⏤ 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 .

✧･ﾟ⏤ 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐱 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐛 .

[harrissoonn]

𝐣𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐨𝐧.

“if there’s no rules on the table than i guess it applies to me too,” the idea of course was fun but did she have fun with trying to make him sweat it out? yes. “you do have a point there,” it was hot for sure but for some reason she also found enjoyment in being the one begging. she quickly got into his car as she said, “why is that and what do they offer exactly?” jupiter wondered what he was really talking about.

          “  ah, right.  i suppose if we’re to have a fair fight, it should apply to you as well, or it wouldn’t be considered a fight at all.   ”   he nods his head, then proceeded to star his car with a press of a button.  “   i do, make excellent points.  ”   a smug grins paints his lips, before driving out on the road.  destination  ?  to some ice cream parlour in town.   “   oh come on, i can’t tell you that.  you’ll need to find out that one for yourself, darling.   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ Ali looked at Harry. “That’s traditional, actually. Merging of names? Your parents decided to have only you, huh? Did they ever want a sibling for you, or that wasn’t part of the whole family plan?” Did he ever ask Harry that? He couldn’t remember. “I’m going to go and say you were named after Harrison Ford—oh, what if he’s your Patronus?” He was jesting, amused at the thought of Harry signing legal papers with his full name. “Imagine naming your child as Mustang,” he shared, stepping inside the store and looking around.. “Or Volkswagen,” casually, he picked up a set of silk ties and showed it to Harry, “now BMW, it might work—their nickname can be Beemer?” It was an amusing topic, car brands as names. “Hi, we’re looking for baby… stuff,” Ali said to one nice-looking lady, glancing at Harry and grinning.

           “   i think they stopped with me ‘cause my mum couldn’t think of another suitable merged name between them.   ”  he jokes, although it wasn’t that far from the truth.  harry on the other hand, could not imagine naming his child any car brand nor having harrison ford be his patronus.  “   i’m not considering any of those as name options, and neither should you.  if you ever choose to have children one day.   ”   he shook his head at the silk ties ali showed him.  eyeing him :  we’re not here to shop for us.  the sales associate gave them an odd look, before informing the two that their store did not offer a selection for children, then told them they were a lovely couple before politely excusing herself.  “   i swear to god, if we get mistaken as a couple again. we might as well get married.   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ Ali laughed, hearing Harry’s response. All he can remember at the time was… dancing with Her Majesty, saw a glimpse of Harry chatting with His Royal Highness—both were in good spirits. “What do you think your Patronus is nowadays? An electric pram?” He joked, sidestepping to avoid a roller-blader. “Really? How do you cram four names on your birth certificate?” He teased. His brother has the usual two names, and he only has one and only has three letters. Talk about shortcuts (although the name meaning itself’s pretty darn cool). “Wait—so you weren’t named after Harrison Ford?” He sees the Prada store and gestured ahead of them. “Sometimes, I think Astrid listen to me way too much,” he excused, grinning as he glances at Harry. “When I told her that I know Joe Jonas, she was convinced that the Jonas Brothers are my groupies—Beau or Blaise if the baby’s a boy. What about Helene or Margaux if the baby’s a girl?” He made a mental note to message Astrid later, check on her, and ask about the names. “As long you don’t pull an Elon Musk and register Pie 3.14159 as the name of the baby or Lamborghini, yeah?”

          “   that’s a possibility, sure.   ”   he rolled his eyes, despite finding ali’s commentary amusing.   “   no, i wasn’t.  my mom merged her name and my dad’s together and came up with harrison ⏤ harold plus madison, you get the idea.  but i admit it would’ve been kind of cool to be named after han solo.  ”   in regards to his four surnames, he’s managed to get away with writing harrison knox on most documents that weren’t as important in comparison to legal ones, because let’s be real, it would be a mouthful and truly a waste of ink and, or graphite.   “   i’ll take those into account.   ”  he nods his head as they walked into the store, greeted by sales clerks immediately as they entered.  “   and c’mon you know me better than to name my child as my first car.   ”   he jests bumping shoulders with him, but truly it was such a terrible name.

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ “What—did he give you advice, or was it more of his charity work? Were you able to ask him about his Patronus?” Ali asked, smiling wide. They’ve joked about ever since if Harry was ever to dine with the royal family. It was imperative of Harry to ask about their respective Patronus. “It wasn’t a Burger King burger was it?” He was, however, pressed on countering Harry’s statement, “I happen to like high school and college Harry, he was fantastic, albeit gullible at times—our secret, shhhh.” Stopping, he tossed the candy packet in the trash bin and pointed a finger at Harry. “The smoking jacket’s for style purposes, and never for smoking, I wouldn’t do that to my future god-child.” It was true, he prefers herbal cigarettes for a reason. “Hm, baby names. Maxence? Too fancy? Too… French?” He grinned, adding, “Oh, you’re not giving baby Knox four names, are you? No frigging way.”

          “   unfortunately, his highness didn’t even know what a patronus was.  he thought i was asking for honeymoon advice.   ”   he laughed, knowing he couldn’t really blame the prince for not knowing what he was alluding to in the first place.   “   ah, i’ll be sure to keep it a secret from him.   ”  he rolls his eyes at ali, but harbours a smile on his lips nevertheless.  “   good to hear.  and i wouldn’t want to make it’s life hard by giving it a long  fucking name.  i would know, i have four legal surnames, for fuck’s sake.   ”   but he was more than settled with just having the child have knox, or astrid’s surname.  he didn’t really care for tradition, that much is known about him.   “   maxence is a good option though, but i bet astrid would listen to you more than she would me.  shoot her a message.   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞.

she chuckles softly at his words before letting out a small sigh, “ ‘suppose you’re right. you say i’ve gotten softer, which is probably true, but you let your soft side show sometimes as well, only when you knew no one else was looking.” there were plenty of times she’s seen a more vulnerable side to harry, even when they were just friends, before all the madness began, but she soon realizes that it truly was only when no one else was around, like he was terrified of letting others see him like that all at once. “because they didn’t cheat, or help cheat, on someone in the group. you know we took it too far, but all we can do is not make the same mistake twice and learn from it.” 

        “   i prefer we keep that matter to ourselves.   ”   it wasn’t about looking weak.   he just didn’t like to known.   privacy was something his mother worked hard for them to attain, even defying her own family in the process.  he was able to enjoy the luxury of living a semi-normal life thanks to his mother’s rebellious attitude.  and maybe being soft had nothing to do with it, but in his mind that would make him a liability.  “   touché.   ”   he nods his head.   “   i think we’ve got a lot more self control now compared to before.  we’ll be fine.  ”   he unconsciously rubs his left ring finger, where a wedding band should be, but hidden among his belongings instead.  better a secret.

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ Ali looked at Harry, pretended to squint, and then laughed for a good five seconds. “And we’ve talked about it—we move forward, remember that,” he reminded his best friend. But it wouldn’t be Harry if they don’t bring it up and discuss it for a hot moment, would it? “I’m just glad I get to dance with Her Majesty, what a refined woman.” Of course, he remembered that incident, and there are no takebacks. Absolutely no regrets, even though it resulted in Arlo losing the wager for a change and Harry winning. “Eh, what’s wrong with a mini-Harry? Middle school Harry was cute and broody,” he teased, turning to the side and snorting in amusement. “No, no. They sell prams, too.” He could’ve sworn they did, but, “Prada sounds good. I could use a new smoking jacket,” he joked, “to match baby Knox’s pram.” Motioning with his head, he moved forward, emptying the M&M’s packet and sharing the rest to Harry. “You thought about names yet?”

           he nods his head, understanding that he couldn’t really keep his thoughts and emotions for that long when he was around ali or arlo.  he’d always felt safe confiding in them no matter the subject matter.   “   let me tell you, prince philip had a lot to say to me that day.  and while i enjoy occasionally humouring royalty, it surely spoiled my wedding night .   ”    he laughed, throwing his head back a little, remembering that silly moment.  “   oh middle school harry was nice and responsible, it’s high school to college harry i’m worried about.   ”  and if ali was going to argue about something it being to do with parenting, it surely wasn’t, because he had great ones and he still turned out a mess.  “   a smoking jacket  ?  what are you hugh hefner  ?   ”   he snorts in amusement.   “   please don’t smoke near my future baby.  it’s detrimental.   ”  he teased knowing ali was smarter than that.   “   i was going to leave that job to astrid, apparently she has a list.  unless you’ve got some pretty good suggestions.  i’m all ears really.   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞.

of course there’s truth to his words. they can’t just pretend everything is fine and act friendly again. as much as she would like to restore her friendship with the boy, she knew it was going to take a long time before she could ever get that side of harry back again, which hurt her more than he might understand. “i just hate how mean you can get when the whole group is around,” she admits with a soft voice and a small shrug. “i know what we did was fucked up, but…i don’t know, i’m just tired of all of this harsh tension, i guess.” 

         “   i honestly don’t remember a time i’ve ever been nice, so i don’t see why you’d ever think i’d treat you differently in front of the others.   ”  he jokes in good nature. knowing that if anyone would understand his humour, she’d be one of them.  “   luca’s gotten you all soft  ⏤  which is a good thing, i suppose.   ”  but that, that was a jab of truth.  maybe he was projecting his won situation on her, at this point he really didn’t even know.   “   just pay no mind to it.  what’s done is done, and everyone seems to be just fine with it.  and for god’s sake, everyone’s slept with everyone in this group.  how is this any different  ?   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞.

“cool, cool,” she answers with a small nod, happy that she could help, but now hating how awkward the air around them has become. leaning against the table, sirena crosses her arms and lets out a small sigh, “yeah, that makes sense, of course.” after all, things were still very touchy and complicated, and even though she was completely head over heels for luca, that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be careful around harry, seeing as he always had a way of clouding her judgements. “we can still be civil though, right? like…not when it’s just us two, but like around the whole group as well, right? we don’t have to act like we hate each other so much all the time…” 

          “   civil. yeah, i’d like that.  ”   but it was always easier said than done.   even harder when they were surrounded by the group.   being vulnerable to them as a whole wasn’t something he was accustomed to, and he would never condition himself to do.  “   i do think we have to act like it though,   ”   he admits.  “   let’s be real, what we did was really bad and if we started hanging out around each other as frequently as we did before all this, acting all friendly and shit in no time ate all, it’d raise suspicion.   ”  and he really didn’t want that, at least not anymore.  he already had enough on his plate.

[harrissoonn]

𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞.

sirena hadn’t noticed just how close she was to him, mainly because she was doing her best to stay focused on the screen in front of them. so when he basically asks her to move away, all she can do is quickly take a few steps back and nervously run her fingers through her hair. “sorry, just…trying to get a good look at the screen. anyways…um, anything else you’re having trouble with?”

           “   no i think you’ve solved my computer problem.  and don’t apologise, i was terribly direct.  there were nicer ways to put it certainly.   ”  he shook his head in his alternative form of an apology.  “   all i’m saying is, it’d be beneficial for us to keep a respectable distance from one another,   ”  he clears his throat.  “   until we, uhm, get used to the whole situation or, until it’s manageable of sorts.   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ “You didn’t marry her just for that, did you?” Ali asked, glancing at Harry. He likes to think that it was all bad timing, what took place. Then, the wedding… and things seemingly feels right once more. “My mom often say that if the baby’s a girl, the pregnant mother’s more mellow and glowing and beautiful no matter what. If the baby’s a boy, she’s moodier and irritable, and it’s kind of,” he paused, trying to look at the name of the store, “everything annoys her—if you give her tap water when she asked for a warm one, she’ll bite your head off. Everything gets picked apart, the mood swings are crazy. But who knows, right? Pregnant women are admirable, I’ll hand them that.” He stopped then, seeing the name of the store and pointing. “This one?”

           “   i would be lying if i said it wasn’t a big part of it.   ”   he answers in a subtle attempt to avoid confronting his own feelings about the whole ordeal.  to be frank, he didn’t know what to feel about it.  it was his obligation, first and foremost, to be married to her, that much he was sure of.  the whole cheating thing was fun and exhilarating at first, now he’s afraid it’s gotten much deeper than that  ⏤  and not just because he was expecting a child with her now.   “   let’s hope auntie is right and it’s a girl, eh  ?   i’d hate to have another me walking around.  at least if it’s mini astrid, we’d have less nuisances.   ”   he partly jokes, rolling his shoulders.  “   i don’t think they sell prams at gucci.  maybe prada  ?   ”  anyway they were only window shopping.  what’s the harm ?

[harrissoonn]

𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞.

“you just click on chrome, and it’ll pull a drop down menu,” she answers while slightly leaning over his shoulder so she can see the computer screen. “see where it says ‘clearing browsing data’? just click that and boom, it’ll help clean things up.” 

          “   oh yeah, okay.  let me just  . . .   ”   he navigates the cursor through the screen with the help of her instructions.  despite being occupied at the moment, he can’t help but notice every move she made, especially in such close proximity.  “   could you not . . .  breathe so close.   ”   he wished he knew of a kinder way to say it.   “   it’s distracting.   ”

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ “You can bet your married ass that we do—we’re reigning ringtoss champs for a reason!” Ali reminded Harry, referring to their aim and proficiency in French-speak. It was when a young mother walked past them that it hit Ali. Oh, oh. “How far along is Astrid? How big?” He asked, switching in between languages as he turns to look at a… where are they? What store is this…?? “Pretty sure it’s a girl otherwise she wouldn’t even let you go to the villa and stay with us for a while.”

            it may have been quite late of him to realise, but it just occurred to him how terribly real everything was at the moment :  married and expecting at twenty three.   was that too young  ?  he wasn’t even finished with his schooling.  nonetheless it felt right.  he just regret it happened in unfavourable circumstances, which was breaking up with his girlfriend a few months ago and getting married in a month’s time after said break up.   “   she’s nearing her second trimester.  meaning to say she’s bound to show any time.   ”   convenient conversing in another language to avoid eavesdropping, or was that his paranoia speaking  ?   “   what do you mean  ?  is there some kind of saying if it’s a boy  ?   ”  he really didn’t believe in any of those, but he entertained it most of the time.

[harrissoonn]

𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤.

━━ Ali dully gazed at Harry, “I’m currently having the memory of a goldfish—refresh my mind, H,” he revealed, chewing some candy and nodding. “She was looking much better, though, right? That last picture you sent, she’s got some color back.” He had to chuckle when Harry gave him a look, and grabbed some M&M’s in the bag. “Free throw, this one,” Ali declared and flicked his wrist, “two points, baby!” Of course, Harry caught it. “Alright, let’s do a three-pointer,” he switched to French-speak, “ready?” Taking a few steps back, he steadied his arm, moved his wrist, and threw an M&M towards Harry. “Three point shot, baby!” Then, Ali holds his index and middle finger up close to his lips, blowing invisible gun-smoke. “Another?”

            he sighed deeply, looks like ali really had no idea what he was pertaining to.  was he drunk the entire reception ?  maybe so.  only a drunk bastard would have enough balls to ask lilibet  ( yes, her majesty the queen )  to the dancefloor.  he raises his left hand, wagging his ringless ring finger, mouthing :  i’m married.  then eyeing him :  remember ?   “  you’ve met the woman.  she’s a tough cookie, my grand mother.  ”  he shook his head, then positioned it properly wherein he could catch the tiny piece of chocolate with his mouth.  “   as ready as i’ll ever be, man. go for it.   ”  he caught it and so they did another  one, which was just as successful as the first one.  “   no, i’m good  ⏤  we still got it, eh ?   ”   and he wasn’t just talking about their fluency in french.

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[harrissoonn]

𝐣𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐨𝐧.

“then should we make it one? I want to get that first sorry from you,” she kept the pillow on his face until his raised his hands up and she pulled back before held it on her lap.  “you act like I don’t know those facts, I just don’t care enough to say it out loud, stupid.” jupiter rolled her eyes at his statement, she was anything but that, she throw the pillow at his face before she got up off the couch. “Bet that’s how you like girls act around you,” she grabbed her purse off the table, “you’re driving.”

         “   i have no objections.  although you’re already aware i don’t play fair, so what’s the point  ?   ”   regardless, he wouldn’t be actively participating in it, if anything he was merely entertaining her taunt.   “   begging  ?  sure.  who doesn’t, right  ?   ”    he says sardonically, soon accompanied by a roguish smile.  “   besides that, in my experience, nice and proper company have a lot more to offer than just bright smiles and manners.   ”    he adds, before ambling over to his car.

[harrissoonn]

𝐣𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐲𝐞𝐨𝐧.

“don’t make it a challenge because i’ll win and you’ll be sorry,” she smirked before she pushed a pillow into his face. she can’t even believe it’s july already, that only meant they were half way done with their summer and soon  they’ll be going back to their other lives. “ugh, you ruin anything fun,” she leaned a bit as she pouted at him, “please? pretty please? you don’t even have to get anything,” she suggested as if would make him want to go after saying that. 

          “   i admire your confidence, darling.  i really do, but i never lose neither am i ever sorry.   ”   he says smugly, before he was drowned out by a pillow.  ending his little  triumphant speech.   “   merely stating facts.  ”  he lifts his palms his defence.   he took a deep breath and nodded his head at her pleas.  “   fine.  but only because you begged all  nice and proper.   ”  he bopped her nose, turned his laptop off and stood from the couch.

[harrissoonn]

𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

Luca laughs at the comment and shakes his head as he washes his hands. After drying them with a rag, he walks over next to Harry. “What do you need me to do?” he asks. “She is? She’s like the only grandma that gets mad for things like that. But is she okay now? What happened?” He wonders. He hopes it’s nothing serious, though.

           “   you go ahead and mash the immaculately peeled ones in the bowl over there.  put those hands of yours to some good use, eh  ?  something actually productive.   ”   he teases in good nature.   “   a heart attack,   ”  he says nonchalantly.  “   probably stressed over the fact that she wasn’t wearing the same shade of black that day.   ”  he jests, since that was the only way he knew how to cope with serious matters.  “   she’s okay now, or well that’s what she was insisting on.   ”