Pairing: Draco/Ginny... just realized I'm writing a lot of Draco here... *shrugs*

For the prompt: kitchen

Also for the Pairing Diversity Boot Camp with the prompt: impetuous

It happened while they were fighting.

That's how interesting things always happened between them because, unlike most couples, when they fought, they said exactly what they meant to say. And even if it stung a little, it wasn't so bad because they both knew that whatever the other had said was absolutely true. There was just something comforting in the knowledge and neither Draco nor Ginny cared what anyone else thought about it.

And that day in the kitchen was no different. Draco didn't know where the words had come from. One minute Ginny was going on a rant about how he should keep his fat mouth shut and the next, he opened said fat mouth and blurted it out.

"I love you."

It was an impetuous confession; ill-timed and decidedly unromantic. But as soon as the words left his mouth, the weight he didn't know he'd been carrying lifted off his shoulders.

He flashed Ginny a rare smile as she splayed her hands on the island counter between them and stared at him in disbelief. "Excuse me?!" If it had been anyone else, she would have immediately assumed that he was saying it to keep himself in her good graces, but it was Draco. Draco never told her what he thought she wanted to hear. Draco never lied to her. And Draco never said 'I love you.'

At least he hadn't up until then.

He marched around to her side of the counter and cupped her face in his hands, ensuring that he had her attention.

"You are gorgeous when you're angry. And you tell me all the time that I have a fat mouth, but I will always open it anyway. And to be honest, you are an absolute pain in my arse."

Her eyes flashed at that last comment, but he prevented her from interrupting him by sealing his mouth over hers. It didn't take long for her to relax and wrap her arms around his waist, which told him that she was calmed down enough to be reasonable. He pulled back and grinned down at her. "And I love you."

Her anger forgotten, Ginny smiled. "You'd better." Draco rolled his eyes and was once again about to open his fat mouth, but Ginny amended her statement. "I love you, too."

And as suddenly as it began, the fight was over. But somehow both of them won.