A/N: Happy new year everyone! I hope its a good one for each one of you. Just as a quick layout, for this year, I hope to finish this story, which ends at the end of eighth year, and then I would like to begin my next story. I'm hoping for a contiuation from this one, showing their life afterwards, housing, work, marriage, kids and more sex! Any ideas or thoughts? I'd love to personally. And I'm also thinking about writing another story, but from a different angle. More like the original story, Draco being more in character and stubborn, things like that. Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 15 - Shock Confession

Saturday the 25th of January couldn't come around quicker for Harry. Draco had wanted to set up a date as a get away from the school work they had piling up. However Hogsmeade is always full on a Saturday and people were bound to see them. So he had gone to Hagrid and asked if they could use his hut for a few hours. He had said yes, but only because he thinks it's to revise for Care of Magical Creatures. And as Harry would be there, he trusted them to behave without Hagrid being there.

"Come on, love. It's my surprise."

"That's very sweet of you, but quite ominous. I don't know how to feel."

"Well it's me so you're in luck. But I'm not sweet. Malfoys don't do sweet."

"I think I'll be the judge of that."

Draco made one last 'perimeter check' to ensure they were alone and opened the door. There was a table with two chairs, a radio, a lily and a house elf from the kitchen.

"Well what do you think?" Under his tough exterior, Draco wanted everything to be perfect. He'd never done anything like this before and hopefully wouldn't have to do it for anyone else. He'd been up all night worrying and had spent the day, waking at half 5, just to do all of this for Harry.

"You're right. Malfoys aren't sweet."

"Oh, OK."

"They're gorgeous, thoughtful, and dare I say extremely caring?"

Malfoy let out a sigh of relief.

"Were you really that scared I wouldn't like it?"

"Honestly, a little bit, yeah. You mean so much to me and I love you. I want you to realise that I do. And I always will."

"Ahh, I love you too. And I do know, because you mean everything to me and I know how hard it is to lose someone you love. And that's a lily, isn't it?"

"It might be."

"That's lovely Draco, you've really made this perfect."

"So then" Draco began pulling out a seat, "take a seat."

"Why thank you." Harry replied, with a sarcastic tone and complementary eye roll.

"What would sirs like?"

"Harry, you first."

"Could I have some chicken legs and salad please? Oh, and some butterbeer. "

"Of course, master Potter, anything for sirs."

"I'll have the cheese and potato pie and the same to drink."

"Yes sir. Anything else?"

Malfoy's eyes widened suddenly as a thought popped into his head.

"Ooh, yes actually."

He gestured the elf to come closer and he whispered something, making him smile.

"What a good idea, I'll get that sorted."

In Harry's eyes, it was the perfect way to spend a Saturday. They had spoken about school work over the wait for the food and then enjoyed the delicious food. Draco, on the other hand, felt uncomfortable. He disliked the putrid odour that stenched the hut and got regular gist of cold from the window beside him. However being with the brunette made him happy enough. It was all he needed. And some air freshener.

"Sirs, are you ready for Master Draco's most special request?"

"Certainly, please send it in."

Then, a large tin with a treacle tart lay in the centre of the table.

"Is... is that a ... "

"Yeah, I've noticed you eat it all the time over everything else. And that time there weren't any at all, your face looked heartbroken. So I'm guessing it's your favourite."

"Oh Merlin you incredible man! I love it! I can't get enough of it at dinners. I was never allowed sweet things at the Dursley, or anything with taste for that matter. So when I tasted it during the sorting ceremony meal. I fell in love with it."

"Like the time I saw you at Madam Malkin's."

"Wait, really?"

"Yeah. I felt something powerful and it was in my heart. Afterwards, I realised it was love. And then, when people told me you were Harry Potter, I thought I had no chance. Straight, famous, and then a Gryffindor. How was I supposed to convince you to love me? So I started trying to get your attention and it obviously didn't work, so I continued to annoy you in jealousy. "

"Thaasts bootifull." Harry replied with a full mouth.

"What?" Draco rose his head to see treacle tart stuffed in Harry's mouth. He smiled and began laughing. "Oh, ok, I think I heard you. Didn't you ever learn to not speak with your mouth full?"

"Shove off." A smile grew across his face.

They finished off the tart, well Draco had one slice, and sat holding hands, staring sparkling green eyes into powerful grey eyes. It was clear, that the loved these two shared, was extremely powerful.

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Draco had built up enough courage over the past few weeks to tell Pansy and Blaise and had met up with them privately in the courtyard during a free period.

"Blaise, Pansy, we need to talk."

Blaises's face dropped upon hearing the seriousness in the blonde's voice, "OK, what's this about?"

"Yeah make it quick though Draco, I can't be bothered with this." Pansy huffed looking at her wand.

Blaise snapped, "Pansy, listen to him!"

"OK, thank you. I am, erm... at the moment, ... er..." The Malfoy heir suddenly felt that he wasn't ready to share this information. He had asked Harry yesterday and he said he should but now, it didn't feel right.

"Oh spit it out Draco."

"Alright I will..." Draco's face became an embarrassed shade of light pink, "I'm seeing someone."

"That's great mate!" Blaise was early pleased.

Pansy, on the other hand, felt this wasn't important, "That's it?"

"Thanks, yeah. Well kind of." Draco knew this part was the difficult part.

"Who is it?" Blaise's eyes grew impatiently, intrigued to know who it was.

"Well, it's not someone you'd expect."

The pair's faces dropped slightly and Pansy became suddenly interested, putting her wand in her pocket.

"He's a boy."

"WHAT? No way! I told ya Blaise! He's gay!"

"Wait what, you knew?"

Pansy's face filled with amusement, for she had known before even the blonde had suspicions. "Yes! It's obvious, spending everyday with you talking about stupid Potter non-stop, I knew that women never cross's your mind. I bet you're snogging Potter secretly."

"Haha, yeah, well umm, you're right. It's Harry." Draco turned a new shade of strawberry red.

Blaise frowned and realised immediately that this was no lie.

Pansy burst into laughter. "Oh Draco, you're a great actor, imagine you with Potter now that would be funny! Haha!"

Draco's heart felt heavy and he slipped his hand into the pocket of the black hoodie he wore, pulled out a silver snake ring (That Harry had bought him) and place it around his index finger on his left hand.

Pansy looked at him smiling and saw the ring.

"It's from him. We're together."

Her face fell. "Wait, what, really? Why? Why Draco?"

"I love him." Three simple words that spoke the most significance.

Blaise answered him: "And I support you."

Pansy wasn't convinced: "But how, you hate him? Have done for 7 years. And it's Potter!"

"I've told you. I love him, he loves me. We've both changed since we first met."

"I still don't get it." And she walked away, ignoring the boys' shouting her to come back.

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Harry found his boyfriend sitting glum in the common room. "So, how did it go?"

"Blaise said he accepts it, but Pansy." He ended the phrase with a sigh.

Harry hugged his lover tightly and had a proposal.

"I've got an idea. I want to come out. With you."

"What, now!?"

"Yeah, whilst the rest of the year's here."

"I don't know."

"Oh come on, if they all know, then Pansy's got to accept it. Please?"

"Oh OK."

They shared a quick kiss before standing up to make their announcement. Draco loved attention but not this kind. And Harry wasn't a lover of it, but he would put on his brave face just for Draco.

"Erm guys, can everyone listen here a moment. Please."

Within that moment, the whole room fell silent and every face shot to look at the two.

Seamus already felt confused. "Both of you?"

Draco answered: "Yes, together. Both of us."

Hermione and Ginny shared a look of worry and silently agreed to join them when they announced it. Blaise, on the other hand, gave a supporting look because he would rather stop Pansy from interrupting. He knew what was coming.

"So, erm" Haryy began, shaking on the spot, "we want to announce..."

Suddenly, he felt a soft hand grab his. He looked along to see beautiful grey eyes, staring right back at his with a delicate smile.

Gasps of shock flooded the room.

"We're together, two boyfriends."

As they agreed, Hermione and Ginny walked over to the couple and stood with them.

The two lovers looked in surprise at their support. "Thank you." was the whisper that they received in thanks.

"Congratulations, both of you."

They looked over simultaneously to see a blonde haired girl smiling at them.

"Thank you, Luna."

After all of this, and the smiles from the rest of the year, Draco felt better about their relationship, knowing they no longer had to hide it.

Amongst the huddle of the 8th years crowding around to learn all about their love, Ron came through to the front and stood red faced in front of Draco.

"Ron?! What are you doing?"

Hermione was prepared to scold him, "RONALD, DON'T Y..." but Harry put his hand on her shoulder and she fell silent.

The ginger began: "Malfoy, I've wanted to say something to you for a while now and this is the time."

The blonde felt worried and a sweat broke out on his forehead.

"I'm sorry. For everything I did." and the Weasley began walking away. Until he felt a weight on his shoulder and stopped to turn.

"So am I."

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Now they'd gone public, their relationship went back to how it was during the Christmas break. They sat down together on the Gryffindor table for meals, "but it is only fair we sit on Slytherin for some meals. After all, I do have some friends.". Today they sat on the scarlet and gold decorated table for their evening meal.

"I've missed this you know. Eating together." Draco had remembered how great it was to be with his lover for meals. And now they had more company he expected to find it awkward and that people would ignore him. Yet, they all seemed to want to make friends with him. And Ginny wouldn't stop thanking him for making Harry happy. He'd expected her to be jealous but she was the most grateful.

"Hey, look love. Treacle tart. Do you want a slice? Or ten?" Draco chuckled as he made the funny remark.

"I don't take eat that much. I love it but I'm not greedy."

"I think Malfoy's right this time, mate."

"Ron! You're supposed to side with me!"

"Well, he's not wrong. I've seen you put a lot away before."

Draco smirked, "Weasley's right aswell. He seems pretty smart."

Harry was glad that the blonde was enjoying being with his friends and that they were getting along with him. This was how Harry wanted their relationship to be.