I made it a little longer because I got some inspiration. New chapters will be up atleast once a month. At most twice. I'm having trouble juggling schooling and writing so I'll try to get more out but it will probably be around that amount of time.
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The next morning, George was the first to wake. He headed down to the kitchen and started coffee, only to be surprised at seeing one of Draco's children. Zayden was sitting at the table, staring at a picture and hugging his knees.
George slowly walked over and gently touched Zayden's shoulder. "You okay little one?" he asked softly, sitting in the seat next to him.
Zayden nodded then looked at him. "Is it possible to miss someone even though they were bad?" he asked.
George chuckled. "Yeah, yeah it is. I have a few people that are like that. It's part of being a grown up, you still care about them but you don't want them around." He admitted, wondering if the little one would understand.
Zayden stared at the picture again. "My mommy wasn't good, not like Harry is but I still miss her." He said softly, sadly.
George smiled and gently lifted Zayden into his arms and held him close. "It's okay to miss her. She's your mommy. My mom wasn't good either but I miss her too. She used to hurt someone I really like and I don't see her anymore either." He said softly.
Zayden looked up. "So I'm not bad for missing her?" he asked, tears forming in his eyes.
George chuckled and kissed his forehead. "No pup you're not bad for missing her. But you are a little bad for being up so early. Let me take you up to bed." He teased, getting a little giggle from the younger male.
Zayden moved from George's lap then looked up excited. "Want to see my room? I sleep inside of a t-rex!" he shouted excitedly.
George laughed and stood then hoisted Zayden up and carried him to his room. "I'd love to. I'll even tuck you in." he teased.
Zayden smiled and leaned sleepily into George, his clock had said 2:30 and it was now five. He slowly fell asleep on the walk up, like a sack of potatoes in George's arms.
When George reached the room he silently walked in then laid Zayden down with Cyrus, letting the younger boy hold Zayden close and chuckled softly at how cute they were together. He tucked the blanket up around the both of them, then moved over and checked the princess, proud to see his little godson Elijah holding her tight and keeping her away from the monsters.
Once he was sure the children were safe he headed back down to the kitchen and sat down inside of it, sipping his coffee before he crawled back into his own bed with his own twin, ready to sleep the rest of the morning away.
Elijah was the first to wake, a few hours later and he sleepily moved out of bed, putting a panda in Lyra's arms instead. He then headed into his daddy's room and crawled into the bed next to Draco. Once he was stable he gently shook Draco's arm. "Draco?" he asked softly.
Draco groaned and turned over then smiled sleepily. "Hey little one, what's wrong?" he asked and slowly sat up, wearing only sleep pants.
Elijah looked at him, quite pale. "My tummy hurts." He whispered, a look of pain on his face.
Draco frowned then gently brought a hand to Elijah's forehead, he frowned when he felt the heat radiating from the little one's skin. "Aw Eli when did this happen?" he asked softly and slipped out of bed, lifting the little one into his arms as he went to the restroom to get some fever reducer.
Harry slowly woke when he felt the bed dip and frowned when he saw Draco, Elijah and a potion. He slipped out of bed then walked over and gently hugged Eli. "Love what happened?" he asked worried.
Draco smiled softly. "Little one has a little fever, I think he may have the flu. I'm going to give him a little fever reducer then put him to bed and check the others." He said softly.
Harry nodded then softly kissed Elijah. "I'll check the others, you take care of him." He murmured then headed into the children's bedroom, checking Lyra first. She had a normal body temperature and seemed to be happily dozing in dream land. He checked Cyrus next and found him to healthy then moved Cyrus from Zayden's arms and into bed with Lyra. Once done he came down and checked Zayden then frowned when he found a fever as well and gently lifted Zayden into his arms. "Wake up little love." He murmured.
Zayden whimpered as he woke then curled into Harry. "Tummy hurts." He whispered.
Harry nodded and headed for the bedroom. "I know hunny I'll get you something for your tummy then you can sleep with Eli." He promised.
Zayden nodded and dozed sleepily on Harry's chest while he let himself be carried into Harry's bedroom and given the potion. Once Harry was sure Zayden had gotten a table spoon of it, he laid the boy in Eli's bed with him and turned to Draco. "Cyrus and Lyra are alright, just happily sleeping. I'll set the course then make some chicken soup." He said softly.
Draco nodded and followed Harry down. "No mushrooms or peppers. Zayden is allergic to both." He warned.
Harry nodded and kissed Draco. "Make it with me, I'll show you the secret recipe." He offered softly.
Draco pursed his lips then nodded. "Alright, that sounds like a good idea." He said softly and followed Harry down to the kitchen.
Harry pulled out a medium sized pot and a bunch of different types of veggies (that I'm not going to tell you because it is a secret family recipe) and the chicken which he cubed and stuck in the already bowling water before he added all the veggies. He then added pepper and a bit of salt, some hot sauce and a few different spices and put the lid on. "Let it boil for two hours then it should be delicious." He promised.
Draco chuckled. "It already smells fantastic." He said honestly. "The kids will love it."
Harry pursed his lips. "Should we make some pine nut bread to go with it?" he asked.
Draco chuckled again. "Let's wait for dinner to make the bread. You made more than enough soup to last all day." He said with a sweet smile then kissed Harry's lips. "This going to effect our date tonight?" he asked softly.
Harry smiled softly. "If the boys are sick tonight we will just postpone till the night after." He promised.
Draco nodded and gently hugged Harry. "Good because I don't think I can go out on a date if my babies are sick." He admitted.
Harry raised an eyebrow. "Your babies?" he asked curiously.
Draco blushed darkly and looked away. "I feel like their mine already." He admitted quietly.
Harry smiled fully then pulled Draco into a tight hug, "I couldn't ask for anything more. Want to help me make a little honey tea?" he asked softly.
Draco nodded and put the kettle of water on the stove. "For the boys?" he asked.
Harry nodded and got out two cute mugs that had zebra print on the outside but on the inside there was the head of a zebra. "The boys went crazy when we first saw these. We have tons of different types." He admitted with a small laugh.
Draco laughed and pulled down a giraffe one. "That is adorable. I'll check Lyra and Cyrus again in a few minutes see what they want for breakfast, the boys should sleep for a little while. They will need another dose of the fever reducer when we give them their soup." He said honestly then kissed Harry's cheek and poured himself some coffee.
Harry nodded his head then added a little honey to the bottom of both tea mugs and added the warm water, smiling when the warm liquid mixed together then slowly added in the chamomile tea bags, letting them rest inside just too steep for a minute. "Mind pouring me a cup of that?" he asked with a yawn.
Draco chuckled and nodded his head. "Sure, how about the shark head?" he asked playfully and pulled it down.
Harry chuckled and nodded as he made a little bit of toast for their sick babies, wanting to get something into their little tummies. "I'm going to take this up to the sickies." He said softly and put the tea and toast onto a tray, then headed upstairs.
Upstairs, Zayden was curled close to Elijah and crying softly. He had just thrown up a few times and now he felt just awful. When he saw Harry, he whimpered and hid his face ashamed.
Harry frowned then walked over and set the tray on the nightstand. "Aw little cub what's wrong?" he asked softly and pulled both boys up into his arms.
Zayden kept crying softly. "My tummy hurts." He whispered.
Elijah smiled sleepily. "He threwed up. He doesn't feel good either daddy." He whispered.
Harry smiled softly and kissed Zayden's forehead. "I have something that will make your throat and tummy feel a little better." He promised then tucked the boys up at the top, sitting up. He gave them each a small mug of tea then sat next to them with the toast.
Elijah smiled sleepily and sipped it a couple times then set it down. "Thank you." He said softly and took two bites out of the toast before he curled back up sleepily.
Zayden sipped his tea while sniffling a bit then looked to Harry nervously. "The toast will really help?" he asked shyly.
Harry nodded and kissed Zayden's forehead. "It will give your tummy something to digest. I'm making you chicken soup too." He promised softly.
Zayden nodded and smiled sleepily as he took a bite of his toast and leaned back against the headboard. "I'm sleepy papa." He whispered.
Harry smiled then took the tea and toast and set it on the nightstand. "Sleep little cub." He said softly, trying his best not to cry. He tucked Zayden down next to Elijah then kissed his forehead. "You need rest."
Zayden nodded sleepily then slowly drifted into dream land while Eli moved closer to Zayden and held him close like a protective little brother.
Harry moved the tray a way a little so they could still reach it but there was no chance of it spilling. He then cleaned up the throw up from the trash can and put a bowl next to the bed incase they needed to do it again. He headed back downstairs and smiled at Draco. "Zayden gotta little sick to his stomach and Eli drank a bit of his tea." He said softly, worried for his sons.
Draco smiled as he kissed Harry's cheek. "I'm going to go check our other two babies now." He said softly and headed back upstairs while Harry stirred the soup
Upstairs he found Cyrus reading through a picture book about a little girl princess to Lyra. He chuckled softly as he leaned against the rail. "Why didn't you two come down?" he asked curiously and laughed when Lyra came out and hugged her daddy around the neck.
"I woke up when Papa checked on Zayden. He said his tummy hurts and last time he saided that he was sick. I didn't wanna get sick so Cyrus promised to read me a story." She explained happily.
Draco chuckled and lifted Lyra into his arms then motioned Cyrus over and lifted him up to. "Well how about we go downstairs and have some pancakes for breakfast. Reading can be hard work." He teased.
Cyrus grinned and nodded his head then looked at Draco worried. "Is Eli okay?" he asked softly.
Draco smiled softly and slowly carried them downstairs. "He will be, he and Zay are just a little sick." He promised.
Lyra leaned her head against her daddy's chest and smiled sleepily. "Can I have orange juice?" she asked softly as they reached the kitchen.
Harry chuckled and pulled down a spill proof cup then filled it with orange juice and took Lyra, giving her the juice and setting her in a booster seat then did the same process with Cyrus.
"I found Cyrus reading Lyra a story. I didn't know your boys could read." He said softly.
Harry grinned proudly. "I taught them last year. They pick up things very quickly. I can teach your little ones. Oh I got into contact with a tutor recommended by Luna in Venice, she is supposed to be wonderful with children and can teach them a few different languages as well as all their primary schooling." He said proudly.
Draco smiled and kissed Lyra's forehead. "Now all we need is to expand the house to put in three more rooms and a dance studio, maybe a music room." He said thoughtfully.
Harry nodded and smiled. "And an art room, I want to learn right alongside my little one, I always liked to draw." He admitted softly.
Cyrus looked up excited and quickly moved from his chair and hugged his daddy's leg. "Really daddy?" he asked hopeful.
Harry laughed and lifted Cyrus up then gently kissed his forehead. "Really. We will learn to paint and draw and color and do all sorts of beautiful things. We will even find pretty places to put up our paintings." He promised and set Cyrus back down in his chair.
Draco smiled and started on chocolate chip pancakes, slowly adding in a little chocolate syrup to give them a little extra taste.
Harry raised an eyebrow when he saw this then smiled. "You get to deal with the hyper children." He warned playfully.
Draco laughed and smiled at Harry. "I was actually thinking I might take them into the movie room and see if they can't show me some super hero movies." He said loud enough for Cyrus to hear and get a squeal.
Lyra giggled happily. "I wanna see Spiderman!" she shouted.
Cyrus grinned fully. "We got all the Spidermans and the cartoon for the show." He said proudly.
Harry blushed slightly. "I kinda spoil my children." He said softly. "But they earned it. They are still good kids and they work for their rewards."
Draco laughed as he cooked the pancakes then gently kissed Harry's lips. "Your kids are wonderful." He promised.
Cyrus hummed as he got out of his seat again then went to the fridge and got more orange juice out. He then slowly carried it to the table and refilled his and Lyra's juice for his daddy, then turned and smiled at his papa. "I got stronger!" he shouted.
Harry watched then laughed and put the orange juice in the middle of the table. "That you did. I'm proud of you Cyrus, you're a good big brother." He teased.
Lyra giggled and leaned over in her chair then hugged Cyrus tight. "I love my three big brothers." She said happily.
Harry chuckled as he turned to Draco. "I think they have decided we will get married no matter what." He warned.
Draco laughed as he put a princess plate with pancakes in front of Lyra and a superhero one in front of Cyrus. "Well then I guess I better start planning it." He teased back.
Harry chuckled then smiled softly as thoughts of spending the rest of his life with Draco went through his head. "Draco, if we did would you ever want more kids?" he asked curiously.
Draco smiled softly and shrugged his shoulders. "I honestly wouldn't mind another one or two." He admitted softly. "But not till these ones are older."
Harry smiled softly and nodded his head. "All right. I just I think I want another little girl. I love my boys but I'm missing out on being the daddy to a few little girls." He said honestly.
Lyra slid from her chair then went and hugged Harry's leg. "But you are my daddy papa. I don't want any other daddy as my mommy." She said happily.
Harry chuckled and gently lifted Lyra into his arms and cleaned her face. "I love you little one. But finish your breakfast." He said softly.
Lyra nodded and happily dug into her pancakes while Harry cut up an apple and put it next to both of them. "I want you to eat these too." He said softly.
Cyrus nodded and happily took a bite of his apple while he looked at Draco. "Draco will you be my papa too?" he asked shyly.
Draco chuckled and nodded his head then gently kissed Cyrus's forehead. "Gladly little one." He promised.
Harry smiled softly as he checked his watch then kissed Draco's cheek. "I should go check on our patients." He said softly then headed upstairs. Both the boys were still asleep but he gently woke them and had them both drink a little more tea, wanting to make sure they stayed hydrated. Once they had drank half their cups and taken a bite of toast he checked their temperatures and smiled, the potion was doing its job.
Harry came back downstairs and set up a comfy area for the little ones to watch movies and a few toys so they could play and read. The movie room was actually a play room with a tv set inside. He had wanted the boys to be able to watch a show if they were good or play with their toys. Once he was done he headed back down to the kitchen and smiled at Draco. "The play room is set up for them, I'm gonna check the soup again." He said softly and went to stir the soup.
Cyrus smiled as he finished his pancakes then went to the sink and rinsed his plate as best he could then looked at Draco. "Will you help me wash my hands, I can't reach good." He said softly.
Draco chuckled and spelled the stool a step higher then went and put the soap in Cyrus's hands for him, doing the same when Lyra came over and asked for help as well. "How about we go get you set up for a movie? Are you in your comfy pajamas?" he asked.
Lyra nodded then looked up. "Can I get my big panda?" she asked hopeful.
Cyrus giggled. "I'll carry it but Papa I wanted my stuffed Lion from my room and Zayden and Eli are in there." He said nervously.
Draco nodded and smiled. "I'll get it. I want to check on them anyways. Want me to tell them you said to get better soon?" he asked.
Cy nodded and hugged Draco's leg shyly before he ran upstairs to Lyra's bedroom to get the panda with her.
Draco headed upstairs and smiled when he saw Zayden looking at a folded up photo he knew Zayden had of his mother. "Hey squirt." He said softly and sat on the bed, Eli still asleep.
Zayden blushed slightly and smiled weakly. "I still miss mommy, even if she was bad. George said it was okay to miss mommy even though she was bad. That its adult." He said softly.
Draco smiled softly and nodded his head. "It is okay to miss your mommy, but champ I can't find her, I have looked. If I do, I promise to tell you okay?" he asked.
Zayden shook his head. "I don't wanna see her again. She was bad and left me and Lyra. I just miss the fun times we had. Like when Mommy took us to the store and let us play with all the toys then pick out our favorites." He said softly.
Draco chuckled and nodded his head. "I remember that. I miss times like that too. It's good to have good memories. Your really grown up little one, I'm very proud of you. How are you feeling?" he asked softly.
Zayden smiled sleepily. "My tummy doesn't hurt as bad but it makes funny noises. My throat hurts though." He said honestly.
Draco smiled and lifted his tea. "Drink a little of this, it's got special stuff in it made for your throat." He promised.
Zayden nodded and slowly sipped the tea then moved and hugged his daddy. "Can we stay with Papa forever?" he asked quietly.
Draco stared down surprised, both of his children were calling Harry papa already. Was he the same for Cyrus and Eli? "I think that can be arranged. We are going to live here for a long time." He promised.
Zayden smiled and nodded sleepily then moved from his daddy and layed back down next to Eli. "I'm gonna sleep again daddy, I'm tired." He said softly.
Draco nodded and pulled the blanket up around him then kissed his and Eli's forehead and spelled the dream catcher above them to catch any nightmares that tried to leak in. Once done he grabbed the lion and headed out to the game room where he found Cyrus putting a blanket around Lyra and setting up matching bean bags next to each other so they could watch together, while Lyra cuddled up sitting on her panda bear.
Cyrus looked over and giggled. "Papa Lyra farted!" he said with a loud laugh.
Draco chuckled and shook his head as he gave Cyrus his lion. "Did she now? did she remember to say excuse me?" he teased playfully.
Lyra nodded and giggled like mad. "I did. I'm a lady but ladies can still fart!' she said firmly.
Draco nodded his head and kissed Lyra gently then sunk into the bean bag with his new son and little daughter and watched Spiderman.
At around 1 o clock, Harry came in with tv trays and soup for all of them, levitating it low for the kids then smiled. "I'm gonna give some to the boys. Their fevers are both down and they're both hungry." He said proudly.
Draco nodded and took a sip of the soup then nearly moaned. "God that is delicious. I've never had better." He said honestly.
Harry chuckled and kissed Draco's forehead. "That's because I added cheese." He teased.
Draco laughed then started to eat his food along with the children.
Harry stood up and levitated the last two bowls into the bedroom for Eli and Zayden then stared surprised when he saw the older twins there doing magic tricks for them and causing the boys to giggle.
George grinned as he made a castle with a princess in the tower. "Now this princess was locked away by an evil witch and her hair grew so long it could fit out the window!" he exclaimed with a grin and made a long braid fall out the window.
Fred chuckled and made a knight slowly ride forward on a white horse. "But this knight loved the princess and rescued her from the tower by climbing up her hair." He said and showed the knight doing just that.
Eli giggled. "And then the witch comes in and the knight kills her!" he said and the story showed that just that happened.
Zayden giggled. "Then the knight cut the princesses hair to pretty and carried her down the rest of it and they rode off happily ever after!" he finished.
Harry chuckled as they each finished the story then gently knocked. "I have soup for two happy boys." He called playfully.
Zayden giggled happily. "Uncle George and Uncle Fred gave us a story. They did Rapunzel and Puff the Magic Dragon!" he said excited.
Harry frowned and set the soup up on tray tables then raised an eyebrow at the twins. "Puff the magic dragon?" he asked disapprovingly.
George chuckled. "We made it different from the muggle version." He promised. "No drugs."
Eli giggled and smiled at his daddy between eating. "They promised to read us another story about a girl who becomes a knight!" he said excitedly.
Fred smiled. "But that one will show the magic pictures as I read it because I don't know all of it." He explained.
Harry smiled. "Alana the lioness?" he asked and got a nod from both twins. "Good choice. They will like it. How do you boys feel?" he asked as he checked temperatures. They were still at one hundred but not as bad as this morning.
Zayden smiled. "My tummy feels all better but I'm still kinda sleepy." He admitted.
Eli nodded his head in agreement. "My head feels funny but it's starting to feel better now." He said and took another bite of his soup.
Harry smiled softly. "That means you didn't drink enough water." If your head starts to hurt again tell Fred or George." He said softly.
Eli nodded and chewed on a noodle happily. "Thank you for the soup daddy. Is Cyrus and Lyra okay?" he asked.
Harry nodded and smiled. "They're having a movie day because they didn't get sick. When your feeling a bit better you can join them." He promised.
Zayden looked up curiously. "Can they come in and watch stories if we are feeling better instead?" he asked.
Harry chuckled. "Sure. That sounds like a wonderful idea. Eli do you want Andago?" he asked curiously.
Eli nodded and smiled as he lifted Andago out from under his blanket. "He came in and curled up when he knew I felt sick. Mama came and said high to both of us too. She likes Zayden." She said happily.
Zayden giggled shyly. "Harry we never got the fish. Can we get them in Venice?" he asked curiously.
Harry chuckled. "Of course love. How about we see if we can't find you a familiar too?" he asked curiously.
Zayden grinned fully. "Really? I want a raccoon. I hope it's a raccoon." He said excitedly.
Harry laughed and kissed Zayden's forehead. "Yes really and we will see, it might just be a raccoon. But you would have to take care of it all by yourself." He warned.
Zayden nodded and smiled happily. "I will I promise." He said excitedly. "We will get Lyra one to right?"
Harry nodded and smiled. "Of course." He promised and left the boys to play with Fred and George.
A few hours later, the sun had set and they had just arrived over Venice. The kids were upstairs in bed and they were both in their respective rooms getting ready for their date. Zayden and Elijah were feeling much better but the papa's had decided that they would all sleep in their own beds tonight.
Harry bit his lip as he fixed the vest over his white button down then threw a suit jacket over the top, thinking he looked nice. He slowly fluffed his hair so he looked purposefully shagged instead of a rats nest.
Draco stood in front of his mirror nervously as he readjusted his bowtie and looked at his tweed jacket. His hair was tied in a low pony tail and he thought he looked nice, well nice enough for a gondola ride with cheese and olives and grapes and wine and other types of regular finger foods.
Harry stepped out of his room then gently knocked on Draco's door with a bunch of roses in his arms. He had picked them himself from the garden in the green house. It was so the kids could play freely outside and chase butterflies or learn to make tomatoes and pick carrots.
Draco answered and smiled softly when he saw the beautiful purple roses then slowly lifted them from Harry and smiled them. "They're beautiful." He said softly.
Harry smiled and gently kissed Draco. "So are you." He said honestly.
Draco smiled and put them into a crystal vase with some water then looked at Harry. "Shall we go? The gondola is waiting." He said nervously.
Harry nodded and apparated them down and then helped Draco onto the gondola. As they were pushed through the water ways, under the beautifully shining stars, Draco started to softly sing.
Harry couldn't help but listen to the beautiful Italian coming from Draco's voice and gently put an arm around his shoulders.
Draco turned and smiled to Harry then bit his lip and gently kissed Harry's lips. "I have a confession for you." he said quietly and leaned against Harry's chest, listening to his heart. The past few days Draco hadn't been able to get the raven off his mind and he was so confused. He didn't know if he wanted to go further with the relationship or stop it where it was to continue their friendship.
"Harry? I-I think I might be in love with you." He said quietly and nervously stared at Harry for an answer.
Harry stared surprised at Draco then gently kissed his lips. "I think I might be in love with you too. But I think we might need to slow down just a little. We still need to get to know each other better, so nothing can be hidden." He said quietly.
Draco smiled and offered Harry a grape, which he gladly ate then smiled at him. "I think you're right. Just, will you wear this for me?" he asked and shyly held up a white gold promise ring.
Harry smiled and slowly slid it onto his finger. "Only if you will wear mine." He said and slid one that had roses engraved into it on Draco's finger.
"It feels as if we are engaged after just two dates." He admitted shyly.
Harry laughed and kissed Draco firmly. "Technically we are." He said softly.
Draco smiled and leaned his head against Harry's chest. "I couldn't ask for a better fiancé."
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