I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

"Merlin we had a lot of Butterbeer tonight. My head is feeling all out of place and funny."

"Mine too. You know, Padfoot, those girls were most upset when you didn't go with them and James."

"Not as upset as they were when Peter did."

"I must admit, I was a little worried when they proposed a boy-kiss girl-kiss trade off."

"What, Moony? Afraid of kissing a boy? Well, I never! So… what is it then?"

"What is what?"

"You."

"Human."

"No, not that."

"A werewolf?"

"No, I mean are you gay? … Or straight, or, well, like me?"

"Bisexual?"

"Yeh, if you want to be clinical about it… I hate labels."

"But you want to give me one?"

"No, I… well, I just want to know. Will you stop dancing around the issue? What, uh, if I were to give you a label, what would it be?"

"Yes, I suppose."

"That's not an answer."

"Yes it is."

"Not to my question it isn't."

"It is if you read it carefully."

"Like you read everything carefully? I'll be here all night."

"I'm changing my answer."

"Already?"

"The answer I gave earlier this evening."

"What? Merlin, you must have answered a hundred questions tonight."

"Actually, while the girls were here, I only answered one question."

"…"

"…"

"Oh, Moony, come on… I- Oh, you mean, about the boy-kiss thing? Whether or not you would kiss a boy?"

"Yes."

"You would?"

"Yes."

"So, with the label question…"

"I… I guess I would be the first option."

"What?"

"The first option you gave."

"Oh, Moony, don't be cruel. You're making me think."

"Hurts, doesn't it?"

"Git."

"And proud of it. So have you figured it out yet?"

"You're the 'G' word."

"And proud of it."

"How did you know?"

"Know what?"

"That you were… well, gay?"

"I fell somewhat in love."

"With someone I know?"

"You're acquainted, yes."

"James?"

"No."

"Peter?"

"I'd like to take this opportunity to scoff and choke on my own bile."

"As opposed to somebody else's bile. Do you want mine? Fresh biley goodness."

"Bile du Sirius."

"It's all the rage in France at the moment."

"Let's hope it stays there."

"You don't want my bile? I could give you a free sample."

"No, thank you, Sirius. I'll be just fine."

"The only problem is that is has to be transferred directly from me to you. There would be mouths involved and consequently lips, and it could get a little complicated…"

"…"

"…"

"Was that your attempt at seducing me in for a kiss?"

"It might have been."

"By offering me your bile?"

"Well, it was worth a shot."

"Hardly."

"…"

"…"

"So, what do you say?"

"… You'll have to try again."

"Alright. When you said that you were in love with somebody, did you mean me?"

"…"

"Because if you did, that's wonderful, because I happen to be in love with someone as well, and that person happens to be you."

"…"

"Alright, I don't know how you're going to take this, but I'm in love with you and I don't know if you're in love with me but I don't particularly care because we've been sitting here talking for ages and everything you said has convinced me more and more that it's true and I know I'm not perfect, and certainly talking about bile didn't help, but I do love you, and I want us to be more than friends, and I don't know if that's what you want, but it's, well… that's how I feel."

"…"

"And now I've gone and thrown it all out in the open, and I can't help but feel that I've screwed something up along the line, but I guess that's the way the world works and I have no idea how the world works, or why it works or anything and-"

"…"

"Was that a yes?"

"Did it feel like a yes?"

"I wasn't really concentrating on much, except for the whole Moony-is-kissing-me factor."

"You're so daft."

"Was it a yes?"

"A yes to what?"

"To my question."

"You didn't ask me a question."

"Yes I did."

"Oh, that question."

"Yes, that one."

"Yes."

"Yes?"

"It was you."

"…"

"..."

"So you love me?"

"Oh, I don't know about that."

"But, you said…"

"I said I realised I am gay because I fell in love with you. Different."

"So you don't love me?"

"…"

"Because I don't care. I'll make you love me if I have to. I… are you crying?"

"A little."

"Moony, why?"

"Because I love you."

"And that's a bad thing?"

"No, you daft twat, it's a bloody good thing. I love you and you love me and I'm thrilled because I thought it would never happen."

"Kiss me?"

"Naturally."