. "Stay here, I have things to do"