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Harry Potter, the 24 years old Lord Potter was sitting in his room, he was thinking of the events of the past few days. When he heard the news that his father had died, he had quickly returned England, and this is where he was, once again.

He knew that one day he would come into his titles when his father died, since he was young, but he never expected it to happen so soon. Upon finishing Eton, he had immediately left the country, spending most of time traveling and seeing what the world had to offer. He had seen many places, and met many different people during his travels, which he enjoyed greatly, he was very happy. His butler, Ronald Weasley, accompanied Harry. Who upon hearing the news, that he would be leaving to return to England, offered his services for the trip, Harry was grateful for Ron's request and pleased that he allowed him to attend him, back on his home shores

Now back in England, he recalled the events that had happened since he first arrived home. Upon landing, he quickly made his way to his house and saw his mother. He hadn't seen her for quite some time now and he could see that she was pleased he had come home. She didn't take the news of him leaving as good as his father had, not understanding like he, the need for Harry's spirit to be allowed to roam free, but still she let him go and he was grateful to her for that. He knew that she was sad on seeing him leave but still she gave him the opportunity to see the world as she knew that was what he had wanted to do since he was young.

Since he had come back, they had spend most of their time together Harry started to allow himself to feel less guilty, for not being there when his father died as he saw his mother return to her normal self. Since his father died, she hadn't been the same and he was glad that he had returned as soon as possible. One thing that he didn't expect was to see again after so many years, was Draco Malfoy.

He remembered the time that they had spend together when they were at Eton, but since he left, he hadn't heard anything from him. Deep inside, Harry knew that the main reason he went away was the pain he felt at not being able to pursue Draco, he had had a crush on his school mate for so may years now, and the feelings of wanting him was unbearable.

Harry knew that he was in love with Draco, and instead of the feelings going away when he was on his travels, they just got stronger, the better the time he was having, the more he wished Draco was there with him to share in the experience. Having a close and loving relationship with his parent's made it easier for him to confide in them, his true feelings for Draco. He knew they would be liberal minded regarding it, but was pleasantly surprised when they actually understood what he was going through.

But naturally warned him of the possible ramification could be in the non-accepting society they were part of. The realization of this is what drove Harry to take up and leave.

If he couldn't be near Draco, better he is as far away as possible from him, he thought.

Harry had left, knowing that if he spend more time near Draco, he would never be able to control himself, hoping for the feelings that were growing within him, would eventually go away but it never did. Worse still, they only strengthened and he had realized that he was in love

Coming back, he had saw Draco on the second night and his heart immediately skipped a beat. He saw Draco looking at him and he looked back and their eyes locked together. Harry was drawn to him immediately, his feeling immerging so fast that he could do nothing to prevent it. He had made his way to Draco and he realized that Draco hadn't forgotten about him and he was glad. It was two years ago and since than, their friendship had strengthen once more and they were spending most of their time together when they could. Each was busied with their own schedule, being the head of the family but when they were free, they catch up with each other.

Those times were the best time of his day and he was always looking forward for their next meeting. Day by day, he found his feelings strengthen and he tried his best to suppress them, knowing that Draco would be disgusted with him if he knew that Harry was attracted to him.

Harry had tried his best to forget those feelings and had spent time with certain amount of ladies but he realized that none of them could take the place of Draco in his heart. He knew he would be doomed if society knew about his feeling and therefore he tried to fool them by spending time with unmarriageable ladies to make them think he was looking for someone to be his wife. He was glad that it had seemed to work and no gossip was flying around about him and Draco.

Recalling the event of last night, he could swear that he saw something in Draco's eyes when he told him that he wanted to get to get married, but not too soon. He didn't know exactly what the look was and he was intrigued. Could Draco possible feel the same way as he did? No, he thought. It was impossible. Draco could have any lady that he wanted but from what he had heard since his return, it seemed Draco had showed no interest in settling down. For the last couple of years it seemed, Draco hadn't showed any real interest in anybody and society was speculating that he was never going to get married. Many wagers had been put on who was going to finally snare him but none had seemed to succeed, so far.

Many people were surprised when they saw them together but none said anything about it as they knew that they had been best friends when they were in Eton and therefore were spending time together since Harry's return, probably catching up with the latest news about each other. But Harry knew, sooner or later someone would notice and he would hope it was the latter. He didn't want to cause any trouble for Draco.

Harry sighed from where he was sitting; hoping that someone would never notice anything between them.

He had spent his morning going through the usual paper work and he was glad that the time was near for him to meet Draco. Pulling the bell, he summoned his butler and told him to prepare a carriage for him. Ron left, saying nothing. This was another problem for Harry. He knew that his butler was suspicious as it seemed he always left at the same time everyday although he never said where he was going or who he was going to meet. His butler was very observant, and deep down Harry knew that Ron knew that he was meeting Draco and he was glad Ron said nothing about it. Sooner or later Harry knew that he was going to tell Ron as he was one of his best confidants. I'll tell him when the time is right, thought Harry. Taking his jacket, he made his way downstairs to the carriage, which was waiting. Telling Ron not to wait for him, as he may come back late but he knew that no matter what he said, Ron would always be there waiting for his return and he made his way to the carriage and he left to meet Draco.