Once a Death Eater...

Chapter 16 - Boyfriends

The next morning the two boys woke, a tangle of limbs as they slowly opened their eyes to a new day. Draco woke first, gently staring up at Harry's sleeping form, watching his broad chest slowly rise and fall.

Harry's eyes soon opened, immediately staring into a pool of liquid grey. It was a great way to start a lazy Sunday morning. They lay for a few moments, looking into each other's eyes, the memories of last night swimming around their minds.

"Hey love, sleep well?" Harry said groggily, a smile stretching across his face as he pulled Draco in for a tight hug.

"Great sleep." Draco said, eyes falling shut as he embraced Harry. The two boys squeezing as close as they possibly can.

Ten, fifteen minutes pass before Harry's pulling Draco up out of bed, saying how they should go down to the Great Hall for breakfast. A sly smile on Harry's face as he mentions how they, "Can't fuck on a empty stomach." Causing Draco to laugh and bounce out of the bed.

The boys pulled on fresh robes, using the bathroom and ensuring that the evidence of last night's escapades are mostly cleaned away.

They made their way through the common room and down the corridors. Harry had an arm over Draco's shoulder as they walked. Well, Harry walked. For Draco, it were more of a slow, tense limp.

"Sore, babe?" Harry asked teasing as they made their way through the twisting corridors of the castle.

"Shut. Up." Draco said giving him a little glare, he felt like he was about of fall apart, dreading the cold, hard wooden benches they had to sit on in the Great Hall.

They eventually made their way to the main door, joining other students making their way through for breakfast. As they walked, they spotted their friends situating themselves at the eighth year table and slowly began making their way to them. Draco still limping slightly, trying to cover the pain pulsing from his bottom end.

They took their seats, Draco wincing as he sat, rocking uncomfortably on the wooden seats. They gave their friends a warm greeting and began to eat breakfast. Hermione, on the other end of the bench was eyeing Draco, a knowing glint in her eye and a sly smirk on her face.

She doesn't just know magic apparently, she knows the signs of a good fuck.

"Have a good night you two? You both left the evening meal and we didn't see you again." Hermione asked, huge grin on her face. She knew what she was doing as the entire table turned to look at them.

After making a quick excuse, that he and Draco went to the Astronomy Tower to watch the stars. Harry shot Hermione a playful glare, one that said, 'I'll get you back for this.'

Luckily, the others didn't dwell on this too long, seemingly buying in to Harry's lie and they started talking about their next trip to Hogsmeade instead. Harry and Draco listening to the conversation, picking at their breakfast and holding hands beneath the table.

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Having spent their day mostly in the library, completing some assignments on potions and charms. The two boys were finishing up, Draco looking through a big, dusty book for information about advanced potion chemistry and Harry flipping through the pages of a book aptly entitled, 'Potions for Dummies'.

Their was a comfortable silence between them and the library seemed mostly empty, a few students dotted around seemingly focused entirely on their own work. Draco was in deep concentration, engrossed in the secrets the old potions book was hiding. Harry was less than engrossed. Staring out the windows, then around the room, then at Draco, then back out the window.

It wasn't until Harry's eyes landed on Draco for the third time that he realised the grey eyes weren't actually moving, he wasn't actually reading. So what was he thinking about so intensely?

"Care to share? Love to know what's got you thinking so deeply, cause I see your eyes aren't moving." Harry said leaning over the table, speaking in a low voice as to not disturb the peacefulness surrounding them.

"Oh it's nothing really." Draco said dismissively, being pulled from his thoughts, waving Harry off and looking back down to the book.

"No, come on darling, I want to know." Harry pushed, taking Draco's hand into his own. Draco sighed, pushing the book away from him a little and looking up to meet Harry's eyes.

"It's just, well, what are you?" Draco asked, looking confused and a little scared.

"Care to elaborate?" Harry chuckled, wanting to ease the tension so obvious in Draco's speech and posture.

"I mean, are you like, gay?" Draco asked nervously, almost as if he were afraid of the response.

Harry sat and thought for a moment, everything happened between him and Draco so suddenly he barely had time to process his own emotions. They went from enemies, to friends, to lovers in almost no time. Sure, he liked being with Draco, he liked being with Ginny too for some time. It was a simple enough question by Draco, but it really got Harry thinking to what and who he was.

After some time Harry looked Draco in the eyes, squeezing his hand and letting a smile pull across his face.

"I'm bisexual darling, I like both men and women, but I really like you." He said with a little laugh, causing to Draco to smile, the nervous look disappearing from his features.

"And you, love? What are you?" Harry asked, the silence of the library making this moment feel much more intimate, much more special.

"Gay. I've know for sometime, I never thought I could say it though." Draco laughed a little, looking a little teary eyed, it was an emotional admission.

"Well, you can always be open and honest with me." Harry said softly, leaning over the table to plant a kiss on Draco's cheek.

"Thank you Harry." Draco said, laughing a little. He was grateful to have Harry in his life, he really helped to save him from the dark space he was in at the beginning of term.

"I wanted to ask you something as well." Harry began quite seriously, catching Draco a little off guard. "It's okay if the answer's no, but I wanted to know whether... whether you'd be my boyfriend?" Harry asked, for once seeming a little unsure of himself. He stared at Draco's hand in his, playing with his fingers and waiting for an answer. Draco stared at him dumbly for a few moments, trying to process the question he was presented with.

"Yes! Of course!" Draco said a little too loudly, the few people around them turning to give him a glare.

"Wonderful darling! Then it's official I guess, we're boyfriends now!" The two boys sat opposite one another, hand in hand, green staring into grey. The studying had been long forgotten as they stood from the table they were sat at, making their way from the library. Holding hands through the corridors and smiling like madmen, knowing that they officially get to call themselves boyfriend.

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