AN: A new chapter for my lovelies ^.^ Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, I love it every time someone can input on my work ^.^
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Chapter 14

Almost

Draco had disappeared into his study that afternoon and didn't realise how late it was getting until it was already dark. He hadn't been doing much except lounging back in his armchair and thinking, but he was tired. It wasn't a physical weariness, more a mental lack of energy. That was why he was unprepared when his window flew open and a cloaked figure came crashing in to his life.

As soon as he saw the mask he realised it was another former Death Eater. He distracted himself by wondering why on earth this person would have bothered to keep the silly uniform all these years before being bought back to earth by a curse that flew past him. He hadn't ducked, the Death Eater just had bad aim.

"Stupefy." A male voice yelled again, a red light flashing past Draco's face.

"Oh come on, you've got to be able to do better than that." The blonde goaded. He heard a small growl emit from beneath the mask and smirked.

"Locomotor mortis." The Death Eater snarled.

"Protego." Draco said calmly, blocking the curse.

"You're a traitor and a wimp, Malfoy. You deserve punishment for ruining the Dark Lord's plans. Petrificus totalus!" This spell flew off to the side, hitting the curtain rod that hung behind Draco. It jumped off the wall, crashing to the ground with a loud clang as Draco dodged the material that came down with it.

"Oh, sod off you silly man." Draco answered. "That was years ago. Surely you've moved on to another wannabe ruler of the world. I would have thought you'd have at least updated your wardrobe. I guess I was wrong when I figured only people being made to wear that silly mask would do so." The other man threw another curse his way, but he dodged it.

"I mean, really? You think your 'Dark Lord' was so great?" The blonde continued with a roll of his platinum eyes. "He was defeated, so obviously he wasn't the best wizard in this world. Heck, he was taken down by a teenage boy. He was the wimp, you twit. I can't believe you people haven't given up your dreams of destroying the world."

"Silenco!" The Death Eater yelled, not bothering to reply to a single thing that Draco had said. Having missed again, the man quickly sent a stinging hex after it. The hex was bounced back as Draco blocked it.

"Harry Potter beat your 'Dark Lord'." Draco said with a smile. "He killed every part of his soul separately and then killed the... well, I wouldn't really call it a man. He killed the thing himself. Yep, all on his lonesome. Voldemort was nothing... In fact, all existing dark magic is nothing compared to Harry Potter."

The blonde had lost track of goading the other man and instead had trailed off into his own thoughts. The minor distraction almost caused him to get hit by another curse, but he moved just in time. Whatever it was flew past him and caused a singe on the wall.

"Hey, I like this room!" Draco said, exasperated. He didn't get a chance to continue, though. The door to the room crashed open, interrupting him.

"Stupefy!" A familiar voice called, and the unsuspecting Death Eater fell to the ground unconcious. An ebony haired Harry Potter entered the room, inspecting his handiwork.

"Hey... I was handling that." Draco said, pouting at the other man.

"You were taking too long." Harry answered, sending a cheeky smile in return. "By the way, I liked that minorly off-topic rant about how nothing compares to me." He winked.

"I... I was just... I was trying to make him angry! Distracting him so that he would mess up!" Draco said quickly. "Why were you listening in anyway?"

"Yeah, he definitely seems to have messed this place up." Harry replied, ignoring the question as he looked around the room.

"Mmm, easy stuff to fix." The blonde shrugged. "What are you doing up here?"

"Dinner is ready and I told the house elves that I would fetch you." Harry answered. "I didn't expect to find you dueling a Death Eater when I got up here. How come you didn't have that handled by the way? You could have taken him easily."

"I was distracted." Draco replied, scratching the back of his head embarrassedly.

"I can tell." Harry teased, moving toward the other man. They weren't very far apart, although neither of them were dure when exactly they had moved so close together.

"Thank you for finishing him off for me." Draco smiled at Harry, also moving a little closer. Neither thought about how intimate their proximity had become. They just looked into each others eyes, feeling a pull towards each other.

"No worries. I'm always here if you need my help." Harry answered, his face only centimeters from the blonde's.

"That's comforting to know." Draco said quietly. He could feel the other man's breath tickling his cheek softly and felt the urge to move just that tiny bit further forward. He took a deep breath and released it slowly, watching Harry's eyes flicker as he did so.

A sound was heard in the hall, breaking the spell. Both men jumped back as if only just realising how close they had been. Draco was shocked and saw from Harry's wide green eyes that the other man felt the same. He released a small cough.

"Harry?" Ron's voice was heard from the hall.

"I'm not really hungry." Draco said, answering Harry's unasked question. "I'm going to take this guy to the Ministry. You should head down to dinner."

Harry nodded in answer, turning and walking out the door. Draco watched him go and sighed, wondering what had just happened. A few minutes later he was gone, taking the Death Eater to be arrested.

AN: Soooo close O.O
I'm just teasing you now, aren't I? ^.^
Don't worry, there is only eighteen chapters planned for this story... true actions will come into play soon ^.^
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