Disclaimer : I do not own anything of the Harry Potter universe, it all belongs to JK Rowling, I just love writing about the fantastic universe she presented us.
When Tonks came out of the bathroom, nicely dressed, Harry was reading the second chapter in his book about Occlumency, while sitting on the bed.
"If you just give me a few minutes, then I can finish this chapter" Harry told her.
"Of course" Tonks said and just nestled herself next to Harry, enjoying the proximity while he was reading.
When he had ended his chapter he said "Ready to go?"
"Where are we going?" Tonks asked.
"That's a surprise, come on" Harry told her with a smile that she couldn't refuse.
Grabbing his hand, she followed him out of the hotel and through London. They had been walking for ten minutes, when Harry stopped before an establishment. He went inside and towards the waiter that was waiting at the door.
"I have made reservations in the name of Jameson" Harry told him.
"Of course, please follow me" the waiter said and led them to a table of two. He gave them each a menu and lighted the candle before he left them alone.
"You've been busy while I was in the showers" Tonks said.
"I was, I thought it would be nice to go on a real date"
"It is nice, thank you" Tonks told him before she set some privacy wards. "I know we have this bond, and it makes everything feel so right between us, but I'm flattered that you still go through the trouble of preparing a date"
"I didn't want to rely on the bond that everything would work out. I wanted to do something for you and with you" Harry responded.
Tonks smiled and took his hand "Why don't we play 20 questions?"
Harry looked at her questioning "I've never heard of that, care to explain first?"
"You can ask 20 questions to the other, but you also have to answer them yourself" Tonks clarified.
"Fine by me, do we ask questions alternating?" Harry asked.
"Yes, that way it's less like a cross-examination. I'll start, what is your favorite color, mine's coral blue"
"Red, but that might be a bit biased from Gryffindor. What is your favorite food?" Harry asked.
"Everything Italian, but I like a good lasagna the best. You?"
"Pies, but Shepherd's pie is my favorite"
"You're lucky since there is one on the menu" Tonks said before she asked "What is your favorite holiday?"
"Since Hogwarts I would have to say Christmas" Harry said with a smile.
"I've always like St. Patrick's Day, my father is Irish and he was really into the holiday, I guess it grew on me"
"What is the last book you read?"
"An auror book about defense and yours I know. 'Closing of your mind' " Tonks said with a wink "What is your favorite place?"
"I don't know honestly. I always loved Hogwarts and it was my first home, but with everything that happened and everything I found out, I'm not sure it is my favorite place anymore. I would have to say London in general, since I'm the happiest here than I've ever been, definitely since you are here too" Harry told her.
Tonks' heart skipped a beat when he said that. "I have a secret place near the place my parents live. It's an open spot in the woods, where the sun shines really bright and brings the woods to live"
"It sounds like a very nice place. Now what is your favorite flavored bean, mine are the buttered popcorn ones?"
"I like the green apples the best, they are sour and sweet" Tonks answered, but waited to ask the next question because the waiter was there to take their orders.
"I'd like the Shepherd's pie please and a glass of water" Harry ordered.
"For me the lasagna and a glass of red house wine" Tonks said.
The waited nodded and disappeared again.
"Alright, now what is your favorite drink?" Tonks questioned.
"Butterbeer or pumpkin juice, they are the only drinks I've tried except from water, milk and tea" Harry admitted.
"We will have to change that" Tonks said and she waived the waiter back "Could you bring two glasses of wine instead of one"
"Of course" the waited told them and disappeared again.
"I like to drink a glass of wine, but I prefer the muggle kind, they are better than the wines they try to make with magic" Tonks told him.
The waiter came back with the two glasses of wine and the glass of water and put it in front of Harry and Tonks.
Harry carefully took the glass of wine and took a sip. His face changed from apprehension to a smile "Not bad"
"We're going to work on your taste pallet" Tonks informed him.
"I wouldn't mind that" Harry told her with a smile "Now what is something you would like to learn? I would like to learn and control my metamorphmagus magic"
"There are a lot of things I would like to improve, but I really would like to learn to become an animagus, after Sirius, that was something I really wanted to try"
"Luckily we were planning on doing so, that's also something I really want to learn, but controlling my morphing tops the list"
"I can understand that, now what is your favorite music?" Tonks asked.
"I don't really know that many artists or bands, but the Weird Sisters were good when I saw them at the Yule Ball in my fourth year"
"The Weird Sisters are my favorite band, so good chose" Tonks told him.
Harry smiled before he asked "What was your first celebrity crush?"
Tonks started to blush "If you laugh with me, I'll hex you. Alright, it was you, my parents always told me stories about how you defeated Voldemort and I would think of stories of the both of us"
"Has every witch under 25 the same crush" Harry grumbled, but he winked at Tonks "Mine was an actress in one of Dudley's series, I don't know her name, but she looked really nice"
"That's actually cute, now what is a weird thing you do if you're alone?"
Harry thought for a moment "I rearrange my trunk often when I'm alone" he said a bit questioning.
"That's definitely not something everybody does when they are alone, I like to sing under the shower when I know I'm alone" Tonks told him.
Harry wanted to ask his next question, but he saw their food arriving, so he waited a moment until it stood in front of them and they had tasted their food.
"Tell me a random fact about yourself" Harry asked.
"I liked History of Magic, even though Binns gave it"
"Really, I have to admit I don't really recount that much from the lessons, I always just read my book. Euhm, I really hate flies"
Tonks chuckled before she posed her next question "Do you have a hidden talent?"
"I have actually, although I haven't been able to practice it much the last years, but I play the piano" Harry told her "I used to play at my primary school during as many breaks I could get permission"
"I'd like to hear you play sometimes" Tonks honestly said "I'm quite good at drawing actually, mostly faces"
"Okay, now please don't shoot me, but what is your full name?" Harry asked
Tonks sighted "Nymphadora Chamaeleon Tonks, my mother liked the tradition of the Black family of constellations, so she gave it as my second name and she thought it was fitting with my morphing skills. Since I don't really have to ask about your full name, I'll just ask the next question, if you could get a tattoo, what would you take?"
Harry smiled "I would put the stars of the Canis Major on my chest"
"Tibi ipsi fidelis esto, it means stay true to yourself, I would place it on my ribs" Tonks said. "Would you really want to get it?"
"Yes, it would mean I have Sirius always with me" Harry said. "And I also liked the idea of a phoenix tattoo, it would be fitting, since I'm rebuilding my life. But for both of the tattoos, I'm not sure if I would want everybody to be able to see them"
"That is an advantage of being a metamorphmagus, if you are really skilled, you can place tattoos on your body, but also, you can hide real tattoos. I've always wanted to place a real one, that sentence, but I never had the guts" Tonks explained.
"Then maybe one day we can get both our tattoos together" Harry suggested.
Tonks smiled "I would like that"
"Okay, I would think a next question is in order, what is your fondest memory?"
"It was when I eight I think, me and my parents were going to a beach for the first time, since I was able to control my morphing then. We just relax, ate some ice cream, build a large sand castle" Tonks answered.
"Mine is when I went to Diagon Alley for the first time" Harry told her.
"Alright, I know that you've broken quite a lot of rules, but what was the worst rule breaking you've done?"
"I don't know, perhaps in my first year when we kept it quite that Hagrid had a baby dragon in his hut, then smuggled it to the tallest tower of the castle during the middle night so that Charlie's friends could pick it up. We got discovered on our way back an lost 150 points for wandering through the castle at night"
"You really are full of surprises, aren't you. Mine is also a story that centers a bit around Charlie, he was my friend at Hogwarts and one night in our seventh year, we slipped out of Hogwarts and went to Hogsmeade because the Weird Sisters were playing. Luckily the only thing they busted us on was when we were falling asleep the next day in class" Tonks told him.
"I wonder what would have happened if they had found out" Harry said "Now what was your worst injury you've had?"
"My left side of my body was burned once during auror training, that was the worst I think. It took three days before my skin was back to normal and pain free"
"I'm not quite sure which one I should take, but the time I fell off my broom in my second year during the match, then broke my arm, got my bones removed by Lockhart, only to regrow them during the night, probably was the worst experience I had in Madam Pomfrey's care"
"I'm guessing you don't really mind his fate then"
"Nope, can't say I do" Harry told her.
"Alright, what is your biggest regret?
"Falling for Voldemort's scheme that eventually led to Sirius' death. I know I don't carry all the blame and that the reason I fell for it was because I wasn't informed of anything, but still, it is my biggest regret. Convincing Cedric to take the Triwizard Cup together, even though it was the right thing to do at that moment, is my second biggest regret"
Tonks who was done eating, took Harry's hand and carefully stroked over it. "Mine is that I didn't hex you relatives a few day ago" Tonks said with fire in her eyes.
Harry decided not to say something about it but asked "What is you guilty pleasure?"
"A pint of ice cream" Tonks said "I know, it's a bit cliché"
"It is, mine was sneaking out of my room or cupboard when the Dursleys weren't home and watch some television"
"We're at the half of our questions" Tonks remarked.
"We're also at the half of our date, come on" and Harry grabbed her hand and pulled her towards the back of the establishment.
When they went through a door, bowling lanes were visible. "I thought some fun would be nice"
"I like it, but I've never done this" Tonks told him.
"You and me both, I've always wanted to do this, and I thought you would like this too"
"I do, come on let's start" Tonks said eagerly.
"Alright, we just have to change shoes first" Harry told her and pointed to the racks of shoes.
After putting on shoes, they were appointed a bowling lane and they could start. Harry was the first and his first throw landed in the gutter, but his second shot knocked down three pins.
When Tonks had thrown twice and knocked down six pins she asked "What is your favorite animal?"
"An owl and more specifically Hedwig" Harry told her.
"I'm more a cat person if I'm honest"
"Alright, if you could choose your animagus form, what would it be?"
"I'm not sure, but I think I would also go with a cat, they don't attract attention and you can get at various places you otherwise wouldn't get and they have very good senses"
Harry smiled "I always wanted to be an owl to be honest, the ability to fly everywhere you want to"
"I should have known, okay, what is the craziest thing you've ever done?"
"I would say trying to outfly a dragon on a broom" Harry responded.
"Good point, mine was at Hogwarts, posing as professor McGonagall as a practical joke on some of our peers, I had the bad luck that the real McGonagall found out"
Harry had trouble keeping himself from laughing, so he distracted himself with another throw at the pins. "Where would you like to go on a holiday?" he asked after his throw.
"Brazil, I met a student of the wizarding school her through a letter exchange project, it would be nice to go there" Tonks answered. "You?"
"I would like to go to Greece, I was always fascinated by them when I was in primary school"
"That sounds nice. Now, maybe some more interesting questions" Tonks said with an evil glint in her eyes "What was your first kiss?"
"Cho Chang last year under the mistletoe" Harry truthfully answered.
"A guy named Nick in my fourth year. I quite liked him, but he mostly saw me for my morphing" Tonks told him.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
"A lot of the boys and men I've met liked me and wanted to date me because I can change in whoever I want to" Tonks told him and a tear rolled out of her eye.
Harry quickly closed the space between them and wiped the tear away before he kissed her and said "Then they are jerks if they can't see you for the wonderful person you are"
Tonks face change immediately from sad to happy and kissed him again, but this time a little longer. "Thank you"
"No problem, now, what is your biggest insecurity?" Harry asked her while he still held her close.
"Like I said before, that a person only likes me for my morphing ability, you?"
"The fact that I'm a scrawny kid with multiple scars, physically and mentally" Harry told her.
"Those scars make you who you are Harry, and I like you how you are now" Tonks spoke "Now tell me about the worst date you've had"
"It was with Cho Chang, going to Hogsmeade on Valentine's Day, going to Madam Puddifoot's and very awkward conversations"
"Mine was with Nick, when he asked me to change into someone else he had a crush on for a long time, before we kissed"
"I would like to punch that bastard if I get the chance" Harry growled.
Tonks placed her hands on his shoulders and asked him to relax. When his shoulders started to go down she kissed him "Thank you for being so protective"
Harry smiled "How many relationships have you had? I only had one, with Cho, if you can call that a relationship"
"I've had three boyfriends, two in Hogwarts, one after Hogwarts" Tonks told him while she looked at his reaction. When she saw that he was a bit relieved she asked "How long were you together with Cho?"
"We kissed in the middle of December, wrote a bit and talked some and then went on that date Hogsmeade, which also was the last date" Harry recounted "So you could say two months"
"My longest relationship was six weeks" Tonks told him.
"Alright, what is the furthest you've gone in a relationship?" Harry asked a bit insecure.
"No further than we already went" Tonks put him at ease, before she took another shot at the bowling pins.
"I guess you could say the same for me" Harry told her.
Tonks smiled "Maybe we should stop asking questions about previous relationships, not that there is that much more to ask actually"
"You're right" Harry agreed and kissed her again.
"Now, what are you expectations in a relationship?"
"I'm not sure, I think I find the most important thing that you listen to each other, don't force the other to do things they don't want, but also help each other out of your comfort zone, that you challenge each other. And that you are there for the other unconditionally"
"I hope I will be able to give you that" Tonks said "I want someone who accepts me for who I am, and not for who I can become. To be loved. That I can come home and find support when I'm feeling down, but I think I've got the right person for that"
Harry's eyes sparkled when she told that "What are three things you hate?"
"First, one that you know of, people addressing me with my name. People seeing me as good entertainment and dark chocolate" Tonks said with a wink.
"I hate people fawning over me because of my scar, I hate Voldemort hunting me and I hate dark chocolate too, so you're lucky"
"On a happier note, what are three things you love?" Tonks questioned.
"Strawberry ice-cream, waking up next to you and playing quidditch, but if you manage to knock down all of the pins with your next throw I'll tell you another thing" Harry told her teasingly.
"Okay, I love waking up next to you too, I love pistache ice-cream, sorry and I love walking in a park" Tonks said before she threw her bowling ball.
Much to both of their surprise, all of the pins fell down, so Harry, men of his word went to Tonks and whispered in her ear "The fourth thing I love is you"
Tonks looked at him with big eyes and asked "Are you serious?"
Harry just nodded, before he gently went with his hands through her hair and kissed her softly, when they broke the kiss Tonks told him "I love you too"
This time it was Harry who looked shocked at Tonks and a tear rolled over his face.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Tonks asked concerned.
"This is the first time someone told me they love me" Harry said and he looked away from her.
Tonks just turned his head with her hand so she looked right in his eyes "Then I'll have to say it a lot so you get used to it. I love you" and she kissed him.
"How long have you've know?" Harry asked.
"The moment at Gringotts when you told me you trusted me more than anybody else"
"I only realized this morning, when I woke up and I could see clearly without my glasses and then saw the empty vials on your bed stand indicating you made sure I took them, since I don't even remember taken the last two"
Tonks threw the last ball of their game, so before they asked even more questions, they went to change their shoes and pay for dinner and the game of bowling.
"Come on, there's a nice park here in the neighborhood" Harry said when they had left the establishment.
Tonks happy to follow him asked the next question "How would a perfect date look like for you?"
"Tonight seemed pretty perfect for me, eating something, doing something fun afterwards and taking a walk"
"I agree, so you can already start thinking about the next dates" and she winked towards him.
Harry looked nervous for the next question and his voice trembled a bit when he asked "How soon would you like to finalize our bond?"
Tonks stopped walking for a moment, surprised about the question.
"Sorry, it's something I've been wondering about since you told me about it" Harry explained.
"It's alright, I was just a little bit startled. First of all I wouldn't want to proceed if you didn't feel ready. I feel comfortable enough with you and I know you wouldn't hurt me, so if the situation was right, I wouldn't mind proceeding" Tonks struggled through her explanation with a red head.
"Thank you for telling me, I notice that talking about it makes you as uncomfortable as me" Harry told her "As for me, I'm mostly concerned that I would do something wrong. I never had a father figure long enough so he could inform me about those things"
"I never thought about that" Tonks told him. "Look if it would make you feel better, they always have books about this, most of the time to help the parents give the talk, but I believe it could help you too. If you wish, I could always go and buy such a book"
Harry, relieved that she didn't take the mickey out of him, nodded "Thank you"
They had arrived in the park when Tonks asked him the next question "What do you find attractive about me?"
"Your personality. You managed to make me smile after Sirius' death, I think that is the prettiest thing about you, your optimism." Harry answered and added as an afterthought "You look amazing too of course"
"I think you're willingness to do everything you can to help another as a very attractive part of you and the fact that you are able to continue your life after what you've been through. Oh and there is something about your eyes, they always give me the feeling I can look into your soul"
Harry smiled before pulling Tonks closer to him. They walked through the park, hands on each other's waist.
"You still have two questions left" Tonks told him.
"I know, alright what are three things that turn you off in men" Harry asked.
"Obviously when I'm asked to change my appearance, bad hygiene and when I'm not listened too" Tonks answered. "You?"
"When a girl dresses so that you can see all her assets, I think that is distasteful. Secondly, I can follow you on the bad hygiene and thirdly a clingy person"
"Alright, if those where the turn offs, then what are three turn ons?" she asked with a smirk.
Harry blushed. "Oh you're loving this aren't you, well to answer your question. You going through my hair with you hand, you coming out of the bathroom with only a towel and when you wink at me"
"Those are only things that resolve around me" Tonks remarked.
"Well you are the only person who's had that effect on me" Harry honestly answered, even though his blush had increased even more.
"Oh" Tonks was at loss for words for a moment "To answer my own question, when I'm kissed just behind my ear, which you accidently did this morning. A person who is confident, but not overconfident and your body does the trick too" and she threw in a wink for good measures.
"You are trying to kill me, aren't you?" Harry said.
"No, but it is funny sometimes to see you blush, it's cute" Tonks said.
Harry childishly put out his tongue to her, which made Tonks laugh. "I hope you had a nice evening"
"It was the best date I've ever had and I couldn't think of better company" Tonks earnestly said.
"Me too" Harry agreed "I'm also glad for the questions we asked, I've found out more about you, which I really like, it only makes me love you even more"
Tonks looked him in the eyes and replied "It's the same with me, the more I get to know about you, the more I fall in love with you. It even scares me because all of this is happening so fast"
"You are right that it is all happening fast, but I'm really convinced that we are really good for each other and that I really want you with me for the rest of my life. That is also why this is my last question" Harry told her.
He got out he box where the engagement rings were in and went to sit on one knee before he opened it "Do you want to marry me?"
Tonks looked at him speechless, she hadn't expected that Harry would do something like that for her. "Yes" she managed to say when she saw that he was getting nervous because of the silence.
Harry got up and carefully put the ring over her finger and after that Tonks repeated the motion with him before she pulled him towards her and kissed him longer, harder and more passionate than before.
"Thank you" Tonks told him.
"What for" he said a bit confused.
"For not seeing this bond as self-evident. It means a lot to me that you didn't just assumed we would be married because of the bond, but that you asked me"
"It just seemed like the right thing to do" Harry told her.
"That is why I love you, the fact that you think about such things" and kissed him again before hugging him.
After that, they just walked around a bit more in the park in silence. When it was getting dark, they started their walk back to the hotel and once there, they went back to their room.
They took their turns in going to the bathroom and when they were lying in bed, Harry holding her against him with his arm Tonks said "Thank you for this evening"
"You're welcome. Sweet dreams" he told her and kissed her cheek.
"Sleep well. I love you" Tonks answered.
"I love you too"
It was with these words running through their head that they both fell asleep, a smile on their face.