Bill was wandering around muggle London with Mark, they were apparently going for dinner but they didn't seem to have any set destination in mind. When he had asked Mark about where they were going to the other man had just shrugged and told him they would just find somewhere. To say that Bill was confused was an understatement, in the wizarding world for the most part you had to reserve a table in advance. The only places in the wizarding world that you didn't need reservations for were pubs and places like Fortescue's. Even in Egypt for the most part you had to have reservations for lunch or dinner.

Bill couldn't believe how different things were in the muggle world than in the wizarding world. He may have travelled with Gringotts when he left Hogwarts but he had stuck to wizarding areas mostly. As they were seated in a nice italian restaurant rather easily Bill decided that he quite liked the idea of staying in the muggle world.

Now that he knew that Gringotts were going to keep him based in Britain he could buy somewhere to live and he was seriously considering buying something muggle. He knew that prices in London were high but as he was a human employee the goblins gave him a good exchange rate and he had saved the majority of his wage the whole time he worked, he also had his percentage of all treasure he found in Gringotts employ.

He was pretty sure that with all his savings he would be able to find somewhere decent to live, his main problems would be finding somewhere, something that once he heard about Mark offered to help, and trying to explain to his mother that he wasn't having a midlife crisis. He was sure that she would see it as an affront that he didn't want to live at the Burrow or wasn't buying somewhere in the Wizarding world. She would no doubt see it as him going down the same route as his father, but he really had no desire to keep plugs and other muggle objects in a shed. The muggle that was sat across from him in his bed, well that was a different matter entirely.

Throughout dinner they discussed what type of place Bill would like and Mark made some suggestions about areas and rough price guidelines. Before the meal was over they had made plans to meet the next day to get a start on the hunt for a property. Bill would get up extra early to go to Gringotts to meet with his account manager, so that he would have a rough estimation of how much he would be able to spend on somewhere to live. They followed dinner with a night of dancing in a club before heading back to Mark's place for the evening. They spent hours lavishing each other with attention, so much so that by time they were ready to go sleep it was almost time for Bill to leave to get changed and meet with his account manager. Promising to meet Mark for breakfast he kissed him goodbye before leaving the flat to apparated back to the Burrow where he was still staying temporarily.

After a quick shower, a change of clothes and a pepper-up potion, he had resigned himself to the knowledge that he wasn't getting any sleep, he apparated once more to Diagon Alley. Making his way up the marble steps into the bank he looked around at the almost empty foyer, not many wizards did their banking at seven in the morning after all. He went straight to an available cashier, greeting them with stilted gobbledygook, he was by no means fluent, he asked to meet with his manager and was soon being led towards a small office, where he spent over an hour discussing his options with the goblin Grearhook, and leaving with a rough estimate of how much he could spend, which was believe it or not a lot more than he had expected.

He had then apparated back to Mark's flat to meet him for breakfast and a day of house shopping, something that he was both excited about and dreading. The search seemed to take forever, but Mark stuck with him through every step, and Bill was glad he had done so. He would have been completely lost if it hadn't been for the other man. By the time that he actually purchased the property and moved in he had been with Mark almost two months, and he could easily see it becoming a permanent thing, not that either of them had really discussed their relationship, instead just letting it progress naturally. Three months after the second war with Voldemort finished Bill moved into his new flat, and promptly spent the evening christening every room with his muggle boyfriend.