So the two fell into a patten; Harry would share his lunch with Carlos but never stay and then as school let out the young De Vil would trial after the pirate to Urserla's Fish & Chip Shop, he never went in though.
"you're out here a lot." Gil said as he sat down heavily next to Carlos.
Gil was very much like his father; lots of brawn and not a lot of brains, sometimes he seemed a little too nice to be part of an evil villians crew.
"so are you." Carlos stated not looking up from his book.
Gil shrugged, "I annoy Uma a lot but I think Harry just likes throwing me out of the door."
Carlos wished he could go inside the Fish and Chip Shop but he knew better than to enter a gangs headquarters.
Suddenly Gil pulled at the silver chain, Carlos quickly tucked it back away, without a word the young Gaston grabbed Carlos by the hand and strided the both of them back into the resturant.
Uma was sat on the counter watching the fuzzy television showing some broardcast from Auradon, the shop smelt like salt, seaweed and steam and a haggled looking Urserla throwing plates of mystery food at them.
Gil could easily pick up the lighter Carlos and he placed him on the counter close to Uma, "this belongs to Harry."
Turning sharply Uma looked the young De Vil up and down before standing on the counter, her shell incrusted boots slamming down hard, "well, he isn't mine." she said casually.
Carlos glanced at the fuzzy, almost completely gone, television screen; without a word he jumped off the counter, pulled up a chair and began tinkering with the wires connecting the television.
"don't touch that!" Uma shouted, catching everyone's attention.
One thing Carlos couldn't do was stop doing a job once he'd started, so against his better judgement he carried on with his tinkering.
A strong arm wrapped tightly around Carlos's thin waist and began to pull him away, luckily just as he finished and the signal became clearer; all the colours weren't bleeding into each other and the sound could be heard properly.
"no way." Uma breathed approching the screen, revelling in the clear picture, "you fixed it stray."
Carlos looked at Uma, she seemed impressed, but she wasn't smiling at the young De Vil, the pirate queen was smiling at her firstmate.
"he isn't a stray, darlin', he's mine." Harry grinned.
From that time Carlos would spend the afternoons during the week with Uma's crew at the docks or fish shop; the young De Vil wasn't exactly part of the crew, he mainly just sat on Harry's knee and sometimes Uma would hand him something to fix but Carlos was happy to be useful.
Unfortunately, although Uma was the queen of the docks she wasn't queen of the town, that tital belonged to Mal, daughter of Maleficent, and the two girls were somewhat at war; whatever Mal had Uma wanted and visa versa.
So when Jay, only child of Jafar, a quick thinking thief, spotted the small De Vil sitting amongst the pirates he quickly reported to Mal.
Carlos was happy to escape his mental mother so often, it helped him relax, and always having some kind of attention from Harry on him made the young De Vil feel special.
The years passed, Carlos never became a true member of the pirate crew but he did become much closer to Harry.
Harry became more and more possesive of Carlos, he even didn't let Uma touch the young De Vil, but Carlos grew up he began to find himself a little more and he didn't need to be protected so much.
"stop threatening people Harry." Carlos said firmly after Harry had scared away some of his science friends.
Harry kept a strong hold on Carlos's hand, "thought you liked me protecting you, you've never complained before." he pointed out.
"I'm not a little kid anymore." Carlos reminded him; he was eleven now, "I like that you care but I can't only be your's."
"but you are mine." Harry hissed, pulling at the anchor necklace, "you being ungreatful?"
Carlos smacked Harry's hook away, "you're being spiteful. I want to be your friend, not your pet."
Huffing deeply Harry looked away, trying not to get angry at Carlos, "fine, fine. I'll dial it back." he promised.
Not used to being listened to Carlos was overcome with gratitude that Harry would at least try that he stood on his tiptoes to kiss Harry on the cheek.
So the friendship moved from Harry not wanting to share to them being equals but it all changed when Evie, daughter of the Evil Queen, previously home schooled, started attending school and befriended Carlos when he turned thirteen.
The only other proper friend Carlos had ever had was Harry so when Evie was adiment to be friends with him, being very kind and sweet to him, she also had a love for science.
Through Evie the young De Vil properly met Mal and Jay, the young theif instantly regonising Carlos and Mal made it her mission to get Carlos into her gang.
"you're hanging out with Mal and Jay a lot." Harry mentioned one afternoon while Uma was waiting tables.
"I'm hanging out with Evie, them two are just there." Carlos corrected.
Harry observed the younger boy, the overwhelming urge to protect him was nearly unbareable but he'd promised to behave and he wanted Carlos to be happy as much as he wanted Uma to be powerful.
"just watch out, they're both sneaky." Harry warned.
Carlos kissed the pirate happily on the cheek, "I will."
But over the course of a year Carlos began to actually like Mal and Jay, they were fun to be around and had the run of the whole marketplace; although he was never one for causing too much trouble he enjoyed the freedom he got from running around with them.
Harry could no longer contain his jealousy, everytime Carlos spoke positivly about Mal and her gang it poured more fuel on the fire until the pirate exploded one night.
"enough! You like them so much don't bother coming back!" Harry shouted at a shocked Carlos and grabbed the younger boy roughly.
The whole Fish and Chip Shop stopped and stared.
"what's the matter with you?" Carlos whispered, burning from all the eyes on them.
"all I've heard from you all year is about Mal or Jay." Harry snarled.
Carlos tried to wriggled from Harry's grip but the pirate held tight, "they're my friends." he said softly.
"and what am I? A table? Some dirt?" Harry was shaking.
"you're more than just my friend." Carlos started to say but Harry was dragging him to the door already, "wait! I care about you more than I could ever a friend."
For a small body Carlos was stronger than Harry expected and he couldn't force him easily out of the door, "what, like you love me?" Harry snorted giving another push.
"if that's the name you wanna give what we have then, yeah, I do. I love you." Carlos trialed off, knowing how much like a kid from Auradon he sounded but it physically pained him to even think Harry wouldn't be in his life anymore.
Harry faultered, he stopped pushing and loosened his bruising grip on Carlos's arm, "we're villians, we can't love." he reminded Carlos softly.
"well, it's more than friendship we have." Carlos gave a shy smile, "don't you want more?"
Harry's eyes flickered around the shop, Uma standing at the counter with a knowing look on her face, so with his own smile he bent down slightly and kissed Carlos gently on the lips.
Unfortunately their love for each other didn't stop the soon-to-be kind of Auradon from uprooting Carlos, along with Mal, Jay and Evie, to go to Auradon as some kind of experiment.
Carlos left in such a hurry and with so little time that when Harry heard that his boyfriend was gone it was nearly a full day later and Carlos was far away.
The guilt of not being able to tell Harry he was leaving tore Carlos up inside for the first month he was there, he couldn't sleep without seeing Harry's handsome face and while Mal spun her own plan to steal Fairy GodMother's magic wand, Carlos began to work on his own to bring Harry to him in Auradon.