HARRY POTTER AND CO. BELONG TO ROWLING!
"Till Debt Do Us Part…"
HP/SS
Chapter twelve. The Fallen Prince and Sleeping Babes.
Draco and Blaise's conversation...
Draco blinked once, twice, three times before nodding mutely. Zabini? Gay?! Ok maybe some things could face him.
Blaise had decided to pursue Draco after the blonde had broken up with Pansy very much aware that his fallen Prince was straight. So he knew things weren't going to be easy but then nothing worthwhile ever was.
"You're sure?" Draco frowned.
"Quite sure." Blaise murmured half smiling.
"Maybe you're just experimenting?" Draco asked. He had done it once or twice but had never really gotten much out of it so had settled for the female sex.
"I'm way past that stage." Blaise laughed settling his legs infront of him and leaning back on his arms.
"Oh." Draco didn't know what to say. He wasn't surprised by his classmate's confession but he was however surprised that he was the object of said classmate's affection or was he? Maybe he was jumping to conclusions. Maybe he was just telling him because...because... Because he likes you! You thick headed idiot!
"..." Blaise smirked in amusement. So Draco could get frazzled!
Still yourself Draco! You're a fucking Malfoy for Merlin's sake! Act like it! If he likes guys who cares! The blonde berated himself. "But you've got a girlfriend, several in fact."
"Maybe I should explain..." The slightly taller youth began tentatively. He hoped Draco would give him a chance now and not make it too difficult for him.
Gathering his wits about him Draco calmed down, "There's no need." Blaise could date a room fool of Wizards for all he cared.
Blaise looked at the cool façade worriedly, he had to keep the Blonde interested or he'd take off. Knowing Draco as he did he knew he had one chance to plead his case and make an impression, a good one. "Don't you want to know why I'm telling you."
Draco was suspicious and wondered if someone had put the Slytherin up to this. He looked around wondering if he was going to see a group of Slytherins jump out and laugh at him. "Actually no, " he answered disinterestedly.
"What if I want to tell you just the same?" Blaise opened his mouth and then shut it. He had to word it right. Let's see how to go about it.
"..." Draco had to admit that although he was positive he knew the answer he still wanted to listen to his classmate's explanation. However minutes passed and Blaise remained silent. "Are you going to talk or not?
"Yeah sorry.
"Yes. I've got girlfriends, several in fact. But they do nothing for me. Not physically or emotionally. I've been with them and all but they leave me cold. The truth of the matter is that I have them because I can't have the one thing I want most."
"The one thing you want most." Draco echoed.
"You."
"!!!" Draco's shock was evident on the pale face. "I don't know what I'm supposed to say to that. I've never really looked at a guy that way." No sense in telling Blaise that he had experimented twice. It could get the guy's hopes up.
Blaise nodded satisfied. "Good."
Draco sneered, "How can that be good? Wouldn't things be easier if I were gay?"
Blaise shrugged and leaned back comfortably. "I'm an odd sort Draco."
Merlin another confession! "Gee gay and odd what a combintaion!"
"I knew I was gay for sure at about the age of fourteen. It was at that age that I fell in love with you."
In love with him! Draco shook his head in disbelief. Blaise was insane to admit something like that to him of all people. Clearly the title of new Slytherin Prince had fallen on the wrong person. He would've never made such a confession!
"I fell in love with you. I didn't know it at first but when I realized you were the one..." Blasie shrugged remembering the day he had finally admitted to himself who he wanted to be with for the rest of his life.
"Why didn't you say anything before?" Draco wondered if he could somehow use this to his advantage.
Blaise watched Draco closely. He could tell the blonde's mind was on over drive, probably thinking of ways to use this. "You were engaged to Pansy. I couldn't do anything about it...things are different now."
"I'm poor and available."
"I don't care about the poor part. It's the avilable one that I'm focused on. Besides you not being into guys is fine with me."
Draco was indeed confused. "I'm sure your family would fail to agree. But tell me one thing how is me not being into guys fine with you?"
"First, let me worry about my family. Second, I don't want you to like guys. I just want you to like me."
"You want me only to like you. Possessive, aren't you Blaisi boy?" Yeah right! Just like him.
"I don't' like guys in general Draco and I don't want you to like guys in hopes that one day you'll like me. I want you to love me and only me. I don't want you to look at me as a guy but as a person that wants you above all things."
"Geez Blaise!" Could Zabini be any more romantic?
"No, listen to me. The reason I have girlfriends is because I can't have you!" Blaise confessed.
"Girlfriends! Why not boyfriends?"
"I've had a couple of boyfriends but they've never lasted more than a week each. The truth is that I don't want to be with other guys. Maybe it's stupid but if I can't have you then I don't want anyone else that's male. Hence the girlfriends."
"Hence the girlfriends..." Could his life be anymore strange? "...so because you can't have me... you sacrifice yourself and fuck girls and not guys. You're a real martyr!" Draco chuckled.
Blaise shrugged trying to move on from the topic. "I have to practice with someone. I don't want to disappoint you when we make love for the first time."
Draco rolled his eyes dramatically, "Like I said, a true martyr. As for us making love I think your getting a little ahead of yourself, don't you think?"
"I know what I want." Blaise shrugged.
Draco smirked, the only thing good about this whole thing was that Blaise was rich and although he did favor girls a certain part of him was a bit flattered, even poor he still had the Malfoy charm.
"I know things are tough for you but I will stand by you and help you with everything you need done to get your family's honor back..." Draco listened unemotionally to the youth's declaration and felt a knot in his stomach. To love someone like that! He sighed and thought of Pansy. What he wouldn't have given to have heard those words on her lips. Pansy! Aghhh don't think of her! Maybe it was because he believed Blaise's words and was reminded of his own pleas to his ex-girlfriend that Draco decided to stop the youth while he still could.
"You do realize that I don't now or have ever seen you as anything other than a mate and by mate I mean friend. You do realize that my name is in the mud and my disgrace is not something a couple thousand galleons can rectify. Pansy preferred to marry Crabbe and leave me pregnant than to suffer the disgrace of even being seen with me. You do realize that if I say yes it'll be to get what I need. I'll use you Blaise...and no, that doesn't mean that I will have sex with you to get money. It simply means that I will use you."
Blaise shook his head in surprise at the blonde's confession; he would've never thought Draco would dissuade him by putting himself in a bad light. "I love you Draco but I won't let you to walk all over me."
"Good. Then I won't have to worry about anymore of your confessions or offers. See you around Blaise." Romantic fool! Draco got up without a backward glance and walked away wondering if he or Blaise was the romantic fool.
"Your refusal doesn't change my feelings." Blaise called out before Draco was out of earshot. The blonde didn't look back but shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.
Blaise sat alone long after the blonde had left. He had taken the first step to winning Draco's love. How easy it would be to let him use me, the youth thought. But that isn't the way to do it. I want to be loved. Someone like his fallen Prince would never love someone he could not respect, someone he could not be proud of. He lay back on the grass and closed his eyes inhaling Draco's lingering cologne scent. He knew it wouldn't be easy...but Draco was worth it.
The blonde Slytherin walked purposefully fast. Blaise's declaration had shaken him. Why? Because Blaise was the new Slytherin Prince and was willing to stand by him when no one else would, at least no one that was not duty bound to do so. Because Blaise had offered him love and his life back and he had said no...and he had done everything possible to dissuade Bazini from continuing his efforts to get him to agree. Why had he done it? Regretting his very unslytherin behavior he increased his pace
Once he got to the dungeons he went to his room and called for a light meal. Tired he went to bed early and tried his hardest to forget Blaise, his offer, and his own very uncharacteristically emotional behavior.
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Harry got in later than he had had planned to and headed to the bedroom. He had had a long talk with Ron and had convinced his hot tempered friend to leave Seamus alone. Ron had taken a lot of convincing but in the end he had agreed to it. Thank Merlin Hermione had been there or who knows what might've happened.
Severus looked up and frowned, "it's almost curfew." The Wizard had already changed for bed and was reading a book by the fire in the bedroom.
"I'm sorry I had a hard time with Ron." Harry apologized sighing tiredly. It had been a long day! He sat down on the chair closest to the fire, "He wanted to hurt Seumus."
"Not that I condone students fighting but it seems to me that Mr. Finnegan might actually benefit from a sound beating." Severus mused putting his book aside.
"He tried to apologize to me in the library, Seamus I mean." Harry clarified.
The dark brow shot up to the sky and Severus' normally blank face tensed. "You spoke to him."
"Nothing happened he just said sorry and gave me this!" Harry held out a small green stone. "It's a-forgive me stone."
"I know what it is. What I want to know is why you accepted it?"
"He said he was sorry." Harry murmured looking at the smooth stone. He had had very few people ever apologize to him and quite frankly he was touched. Of course that didn't mean he didn't know why Seamus had done it because he did. Still...
"He's trying to get in your pants," Severus supplied interrupting Harry's inner thoughts.
"I know that!" Geez! Did Severus think he was an idiot?
"Then why take the stone?" Severus had to admit he was angry and ...jealous.
"I didn't think-"
"Well you need to start now. You're married...and to make things worse you're married to me. I won't have you receiving gifts from anyone least of all a idiot who has groped you in my presence."
"He didn't grope me." Why was Severus exaggerating?
"He left bruises! Are you daft or did you actually enjoy that Neanderthal's advances? "
Harry's mouth fell open before he sputtered, "How can you fucking say that?" Shaking his head he left the bedroom dropping the green stone along the way.
Severus feared he might be over reacting but Harry's behavior was dangerous. The youth was too prone to forgiveness. Finnegan had made it clear what he was after and Harry had still accepted his apology. His husband was either incredibly stupid or incredibly naïve. To make things worse he knew that Finnegan was neither stupid nor was he naïve. Thinking it was best to give Harry some time to think things over he didn't stop him from leaving but picked up the green gem from the floor and put it away. If Mr. Finnegan wanted to give his husband gifts he would return the favor.
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It was past midnight when Severus left the bedroom in search of Harry and found him reading or seeming to do so. The truth was that Harry had been on the same page for over an hour. He had done a lot of thinking and had come to the conclusion that he was not stupid but he had certainly acted that way. Rubbing his tired eyes he didn't notice the figure standing over him until he heard the deep voice.
"Time for bed."
Harry wanted to tell Severus to go and jump in the fucking lake but found himself unable to articulate the words. He had been foolish to accept the stone. Severus in his own cold hearted way was trying to protect him and he was being stubborn about it. Nodding he put the book away and walked back feeling a bit more hopeful.
Harry went about his nightly routine and crawled under the covers tiredly. "I hate you for being right." He murmured once under the covers.
"I forsee a lot of hate in our future then." Harry searched the obsidian eyes in the darkened room, "MERLIN! DID YOU JUST MAKE A JOKE?" What was the world coming to?
"A joke? You are delusional Mr. Snape. It's clear that you're even a bit more disturbed than I had originally thought." Severus pulled a willing Harry closer. Merlin! He was tired.
"There's another one! Wait a minute you just called me crazy!" Harry turned to protest the insult but found Snape sleeping soundly. Sighing he let it go and smiled...Sweet Merlin they had just had their first fight and made up in the same evening. He couldn't help but giggle. Hours later the pair slept like new born babes in each others arms.
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Well Harry and Snape are now more at ease with each other that I can get on with their relationship and the plot. Just so you know Draco and Blaise will be the other pairing.
I love you guys for your wonderful reviews. Here's another chapter...be good and review! Some mature scenes will be coming up in later chapters so you've been warned.
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