"You're going to upset the House elves you know," Draco drawled as he walked into the kitchen.
"I've bribed them," Harry waved him off as he carried on mixing the cake batter in his bowl.
"With what? Can you bribe House Elves?" Draco looked amusingly perplexed as he sat at the counter.
"They're sorting through all the baby things and giving them a pre-pre wash, and I had them go shopping for suplies for me," Harry grinned.
"Why are you cooking? You clearly have remembered we have House elves if you had to bribe them to leave the kitchen,"
"I find it soothing," Harry shrugged.
"Soothing, its manual labour," Draco scrunched his nose as he watched Harry trying to balance the bowl to mix it without his stomach getting in the way.
"Its making something with your own hands that the people you care about can enjoy. Plus its fun to get messy every now and then,"
"Really?" Draco said doubtfully.
"Why don't you help me and see for yourself?" Harry suggested before smirking. "Unless of course you think you can't do it?"
"I can do anything that you can!" Draco rose to his challange as he had expected, standing and rolling his sleeves up.
"Why don't you start on cookies then?"
"They're burnt! Why are they burnt?!" Draco's hair was sticking up at all angles, flour streaking it liberally, streaked on his cheeks and clothes as well. He had a good bit of dough and peaunut butter covering him as well.
"I told you, its like potions you have to watch the temperature on the cooker, plus you left them in for too long," Harry said as he poured his mix into cupcake mixes.
"What are you two up to?" Severus' drawl had them both looking up.
"I'm teaching Draco to bake," Harry explained calmly while Draco eyed his godfather suspiciously, it seemed he had not quite forgotten Severus' previous actions.
"What are you making?"
"Draco is making peanut butter and chcolate chip cookies, I'm baking some cakes," Harry smiled.
"You need to turn the temperature down," Severus hummed as he looked in the cooker Draco was using.
"Hey!" Harry grinned when one of Severus' hands shot out and stole one of his still cooling cupcakes.
"They're best while they are still warm," Severus smirked.
"Is this right?" Draco asked.
"A little further, and here," Harry carefully threw the baking paper with the burnt cookies away and spelled a new sheet onto the tray. Quickly and with clear practice he lay out six new balls of dough onto the tray and levitated it over to Draco. "Now it says that its ten minutes on the recipe, but it can be quicker or slower, plus the top tray will cooker quicker than the bottom, so you need to keep an eye on them and swap the bottom to the top and put a new tray in once they're done," Harry explained.
"Ok," The blonde nodded determined.
"Want to lick the other spoon?" Harry offered Severus as he scooped out the last bit of batter.
"Only if you share the bowl," Severus raised his eyebrow as Harry chuckled.
"Are you eating raw batter?!" Draco frowned.
"Its the best part!" Harry laughed already scooping a good amount out to eat.
"Really?" Draco tilted his head as he watched his godfather to the same.
