Chapter eleven: Is this love?

Draco had been trying ever since Christmas to find a way to ask Harry if he had really said he was in love with him it wasn't the kind of question that you could just drop into the conversation and the other wizard hadn't said anything about it since then.

The blond was half tempted to shrug the whole thing off as just his imagination but the young man couldn't quiet forget the way those words had made him the warmth that had filled him deep inside he wanted to experience that warmth over and over again like some kind of drug the question was how to get Harry to repeat the words the Slytherin thought that he had spoken.

This morning oddly for the blond he was awake before his lover and was laying on the bed looking down at him, the ice price was very glad that the potion only had two months left to run, it would be wearing off on valentine's day and Draco had already decided that he was going to tell Harry that he loved him when he was visible, he wanted the other man to be able to see the truth in his face and that was kind of a little hard at the moment.

There was something else the blond planned to do that day too but that part of his plan was dependant on two things one finding out if Harry had said he loved him and two the other wizards reaction to his confession of love.

The blond was drawn out of his thoughts as slowly Harry stirred next to him the bright green eyes flickered open and he stretched. 'Good morning.'

"Oh good morning Draco."

'Harry I want to ask you something.'

The dark haired man yawned and stretched again. "What is it?"

'The man you kept talking about the one you wanted but didn't think you could have, is he me by any chase? Is it me you love?' Draco asked the man lying next to him softly, his grey eyes watching Harry intently.

The green eyed man flushed slightly before looking at him. "Yes Draco, I was talking about you, I fell in love with you and I am in love with you."

'When did you fall in love with me?'

"I realised I liked you in my third year, it developed quietly over the years I didn't realised that I loved you fully until my fifth year. I sometimes didn't know why I loved you after all you did tend to behave like a complete jack arse round me most of the time."

'Love is blind, isn't that the old saying?

"Yes it is, any way why did you ask me that suddenly?" Harry asked intrigued.

'At Christmas when we were together in front of the fire you said you loved me and I wanted to know if I had heard you correctly and if I had when it had happened.'

The Gryffindor smiled softly at the man with him. "So love what would you like to do for Valentine's Day?" Harry asked his lover softly.

'I want to spend time with you; I'm supposed to return to visibility that day and I want to be here with you when I hope that's alright.'

A slow blush spread over Harry's face followed quickly by a happy smile. "Yes of cause it's alright." The Gryffindor sighed, Draco had not said that he loved him in return, Harry wasn't surprised by this but to say it didn't hurt even a little would be a lie because it did hurt.

The blond could see the hurt flicker briefly in Harry's deep green eyes and decided to ask an off the topic question to distract him. 'Harry when my things were sent down here from the Slytherin dorms do you remember seeing a wooden box carved with a dragon?"

Harry frowned for a few moments at this odd question and then nodded. "Yes, I put it in the top draw of that chest of draws over there." He said pointing across the room to a large chest of draws. "Why is it something important?"

The Slytherin was relived the box was here, he dreaded what it might have been like if he had needed to go looking for it then his whole house would have been aware of his intentions towards Harry. 'Yes it is important, now don't ask anything more please it's a surprise.' Draco said softly.

"Alright then I won't ask but your going to have to recompense for not asking somehow?" Harry asked the blond raising both brows at the other man in a suggestive manor.

The Slytherin grinned at his lover before he leant in Draco kissed the green eyed man slowly and deliberately before pulling back. 'You know you really should have been in my house, you would have made a great Slytherin.'

"I'll take that as a compliment and I almost was in your house you know?"

'You were? What happened there?' The ice prince asked surprised by this confession from Harry.

The green eyed man sighed softly before looking up at his lover. "I asked the sorting hat not to put me in Slytherin, at the time I didn't particularly like you and Ron told me all wizards and witches from that house went bad."

'How delightful prejudice of him.'

"Yeah well we were kids at the time and well you were a bit much for me to take on board at the time."

Draco smiled slightly at the memories of those early days. 'I was a bit of a moron wasn't I?'

The Gryffindor raised both eyebrows at the other wizard. "A bit I think that might just be a slight understatement."

The blond chuckled slightly. 'Alright you win this time I was a complete moron when we first met.'

"Good I'm glad you realise that!" Harry said a triumphant tone to his voice.

The ice prince shook his head slightly before leaning in and kissing Harry soundly, as he listened to the murmurs of passion coming from his lover the blond smiled to himself just a little while longer then he could show Harry exactly how he felt for him and would be able to tell the green eyed man he loved him and a whole lot more.

Draco had a lot planned for this Valentine's day, not just a confession he was also planning to ask the question he had be burning to ask Harry since Christmas, his mind drifted briefly to the wooden box which contained the betrothal ring he had, had made years ago, it was made to magical fit the one who excepted his suite and the Slytherin couldn't wait to see it on his lovers finger.

The ice prince banished these thoughts from his head to be perused for another day right now he had more important things to be doing namely making sure that his lover wouldn't leave the bed for another few hours at least...