Chapter 23
Christmas Gifts
Harry
When Christmas finally came, Harry had decided to make it extra special for his fiancees and girlfriends. The Yule Ball would be later that night, but in the morning he got together with them all to open presents.
"A Nimbus 2000!" Padma exclaimed in surprise as she opened her present from him.
It of course wasn't the latest and greatest broom out there anymore, but the way that Padma was acting you would have thought it was the greatest broom in the world.
She went and gave him a hug and a kiss as she told him, "thanks Harry."
He couldn't help but grin back and say, "Now when me, Susan, or Daphne decide to go flying you can accompany us without having to share or borrow one of our brooms."
Both he and Susan actually had their own Nimbus 2000s that they had gotten a couple years earlier for Christmas and flew sometimes with Daphne on her own broom.
With the fact that he and Susan also had animagus forms that could fly now they could also do that too, which he had on multiple dates with the girls, giving them a ride on his back, both on the ground and through the air.
By this point, the girls and he had opened most of their gifts both to and from each other with the ones from their families to be opened tomorrow after they went home for the rest of Christmas break after the Yule Ball.
For the most part they had gotten rather simple things for each other as they usually did such as books or cheap various items, but he'd decided to break that trend at least for this year even if he was sure the girls would complain about him getting them too extravagant of presents.
Next up was his gift to Hermione. He knew Hermione didn't care much for flying and so obviously a broom wouldn't be the best gift. Instead he'd gotten something much better for her.
Hermione actually squealed when she realized just what it was: travel plans to go that summer to the Ancient Library of Alexandria.
"Oh my, it's only the greatest and oldest collection of magical knowledge in the world!" Hermione exclaimed eagerly.
Contrary to Muggle opinion, the Great Library of Alexandria had in fact not been burned down or pillaged, that was just a cover story, the reason why was because there was actually just too much magical knowledge secretly stored there and risk Muggles accidentally finding out about it.
For that he got yet another hug and kiss from Hermione even though she scolded him for getting such a lavish present for her.
"I just wanted to let you know that I appreciate you, that's all," He insisted.
"I can't wait to see what my present is from you, you are going all out this year," Daphne commented.
"Please tell me mine isn't that extravagant," Susan warned him worriedly before adding just in case, "but of course if it is, I'm sure I'll love it."
In truth he had partially gotten Padma and Hermione such great gifts in order to make it more fair for what he had gotten Susan and Daphne.
He reached into a small bag beside him and pulled out two small boxes.
Then in a grand gesture he went and kneeled in front of Susan and Daphne, pulling open the boxes to reveal the engagement rings inside.
"Susan and Daphne will you marry me?" He asked.
Both girls were obviously surprised but Daphne recovered first as she grinned and said, "oh yeah I'll definitely marry you Harry."
Susan couldn't help but smile wide too and say, "I'd love to marry you Harry."
They were of course betrothed to him already, but he still had wanted to make it more official with getting them actual engagement rings.
He'd gotten Karen, his adoptive mother to meet him in Hogsmeade during one Hogsmeade weekend to help him pick the rings out. They were both very nice diamond rings, but not too over the top either.
Susan examined hers and noticed with pleased surprise as she looked at the ring and noticed a tiny little mark.
"It's the Bones Family crest!" She exclaimed, "except it's…"
"It also has an element of the Potter Family crest in it as well," Harry explained, "I hope that you are okay with that."
"I think it was a great idea!" Susan immediately agreed, "and I really do love the ring Harry."
He got a nice hug and kiss from her followed by Daphne, whose ring also had an altered Bones-Potter family crest on it.
"Guess I'm going to be sort of a Bones as well as a Potter then," Daphne observed not seeming to mind, "of course if you were to say next Christmas get me a diamond necklace with the Greengrass family crest on it so I don't get too homesick then-"
"Don't be too greedy Daphne," Hermione scolded her before then telling him, "they are very nice rings Harry."
He'd worried about Hermione's reaction since they weren't engaged or betrothed or anything, which was again why he had gotten her that special trip to Egypt, but she seemed to be able to be genuinely happy for the other girls.
He however then looked at Padma who actually now looked quite dejected.
"I'm sorry if I hurt you," He apologized.
"No, it's not that," Padma said with a long sigh as she reached over and handed him her present to him, a small stack of papers.
When he looked at it and realized just what it was, his eyes widened...and his heart sank.
Each of the girls seemed to pick up on his emotion as they all now immediately knew just what it was and what it meant.
It was a betrothal contract, Padma had decided to get betrothed to him like Susan and Daphne had.
While that should have been a very happy thing for them, there was also the realization that he hadn't gotten a ring for her.
"I'm sorry Padma, I didn't know," He told her gravely, "I would love to marry you of course and I promise I'll get you a ring too if you want."
Daphne decided to add, "yeah, and at least now you get to pick out your own ring, even more fancy and glamorous then even mine and Susan's. Maybe show Harry you are really worth it and get a diamond the size of a Quaffle."
"The size of a quaffle would be so big and heavy the poor girl couldn't even lift such a diamond," Hermione pointed out.
"You're right," Daphne answered, "she would definitely have to seriously put out for a diamond that large anyway."
The rest of them all blushed at that.
"I wouldn't want a ring that big," Padma said, seeming pleased by such an idea as she seemed to be getting excited again, "I do want a ring though to show that I'm going to be marrying you Harry."
"Absolutely," He agreed almost insistently, "whichever one you want."
He went and gave Padma a nice long hug and kiss of her own before then Padma picked up the betrothal agreement and said, "I got my parents to sign it and your Aunt Amelia to read it over and sign it too, all you have to do is sign it as well."
Harry of course immediately did so, signing it before all the signatures glowed gold, making it magically and legally binding.
He now had 3 gorgeous fiancees he realized, a fact of which he was almost overwhelmed by.
After having finished up with their gift giving, they all decided to go out flying, partially so Padma could go try out her new broom.
He offered to let Hermione share his broom with him but she declined as she really didn't care much for flying and instead just enjoyed watching them.
For a while he enjoyed flying both on his broom and as a Pegasus, letting each of the girls take turns riding him, before deciding to let Susan, Daphne, and Padma continue to have some fun while he spent time with Hermione so she didn't feel left out.
Also despite her reaction, he was still worried about her, especially now that she was the only one not betrothed or engaged to him.
"You know I got the travel plans for both of us," He informed her, "just the two of us for a whole week in Egypt, checking out the Great Library as well as tour all the Egyptian Ruins."
"Sounds like a lot of fun!" Hermione said, sounding excited.
It really would be a lot of fun, he thought and he felt that it was a good thing that he had decided to go with her, just the two of them.
"Listen," He said, "I realize that it might be kind of awkward with…"
He stopped unsure what to really say.
"Are you worried that I'll feel bad that I'm the only one not betrothed to you now?" Hermione asked him.
She must have read his mind, he thought. With their bond continually growing stronger it was harder and harder to hide things from each other, but in this case he was grateful that she had figured it out on his own without him having to actually ask her.
"Yes," He confirmed.
Hermione sighed and admitted, "I will admit I actually do feel kind of left out now. With Daphne and then Susan and now Padma betrothed to you and even getting engagement rings, I've already been thinking about the fact that I'm not. The thing is I grew up in a completely different culture, one which would say I'm much too young to be getting engaged."
"I totally understand that," He answered, "you aren't ready and I definitely don't want you to feel pressured or left out."
Hermione however gave him a grim smile and admitted, "actually that's just it, I do feel ready."
"You do?" He asked in complete shock.
"I'm in love with you Harry," Hermione admitted, "I'll always be in love with you and that isn't ever going to change. I plan to marry you and I don't care if you are also marrying 3 other girls, I love those girls almost as much as I love you, but instead I consider them to be closer even then sisters or best friends. Yet I could never get betrothed to you, my parents would never understand and if we were to even get engaged it would be without their blessing."
"I know," He said gravely.
At this moment however tears came to Hermione's eyes and he could suddenly feel the intense amount of warring emotions going through her.
"Yet more and more I want to say that I don't care," Hermione told him, "I don't need to be older or mature to know what I want. I don't need my parents or anyone else's approval nor is it something I need to study more like I would any other subject. You could say it is only symbolic as the other girls are going to be waiting to actually marry you too, but...I still want it. I want that diamond engagement ring on my finger and everyone to know that I'm going to be marrying you Harry."
It seemed to shock both of them just how strong her actual emotions were, some of it having been repressed for a while.
He just looked at her for a moment, watching her continue to cry and unsure what to say.
Finally however he just tried to express with his feelings what he couldn't in words, allowing her to feel what he felt for her.
Feelings of love, feelings of compassion, feelings of just how beautiful, and smart, and incredible he found her.
Then he did what he knew he should do, perhaps it would cause problems for Hermione, but he felt that this was what she really wanted...and what he wanted as well.
Getting down on one knee he asked Hermione, "will you marry me?"
Hermione seemed surprised but smiled through her tears, which were now turning to tears of joy as she said, "Yes!"
He grinned widely, now engaged to his 4th fiancee...definitely his last but certainly not least.
They shared a hug and a kiss which continued even as the other girls flew down and landed next to them.
"What happened?" Padma asked.
From the looks on their faces he guessed that they had sensed some of the overwhelming emotions coming from both him and from Hermione as well.
He couldn't help but smile and introduce, "I just want to introduce you to your future sister-wife Hermione. We just got engaged."
….
Both Hermione and Padma wanted to get engagement rings as soon as possible so they could show them off during the Yule Ball which he was more than happy to oblige.
He took both of them to Hogsmeade with him to go look at rings.
As they looked them over, admiring all the pretty rings, Hermione admitted excitedly, "I can't believe I'm actually doing this!"
"Me too," Padma agreed as she also tried to pick out a ring.
They both finally settled on some nice but not overly fancy rings as that just wasn't their style.
He happily put the rings on both of their fingers.
"I guess it's official now," Padma observed.
"Yep, if it wasn't already," Harry replied, practically bursting with pride.
He still couldn't get over the fact that he was now engaged to all 4 of the most beautiful girls in the world.
"I love you Padma and Hermione," He announced.
They both grinned and said at the same time, "we love you too Harry!"
He could very strongly feel just how much they really did love him in that moment and it actually brought tears to his eyes...as well as to theirs.
After they all wiped away their tears he asked, "can I get a kiss from each of you?"
"Of course Harry," Padma answered.
"Wait," Hermione said, "if we are really engaged then I feel like I'm ready for the next step in our relationship."
"You mean..." Harry asked.
Hermione blushed but said, "well maybe not all the way just yet but feel free to feel me up if you want."
Padma seemed to think for a moment before also announcing, "I'm ready for that too Harry."
He was only too happy to oblige after making sure that this is what they really wanted to do.
Several minutes later and he had one hand on Padma's breast and the other on Hermione's perfect big bum.
If he was honest, he would have to admit that Hermione definitely had the biggest and best bum out of his 4 fiancees.
Daphne had the best legs, Susan the best and biggest breasts, and Padma had the longest and most beautiful hair.
If asked which one was the most overall beautiful, he would always reply whichever one he happened to be looking at.
It was however particularly kind of hard to tell as he was alternating kissing Padma and Hermione as they stood side by side in front of him as they both had a hand wrapped around to grasp his bum.
"Ooh, I love your bum Harry," Hermione admitted.
"I love yours," He told her.
"You really do have an incredible bum Hermione," Padma admitted as she decided to grasp the other of Hermione's cheek that he wasn't currently holding.
"Hey that's mine," He complained.
"You can share my bum Harry," Hermione teased him.
"Actually to be honest it's a major turn on when you girls touch each other," Harry admitted.
Both girls grinned and Padma asked slyly, "oh yeah, you like it when I touch Hermione?"
"Yes," He admitted.
The correct term would actually be duh!
Hermione and Padma then looked at each other and smiled mischieviously.
"You know it is Christmas and he did give us some really nice presents," Padma pointed out.
"Yes, but I feel like we gave him some really nice presents in return," Hermione replied, "besides as far as I know neither of us are bisexual, not that we couldn't experiment to truly be sure."
"We could do what Daphne does and just use our bond to see each other for the way Harry does?" Padma pointed out, "so I could see you for the sexy, big and perfect bumed girl that Harry sees you as."
"Well I suppose we should really try it...for research purposes of course," Hermione replied, "just to study our bond, our sexuality, and each other."
"Of course," Padma answered, "although I'm sure Harry will certainly enjoy it. You sure you are comfortable with this Hermione?"
"Yes," Hermione answered, "I mean I've gotten used to seeing Harry make out with and now feel up the rest of you, and I'm comfortable enough with that. Also it helps that even I would say that you're an attractive girl.
Hardly able to believe his luck, he finally managed to ask, "are you girls suggesting what I think you are suggesting?"
Both girls turned to look at him and just grinned mischievously.
These girls were going to be the death of him he swore.
However he then felt a mental and emotional tug from both Padma and Hermione who seemed to be concentrating on him really hard through their bond.
Padma grinned and said, "does this answer your question?"
At that she leaned in and kissed Hermione, which much to his surprise, after a moment Hermione returned.
His mouth dropped open in shock. Hermione and Padma were kissing each other!
They only kept it to kissing, but after a moment they seemed to really be getting into it.
He didn't think they were bisexual, merely feeding off the strong feelings that he had for both of them, but goodness was it totally hot watching them go at it.
When they finally broke apart, both girls looked at each other in wonder.
"Well that was...different," Hermione replied.
"Yeah, it was," Padma agreed, "can I just say Harry finds you really hot?"
"Yeah, you too," Hermione answered as she rubbed at her lips, "well this certainly has been a really big, very unusual day. Not to say that I didn't enjoy it though, all of it actually."
"Yeah, I didn't think I would like it that much," Padma agreed.
"I think we broke Harry though," Hermione observed with a big grin.
Padma looked over at him with a grin of her own and asked, "did you like your Christmas present Harry?"
"This is the best Christmas ever!" Harry immediately replied.
Never in his wildest dreams did he ever imagine it going oh so well.
Better yet they hadn't even gotten to the Yule Ball.
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