November 29 - December 25
Harry sighed throwing himself onto his bed. His legs were still hanging off the bed at the knees. He was just content to lie there all relaxed from his shower. He was going to bed early today since he had a Quidditch match the next day. He'd told Seamus as much. He smiled at the thought of his mate of almost two months. The last two months had been some on the best days of his life.
He startled when something wet touched his toes. He sat up and looked down at the source of the wetness. It was a small golden kitten licking at his toes. It stared up at him with huge eyes just begging to be picked up.
"Aww." Harry cooed reaching down to take the kitten in his hands. He lifted the kitten from the floor easily. He brought his legs up into the bed as he petted the cute little kitten. The little thing had his neko practically cooing at it. "You're a cute little kitten aren't you? You're so cute. Where did you come from little one?"
Harry watched as the kitten wiggled around in his lap enjoying the thorough petting he was getting. Harry smiled at the little golden kitten and marvelled at how adorable he was. He was all golden except for the white tip of his tail, cutely twitching ears and wide blue eyes. There were no collars or any markers to tell whose kitten it was either.
"Who do you belong to little one?" He mumbled attempting to turn the kitten over. That proved futile when the kitten rapidly grew into a full grown boy straddling his lap.
"Why you of course." Seamus answered kissing him. Harry was frozen in shock. He stared into his mate's laughing blue eyes when he leaned away from the surprise kiss.
"You're a kitten." Harry said in surprised wonder and Seamus frowned. His joy at mastering his transformation diminishing.
"You're the one who keeps calling me a kitten." Seamus said glaring at him defensively. After all he was a full grown boy but his Neko was a kitten.
"I didn't actually think you were a kitten!" Harry said trying to defend himself. He reached a hand up to touch Seamus' face gently. "You're so cute though. Who's my adorable little kitten?"
"Screw you." Seamus said folding his arms and pouting. He did not come in here and show his first full transformation to Harry to get teased about being a kitten.
"Wouldn't you like to." Harry sassed with a scoff catching Seamus' attention. Seamus' eyes trailed over as much of his body as he could see from sitting on him.
"Indeed." He said causing Harry to blush that beautiful red that he enjoyed so much. He leaned in until their foreheads touched. "I can wait until Christmas though. Then we can have your first time in a bed in a room with no one else in it where we don't have to worry about others who come looking for us. Just like I promised."
"What did your mom say about staying over at my place over the holiday?" Harry asked wrapping his arms around Seamus' waist more securely. The younger teen's arms came comfortably around his shoulders.
"She said I could stay over for a while but she said it had to be after Christmas, so I can come over on the 26." Seamus answered with a smile. Harry smiled back at him widely.
"Great. So, while you're with your family, I'll be with the Weasleys." the brunette said. He had to spend some of his time over the holiday with them after all. It wouldn't do to ignore them. They were family to him and it was always great at the Weasleys.
"Ok. When I'm staying over you have to visit my family." Seamus told him seriously. "Mum said that would be a condition for my staying with you. Da wants to meet you too."
Harry groaned. "Meet the parents. Bollocks."
"They'll like you." Seamus reassured him. His fingers rubbing were soothing circles into the short hairs at the back of Harry's neck.
"How do you know? I'm dating their son who seemed pretty straight and we're doing dirty things together!" Harry exclaimed. Just the thought of it was equal parts embarrassing and nerve wracking.
"I never once told them I was straight and the whole Neko thing sort of nullifies gender preference. My parents don't care that you're a boy. My Da got over that shock a long time ago. He's very adaptable, things don't bother him for long. Ma was over the moon." Seamus said with a sweet smile. He brought a hand further up to card it through Harry's hair fully. He did love this messy mop of hair. "You just have be your usual sweet self and you'll be fine. They will love you. Besides whatever 'dirty things' we do don't matter because we are essentially married and it's none of their business anyway."
"I guess." Harry mumbled relaxing into Seamus's relaxing fingers in his hair. Seamus really did have excellent hands.
"Don't worry about it." Seamus told him and Harry hummed in agreement. He moved his head to rest on Seamus' bare shoulder. He blinked down at the sight before him and blushed darkly raising his head to look over Seamus' shoulder and not down into his lap.
"You do realise you're naked right?" he asked trying his best to keep his eyes away.
"Really? I didn't notice since I was just coming from a shower and a cat can't wear a towel!" Seamus said in mock surprise voice and leaned away to look Harry in the face with a smirk. "Why don't you join me? It's not fair for me to be so bare."
"Not my fault you forgot your towel." Harry grumbled but shifted so that Seamus could pull his shirt over his head for him. Thankfully he had shifted into the curtains of his bed when he had picked up the kitten or someone might have gotten an eye full of Seamus naked backside.
"Cats don't wear towels Harry." Seamus chided him with a shake of his head and a wag of a finger. "Our clothes, want to sleep naked today?"
"I like my pants thank you very much." Harry said tipping Seamus off his lap and shifting in the bed to find a place to sleep.
"Am I not sexy enough to tempt you out of your pants?" Seamus asked watching him move around without moving from where he had been dumped.
"No." Harry lied throwing a pillow into his stomach. His mate laughed crawling under the sheets and fluffing the thrown pillow. Seamus was definitely sexy enough. He just didn't think sleeping naked would feel comfortable or was the best thing to do in a room that others also slept in. Harry slipped under the sheets facing Seamus as usual. He couldn't remember a night they hadn't gone to sleep this way. Seamus shifted closer to him still smiling.
"Since you won't take them off can I at least put my hand in?" the younger of the two asked trailing a hand down Harry's side. Harry rolled his eyes at Seamus raunchiness.
"First you show up naked, then you want to sleep in the nude and now you want to put your hands in my pants?" the brunette asked amused.
"I'm happy. I just had a major achievement. I just did a complete transformation. I deserve to be happy and sated and sitting on you always makes me horny especially when you smile like that." Seamus explained shuffling even closer. Harry could certainly feel that he was horny.
"I'm proud of you." Harry said kissing his mate. He gave Seamus a seductive look as he pushed him onto his back. Seamus' eyes widened as he watched Harry shimmy down his body. "Let me take care of you."
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Harry smiled brightly at the three house elves that greeted him when he and Fobs popped into Potter Manor. Letty and Pots were just as quiet as usual. Cappy was instantly telling him about how things had been when he was gone. It wasn't much really just what chores they did and any new plants they planted and things like that but it was heart-warming nonetheless.
Harry stopped Letty when she took his trunk from Fobs. "I'm not going to be here for more than three days so just wash the clothes and hang the uniforms in the closet. Return everything else to the trunk and choose a few other pieces for Christmas." he told her and she nodded popping away.
"Three days?" Cappy asked sadly. His ears drooped to match his mood.
"Yea. I'm going to spend a week with the Weasleys and come back to have Christmas with you guys in the evening." Harry answered them with a frown. Cappy's ears drooped even more. Fobs and Pits watched on with tilted heads. "That's why we're going to have fun in the three days before I'm gone again. I missed you guys."
"Ok. We missed Master Harry too!" Cappy said happily but it was obvious he was still bothered by Harry only being there for a few days. Pots and Fobs were better at hiding it but they were also sad.
"But guess what?" Harry said catching their attention again. "The day after Christmas, Seamus is coming to visit and we'll be here until it's time to go back to school."
"Master Harry's Seams." Pots murmured awed as the other two stared on wide eyed. They would be having another Neko in the manor and not just any Neko but their master's mate. Fobs frowned a second later and cuffed him in the head.
"Master Seamus." The eldest elf corrected. Harry chuckled at the pair. Cappy was practically vibrating in excitement now. More people would he here even if it was only one more person.
"So you guys will have an entire week when I'm gone to prepare for when he comes. No preparing until I'm gone though we have many things to do before I go to the Weasleys." Harry told them and they nodded enthusiastically.
"What would you like us to do?" Fobs asked for all of them.
"Well there is shopping for presents, decorating the manor, and I want to learn how to bake something so that I can help Mrs Weasley at the Burrow and actually contribute something." Harry answered. He had been thinking about what to do with his elves and for the Weasleys and he still had to find something he could get Seamus for Christmas. He had a few ideas already but he wasn't absolutely sure yet. "There are probably other stuff we could do too."
"Alright Master Harry." Fobs said agreeing with the plans. Harry smiled at the three of them.
"Let's get started then!" Harry said excitedly. There were so many things they had to do before he had to leave.
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"Oh Harry, thank you so much for helping around the kitchen. You don't have to, you know." Mrs. Weasley said smiling brightly at him. He returned it with one of his own. They were in the kitchen at the burrow preparing the Christmas dinner. Mrs. Weasley had locked everyone else out of the kitchen so that she could work in peace. Harry had almost begged to help her before she finally let him stay.
"I wanted to help." he stated as he watched Mrs Weasley magically remove the pudding from the oven. He'd watched her make that herself with little help from her magic.
"But you didn't have to bake a cake all by yourself." she said but she was pleased that he had been able to make it on his own. It had been so nice of him. If only her children could take that kind of initiative sometimes.
"Yes but I wanted to. I wanted to give you something from me that I made." he told her watching as she fussed over everything all over again to see her pleased smile. He was seated on a stool in the corner of the room watching her add finishing touches to everything and plating the food. "Especially since I'll be leaving this evening."
Mrs. Weasley looked up from the ham she was adding finishing touches to with a troubled look. "Do you really have to go? You can spend your whole Christmas here Harry. We love having you."
"Yes, it's really important Mrs Weasley. I need to go." Harry answered. He had been trying to get her into the idea of him leaving for a few days now and even now she still didn't like it. She had been trying to get him to stay since the first time he had mentioned leaving.
"But no one will know where you've run off to. What if something happens?" Mrs. Weasley said. He knew she meant well, the worry was evident in her voice, but he really couldn't stay. He had promised Seamus and his elves to be there. He also missed Seamus greatly, he wanted to be close to his mate again. Sometimes he could feel the depression rolling off his Neko and it was hard to block out when he was also missing Seamus.
"Nothing will happen. Everything will be fine." he soothed her but she still looked worried. It was to be expected, Molly Weasley was a mother hen. She wanted to keep all her chicks close even the one that she hadn't hatched herself.
"You can't be sure." she told him and he got up and moved to her side of the kitchen. He hugged her to comfort her.
"I'm very sure. I made sure" he told her as she returned the hug.
"It's just weird that you're leaving here to go who knows where and here is a safe place." Mrs. Weasley said sniffling softly into his shoulder. "I worry about you. All of you. I just want you where I can see and know that you are safe."
"Where I'm going is safe too." Harry said looking her in the eyes. The manor was probably safer than the Burrow anyway. "I promise."
"If you say so." she said pulling away from him. He made note that she hadn't actually agreed with him but let it go. He'd pick his battles. "Now young man, take some of these things out and set them on the table. Arthur should have set everything else by now."
"Ok." Harry said picking up the platter of chicken. He brought it out to the dining table and set it down in the centre. Ron who was closest to the door smiled bright.
"Finally! The food is here!" Ron announced bounding over to his spot at the table. Noise could be heard from the other room as the other moved to get to the table.
"Food!" the twins exclaimed almost running into the room. They were followed by Bill, Charlie and Ginny. Mr. Weasley entered just as Mrs. Weasley floated the rest of the meal in announcing everything as it was set on the table.
Dinner was a vibrant affair followed by the exchanging of gifts. Harry was quite pleased with his pile of sweets, books and sweaters that he had received from everyone. There were even pranks from the twins joke shop. He was very happy to receive them all.
Sitting around the counter in his own kitchen in the manor Harry sighed at how much trouble it had been to get away. Mrs Weasley had begun watching him like hawk after the presents as if waiting to see him trying to leave so that she could stop him. He had only managed to get away because Mr. Weasley and his two youngest children had distracted her after he said he was ready to leave for long enough for him to get his things and floo out.
He had arrived home to a festively decorated house and four smiling house elves. He had gifted them with tools they could use around the house. To say they were happy was an understatement. He had only just been able to calm them down enough to prevent them from making a large Christmas dinner and save the cooking for dinner the next day when Seamus would he there. Another smile lit his face at the thought of his mate. He couldn't wait to see him again. He had missed him so much.
For now he was content to eat ice-cream with his house elves.