AN: Written for for The Wand Wood Challenge/Competition Prompt: Sycamore - Write about a new experience for a character.
Cedric was nervous, he hadn't really thought too much about how he was going to reveal himself to Harry as his secret admirer, but now the time had come he wished he had thought more about what he had intended to say. He had never really had to admit or confess that he was behind a gift before, normally if he wanted to date someone he just asked them out, but Harry was different, he wanted to take the time to court him and spoil him a bit, give him something just for him.
He had thought that the little gifts would cheer the boy up a bit with all the madness going on around him due to the tournament. He knew though that a strange owl, or even the Hogwarts owls bringing Harry gifts would get attention though, something that the boy seemed to hate, so he had taken a different approach. He had gone to the kitchens in an attempt to get a house elf to help him in his quest to woo Harry. He had been surprised when one volunteered immediately, but not before making him take an oath that he wasn't attempting to harm Harry in any way and that the gifts were nothing dangerous. The little elf had been happy with that and had promised to take his gifts to Harry, he just had to call for Dobby when he needed to get a gift to Harry. He had called the elf not long ago and sent him off to Harry with a note asking him to meet him in an abandoned classroom.
He hoped that Harry came, he knew that the other boy might decide against it, after all who knew whether he would live up to whatever picture Harry had painted of his secret admirer. For all Cedric knew Harry could think he was a girl, he had no idea if Harry was even interested in guys, this meeting could end dreadfully. For almost a minute Cedric hoped that Harry didn't turn up and at least that way this wouldn't be over already, but he crushed that thought. Harry would turn up, and if things didn't go the way that Cedric hoped they would Harry wouldn't make a fuss of it he was sure of it, it wasn't in the little Gryffindor's nature.
Cedric sat bolt upright when he heard the classroom door squeak open, and watched the door in anticipation, waiting for Harry to walk through it. It wasn't Harry who pushed the door open though, but rather the house elf. He watched as the elf opened the door and looked around, his large tennis ball eyes landing on Cedric for a moment assessing him before stepping back out of the room. Cedric stared at the doorway, a bit confused, but a moment later Harry entered the room and the door closed behind him.
He stared at Harry for a few moments, trying to figure out what to say to the boy now that he had arrived. Harry didn't seem too surprised to see him though, which made Cedric wonder if perhaps Harry had figured out that he was his secret admirer. Gathering his courage Cedric spoke, quickly greeting Harry and offering him one of the chairs in the room.
Harry sat down, never once taking his eyes off Cedric, something that was beginning to unnerve the Hufflepuff. "So you wanted to see me Cedric?"
"Yes, I wanted to ask if you would go on a date with me." Cedric began before blurting out the question that had been bothering him since Harry had arrived, "Why aren't you surprised to see me?"
"Dobby told me who was sending me the gifts when I asked him. It was a good way to get things to me, but you should have asked for secrecy." Harry chuckled. "Thank you for the gifts, they were sweet. "
Cedric looked at him trying to come to terms with everything, "So you have known from the beginning that it was me?"
"Not quite the beginning, but near enough." Harry replied. "One thing that I don't understand though, is if you were pursuing me, why you asked Cho to the ball."
Cedric blushed a bit, not knowing if he wanted the other boy to know about how jealous and possessive he was straight away, but knowing that the other probably wouldn't agree to date him if he thought he would be stringing someone else along. "I didn't want her to ask you, or for you to ask her, so I made sure that she was unavailable for the ball."
Harry just stared at him for a moment before laughing a bit, "That's kind of sweet. So she knows that there is nothing between you?"
"Yes. I made it clear that I just wanted a date for the ball and that I wasn't looking for a relationship with her." Cedric replied, he really hoped Harry said yes.
"Next Hogsmeade weekend? Or did you have something else in mind?" Harry asked. "I don't really want any more attention than I already get."
Cedric smiled, "I was thinking something private and quiet in the room of requirement on the seventh floor, maybe tomorrow night."
When Harry agreed to his first ever date, with another boy no less, he was soon caught up in another first as Cedric placed a rather sweet kiss on his lips before offering to walk him back to his common room.
