"Madam Pomfrey's going to take the bandages off… I was hoping you could be there with me?" Harry asked after standing in silence in front of the headmaster's desk whilst Severus went through some paperwork. The other looked up. He was about to ask just how the other had managed to injure himself again, but then he remembered which bandages the other was referring to.

"Are you sure?" he asked. Harry was trying not to look at him in the eye and nodded.

"Yes… I want you there." He said softly. Severus nodded.

"Then I'll be there. At what time?" He asked. Harry fidgeted on the spot.

"Now?" Harry finally looked up, glancing at the pile of paperwork the other was working on, and the amount he still had left to do. Severus looked at his work and put the quill away before standing.

"Very well then, let's go." Harry blushed as Severus put down his work just for him and was tempted to reach for his hand and hold it, but he knew it wasn't appropriate whilst the other was working, so he settled with just following closely beside him.

"Does it still hurt?" Severus asked as they passed along an empty corridor. Harry smiled and shook his head.

"No, I think it's mostly closed up now." He said gently. Severu's remembered Greyback then. The words that made Severus' blood boil. And Harry's growling. Was that from Greyback's scratches? There were little things also, that he noticed from Harry's behaviour, he followed him around everywhere. He also seemed to look up before anyone knocks at the door, even when Severus himself hadn't heard anything yet.

The other hadn't mentioned getting bitten… but then again when it came to Greyback he hardly wanted to mention anything.

Madam Pomfrey took the bandages off with care. The other would have permanent scars it would seem. They were wide, though fully healed. Four on each side, going diagonally from its starting point just below his neck to his waist, below the ribs.

"There, fully healed now." She said gently. Harry looked at Severus who nodded encouragingly at him. Harry stood and went to look at himself on a conjured mirror.

They were not a pretty picture. Madam Ponfrey left them alone, the curtains drawn around them. Severus came over to him and held him close. With his arms wrapped around him he leaned in and kissed where the scars began.

"All these uncontrollable powers and I can't heal all these scars." Harry mumbled.

"Scars don't define you." Severus said. Harry chuckled gently at that and turned to face him, kissing him.

"No they don't." He smiled and reached to put his shirt back on, though Severus made a bold move by placing his hands on the other's still exposed waist. Harry blushed but pretended not to notice the other's thumbs massaging his back. Severus helped roll the other's shirt down as it became bundled at the back. Harry shuddered gently as he felt the back of the other's fingers trailing down his back.

He looked at the other who was looking at him so intensely. Harry reached to kiss him when the screeching from a couple of first years running into the infirmary shocked them apart. The curtains were drawn but it was enough of a surprise to help them remember just where they were.

Harry smiled biting his bottom lip before stepping back. Severus' hand lingered on the other's neck for a couple of seconds longer before going out to see just what trouble the first years were causing.

-o-O-o-

Harry wanted to tell him. He had to gather up the courage and tell him what happened. He knew he needed to get it off his chest. Whilst previously he would have just kept it locked inside now he had come to trust Severus… especially since he had viewed all of Severus' memories. Tonight he would tell him. Maybe.

"Are you studying properly Harry? We hardly see you around anymore." Hermione said gently. Harry looked up at them as he pushed his food around his plate.

"Well, you guys are always together, so I've been studying in Snape's rooms." Harry said. Somehow saying Severus casually didn't feel natural yet. Only when he was with the other it did.

"It's good that you're getting closer mate, though for a minute we thought you had gotten closer to Krum." Ron said.

"What? How did you-?" He looked at Hermione who smiled guiltily.

"He told me Harry, we've been good friends since fourth year." Ron rolled his eyes annoyed at that.

"Well… nothing happened. We're just friends too." He said simply.

"I'm very glad to hear that Potter." Draco said as he came up behind them. Harry rolled his eyes and turned to look at Draco with a charming smile.

"How are the wedding plans going Draco?" He asked sweetly smiling. Draco eyed him nervously as if he were about to strike him. Considering all of Draco's slips of the tongue until now he wouldn't be surprised if the other had something planned.

"They are going well, I just came to tell you that since you're the maid of honour, you should be there when Luna goes and picks out her dress."

"Oh, of course." Harry said. He heard Luna mention something about a specialised merchant coming to Hogsmead this weekend.

"Wonderful, my mother is also coming. She'll be taking you both for tea afterwards. Have fun." He said patting Harry on the back and marching off with a satisfied smirk.

Harry took a couple of seconds to register that. He was having tea with Narcissa Malfoy this weekend. Narcissa Malfoy. He looked up at the teacher's table where Severus was talking to professor Flitwick, probably about the accident the first years had earlier today. When he turned back to look at his friends, some looked worried whilst also managing not to laugh at his predicament.

"Tea with Narcissa Malfoy. That should be… fun." Neville tried to say encouragingly but frowned at how his words sounded, and instantly, his friends who had tried to keep it in started laughing.