Chapter two: Leaning

Draco opened his eyes and stared up at the red bed canopy above him, the blond sighed deeply, he raised a hand this whole being invisible thing was rather strange in that he could see himself and hear himself. The Slytherin found it really aggravating that the only person able to sense him and hear him was none other the Gryffindor golden boy, speaking of said wizard, the silver eyed young man rolled over in the bed to find the other wizard was wide awake and looking at where he was.

Startled by the closeness of those green eyes the Ice prince gasped, and Harry smiled at him. "Ah your awake, look I need to shower..."

'Oh...'

With nothing else to say to the blond Harry climbed off the bed he picked up his towel, his change of clothes and headed threw a door to the showers, a few moments later the grey eyed Slytherin felt himself being helplessly pulled along by their link, when he finally came through the door to the bathroom the blond saw the pile of clothing and Harry's towel next to it knowing what that meant Draco firmly kept his back toward where the other man was.

The silver eyes wizard knew if he had been visible at that moment he would have been blushing like mad, for heaven's sake he was shut in a bathroom, with another man, correction a rather naked showering Harry Potter, yes he was gay and had seen other men naked before but there was just something a little disturbing about being in the same room as his normal nemesis when he was showering.

The Gryffindor started to hum tunelessly as he bathed, the blond could hear the water splashing and Harry's movements under it, the Slytherin found that his mouth was suddenly dry and he also discovered that he had to fight the urge to turn round and watch Potter of all people bathe.

Before he had realised that he had begun to do so Draco found himself turning round, the silver eyes widened at the sight of the man standing there, the uniform Potter wore concealed a body that Draco found riveting, his skin had a golden glow to it, the dark hair was slicked back under the water looking positively neat, the vivid green eyes were closed as the young wizard let the hot water run over him. The blond watched enchanted by the rivers of water that formed moving patterns over the young man's fit body, slowly the green eyes opened with one hand the Gryffindor reached for the soap, Draco watched fascinated as the other man lathered the soap up and began to wash with it.

The blond found that just watching the seekers hands make their way over his lithe body was something totally erotic in its own way, Draco flushed slightly though these feelings of lust were not totally alien to him but they were not feeling he had ever had towards his usually hated rival and the grey eyed man couldn't help but wonder what was happening to him so suddenly.

The ice prince gulped as Potter bent over to locate the shampoo, the green eyed man set to washing his dark hair and suddenly Draco found himself wanting to run his fingers into that hair. Soon the Gryffindor was washing out his hair, before quickly applying conditioner before then also washing that out, the ice prince was amazed to see that Potter actually did take care of his hair and wondered in that case why it was such a mess all the time.

With a happy sigh Harry turned the water off, he strolled out from under the shower, unaware of the Slytherins grey gaze fixed on his body as he did so, Draco was watching the last of the water running down over the seekers body and finding himself wanting to be that water running over Potters body. The blond shook himself felling like this about Potter of all people was crazy, it had to be because he was stuck with the man, despite these thoughts his eyes refused to move from the other man as he lifted the towel and started to dry himself.

Far to eagerly for his own liking the blond followed the progress of that red towel over the form of the over man, Draco felt heat running there him as he watched the other man, this whole scene was like some sort of seductive dance between lovers, the blond closed his eyes for a moment and if he had been able to Draco would have hit his head against a wall for thinking like that about Potter of all people.

The grey eyes shot open as he heard the towel hit the floor, they instantly fixed on the man before him, as Harry began to hide that wonderful body under clothing that did absolutely nothing to emphasise the fit form he actually had, the ice prince shook his head Potter seriously needed someone to take over the care of his wardrobe he could look so much better than he did. The green eyed man slipped on his glasses, before raising a hand to the hair which was still perfectly slicked back in an imitation of Draco's own style from his earlier years and messed it quickly with his fingers. As Harry did this the blond raised one eyebrow at the other wizard, he just couldn't understand Potter doing that his hair had looked so much better all neat and tidy like that, then again though the Slytherin was loathed to admit it, Harry's bed hair look was also quiet fetching in its own strange way.

Slowly Harry turned in his direction, the blond flinched waiting for the Gryffindor to yell at him for spying on him in the shower but the green eyed man didn't he smiled instead. "Come on Malfoy you can stop facing the wall now I'm done."

The ice prince's grey eyes widened, Harry had no idea that he had watched him bathing, the blond let out a relived sigh, then he quickly shuffled a bit as though he were turning around. 'You took long enough Potter any one would think you were a girl or gay.'

Harry shook his head before raising both brows at the invisible man. "Come on lets go breakfast is calling."

The Slytherin fallowed the dark haired man down to breakfast, he settled on the end of the Gryffindor bench were Harry had left him a space to sit down and looked round at the other members of the table, Weasely and Granger were opposite the golden boy, just as Draco was starting to relax Ginny sat down on the other side of Harry and without knowing why the blond stiffened.

Harry's green eyes darted to the young woman next to him before going to his two friends opposite him, the red haired woman spoke. "So are still being haunted by a Slytherin?"

The Gryffindor sighed before lowering his head into a hand. "Yes Ginny, this is going to last for nine months so please don't ask again."

"Oh that's a shame here I was hoping to get you all to myself for a while, that a bit hard with your inconvenient invisible friend hanging around."

Harry let out another sigh, even Ron groaned at his sisters speech, Hermione rolled her eyes couldn't Ginny understand that her tactics were just not going to work on the dark haired wizard. "Ginny one Malfoy is not an inconvenience, he would be if this had been deliberate but it wasn't two I don't want to spend time alone with you and three you keep acting like this I'm going to get angry and it really isn't a good idea to make me mad."

Ginny huffed at the older man and rolled her eyes. "Oh come on Harry, you've not had a single date since you went out with me, we both know that means you still have a thing for me so stop trying to deny it and just go with the flow."

Draco felt the anger suddenly flowing off of Potter this surprised him but then if the Gryffindor could sense him maybe this was the way the link worked in return. Slowly the colour drained out of the young woman's face, and the blond would have given his entire family fortune just to see what the expression on Potters face was like at that moment because from the Weaslets reaction it must be quiet something.

The red haired young woman started to stutter and then Harry spoke in a tone that reminded the Slytherin of his father in its arctic qualities. "Ginny, I am not in love with you! I am not yearning for you just because I haven't dated that doesn't give you a right to assume you know my heart! I have no intention of going with the flow as you call it! If you cannot accept the fact I don't love you any more I suggest you bugger off!"

The young woman almost fell off of the bench in her haste to get away from the fuming lion that was sitting next to her, Hermione chuckled and looked across at her friend. "I've not seen you lose your temper like that for a while."

"I'm sorry but she was just being . . ."Harry said waving his hand around looking for the right word.

'Annoying, as thick as two short planks, aggravating, immature, childish?' Draco said guessing the end of the sentence.

The Gryffindor grinned at the space next to him and Hermione raised both brows at Harry. "He was trying to help me finish my sentence." Harry explained to the ever curious witch.

"Oh I see and did Malfoy help?"

"Yes actually he did, to use one of his suggestions; she was just being as thick as two short planks." The golden boy said with a grin.

Ron snorted with suppressed laughter and Hermiony chuckled gently. "Yes well I think you've finally made your sentiments absolutely clear this time."

"I bloody well hope so to be honest she is really starting to get on my last nerve."

The red haired man opposite Harry grinned at him. "To be honest mate, right now I wouldn't blame you if you hexed her hair purple or something it would be the least she deserved after the way she has been behaving around you."

"Well in case I do hex her, sorry in advance."

"As I said mate she deserves it, just try not to make it too bad okay?"

"I'll try Ron." Harry said with a sigh before turning his attention back to breakfast.

Soon the three friends had finished their food and with their invisible companion in toe they were making their way out of the great hall and to their classes in some ways the blond was truly glad that school was going to be over soon but at the same time he was nervous about going home with Potter for summer. Living with a bunch muggles even worse a bunch of them that were related to Potter for a whole two and a half months really didn't strike the Slytherin as a whole fun way to spend summer vacation.