A/n Sorry it's been so long. To cut a long story short my computer got a virus and had to go away to get fixed. I've got prelims now so I can't write much but I'll try.
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Draco and Harry intentionally avoided bumping into each other the next day because as soon as they had left they realised that they hadn't decided how they should act towards each other.
They had managed not to see each other all morning even though they had needed to take extra long routes to avoid each other several times. But outside potions it was no longer possible to avoid meeting each other.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron snapped when he noticed that Draco had been staring at Harry for most of potions.
"Nothing." Draco simply replied not wanting to start an argument with Harry's friends.
"Then why were you staring at Harry?" He asked surprised Draco hadn't made a nasty comment.
Draco was worried and was trying to figure out what to say when Harry butted in "Leave it Ron. He's not worth it."
"If you're done interrogating me I'll go now" Draco sneered and then he walked away down the corridor towards the dungeons hoping that midnight would be here soon.
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At 11.40 Draco walked into their room and was surprised to see Harry sitting on a chair, which looked not much safer than the one they had broken last time.
"You're early," Draco said smiling
"So are you" Harry pointed out.
"Yeah, well I've been sitting in my room for the last half an hour watching my clock and I finally gave up and decided to come here hoping you'd be early."
"Come over here" Harry said standing up
"Now why would I want to do that?" Draco asked pretending to be confused
"I can think of plenty reasons" Harry said with a smile
"Really! Well I guess I'd better come over and find out what they are" Draco moved towards Harry and was soon in his embrace, Draco sighed and Harry felt him relax in his arms.
"I didn't mean what I said earlier you know" Harry said sincerely looking deeply into Draco's silver eyes.
"I was afraid you didn't want to be with me any more. I was so relieved when I saw you waiting in here then I started to think maybe you were just here to tell me that you doesn't love me but then you hugged me and I knew everything was okay." Draco said pressing himself closer to Harry.
"You don't need to worry Draco. I love you more than I thought it was possible to love someone." Harry said reassuringly.
Draco grinned and said, "You don't know how much that means to me. I try not to worry but I can't help it. No-one but my mother and father have ever loved me before and I didn't think anyone ever would" Harry looked a little surprised at the mention of his father.
"You're surprised I said my father loves me aren't you?" Draco asked
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't judge it's just ..." Harry began frantically and Draco silenced him by placing his fingers on his lips.
"Don't be sorry. Everybody thinks my father is an evil death eater who probably beats his only son." Draco said
"Are you annoyed?"
"Not at you. Just at the world in general"
"Do you want to tell me about your father?"
"em.." Draco started and Harry quickly said "You don't need to tell me."
"Is it okay if I don't tell you yet? It's not that I don't trust you. I'm just not ready."
"It's fine. Take your time."
"Lets sit down"
"Hmmm.... I don't think the chairs are very safe"
"Yeah, I have no intention of ending up on the floor again it really hurt" They stood in silence for a minute before Harry laughed and said "We're wizards why don't we just magic something up?"
"God we really can be stupid sometimes can't we?" Draco said laughing as he took out his wand and with a few whispered words a large armchair appeared. "I figured we could share"
"Sounds like fun" Harry said grabbing Draco's hand and leading him over to the chair which was big enough for the two to sit side by side on but small enough that they were pressed up against one another.
Draco gently pressed his lips against Harry's and Harry melted into Draco's gentle kiss. When Draco eventually pulled away Harry groaned slightly at the loss.
Draco laughed, "If you want me that much all you have to do is ask" Harry stuck his tongue out a Draco.
"God you're such a kid I don't even know why I bother being with you." Draco exclaimed dramatically
"I know! I know!" Harry chanted putting his hand up like a small child wanting to answer a question.
"Yes, Mr Potter. What do you think the answer is?" Draco said in a stern voice
"It's because you love me"
"Hmmm.... Yes I do believe that is the correct answer" Harry grinned at this and a smile spread across Draco's face.
"You should smile more often," Harry said reflectively
"And why is that?"
"Because you look utterly gorgeous when you smile"
"Are you saying I don't look utterly gorgeous when I don't smile?" Draco questioned, raising his eyebrows.
"No, when you smile you just look plain gorgeous"
"Isn't plain gorgeous enough for Mr Perfect?"
"I think I can put up with it as long as I get to see Mr utterly gorgeous every once in a while" Draco smiled at this and Harry leant down kissing him with more passion than they had kissed earlier. Harry removed his lips from Draco's and rested his head on Draco's shoulder marvelling at how the whole world seemed so perfect when he was in Draco's arms.
Draco absentmindedly stroked Harry's hair while asking "How are we going to act towards one another when we meet out of class?"
"I'm not sure. I guess we have to go on pretending we hate each other." Harry said sadly
"Okay. I've been pretending to be cruel and narrow-minded for years I think I can probably pretend to hate you for a while longer. It'll be okay as long as we don't mention anything we know will hurt the other."
"It's harder to pretend to hate you now I know you love me back"
"I know. We could try insulting each other a bit less and maybe over time we can stop altogether and it'll just look like we grew up or got bored or went completely stark raving bonkers" Draco said trying to look at Harry in annoyance when he burst out laughing at the last statement but soon gave up and was laughing just as hard.
"Why do we have to be in different houses and be enemies, Harry?" Draco asked once they had calmed down
"It's just the way things have to be, Drac" The green eyed boy replied snuggling up closer to Draco who began to gently run his hand up and down Harry's slightly muscular back.
"I wish I could stay here all night, holding you in my arms is DEFIANTLY the way I want to sleep" Draco whispered
"I wish we could stay here all night too but we can't. Maybe one day we'll be able to spend every night cuddled up together but until then we'll just have to make the best of what we've got."
"Yeah, and what I've got is looking pretty good right now" Draco said while looking admiringly at Harry.
"Only pretty good?" Harry asked in an offended way
"Brilliant. Perfect. Fabulous. Wonderful. Fantastic. Is that better?"
"Much" Harry said in a satisfied voice.
"We've only been back at school for 4 days and already this has been this best year yet"
"Oh I'm sure it'll get a LOT better," Harry said suggestively
"If I've got anything to do with it, it defiantly will"
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It's just the way things have to be
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Draco and Harry intentionally avoided bumping into each other the next day because as soon as they had left they realised that they hadn't decided how they should act towards each other.
They had managed not to see each other all morning even though they had needed to take extra long routes to avoid each other several times. But outside potions it was no longer possible to avoid meeting each other.
"What do you want Malfoy?" Ron snapped when he noticed that Draco had been staring at Harry for most of potions.
"Nothing." Draco simply replied not wanting to start an argument with Harry's friends.
"Then why were you staring at Harry?" He asked surprised Draco hadn't made a nasty comment.
Draco was worried and was trying to figure out what to say when Harry butted in "Leave it Ron. He's not worth it."
"If you're done interrogating me I'll go now" Draco sneered and then he walked away down the corridor towards the dungeons hoping that midnight would be here soon.
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At 11.40 Draco walked into their room and was surprised to see Harry sitting on a chair, which looked not much safer than the one they had broken last time.
"You're early," Draco said smiling
"So are you" Harry pointed out.
"Yeah, well I've been sitting in my room for the last half an hour watching my clock and I finally gave up and decided to come here hoping you'd be early."
"Come over here" Harry said standing up
"Now why would I want to do that?" Draco asked pretending to be confused
"I can think of plenty reasons" Harry said with a smile
"Really! Well I guess I'd better come over and find out what they are" Draco moved towards Harry and was soon in his embrace, Draco sighed and Harry felt him relax in his arms.
"I didn't mean what I said earlier you know" Harry said sincerely looking deeply into Draco's silver eyes.
"I was afraid you didn't want to be with me any more. I was so relieved when I saw you waiting in here then I started to think maybe you were just here to tell me that you doesn't love me but then you hugged me and I knew everything was okay." Draco said pressing himself closer to Harry.
"You don't need to worry Draco. I love you more than I thought it was possible to love someone." Harry said reassuringly.
Draco grinned and said, "You don't know how much that means to me. I try not to worry but I can't help it. No-one but my mother and father have ever loved me before and I didn't think anyone ever would" Harry looked a little surprised at the mention of his father.
"You're surprised I said my father loves me aren't you?" Draco asked
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't judge it's just ..." Harry began frantically and Draco silenced him by placing his fingers on his lips.
"Don't be sorry. Everybody thinks my father is an evil death eater who probably beats his only son." Draco said
"Are you annoyed?"
"Not at you. Just at the world in general"
"Do you want to tell me about your father?"
"em.." Draco started and Harry quickly said "You don't need to tell me."
"Is it okay if I don't tell you yet? It's not that I don't trust you. I'm just not ready."
"It's fine. Take your time."
"Lets sit down"
"Hmmm.... I don't think the chairs are very safe"
"Yeah, I have no intention of ending up on the floor again it really hurt" They stood in silence for a minute before Harry laughed and said "We're wizards why don't we just magic something up?"
"God we really can be stupid sometimes can't we?" Draco said laughing as he took out his wand and with a few whispered words a large armchair appeared. "I figured we could share"
"Sounds like fun" Harry said grabbing Draco's hand and leading him over to the chair which was big enough for the two to sit side by side on but small enough that they were pressed up against one another.
Draco gently pressed his lips against Harry's and Harry melted into Draco's gentle kiss. When Draco eventually pulled away Harry groaned slightly at the loss.
Draco laughed, "If you want me that much all you have to do is ask" Harry stuck his tongue out a Draco.
"God you're such a kid I don't even know why I bother being with you." Draco exclaimed dramatically
"I know! I know!" Harry chanted putting his hand up like a small child wanting to answer a question.
"Yes, Mr Potter. What do you think the answer is?" Draco said in a stern voice
"It's because you love me"
"Hmmm.... Yes I do believe that is the correct answer" Harry grinned at this and a smile spread across Draco's face.
"You should smile more often," Harry said reflectively
"And why is that?"
"Because you look utterly gorgeous when you smile"
"Are you saying I don't look utterly gorgeous when I don't smile?" Draco questioned, raising his eyebrows.
"No, when you smile you just look plain gorgeous"
"Isn't plain gorgeous enough for Mr Perfect?"
"I think I can put up with it as long as I get to see Mr utterly gorgeous every once in a while" Draco smiled at this and Harry leant down kissing him with more passion than they had kissed earlier. Harry removed his lips from Draco's and rested his head on Draco's shoulder marvelling at how the whole world seemed so perfect when he was in Draco's arms.
Draco absentmindedly stroked Harry's hair while asking "How are we going to act towards one another when we meet out of class?"
"I'm not sure. I guess we have to go on pretending we hate each other." Harry said sadly
"Okay. I've been pretending to be cruel and narrow-minded for years I think I can probably pretend to hate you for a while longer. It'll be okay as long as we don't mention anything we know will hurt the other."
"It's harder to pretend to hate you now I know you love me back"
"I know. We could try insulting each other a bit less and maybe over time we can stop altogether and it'll just look like we grew up or got bored or went completely stark raving bonkers" Draco said trying to look at Harry in annoyance when he burst out laughing at the last statement but soon gave up and was laughing just as hard.
"Why do we have to be in different houses and be enemies, Harry?" Draco asked once they had calmed down
"It's just the way things have to be, Drac" The green eyed boy replied snuggling up closer to Draco who began to gently run his hand up and down Harry's slightly muscular back.
"I wish I could stay here all night, holding you in my arms is DEFIANTLY the way I want to sleep" Draco whispered
"I wish we could stay here all night too but we can't. Maybe one day we'll be able to spend every night cuddled up together but until then we'll just have to make the best of what we've got."
"Yeah, and what I've got is looking pretty good right now" Draco said while looking admiringly at Harry.
"Only pretty good?" Harry asked in an offended way
"Brilliant. Perfect. Fabulous. Wonderful. Fantastic. Is that better?"
"Much" Harry said in a satisfied voice.
"We've only been back at school for 4 days and already this has been this best year yet"
"Oh I'm sure it'll get a LOT better," Harry said suggestively
"If I've got anything to do with it, it defiantly will"