Harry had been waiting for this moment all week. He had been thinking and rethinking where he stood on this and yet he still wasn't confident in his answer when Draco Malfoy walked into his office and asked, "What do you want Potter?"
Harry was a bit surprised that Draco just walked into his office and asked that question without even an attempt at pleasantries. He had already heard from everyone that Draco had come up to that the man seem to know what they wanted before they did, and had offered them it without any questions asked. Even Hermione had been impressed that he knew enough about her to know she wouldn't want money or belongings but support in her endeavors to free the house elves. Ron had taken a very large sum of money, a vacation home within walking distance of the cuddly canons practice pitch and a partial ownership in the cuddle cannons which of course came with box seats to every home game. Neville had gotten several priced and very hard to come by plants, along with an invitation to several of the top plant breeders of the years home. Luna hadn't said what Draco had given her and her father but they had both been quite pleased. Everyone had said that Draco just came to them and gave them exactly what they wanted without even having to ask them what it was they wanted, so Harry couldn't help but voice his surprise, "You don't know?"
Draco practically snarled, "I wouldn't be asking you if I did! Damn it Potter, just make up your mind and tell me what you want."
Harry frowned, when he played this scene out in his head Draco had never used that tone, which was probably why he went off his planned script and asked, "You knew what everyone else wanted, so why don't you know what I want?"
Draco looked like he wanted to scream and rage and throw a tantrum, but apparently he had grown up quite a bit since their school years because he took a deep breath and asked in a quiet and calm voice, "What do you want from me Potter?"
Harry noted that although Draco hadn't thrown a tantrum he had tried to change the subject, so he asked, "How did you know what everyone else wanted?"
Draco let out a sigh of a man who had been working at a complicated puzzle for weeks and had just been asked to give up on it when he had only just started to fit the pieces together. Harry raised an eyebrow as Draco took a seat on the edge of his desk, Draco sighed and asked, "Do you know anything about life debts, Potter?"
Harry sighed and said, "I don't know that much Malfoy, it's not something they really go over in Hogwarts or aurora training, all I know is how someone acquires a life debt. I didn't even know it was an actual debt till Ron came into my office Monday to tell me you were paying off your debts."
Draco rubbed his temples like he was getting a headache just by talking to Harry and said, "Alright, first of all, that statement isn't exactly true. You can't put a price on a life debt."
Harry frowned and asked, "Then why are you paying people to renounce the life debts you owe them?"
Draco sighed and said, "Because Life Debts are the only remnants of an ancient magic that enslaved many witches and wizards." At Harry's confused expression, Draco sighed and added, "The Ministry of Magic abolished the enslavement of anyone with wizarding magic, they arrested anyone who sold or bought slaves and destroyed the ancient slave market, and pretty much rid the wizarding world of slavery, but as always there are a few exceptions to the rules. They got rid of the institution but the magic it was based off of is not so easily dispelled, seeing as it is a natural type of magic. You see a life debt is nothing more than a person's magic recognizing that it would have been destroyed if not for the interference of someone else's magical signature. Most people live their whole life with at least a dozen different life debts and it never affects them, simply because the debt is never verbally acknowledged. Normally in those cases the person in debt will find themselves being friendlier to the person they owe but they never recognize it as a magical reaction to a life debt and just call it simple human nature. Now sometimes a life debt is just too great to not verbally acknowledge, and once the debt is acknowledge a couple things can happen to the person in debt. One, they can ignore the debt, which is not recommended because it goes against what their very magical core is telling them to do. Two, they can acknowledge it and dedicate their whole lives to pleasing the one who saved them, which is the normal subconscious reaction, just look at your friend Hermione. Or there is the third option, acknowledge the debt and do something that provides enough happiness to the person owed the debt, that they revoke the debt in gratitude."
Harry nodded and said, "That makes sense, I guess, but how did you know what everyone wanted?"
Draco sighed and said, "Normally it's a mix of intuition and the magic of the life debt. I think of things the person would want intellectually and the magic either confirm or denies whether that is something they would actually want, but with you, I get the impression that everything you want you already have or could buy yourself because your almost as rich as me, but since the magic isn't insisting I enslave myself to you there has to be something you want that would make you grateful enough to renounce all the life debts I owe you, so again, what do you want?"
Harry shrugged and said, "your right, everything I want I either all ready have or I could buy it for myself, there is no item that you could give me, for me to forgive the life debts, but there is something I want, something I've wanted for a while actually, but I doubt you would be willing to give it to me."
Draco snarled, "Name it and it's yours, I need these stupid life debts revoked so I can go home."
Harry smirked in a way that was entirely Slytherin and said in a quite voice, "Starting tomorrow I have a week of mandatory vacation, I was planning on calling a few of my old friends from my party years but instead of having to call dozens of numbers in hopes of a few onetime fucks, I would much rather have a week with a guaranteed good time with as much sex as I want."
Harry smirk only grew as he got a good look at Draco's shocked expression. After several minutes of silence Draco finally asked, "Are you propositioning me?"
Harry raised an eyebrow at the flippant tone but nodded none the less. Draco let out a breath and said, "Let me just make sure we're both clear on what's happening. I give you one week were you get to do anything you want to me, aside from any permanent marring of course, and in exchange you will revoke all of the life debts I owe you? Correct?"
Harry smiled and said, "Exactly."
Draco gave Harry a considering look, as though he was looking to see if this was some sort of joke or scam, finally he sighed and said, "Alright, as long as you don't do any permanent damage to me I'm okay with that deal."
Harry grinned as he pulled out a notepad and wrote down the floo address of the place he was staying at and said, "Be here tomorrow at three, don't be late and don't expect to leave till the Monday morning after next."
Draco took the pad and gave Harry another calculated and disbelieving look, before leaving his office with a flourish of his robes.
