A Thank You Kiss

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When Harry entered the Great Hall it buzzed as though the whole school was present. Though as soon as Harry entered the buzzing or even breathing died out immediately. Harry saw every pair of eyes fixed on him with different amount of anger, fear, disbelief or in Fred and George\'s case admiration which they showed by putting thumbs up into the air before they haven\'t received their own portion of angry glares from Mrs. Weasley. He could see that there was only one person who sneered at him as usually and thanked God that at least something stayed the same. Though at closer inspection Harry found out that not so the same as long as Snape who was the one to sneer also looked quite amused and Harry was sure if not for Dumbledore\'s serious gaze at the Potions Master he would burst out laughing. He proceeded towards the table slowly and sat at the very edge of it trying to look innocently unaware of anything at all until Sirius thrust the newspaper right into his face. Harry had only a moment before he could think that Lucius was right and they indeed made for a nice cover before lifting his gaze to meet Sirius\' furious one.

\"That\'s not what you think.\" was the first thing that left his mouth and he could swear he heard Snape snort loudly. Sirius looked deadly calm.

\"Oh, really? Not what everyone else here and I think? Then maybe you will tell me Harry what is it because all I can see is you and Lucius Malfoy kissing on the front page of the Daily Prophet!\"

\"You\'re saying it as if we meant to get on the front page.\" said Harry anger rising inside of him that to match Sirius but under his godfather\'s gaze he decided that it would be better to continue with explanation: \"Technically, yes, we are kissing but it\'s really not what you might think.\"

\"So why don\'t you tell me what I have to think when I see my godson kissing with a Malfoy!\" yelled Sirius.

\"Don\'t yell at me.\" said Harry stubbornly, \"I did nothing wrong! And if you so want to know then know that we are not kissing but it is me who is kissing Lucius Malfoy!\" yelled Harry back.

\"It should have made me feel so much better?\"

\"I don\'t really care, you know. It wasn\'t even a real kiss and I don\'t see why making so much fuss about it.\"

\"Not a real kiss? It looks pretty real to me.\"

\"Well, maybe you should attend some specialized courses where you will be trained to distinguish between a real kiss and just a thank you kiss because I\'m definitely not going to teach you.\"

Snape snorted once again and Harry definitely heard him say \"Ten points to Gryffindor, Potter.\"

\"A thank-you kiss? And what is that supposed to mean?\"

\"Tell us Potter because your godfather can hardly know what an expression \'thank you\' means.\" drawled Snape evidently totally amused at the row Sirius and Harry were having now with everyone\'s attention glued to the two of them in rapt silence.

\"Shut up Snape! You must find it extremely amusing seeing Harry kissing with your Death Eater buddy.\" snapped Sirius venomously.

\"The war is over, Sirius and there is no need to involve professor Snape or his \'Death Eater buddies\' into it.\" snapped Harry just as venomously back.

\"The fact that the war is over doesn\'t change the fact that they were Death Eaters.\"

\"If you say so and as long as your attention shifted to the past I suppose present doesn\'t matter much anymore and I can have breakfast.\" said Harry sarcastically.

\"Not before you will explain why you were giving Lucius Malfoy a \'thank you\' kiss as you call it. And pray tell me why couldn\'t you thank him for Merlin knows what with words?\"

\"Because kiss is so much more effective!\' yelled Harry full force making Sirius stare at him wide-eyed and the rest of the population jump up in their seats. Even Dumbledore looked startled.

\"Effective?! Oh, I see. So what did he do so grand that you had to make your thank you so effective? Because frankly I can hardly imagine Lucius Malfoy doing anything that deserved any sort of gratitude and effective…Well what was it?\"

\"I thanked him for his present.\" said Harry calmly.

\"Present? What present?!\"

\"Birthday present.\"

\"Why would he be giving you a birthday present?!\"

\"I had birthday yesterday.\" said Harry as if he was explaining obvious things to someone very slow.

\"I know that! But why would Lucius Malfoy know that?\"

\"I told him.\"

\"Why did you tell him?\"

\"Because he asked me.\"

\"Asked you what?\"

It was getting rather ridiculous in Harry\'s opinion.

\"He asked me if there was anycialcial occasion, Sirius, and I told him that it was my birthday.\" Harry said in the tone of voice that clearly said well-isn\'t-it-obvious-you-idiot? And Sirius seemed to feel the implication.

\"You told him that it was your birthday and he decided to give you a present and then you decided to thank him and instead of using verbal means decided to use your mouth.\" stated Sirius seething and boiling.

Harry smirked:

\"You got it.\"

Sirius\' jaw dropped, everyone goggled and Snape snorted once again.

It took some time for Sirius to regain his calmness if it could be called that to continued his cross-examination.

\"I see that he also managed to give you several lessons on your facial expressions. I\'ve definitely never seen you smirking before or is this particular expression transfers through a one kiss with Lucius Malfoy?\"

\"I don\'t think that the kiss we shared was enough to transfer anything at all, Sirius.\" said Harry now totally enjoying the situation.

\"Oh, I see. Wouldn\'t mind repeating experience then Harry?\" asked Sirius anger taking the best of him.

\"Yeah, wouldn\'t mind.\" said Harry brazenly.

At that Sirius saw red and slapped Harry hard across the face. Everyone at the table gasped even Snape. Harry put a hand to his burning cheek and hissed.

\"You have no right to hit me!\"

\"I have all the right as long as I am your godfather.\"

\"Being my godfather doesn\'t give you the right neither to hit me nor tell me with whom where and how long to kiss. Even if the person I\'m kissing is Lucius Malfoy.\"

Harry stood up and his chair fell with a bang on the floor. He gave Sirius a look Snape so often received and stormed out of the Hall. He was already at the entrance when he turned abruptly and shouted\"

\"I suppose you are dying to know what was the present?\"

With that he unbuttoned his collar and everyone saw a glittering silver-emerald necklace gracing Harry\'s neck shining and dazzling in the sun coming from the windows capturing their gaze and taking away their breath.

\"Oh and by the way, he\'s picking me up tonight at 7. I thought I\'d let you know. So don\'t worry, Sirius I will have enough time to repeat and prolong the experience.\" said Harry calmly.

\"You\'re not going!\" roared Sirius lunging after Harry but couldn\'t make it as long as he was stopped by Remus Lupin.

\"Watch me.\" deadpanned Harry

And that was the last thing that they heard from him before he ran out of the Hall.

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