Chapter 10: All Patched Up

Harry arrived at the head-student's door around 10 o'clock that night. He had been standing there for five minutes working out what to say before mustering courage to knock on the door. The two boys had been half way there and then Harry remembered the silver box in his trunk. Seamus told Harry that he would go get it for him, so Harry had walked the rest of the way by himself.

Draco had just dunked another choc chip cookie in his, now half full, glass of milk. Who the hell could that be at this hour? He shoved the cookie in his mouth and walked over to the door. He swallowed before opening it.

"Oh, it's you." Draco exclaimed still clearing his mouth of cookie. "Go away; I don't want to talk to you." He went to slam the door, angry Harry had interrupted his cookie binging, but Harry forced it back open before it reached the framework.

"Draco, wait…you gotta here me out," he pleaded

"Why should I?"

"Because I've talked to Seamus and I know that there are no feelings there. Seamus loves Ginny and I love you." Draco was taken back by the last words, so much so he actually nearly fell backwards.

"What's wrong?" Harry asked worriedly

"Those words aren't to be taken lightly Harry," Draco said composing himself.

"But I'm not taking them lightly. After we broke up I realised how much you actually meant to me. I thought about you each night when I went to bed and each time I woke up. I was in agony every time I wanted to be with you and knew I couldn't until I figured out why I had made us part in the first place. I spent many sleepless nights trying to figure it out, believe me, it was not easy. But I have and it will never happen again."

"How do I know you're not lying to me?" Draco asked curiously

"Because I wont let it happen again," Seamus came into Draco's sight. Draco saw him whisper something to Harry and then hand him a small silver box.

"Why should I trust anything you say? You're the reason we broke up in the first place"

"You don't have to believe me, but Harry will tell you exactly the same thing. If you don't believe me then at least believe him."

"Look Draco," Harry pleaded, "I believe I kissed Seamus because my brain thought he was you. If it was me and you fighting and I just wanted the fighting to stop, the first thing I'd do is kiss you. Try and calm you down. So you see…all the feelings I had behind it were for you, no one else." He stopped and realised he was still standing outside with Seamus. "Can we come in at least?"

"You can, but he can't," Draco answered Harry while looking at Seamus.

"And why not?" Seamus protested

"Don't worry about it Seamus," Harry stood between them. "Thanks anyway, but now that I'm here, I think I can… should handle it by myself. Sorry to make you come down here"

"That's ok," without looking at Draco, Seamus said goodbye to Harry and left them to it. Harry turned back to face Draco, "Can I come in now?"

"Sure," Draco replied reluctantly and stepped back to let Harry in and then closed the door behind him, making sure Seamus had not come back.

"I see you still love your choc chip cookies," Harry commented.

"Of course…I haven't changed in a month you know," Draco walked past Harry and returned to his place on the couch. Neither of them spoke, they just looked at each other. Harry had no idea what to say next so it was Draco that finally broke the silence. "Why don't you sit down?" he verbalized while patting the space next to him.

Harry chose the armchair on Draco's other side and sat down. Looking a little disappointed Draco began to speak again when Harry seemed comfortable. "So…let me get this straight…you kissed Seamus because I was on your mind?"

"Well, simply put…yeah, I guess so."

"And it took you a month to figure that out?"

"Well…yeah" Harry said awkwardly. "It wasn't easy you know. I knew I didn't have any feelings for Seamus, he is just a mate. But then why did I kiss him. You know how stupid I felt after I had done it."

"No I don't know how stupid you felt, but I know how heart broken I felt when I heard you had done it."

"Well…how do you feel now?" Harry asked just wanting to comfort Draco.

"Now?" Draco questioned. "I don't really know how to feel now," he answered truthfully.

"Draco… I would understand if you don't want to get back with me after what I did." Harry took out the silver box and held it out from Draco to take. "But I hope that you will accept this Christmas present from me. I have had it for a while now."

Draco took the box out of Harry's hand and opened it curiously without saying a word. His eyes left up when he saw what was inside and then they began to fill with tears.

"I'll understand if you don't want it," said Harry not looking at Draco who was smiling up at him.

"But Harry, of course I want it," Draco got off the couch, leaving the box to rest on the arm, and brought Harry to his feet in a warm embrace. Harry was shocked by Draco's emotional reaction to his gift he didn't even hug the Slytherin back before he pulled away. Draco looked at Harry, confused. I thought he wanted us to get back together and now I hug him and he pushes me away.

Harry saw the confused look on Draco's face and tried to explain. "Sorry, but I am a little overwhelmed by your reaction. I didn't think it would cause that much of a reaction at all, to be honest. Not after what we have been through."

"Well, looks like you were wrong huh?" countered Draco. "I love your present. It is the most thoughtful gift I have ever received and I will cherish it every moment we are together!" Draco smirked.

"Are you saying what I think your saying?" Harry asked holding back the urge to throw his arms around Draco as the blond had done to him only moments before.

"That depends what you think I'm saying," Draco said in his smartass tone.

"That you wanna get back together?"

"Well, you would be right to think that." They both had the biggest grin on their faces and Harry let go of the urge to embrace Draco. He did so with such force that Draco had to shuffle backwards into the couch to keep his balance. As he did the small silver box fell of the arm and the object it was holding bounced out onto the cushion.

The statue of the golden lion and the green serpent together lay upright. The lion had a red bushy mane and was lying on its side. The serpent was curled up between the lion's legs with its brilliant silver eyes watching to make sure now one tries to come near his lion. Animated, the lion roars and curls his legs tighter around the serpent. After which, the serpent reaches its head up to the lion's neck and runs his body through its mane, then they both return to their original positions.

"So…what do you want to do now?" asked Harry still hugging Draco tightly.

"Shut you up," replied Draco and then planted his mouth on Harry's. After a painfully long kiss Draco pulled away to look at the boy he had longed for, ever since then broke up and also to catch his breath.

"Were you trying to suffocate me or something?" Harry asked panting.

"No, just making you pay for kissing Seamus," Draco smirked.

"Oh, well I like this punishment. I think you should punish me some more," Harry winked.

"Nah…I think I'll go back to eating my milk and cookies."

"Can I join you?"

"If you must," Draco said going to sit down on the couch when he suddenly leaped upright. He turned to see the statue while Harry was just bending over with laughter. Draco picked up the box and placed the statue inside. Then he grabbed his nearly empty packet of choc chip cookies and his glass of milk and headed for his room.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Harry enquired whipping the tears of laughter out of his eyes.

"To my room, aren't you coming?" Draco said suggestively as he walked up the first few steps. Harry didn't hesitate and run after him almost knocking him over as well as his milk.

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The next morning Ron woke in his Gryffindor dormitory to find that Harry had not come back from seeing Draco, yet Seamus was fast asleep in his bed. (Ron had been having too much fun chasing Blaise around to realise that he had come back into Gryffindor Tower twice the night before.) Blaise had gone back to his Slytherin dorm around 1:30; not thinking it would be a good idea for him to stay all night. Ron's stomach groaned, complaining that it didn't have anything in it, so Ron made his way down to the Great Hall.

On arrival he found that Draco and Harry were both awake and sitting next to each other happily. Blaise had also beaten him down here so he went to sit next to his boyfriend and tuck into some food.

"So, what's with them two?" Ron asked Blaise with his mouth full.

"Apparently they made up last night," replied Blaise. "I knew it was just a matter of time before they sorted the whole mess out," he said matter-of-factly and put another fork-full of bacon and eggs into his mouth.

"Well that's great news," Ron expressed without any food in his mouth this time.

Meanwhile, Harry and Draco were talking about what they were going to do for the rest of the holidays.

"So, do you think Hermione will mind us turning her room into our personal gym?"

"As long as it is back to normal by the time she gets back, I don't think she will mind at all," stated Harry. "And it's not like she can stop us then anyway."

"See… this is why I like you. Such a brilliant mind for bending rules." Draco smirked and gave Harry a quick peck on the cheek. Harry just smiled back at him and continued to eat his breakfast.

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Later that same day Harry could be found in Hermione's dorm, with Draco, splitting her bed in two and transfiguring it into a couple of weight benches. All of her books were now weights and dumbbells varying in size, with a little help from Draco. Also, Harry turned her dresser into an exercise bike and the wardrobe a home multi gym.

Once they had finished moving all the transfigured furniture into positions that they were both comfortable with (which took 2 hours on its own, seeing as one was never happy with were the other put something first) each boy at on their own weight bench.

"I think we did a good job," Draco said looking around and admiring their handy work.

"WE?" Harry exclaimed. "What do you mean, we? I did most of the work here."

"No you did not," protested Draco. "I did as much work as you."

"Yeah, moving everything around for however long only to have it exactly the way it was when you started moving the stuff."

"Hey, don't take that sarcastic tone with me." Draco threatened, brandishing his wand.

"Oh, no you don't! Not after all the arguing we did while moving the stupid equipment." Harry pulled Draco in so that there hips meet and then forced his lips on Malfoy's to shut him up and stop him from causing another fight.

He pulled away. "Now, don't you think that is better than arguing?"

"Much better." replied Draco and pulling Harry back in for another enthusiastic snog. He had only started the argument in the first place as he knew it would end with a kiss.

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Over the week Harry and Draco were hardly ever seen apart, if they were seen at all. They spent most of there time in the head-student's common room and their transfigured gym in Hermione's dorm. Draco had fallen addicted to choc chip cookies after Christmas and so as not to put on any weight, he worked out.

He also loved to watch Harry pushing the barbell over his head on the weight bench and encouraging him along when he found it hard going. Harry didn't mind Draco's encouragement but when he was just standing there starring, it made him feel very self-conscious.

Harry got his own back by watching Draco with the 12lb dumbbells, his muscle flexing and the strain in his face after doing so many with each arm. While he was on the exercise bike, Draco would be on the multi gym working his own legs.

With 2 days to go before term started again, Harry and Draco were having their last work out in their personal gym. Harry was on the multi gym using its Pec Deck feature and Draco was sitting on his weight bench with a 12lb dumbbell in his left hand.

"Harry, I'm going to miss this once we turn it back tonight," Draco said while pulling the dumbbell up to his shoulder.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to miss it too," expressing his relief, letting his arms fall back to his sides after doing his 100th round. He got up and walked over to Draco, sitting next to him. "Maybe we could transfigure something of ours into a multi gym and keep it in your room for the rest of the year," Harry said jokingly

Draco finally put the dumbbell down after doing 150 on each arm and looked at Harry. "You know, that isn't a bad idea. We could easily fit it in my room. I have plenty of space." He gave Harry a kiss. "You're so brilliant! You know that, don't you?" All Harry could do was sit there, eyes wide and mouth open; stunned that Draco had actually taken him seriously.

Draco got up and walked out of the room. He came back a few minutes later with a glass of milk for each of them and a packet of choc chip cookies under his muscular arm. Harry to one look at him and shook his head. "Draco, Draco, Draco. What ever am I going to do with you?"

"Hmmm… maybe you could help me eat these cookies and then we could have an early night in together," he had a big smirk on his face.

"How about you put those cookies away for now, we transfigure this room back to the way it was, then go down to dinner." Harry took the cookies from under Draco's arm and sent them back to the kitchenette with his wand. Draco's smirk turned to a pout; he turned around and went to put the glasses of milk back in to kitchenette.

When he returned Harry was already turning the weight benches back into Hermione's bed. "You can do the multi gym and exercise bike and I'll do the rest. And after dinner we can get back to the cookies and the night together," Harry winked.

With that as his motivation he set to work with Harry. Hermione's room was back to how she left it in next to no time. "So, do you think she will notice anything?"

"Nah," Harry said shaking his head. "Shall we go down to the Great Hall now?"

"Yep!" Draco grabbed Harry's arm and pulled him out the door and all the way down to Entrance Hall.

"Okay… I know you never want to part again but don't you think that is a bit too much?" Harry asked pointing to his hand that was turning purple.

Draco looked at where Harry was pointing. "Oh," he let go, "sorry."

"That's okay. I'm just glad that I can be close to you again." They walking into the Great Hall and sat down to eat with everyone else.

Author's Note: Hope you enjoyed this chapter of 'He Will Be Loved'. Thanks again to my wonderful beta, Emma. And I look forward to read your reviews. Also, big thanks to Mikey for his to words which inspired most of this chapter 'lift weights.