Disclaimer; I don't own any of the characters, nor the base of the plot. All of the said things go to the ever fabulous J.K. Rowling.
xTeenageAmbitionx
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Cedric/Harry fanfic.
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Harry hadn't told a soul that he was in the prefects' bathroom alone with Cedric Diggory. Not even his two best friends. Well, more Hermione then Ron. Ron had been acting weird ever since the night Harry came out.
"Just let it sink in, I'm sure Ron will be ok after a while." Hermione had tried to reassure him.
Although the words had touched Harry, it had not exactly reassured him. He didn't have 'a while' to wait for his best friend to get around to him, he needed Ron more then ever, and he was bailing on him.
"Oh Harry, look! Cedric's looking at you." Hermione nudged Harry at breakfast.
Harry automatically blushed and looked up in the middle of putting some marmalade on his toast, resulting in him dropping his knife and making a small clatter. "I knew it was a bad idea coming to breakfast."
"Oh shut up all ready! You're finally out of the commons; I'd think you'd be happy finally being out of the place." Ron snorted from his porridge.
Hermione looked up from carefully watching the Hufflepuff table and towards Ron. She blinked and then said, "All right well I'm going to go to the library. Harry, I suggest you go talk to Cedric." And with that she picked up her books and fled the Giant Hall.
Harry watched her leave and then glanced at Ron. He was, as usual, ignoring Harry and looking up at the ceiling, as if nothing happened. Harry then got up and left for the commons, looking at the Hufflepuff table as he passed. He looked it up and down and didn't see Cedric there at all. "Hermione must've been hallucinating." He thought to himself.
He almost reached the bottom of the marble stair-case when he felt an arm latch onto his own and pull him into a dark corridor near the dungeons. He instinctively went for his wand but he was all ready cornered. "S—stop!"
"Easy there, it's ok!"
"C—Cedric?!" Harry yelped.
"Yep, it's me. Sorry for doing this to you, but I couldn't find any other way. You've been avoiding me ever since that night in the baths." He had a look of utter seriousness on his face but his lips soon curled into a smile, "Which I didn't plan by the way…but it was a nice surprise." He added as a last thought.
Harry's head was throbbing, "Did Cedric, in his own special way, just say he liked me?" he thought to himself. "Uh…"
"Shush, don't talk." Cedric stopped him, putting a finger to his mouth. He just gazed into the smaller boys green eyes.
"C—Cedric? Aren't you…repulsed?" Harry finally asked.
"Repulsed? Why would I be repulsed?" Cedric asked, tilting his head to the side, feigning innocent.
"Because I'm…well I'm gay." Harry shut his eyes, as if not wanting to see Cedric's reaction.
Cedric just laughed, "Well of course I'm not repulsed."
Harry opened his eyes.
"I…don't know if it's wrong to do what my heart has wanted…but I'll take the gamble." Cedric murmured.
Harry was about to ask what he meant when he felt soft warm lips touch his own. He moaned in amazement. Cedric's breath tasted like a mix of sweet marmalade and cool mint. AKA: heaven.
When Cedric finally pulled back his face was a delicate red. "Sorry if you don't feel the same about me, I just figured I'd go for it."
"No…no that was amazing." Harry said softly. "I didn't know…I mean…you're Cedric Diggory!" Harry blurted out.
"Well yes, last time I checked." Cedric chuckled.
"Well…I'm going to…going to go now." Harry said, still in shock.
"All right." Cedric said, smiling more confidently now. "Sorry if I scared you."
Harry shrugged; "It's quite all right." he smiled back and skipped to the Gryffindor commons as if on floating clouds full of twisting sugar and twirling cinnamon.
Hermione was all ready in the commons when Harry went in, twittering about with a slight grin on his face.
"Harry?" Hermione said with her mischievous know-it-all-Hermione look. "What happened?" she asked slyly.
"Oh nothing." Harry said, plopping down on a chair near the fire.
Hermione got up, "Harry, c'mon! Tell me!" she sat down beside the opposite chair.
"Well…when you left, I left a few minutes later and…I was walking up to come here when," he looked around, seeing if anyone could hear him, "Cedric grabbed me and pinned me to a corridor wall." He lowered his voice.
Hermione uttered a small gasp but other than that didn't say a thing, expecting more.
"Well…he kind of just stared into my eyes. Quite odd, it was." Harry said dazed, as if recalling the exact moment in his head. "And then…he kissed me."
"Merlin's beard, Harry!" Hermione jumped up from her chair (scaring a sleepy Crookshanks from slumber) and hugged Harry tight. "That's so cute!"
When Hermione finally let go, Harry was blushing like mad. "Um…yeah. I guess he does like me, then?"
"Well of course, Harry. Oh this is so great!" She bounced up and put her books away in her bag.
"So…" Harry said quietly, "does this mean we're going out?"
"I'd guess so…but I'd talk to him about it, first."
Harry nodded and then went up to the dorms to collect his thoughts. "So…did Cedric really kiss me?" he lazed on his four-poster, glasses on and fully clothed. "Yeah…I guess he did." He laughed at himself. "But now what to say to Ron…" he said quietly.
"Tell me what?" a grumpy snort came from one bed over.
"Ah. Ron? I didn't know you were in here." Harry turned over to face Ron. "Uh, look Ron…I know you aren't very ecstatic about the news I gave you but…we can still be friends, right?"
"Well of course…I know I've been acting a bit weird lately…sorry about that, mate. I just think you coming out impacted me a lot. Growing up I've heard tons of queer jokes and you actually coming out and telling me that you are gay just threw me off balance. But I guess since you're happy with it, its okay. Plus Hermione seems to think it's the next revelation. She's mad, she is." He rolled his eyes and smiled.
"Oh? That's…that's fantastic." Harry said, grinning ear to ear. He did have his friend back. Both of them, as a matter of fact.
"So…what was that thing you wanted to say to me?"
"Oh right." He fumbled with the right words in his head for a few seconds, "Well…Cedric kissed me today."
Ron flinched, as he did many times after Harry's coming out, yet this time it wasn't as bad. "That's…that's cool." He paused, "So…does this mean you two are going out?"
"That's what I was thinking." Harry smirked, "Hermione said I should talk to him about it, but she seems to think so." He looked to see how Ron was taking all this in, "…and I really hope it does. But I don't want to go too fast. I've never had a girlfriend let alone a boyfriend!" he fumbled with his fingers for a bit before casting a look out the window. "Well I'm going to go to bed. 'Night."
"'Night." Ron said, getting back into his covers and dozing off.
End notes; Sorry for the long gap in between the second chapter & this one. It dipped into the Easter holidays & then I had two big tests to study for in school & then, yeah, it gets even better: for about four days in a row wouldn't let me upload the .doc to the site. Yet all in all, I think I did all right. I hope you like this chapter! I know it's a tad short, but at least you got some form of Cedric/Harry-ness!