"Good morning, love. You have 15 minutes to wash up and get downstairs for breakfast," Draco said as he kissed Ginny on the forehead.
"Hmm…But it's so comfortable here," Ginny mumbled.
"It's even better in my bed, wanna join me tonight?" Draco whispered into her ears, causing her jump from her bed and into the bathroom.
"Best way to wake someone up. Say something that arouses," Draco called out to Ginny who was now blushing bright red in the bathroom.
"I'm fine in this room, it's good enough for me," said Ginny.
"Is that so? Then it must be better than mine. Why don't I join you?" Draco smirked as he flopped himself down on her bed.
"No, thank you. I'd prefer to have it all to myself," Ginny said as she dried off the droplets of water from her face, causing her voice to be really muffled so it sounded more like, "No, thank you. I'd prefer to have YOU all to myself".
"But love, you already have me all to yourself," Draco smirked at Ginny who emerged from the bathroom, choking.
"I said, I'd prefer to have the room to myself. Not you," Ginny stated the minute she stopped coughing.
"So you don't mind sharing me then," Draco smirked even more.
"Ooohh, get out of here. You're getting on my nerves. Besides I need to get changed," Ginny said as she pushed the blonde off her bed and towards the door.
"It's good that I'm getting on your nerves. It means it'll be harder for you to forget my existence. By the way, I don't mind watching you get changed," Draco said before he bent his head to kiss her on the lips.
"OUT!" Ginny yelled before giving him one last shove and slamming the door after him.
"If only he knew I was a girl. If only he knew. If he knew, I'd have all the authority and rights to throw my tantrums at him. But I can't do that now or everything would be over," Ginny thought as she pulled on her jumper.
"Are you done yet?" Draco yelled from outside her room.
Ginny gave herself one last check in the mirror and then she opened the door to greet the blonde.
"She's in jeans and shirt again. This is getting boring. She has to act all boyish in front of me and I have to keep my hands away from her. I can't take it anymore," Draco thought as he followed closely behind Ginny.
Breakfast never failed to be a grand affair at the Malfoys. The variety of food on the dining table always awed Ginny even though she was no stranger to the Malfoys' extravagant meals. Ginny couldn't help but wonder how wasteful the Malfoys were.
"Is it necessary to have such extravagant meals on a daily basis? I mean there are only two of us and the food is sufficient to feed a hall of 30 guests," Ginny asked as she sat down at one end of the table.
"It's just the Malfoy way of doing things. Anyway, I suggest you'd better take a little from each plate. If any plate of food was left untouched…" Draco spoke but was interrupted by the redhead.
"The house elves would take their own lives because they'd think that their food do not meet the Malfoy standards. I know, I know. How in the world do you people train your house elves anyway? Why does everything have to be so bloody?" said Ginny.
"It's…" Draco started to say.
"Just the Malfoy way of doing things. I'm getting quite acquainted with that already." Ginny finished the sentence for Draco.
"You're learning fast. That's good. Just a little more and you can be a part of us officially," Draco smirked.
"Why…why would I wanna be a part of the Malfoys?" Ginny blushed, concentrating on her food, not daring to look at the blonde.
"My mistake," Draco smirked.
"Draco, Draco. Where are you?" Ginny called at as she moved along the corridors of the Malfoy Manor. Draco had left her alone in the study and has yet to return. The corridors got darker and darker until Ginny came to a tiny door, just enough for her to walk through.
"Something tells me I shouldn't be here. But what's this place? I really wanna know. A little peak won't harm anybody," Ginny thought as she turned the knob and the door creaked open.
Ginny walked into a tiny room that housed a grand piano, a violin and a painting stand. Moving closer to the painting stand, Ginny saw that someone had just flipped pieces of drawing paper so that a blank one was showing. Out of curiosity, Ginny flipped the pages of drawing paper and what she saw next brought tears to her eyes. They were pictures of her. When she was flying around on her broom, when she was listening tirelessly to the professor, when she was standing alone in the lavender gown during the ball, when she was in the ivory gown that Draco had given to her, when she was asleep, when she was smiling, when she was crying. There were all sorts of pictures of her.
"I never meant for you to see those," Draco's voice rang in her head. Ginny turned around and watched him with tear filled eyes.
"I love you, Draco. So much it hurts," Ginny said before she ran forward to embrace the blonde. Draco was initially shocked by her actions, but calmed himself down to return her hug, pressing soft kisses on her hair.
"I love you too" said the blonde.
"Now, let me kiss you, so the next time I can draw a picture of you kissing me," Draco smirked as he bent down to capture her lips. Ginny, who had initially intended to berate him for not showing her the pictures, gave up the thought when they kissed.
Some time later, the couple huddled together on the velvet couch in the living room, listening to the Weird Sisters singing away while speaking in soft whispers.
"Why? Why didn't you show me any of those? They were beautiful," Ginny asked as she looked at the blonde.
"I just thought that I haven't really manage to portrait you in those pictures. I haven't been able to draw you properly," Draco said as he pressed butterfly kisses on her head.
"But I thought they looked really good. It makes me wanna cry," Ginny said as she laid her hand on his arms which were around her waist.
"My painting of you should make you wanna marry me," Draco smirked, causing Ginny to blush again.
"I…I…" Ginny stammered.
"You don't have to say anything, just let me hold you a little longer before you return to your family tomorrow," Draco said as he pulled her closer to him. Ginny heaved a sigh and leaned into him.
"Thanks for having me over. I enjoyed staying here," Ginny said before she stepped away from Draco and toward the Knight Bus.
"If you enjoyed the stay, why don't you consider staying here at the Malfoy Manor, with me, for the rest of our lives?" Draco smirked.
"See you at school," Ginny said as she turned and got onto the Knight Bus. But the unmistakable blush at the tip of her ears never failed to appear.
"Oh my little baby. You're finally home. Come here and let me look at you," Molly Weasley cried as she embraced her daughter.
"Hi mum, dad and hi to my infuriating brothers. I'm home. Mum, I can't breathe," Ginny said as she winced.
"The Malfoys were so nice to invite you over. Was it nice there? Tell us everything, my little princess," Arthur Weasley said as he ruffled the red hair of his only daughter.
"All I have to say is that the Malfoy's were rich, period." Ginny said as she plopped herself down on the couch in the living room.
"Alright Mum, we can prepare for the wedding now. George and I shall be in-charge of the guest list," Fred called out to his mother who flung her apron at him.
"It's still too early to be talking about marriage. Don't you dare impose all those bad influences on your sister. Ginny dear, you know better than to listen to those brothers of yours. You will marry for love, not for money and that's final," Molly Weasley said as she hugged her daughter.
"What you do not know is that she…" Ron, who appeared at the bottom of the stairs with Hermione permanently attached to his arm, started to speak but decided to keep his mouth shut when he saw the "Say-it-and-you'll-be-dead-before-you-can-say-Ron" look that both his little sister and his girlfriend shot him.
"RONALD WEASLEY. YOU KNEW YOUR SISTER WAS DUE TO RETURN HOME TODAY AND YOU CHOSE TO SLEEP IN LATE. I'm not blaming you Hermione dear, you tried to wake him up. I TOLD YOU TO TURN IN EARLY LAST NIGHT BUT DID YOU LISTEN TO ME? NO…YOU DISTURBED POOR HERMIONE AND KEPT HER UP ALL NIGHT. But it's not your fault Hermione dear, you were up early it's only that this silly son of mine REFUSED TO HEED MY ADVICE AND CHOSE TO MISS YOUR SISTER RETURNING HOME, I TOLD YOU THAT…COME BACK HERE, I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET…" Molly Weasley attempted to ran after the escaped Ron but failed because he was simply too fast.
"What a big difference from the all quiet Malfoy Manor. The Burrow is like a marketplace." Thought Ginny as she dragged her trunk up the flight of steps, finally reaching her room.
"It's me, Ginny. Can I come in?" Hermione's voice followed the knock on Ginny's door.
"Sure," Ginny replied.
"I just wanted to talk to you," Hermione said as she sat down beside Ginny.
"I was wondering if I should choose to further my studies in Magic or to…to…marry Ron. Have you ever had such thoughts before?" Hermione asked as she looked at the little red head.
"Actually, no. I always knew what I wanted, right from the moment I chose to step into Durmstrang. I wanted to get to know Draco, to be his friend, and if possible his listening-ear and his soul mate. Magic is something that I like a lot, but life would be meaningless if we keep pursuing academic achievements and care about nothing else. At least that's what I think." Ginny said matter-of-factly.
"Seems as though you've made up your mind. I've always been trying to achieve academic excellence, to me, I only find security when I'm hidden behind a pile of books. But that was before I met Ron. He saw through my weakness and saw me for the girl that I was," Hermione said as she pulled her knees towards her chest.
"Woman." Ginny said.
"I beg your pardon?" Hermione looked at her quizzically.
"You're a woman, not a girl. Thanks to my git brother." Ginny smirked.
"You're right" Hermione smiled back.
"You don't wanna lose this new found identity do you?" Ginny asked as she eyed the brunette.
"I don't. Thanks Ginny. By the way, you look really pretty, you're glowing more than ever. Better than the last time I saw you." Hermione said as she looked at Ginny.
"It's the Malfoy Effect," Ginny smirked.
"Good for you," Hermione smiled back.
"I…erm…I…er…" Ron stammered. Hermione straightened her position and gently nudged him.
"I have something to announce" Ron said as he began to blush.
"Mum, Dad, brothers and sister, of course. Hermione and I have decided to wed once we have completed our education at Hogwarts. That is if there are no objections," Ron said as fast as he could manage.
"Oh…that's wonderful. If Hermione's parents do not object to having you as their son-in-law, we will most definitely not object to having such a wonderful girl as our daughter-in-law. But RONALD WEASLEY, YOU'D BETTER BEHAVE YOURSELF AT SCHOOL AND DON'T GIVE ANYONE ANY PROBLEMS, WE DON'T NEED BACK HERE AND LISTEN LIKE A GROWN MAN SHOULD," Molly Weasley continued to yell as Ron disappeared up the stairs and out of sight.
"Welcome to the family. I hope I don't end up an uncle before you two even graduate from Hogwarts. But in the case where Ron can't 'hold his horses', just let us know, we'll personally make sure everything turns out fine," George said as he eyed his twin.
"Thanks, but no thanks. We'll manage," Hermione said with a smile but keeping her alertness in check.
"Sigh…when can I ever announce that Draco and I will wed once we have graduated from Durmstrang…" Ginny thought as she carried the dishes to the sink.
End of Chapter
Hi to my readers,
Is this one boring? Well, it's supposed to be cause the next chappie will be drama. By the way, that this story is very much based on the Japanese manga series Hanakimi, and in Hanakimi, there are homosexuals and the main character (in this case, Draco) was initially thought of as a homosexual. To my readers, thanks for staying with me and supporting me all the way through. Bye for now.
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