I thought I would tackle a few requests at the same time since they were quite similar :) xo
"Y/N, stop laughing.“ Toby practically whined as I tried to contain my laughter from across the table.
"I-I’m sorry…I-I can’t.” I wheezed, wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes.
We were sat waiting for the rest of the club members in one of our usual meeting places. A bar not too far away from the University. Not the nicest place. But nice enough for the majority of the club, apparently. With the exception of Hugo who carries hand sanitizer everywhere he ventures.
I had been the second to arrive, Toby being the first. And the moment I had caught sight of him from across the crowded bar, I immediately started to laugh hysterically.
It only got worse once the rest of the boys arrived and joined me in my laughter. Leaving poor Toby to do nothing but roll his eyes in defeat.
“Toby…Mate. How the hell did you manage that?” Dimitri grinned once everyone had finally been able to stop laughing, gesturing to the small boys face.
The face which currently had dark bruises under the eyes and bandages on his nose.
Whilst watching the interaction, I was momentarily distracted as I felt a kiss being pressed to my cheek by Harry, who smiled down at me from my side. I beamed back at him, unable to hide my huge affection for him.
Toby sighed hesitantly before quickly mumbling. “I broke my nose ice skating.”
There was a moment of complete silence before everyone erupted in laughter again. Finding the situation way funnier than it probably should have been.
I let my eyes wander around the bar as the boys continued to tease Toby, only for my eyes to catch sight of something that resulted in my laughter coming to a halt immediately.
Or more precisely, someone.
I felt like I was unable to breathe as my eyes started to fill up with tears, making my vision blurry.
My hands began to shake as I blindly reached my hand out to my left, searching for Harry’s.
In doing so I quickly caught his attention and he took my face into his hands as I attempted to blink away my tears and drag my gaze away from the individual across the room to look into my boyfriends eyes.
“Y/N…Y/N, what’s wrong? What’s happened?”
I stared back at his worried face, barely aware of the fact that the whole table had gone quiet and was watching us with expressions equally as worried.
I quickly glanced back towards the other side of the room, Harry’s gaze following mine before he realised.
“That’s him isn’t it? I’d recognise him from anywhere.That’s the bastard that tried to ruin your life.”
I could only nod slightly as he threw a look at the rest of the club, making them all suddenly stand up from their seats.
“Wait, no!” I exclaimed, moving to make them all sit back down. “Please, just leave it. It’s all in the past. Seeing him just caught me off guard, honestly.”
They all looked doubtful, but slowly sat down like I’d asked. All except Harry who I had to take his hand and gently pull him back down into his seat.
He obediently sat down but I noticed the way his jaw was locked and how his eyes kept darting back in the direction I had just stopped him from heading.
I scooted closer to him and placed my hand on his back, rubbing circles soothingly and leant over to kiss his jaw softly.
Slowly but surely, he loosened up and moved his arm around my shoulders.
Our table was now on the subject of Toby’s injury and the previous events were seemingly forgotten about.
But there was still an air of protectiveness surrounding the table.
Toby’s complaint was interrupted when a new voice entered our conversation as somebody approached our table unbeknownst to us all.
My head whipped around to face the person stood next to our table, panic setting in.
“Y/N, you look great!” He spoke again.
He stood watching me with a huge smile that any other girl would have found charming.
But all I could think about was all the pain he had put me through. All the lying and manipulation.
“Zac.” I was suprised at how confident and steady my voice sounded, considering how much I wanted to run from this situation.
I felt Harry tense from beside me as there was a sudden change at the table.
Obviously also sensing this, Zac shifted on his feet.
“How are you Y/N? Last time I saw you, you were-”
A complete mess as you told me I wasn’t worth anyone’s time?
“I’m fine” I answered. “This is Harry, my boyfriend.”
Harry just nodded curtly, looking intimidating.
“And these are my best friends..” I gestured to the rest of the club.
“It’s a pleasure.” Zac told them.
They all just stared at him.
“Not really.” Hugo spoke up, as they all stared at the standing male with obvious distaste.
Zac opened his mouth to say something but quickly closed it before looking back at me.
“So many male friends.” He smiled tightly.
“Yes well, I’ve found that I prefer it. You know, since my last female best friend slept with my boyfriend…” I trailed off as his eyes widened.
He stumbled over his words, obviously shocked that I would bring that up.
“I think it’s time for you to leave, don’t you mate?” Harry smiled sarcastically.
“Now.” He practically growled.
The startled boy quickly glanced at me before hurrying away from our table.
“Well, that was interesting.” I laughed slightly.
“Are you ok?” Harry squeezed my hand.
“I actually feel so much better.” I smiled.
“Can I still kill him?” Guy spoke up.
“No, I don’t really feel like bailing you out of jail.”
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