Midnight Stroll

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Chapter 4: Dinner

Harry and Draco made it to Severus’s rooms at six-twenty and knocked on the door. They heard shuffling behind the door before it opened to show Lucius Malfoy standing behind it in a white button up with the first few buttons undone, and a pair of black pants.

“Come in; don’t stand out there all day.” Lucius said and ushered them inside.

When they walked in Harry stared in surprised, the rooms were not what he expected at all. The walls were a deep chocolate brown, the floor was covered in a cream colored rug, and nice plush black velvet chairs and couches cover the area. While Harry was inspecting the room he did not notice that Severus had entered the room or that he, Lucius, and Draco were watching him.

Harry was pulled from his admiring when someone cleared their throat very loudly, Harry turned and looked up to see Draco smiling at him, and that Lucius and even Severus had a small smile on their faces. Harry blushed at being caught not paying attention, and bowed his head to hide a shy smile.

“Now Mr. Potter, I’m sure you are wondering why Lucius and I invited you and Draco to dinner, but mostly why we invited you, correct?” Severus stated.

Harry looked up and stared at Severus with a blank look on his face, ‘Did he just speak to me and not insult me all in one question?” Harry thought to himself. It then hit Harry that he was asked a question and slowly nodded his head to signify that yes, he was quite curious as to why they had invited him.

Severus nodded and was just about to answer when there was a popping sound in the kitchen signaling that dinner had arrived. Severus ushered everyone into the kitchen to sit down for dinner. Once everyone was seated he went to explain why they had invited Harry in the first place.

“You see Harry, Draco told us how you happened to come across me and Lucius last night,” Harry shot Draco a glare while all the time blushing as he did so. “He also told us how he confronted you, and that you told him that you wouldn’t have told anyone anyways. Then to our great surprise, when Lucius and I were going to go to Hogsmeade we hear you telling your former friends that we had helped keep the Death Eaters from getting you while you were fighting with Voldemort. We just wanted to thank you for what you said and that you are willing to keep our secret.” Severus said in the nicest way he could muster up.

Harry just sat there staring at Severus as if he had grown another head, before he came back to himself and smiled at Severus and Lucius before replying, “Well it really is none of my business what you do in your free time, and you two really did help me greatly in the final battle. If it weren’t for you two and some of the other Death Eaters that turned at the last minute I probably would be dead right now. It really is funny if you think about it, I had more help from Death Eaters then I did from my friends and the Order that never showed up. But it is really sad too, I’m just glad that I lived so I don’t really care, I’m still grateful for the amount of help I received.” Harry flashed a smile at all of them before taking a bit of his food.

Dinner went smoothly after that, they all talked about pretty much anything they could think of. Harry found out that Severus really was a nice guy when he wasn’t surrounded by students and now that Voldemort is dead. Harry also found out that Lucius really was a caring man, and that he loved the people he cared about deeply. Severus found out that Harry really is good at potions he just always had to deal with Slytherins throwing things in his caldron, and now that they stopped the Gryffindors had started up. Lucius found out that his son was head over heels for Harry, if the staring with that smile on his face was anything to go by that is. He also found out that Harry really was a nice young man, and that he shouldn’t have had to go through so much for such a young boy, not that Draco hadn’t already known that, but he found that Harry has a very beautiful smile.

The boys stayed for a little while after dinner talking to Severus and Lucius. They didn’t leave until close to ten o’clock at night. Severus and Lucius showed then out and told them to come back anytime they wanted to. When the door closed behind them Draco pulled Harry up against him and kissed those petal soft lips that he had been waiting hours to touch with his own. Draco ran his tongue over Harry’s lips asking for entrance which Harry gladly granted. When Draco finally pulled out of the kiss he smiled down at Harry and said in a very soft voice, “Do you want to go back to my room?”

Harry smiled up at Draco and could only nod his head yes before he was pulled down the hall by a very happy Draco Malfoy.

TBC