"What gender do you want?" Asked Louis as he prepared breakfast for his partner, friends and himself.
"I was thinking maybe, we go to the orphanage and meet the children,see who we connect with the best and then decide. That makes more sense, I think" replied Harry Styles. Louis Tomlinson nodded at his boyfriend's word as he served the breakfast he had prepared.
"Age group?" Asked Liam Payne, one of their best friends.
"I wanna get a toddler. I wanna see the child grow up, take the first steps"said Louis pulling a chair for himself, ecstatic about having a child to call his own. A child that would look up to him.
"That's great." Said Zayn Malik.
"When will you return?" Asked Niall Horan with a bright hopeful smile. He was beyond excited to be an uncle.
"We were thinking of going to the market first with the baby, to shop for them" replied Harry.
"We should get ready. We only have half an hour at the orphanage as arranged by Miss May" said Louis as they rushed through their mornimg routine.
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Harry took a deep breath as he adjusted his beanie and sat in the back seat beside Louis. Louis had worn a cap and sunglasses and dressed opposite to what is usually shown in the media and magazines. Their nerves were hitting the sky.
They took a taxi since the management kept tabs on them almost every time. They were holding each other's hands tightly as the taxi took them to the orphanage.
In between the ride, Harry and Louis' mothers called to wish them luck. All their close family and friends knew about the situation and were supportive of it. Even, Claire, who was a part of their management team supported them and was the one who helped them out in arranging a trip to the orphanage and creating all the documents required for the adoption. They were deeply thankful for Claire. After all, if it wasn't for her they would not be in the taxi going to the orphanage in the first place.
In about 30 minutes they were standing in front of the orphanage. From outside the gate they could see kids running around. They looked at each other and smiled while giving each other's hands a reassuring squeeze.
Meanwhile, inside the orphanage a nine year old girl sat at the piano, pressing random keys. She had a passion for learning the piano but growing up in an orphanage, it was difficult to get professional lessons. She had Heterochromia iridum, which meant that she had eyes of two different colours. Her brown and green eyes were just moving to see all the keys of the piano. Her brown hair was tied in neat ponytails and a rainbow colored stuffed bear was tucked under her arms.
While she pressed random keys, a boy of approximately her age snatched the stuffed bear from her hands and made a run.
" MASON!!! GIVE ME RAINBOW BACK" she screamed and ran after him.
"Come and get it!!" He teased her. She huffed angrily and increased her speed.
"YOU WILL PAY FOR IT MASON!!!"Â She ran through the long compact corridor.
As she reached the front porch, she tripped and fell on her knees.
"Oh my god! Are you alright?" Asked a very tall man to her crouching down to her level.
"Oh yes. I am fine. But that Mason is going to pay for it" she said furiously as she stood up and brushed her yellow frock.
"Hey little one! Do you know where we can find Miss May?" asked the man who was standing beside the tall man. He was rather short compared to the green eyed man.
"Miss May is in her office. I'll take you there" and before they could reply, she grabbed Harry's hand and pulled him through the thin corridor.
At the end of the corridor, she halted in front of a green door. She knocked on it.
"MISS MAY! ITS ME EMILY. THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MEET YOU!!!" She shouted.
"Come in Emily" when they entered, they saw a middle aged woman who had her hair up in a bun and had the kindest look on her face. She looked do
"Emily! How many times do I have to tell you to talk in a lower volume?"
"Sorry Miss May" she said in a low voice with her head down.
"You must be Louis and Harry" she smiled at the young boys in front of her.
"Yes-"
"Miss May? May I go?" Emily interrupted.
"Yes you may go" as she said those words. Emily left the room in a hurry and her faint voice screaming "Mason" could be heard.
"Such a waste. Even after getting rejected by so many parents this little girl never lost hope or the joy in her"
Miss May said sadly glacing at the door. At that moment the couple shared a look before looking back at Miss May.
"Getting rejected?" Asked Louis.
"Yes. People usually adopt toddlers. At maximum they adopt a five year old. These kids get rejected every time someone comes to adopt them. Plus that girl? Emily? She has Heterochromia iridium and people think she will be a burden on them. When its actually nothing but different colours of eye. Anyways. What do you wanna adopt? Age group? Gender?" She asked clasping her hands in front of her.
"Well. We were here-"Started Harry and then looked at Louis.
"We were here to adopt a toddler but when you said these kids get rejected. "Â Louis looked at Harry to finish the sentence.
"We wanna adopt that girl Emily." Finished Harry.
"Really? Wow that is amazing. I'll round up her files. CHARLOTTE?" A thin woman came in the room and looked at Miss May. "Emily is getting adopted. Take these gentlemen to her and pack her things."
"Yes ma'am" she smiled at the two boys and led them to a room.
"She can play the piano?' Asked Louis on hearing the keys.
"No. She would love to learn though. We can't really affrod the lessons so she just presses random keys."
She opened the plae blue door and Emily looked at them.
"HII CHARLOTTE!!" She said loudly.
"Lower your volume, Emily! Remember what we talked about?"
"Yes Charlotte." she nodded sincerely. Harry on the other hand chuckled and whispered into Louis's ear.
"Loud. Just like you" Louis smiled at him before bringing his gaze back to the brown haired girl.
"Emily? These two people want to adopt you. Do you wanna go with them?" Asked Charlotte bending down and looking into the green-brown eyes of Emily.
Emily's eyes lit up. Her small lips curled up in a big smile. She brought her hands and clapped. With her little feet she walked towards the two men.
"I'm going to have a mommy and a daddy?" She asked looking up at them.
"Umm. No. You are going to have two daddies. Is that alright with you?" asked Louis nervously.
"Two daddies? No mommy?" She asked. Harry shook his head and was getting anxious with every passing second.
"THAT IS EVEN BETTER!! I HAVE TWO DADDIES NOW. YAY" She jumped around.
"So Emily? Shall we get ready? Your daddies have to sign some papers now." Charlotte asked smiling at the ecstatic girl.
"Yes. See you!!" She waved at the two happy men as she walked with Charlotte to her room to get ready.
Harry and Louis looked around to see if someone was there before giving each other a deep and long kiss.
"We are fathers now" they said as their foreheads touched.
"Lets sign her papers and then we can go home. Our home.."
In about half an hour everything was ready. Louis and Harry smiled at the excited girl who had a blue backpack on her shoulders. Charlotte handed her suitcase to Harry and Louis held her hands and together as a family they walked out of the orphanage.
They were seated in the backseat of a taxi when Louis called Liam.
"Hey man. Everything went perfectly. We are now going for shopping. So could you just pick us up from the mall?" "Great. We'll call you when we are done" Louis smiled.
"So what are your names?" Emily asked curiously.
"I'm Louis"
"And I am Harry"
"And what do I call you?"
"Daddy or Dad I suppose?" Said Louis looking at Harry for confirmation.
"But what If I call Louis dad and Harry dad comes?"
"So how about. You give us individual names?" Suggested Harry.
"Okay. Umm." She went into thinking.
They were already at the mall but little Emily still hadn't chosen a name. She was putting her whole body into it.
"Emily, how about you think while we shop? We have to get things to decorate your room!!" Said Louis as he pulled her small figure out of the cab.
"We are shopping!?!?"she asked.
"Yeah. Why?" Harry looked down at the little girl.
"I HAVE NVER BEEN TO SHOPPING. "
"Well c'mon then" Louis called her as he ran forward and Emily chased him with a laugh.
'Don't run. You will fall!!!" Screamed Harry pulling down his beanie.
"Come on Harold have some fun "
After 2 hours of shopping, they were sitting the food court surrounded with bags.
"I have decided!" She said.
"What honey?"
"What I will call you"
'Aaand that is?" Asked Harry
"I will you dad" she said pointing to Louis "and I will call you papa" she smiled at Harry.
That moment, the happiness in the two youngs boys was beyond imagination. They had never thought that they could be THIS happy. Harry's green eyes had teared up and Louis smiled the widest smile with his eyes crinkling up.
They briefly bent down to kiss the little excited girl on her cheeks and ran a soft hand over her hair.
Not even a day in their lives, Emily had already started to make them happier. It was certain that she was going to bring so much more into their lives and make them a stronger couple. She connected with them and slowly they were turning into a beautiful family. They could not wait to spend more time with her.