A/N: Umm… no comment.

Chapter 17

Lucius rejoiced in watching his mate and how beautiful he was. The sensations that ran over his face were eternally beautiful. He massaged his fingers through his mate's dark locks as he worked the shampoo in.

"Feels so good." Harry murmured incoherently, leaning against the edge of the tub, his arms spread over the lip as Lucius dipped his head back -holding his neck tenderly- as he pulled a pitcher of fresh water over and slowly poured it over his mate's hair.

"Gods, you're gorgeous." Lucius breathed heavily as he watched his mate.

"Master Lucius?" A voice squeaked, startling both men out of their reverie.

Lucius glared at Eva for a moment, before breathing his anger away. He wouldn't yell at her for disturbing him. It wasn't the end of the world. At least, that's what he kept trying to tell himself, but the thought of his moment with Harry being ruined by anyone caused him great fury.

He felt his mate sit up from where he'd been straddling him to ring out his hair as he looked innocently at Eva with a sweet smile.

"What is it, dear?" He asked calmly, knowing that Lucius would shout if given the opportunity.

"Master Draco wishes your presences for a meal, Sirs." She answered, liking Harry already -and not just because her older master was his mate.

"Please tell Draco," Harry told her sweetly with a lovely smile, "that he is a git." By the looks of it you wouldn't think he was insulting anyone. "Also tell him that if he desires to share a meal with his father and myself, then he can come up here and dine with us naked."

The elf blushed further and bowed slightly to him.

"Thank you!" Harry called to her, causing her to blush further before popping away.

When Harry turned back to Lucius, the man was grinning evilly at his mate.

"Yes?" Harry queried innocently.

"You are so evil… and perfect." Lucius told him as he leaned closer to kiss and lick at the mark he had made earlier on Harry's throat.

"I know. Now, let's get up and ready for our guest." The dark-haired man stood and called two towels to him as he stepped onto the rug where they had made love earlier that day.

Lucius was only a few steps behind him with a whine in tow at having to get up from the lovely bath.

"It was going cold anyway." Harry reasoned as he handed Lucius one of his summoned towels and quickly ran the other through his hair before wrapping it around his waist. He quickly separated his hair into three parts before braiding it roughly and slinging the shoulder-length braid over his collarbone so that it displayed the love bite on his neck proudly.

The blonde smiled lovingly at this. He stepped closer to his mate and wrapped him in his embrace from behind.

"I love you." He whispered tenderly into his ear.

Harry smiled as he pulled one of Lucius' ribbons from the counter and tied it around the bottom of his braid.

"And I…" Harry turned to Lucius and pulled him down by the back of his neck so their eyes were level, "am learning that I feel the same."

The husky answer sent shivers of pleasure down Lucius' spine. The veela ground his hips against his mate, who was stuck against the counter, as he kissed him passionately.

Before the kiss could progress to much more, Harry pushed Lucius back from him with a content smile that clearly told the blonde he was forgetting something.

"Draco." He growled as it came back to him.

"Bingo!" Harry clapped a few times before moving to the sink and brushing his teeth with one of the five tooth brushes sitting in separate holders of gold beside the sink. "Expecting company?" He queried after he spit.

Lucius raised a brow at the query, but as Harry gestured to the brushes, he understood.

"Oh, no, I had Draco pick up a few when he went out a day or so ago. He picked up a few other things for you. I wasn't sure what you'd want so I had him get a variety." He shrugged.

"I have my own, you know?"

"I wanted to be sure you had one for my room as well." Lucius responded airily as if he was remembering something.

"Not ours?" Harry asked quietly.

"Excuse me?" Lucius queried leaning closer.

Harry shook his head. "Never mind."

"No. What'd you say?" He demanded with a frown.

"Nothing."

"You said something."

"Yes, 'nothing'."

"No, before that."

"'Never mind'?"

"Before that." Lucius growled.

"Oh." Harry looked up to the ceiling as he tapped his finger against his chin. "Um, I don't remember that far back." He responded with a shrug. "Sorry."

Lucius growled at his mate in frustration.

Harry ignored the glare he was receiving as he took a washcloth and wiped his face before making his way over to the toilet to pee.

After he was through Lucius strolled up behind him and glared at the back of his head before questioning:

"Did you have something to say to me?"

Harry looked at him with wide eyes and his mouth slightly open as he thought before nodding. "Yes, I'm hungry."

"Gods! You're impossible." The blonde sighed heavily, but he wasn't about to give up. Malfoys never gave up. He grabbed Harry's upper arm tightly and pulled him closer. "Just tell me what you said. Stop being difficult!"

Harry frowned at him before opening his mouth to speak when suddenly a knock came to the door of Lucius' rooms. "Oh, who could that be?" He walked away from Lucius to answer the door.

The veela tried to stamp the urge away to run after his mate and force him to tell by some kind of very passionate torture… but failed.

Draco tapped his foot impatiently. He couldn't believe what that elf had repeated to him! How dare Harry say such rude things.

I'll kick his ass! He thought grumpily.

When the door finally opened, Draco opened his mouth, about to speak out a string of curses to whomever was answering, but at the sight of Harry, damp, naked (aside from a towel), and sporting a rather large hickey, he forgot what it was he was about to say and therefore stood there stupidly with his mouth hanging open.

"Trying to catch flies, Draco?" Harry queried with an amused smirk.

The blonde groaned and closed his mouth. "No." He mumbled.

"Do come in." Harry opened the door wider and gestured to the warm Sitting Room. "Did you order us dinner before you came up here?" The dark-haired man asked him as he shut the door to keep in the warm air.

"Uh…"

"It is dinnertime, isn't it? I only had a quick glance outside."

"Er, yes, it's dinner and I ordered already."

"Good, good." Harry smiled at him. "Have a seat. I-"

"Just tell me already!" Lucius begged as he exited the bath room.

Harry growled at the older blonde. "Would you like some cheese with your whine?" He demanded in irritation. "You mentioned something about these being your rooms, and I said, 'Not ours?'" He threw his hands into the air. "Forget I ever said it!" He walked back toward the door. "I'm going to my room to get some clothes." He snapped before slamming the door.

Draco looked at both men with a raised brow as they conversed, then blinked several times as he watched Harry storm out. He turned to his father cautiously with a raised brow. "Lovers' spat?"

"Shut up!" Lucius hissed, then plopped onto the closest chair and ran his hands through his hair until it was a tangled mess.

Draco sighed as he went to the bathroom and came back out with a hair brush. He walked over to his father's chair and sat on the arm of it as he began to meticulously brush it for the irritated veela.

"I screwed up?" Lucius asked after a long while.

Draco shrugged. "Not too bad, from what I can see." He kissed his father's temple. "It's repairable. Now, tell me what happened while I was at work." The younger blonde hopped over to the couch adjacent to his father and leaned eagerly onto his knees to hear the story.

Lucius looked smugly at him. "And what if I don't want to tell?"

Draco's face fell into something mixed between outrage and horror.

Lucius got a euphoric look about him as he reminisced the last day. "Oh, Draco." He whispered tenderly as he remembered every detail. "He was fabulous. It was wonderful." They both shared a smile; all kidding aside.

A/N: I know it's short. I'm arguing with the other voices in my head to decide what I should do to divide up the next few chapters and this one ended up on the short end of the deal.

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