Albus awoke. His fluttering eyelids shuttering the view of his bedroom. He felt a comforting warmth at his waist and noticed Gellert's arm around him. Albus smiled. He took in Gellert's handsome features that were now vacant with sleep. His usually perfect blonde curls were unruly and wild. Wild...that described last night, explicitly.
Albus could feel his hair being brushed lightly. Gellert was awake.
"Good morning gorgeous!" Albus exclaimed heartily.
"Bwaning bwabe" Gellert croaked back yawning.
"Come on. Up you get" Albus nudged him gently.
"Can't bee just bie ere" Gellert adds sleepily and pretends to doze off. Albus rolls his eyes.
"Get off yeh lazy lump" Albus pushed him. Gellert groaned in protest.
"Didn't hear you complain last night" Gellert remarked smugly.
Albus turned a shade more cochineal than his hair and sighed placing a hand on his temple.
"What's wrong?" Gellert asked pouty faced as he sat up to get a better view of his paramour.
"It's just that-if Aberforth found out that we're- you know-"
"Boyfriends" Gellert completed. Satisfied with the way the word tasted.
"So are you going to shower first or are we going to-you know-to save time." Albus was indistinguishable from a tomato.
"I-I'll go first" he replied uncertainly and grabbed a towel.
Gellert groaned disappointedly.
They make their way down the rickety stairs. Grindelwald sporting Dumbledore's shirt and a pair of khaki shorts. Albus felt his hair being magically disheveled. Annoying Albus...Gellert's usual pass time...
The couple was spotted by Ariana who laughed immoderately after having caught sight of her brother's rowdy ginger mane.
"Morning" Gellert harped.
"Morning" she replied wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Nearly afternoon if yeh ask me" Aberforth growled.
"Nice to see you too" Gellert chimed dismissing Aberforth's obvious dislike.
"So, what's to eat?"
"Funny, I was going to ask you the same thing" Aberforth's gaze shifted to Albus for a millisecond.
"Hilarious. Thought you'd never ask." He grabbed Albus' hand and was about to dash off when he added cheerily.
"breakfast will be coming up in a moment- or was that lunch"
Ariana giggled. Gellert winked at her. Her usually pale complexion took on a pinkish tinge. Aberforth looked mutinous...
"We are going to make the most sumptuous of meals"
"That ambitious now, are we" Albus' lips tugged.
"Everyone knows the easiest way to a mans heart is through his stomach." Albus narrowed his eyes.
"You do know,I'm heart and soul yours"
"I do" Gellert replied happily.
"It's not you I'm trying to impress" he continued mischievously.
Albus had begun searching for ingredients, rummaging through cupboards and drawers.
"Ugh. Close to nothing in here. Merlins beard, we'll have to restock" he glanced at Gellert who looked as if Christmas had come early.
"Hogsmeade!"
"Hogsmeade?"
"Yes. Bathilda told me about it. The only wizarding village in all of England."
"Well...Er... there's this muggle store right around the cor-"Albus began but Gellert cut through.
"Hogsmeade it is" Albus shook his head in disagreement but gave in eventually.
"Give me your hand" and they disapparated...
