To Love A Lion

Chapter Five

Ok so the meeting with Harry hadn't gone the way that he'd expected or hoped, but at least he had gotten to kiss him again. However what had really stumped him was how had Harry known he had been standing outside?

He'd been invisible and still Harry had sensed him.

"Hey Drakey boy how's it going?" Draco suppressed a grin and turned to greet his newly acquired giddy redheaded friend. It never ceased to amaze him how energetic the other man always was.

"Hey Weasley" he replied smiling at the other man, a rare enough occasion if you happened to be a Malfoy.

Ron looked at the direction from which Draco had just walked from and his face broke out into a huge grin as he walked over to the blonde haired man patting him in a friendly gesture on the back. Surprisingly Ron was easy to forgive Draco his past mistakes, perhaps it was testament to how much he had grown up.

"So how did you're meeting go with our Harry then?" he asked, eyebrows waggling suggestively.

"Is love in the air again" he brought his hand up to his temples and pretended to swoon then noticed Draco wince. The ex Slytherin bowed his head not wanting to show the pain he was sure shone from his grey eyes.

"I don't think so Ron" he replied his voice void of any kind of emotion he lifted his head and his gaze rested on his ex-lovers house.

"You best not be seen talking to me Ron, wouldn't want you getting into trouble" he said lightly and gave the other man a friendly squeeze on the shoulder after noticing his bemused look.

"See you at the Three Broomsticks" he added then nodding his head in parting Draco walked away.

The knock on the door took a while to register with his idle brain. Blinking rapidly Harry levered himself to his feet and made his weary way to answer it hoping to god it wasn't Draco coming back.

A grinning face and a floppy mop of red hair stepped through the open doorway before Ron did a double take.

Taking in Harry's blotchy red face and bloodshot shimmering eyes he gave a gasp of shock seeing what his once proud best friend had lowered himself to.

"Bloody hell" he breathed and stepped fully through the door shutting it abruptly with a loud slam. He gripped a zombie like Harry by the shoulder and managed to manoeuvre him into the living room where he promptly pushed him down into the nearest available chair.

"God Harry what the hell happened" he urged hating the way his friend just continued to stare into space as though unable to hear him.

"Draco was here" was the toneless reply.

"We exchanged a few words mostly heated on my part and well erm well we kissed or should I say he kissed me...not that I resisted it much at first" Harry sighed unable to keep the exhaustion he was feeling from his voice.

He remembered how Draco's lips had felt upon his, the heat they had created, how they had felt like silk. At the thought body his body gave an involuntary shudder.

"Right you stay there while I stick the kettle on" Ron said cutting off Harry's train of thought. He sounded so much like his mother that Harry had to smile.

Gathering his jumbled thoughts together he shook his head at the redhead. He may have had a moment of shock but he was still a host, Ron was a guest in his house and he wouldn't allow a guest to be the one running around.

"Please sit down Ron," he stressed.

"I'm perfectly fine just a bit shaken that's all. You sit down and I'll go fix us some coffee…you must be exhausted after your trip" he added thinking how he now sounded like Mrs Molly Weasley. Ron must have cottoned on to his train of thought for when they caught each others eye the pair burst into fits of laughter.

To Harry it was the most wonderful feeling in the world, he hadn't laughed this way in so long.

Ron sank into the chair opposite Harry his expression sobering slightly as he gave his best friend a look of concern. Harry lowered his gaze first not really wanting Ron to see his inner turmoil.

"I'm worried about you mate," Ron said after a pause.

Harry smiled at the young man before him. Looking closely at him he could see the happiness radiating from him due to what he had found with Luna Lovegod…the match had surprised Harry with how well it had turned out.

It gave Harry hope.

Hope that not everything in this world ended in heartache, that true happiness really did exist.

But it also filled him with an intense feeling of jealousy…the thought causing his smile to falter. It was a feeling he didn't like within himself and something he was ashamed of, he hated that he sometimes envied his best friends happiness but it was there none the less.

"I know that you all worry about me Ron but honestly I'm fine. Its just this whole Draco coming on the scene again well it threw me for a while...but I guess its just something that I'll have to get used to" he added and Ron nodded his head in agreement.

"I'm glad to hear you say that Harry because I came to ask you something" Ron interjected and Harry raised an eyebrow at him. The redhead was squirming in his seat slightly.

"Oh" he queried a brown arching at his friends discomfort.

"I'd like you to come to the Three Broomsticks for Greg's stag do" Ron finally said and Harry knew what was coming next. He should have guessed something like this would come up…he just hadn't expected it so soon.

"Draco will be there by the way" he added and Harry sighed at the expected comment, Ron was so predictable.

"Do I have a choice" he asked and was again not surprised when the response was a foreseen shake of the head. Perfect, not only was he being forced to go on an outing with people who wanted to get utterly wasted…his ex would be there as well.

"Ok I'll come but I'm warning you Ron you best keep Draco away from me."

"Of course mate whatever you say" lucky for Ron the green-eyed boy who lived couldn't see his finger crossed behind his back…something's were just best left unsaid.

Draco took a sip of his lukewarm coffee and smiled as he listened to Ron ramble at him down the line.

"You're sure...I see...Ron that's disgusting and I'll pretend that you never said it...well we can't be having that now can we...yeah…see you soon Ron" and with that Draco promptly hung up the phone.

Sitting back in his chair Draco let a smug smile light his features. Placing his hands behind his head he propped his feet up on his desk and settled his gaze on his beloved picture of Harry and himself.

"Well now lets see what I can come up with for a game plan" he mused. His brain began to shift through all the possible ways to seduce Harry back into his life.

Oh he could hardly wait.

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