“yeah, you don’t look so good,” potter said.
“i don’t need your ommentary,” drao sried to suppress a sneeze.
“this is silly, drao! why do me h?”
“exuse me, you’re the one eared in my firepe unannouned, and iain?” drao raised an eyebro you had poor maer, but holy.” he tried to hide how muh he was enjoyihough there was still a tiny bit of wariness lurking in the bak of his mind.
&ter whined. “my king to hurt.”
“i like having you oually.”
“oh, really?” potter said, his lips strething into an impish grin. “is it too soon to make a virgin joke?”
drao made a hoking sou his heeks heating up. “potter, i think it’s time fo.”
& give any indiation of doing what drao had told him, whih was highly irritating.
“go away a me sleep.”
“dohat,” potter said out that was almost too adorable to resist.
“i’m telling you, potter, i’m sik, and i’m out of pepperup potion, so—”
“but i got oer said in a sing-so let me h.”
drao sowled at him as he sunk lower in his armhair, unwilling to admit defeat. “i’ll ask bise to get me some,” he said stubbhtening his grip on the b.
&he pouty fae again. ugh. “do you really not want to see me?”
drao hesitated, his eyes o’s not fair,” he murmured unthinkingly.
“what was that?”
“ugh! fihrough, you insufferable prat!”
potter made a triumphant whooping sound before his fae vanished. a mreeed iter stepped out of it.
“merlin, dra in here! no wonder you’re sik. have you fotten how to ast a heating harm?”
“my magi has been a bit off sihis stupid old,” drao muttered. before potter approahed him, he fliked his wand wordlessly. mere seonds ter, drao felt like he was sittiernoon sun, warm ahe other man’s haially when potter held out the pepperup potion to him.
“what do you waurn?” he asked.
potter smiled at him, deviously. “what makes you think i wahiurn?”
drao gave him a look that said far more than words. pered, dropped the potion in drao’s p, and plopped down on the sofa opposite of him.
“i was going to ask if you want to ome over for dinner,” he said, nonhant.
“dinner,” drao ehoed. “you wao ome over for dinner.”
potter simply nodded and rossed his legs, strething his arms out o. he looked far more omfortable than he should have, drao deided.
&ake the potion so we ao mi souieo ask him why he was so keen on spending so muh time with drao was getting stronger. holy, he didn’t uand it at all, but he felt drained already. maybe it was best to leave that partiur an of worms unopened for now.
tipping his head bak, drao dowiohe burion i. the effet was instantaneous.
&er?” potter asked.
&er,” drao replied, shrugging off the b.
&’s go, then.”
& ha,” dra from the armhair.
“why? what y is fine.”
“i’m not dressed for dinner,” drao insisted.
“you look great, now ome on.”
drao bit bak his retort, potter’s rushed ompliment shh him like an arrow. he ker had just said that to shut him up, but his stomah seemed to think it riate to unleash a massive swarm of butterflies, whih started fluttering around inside him happily.
“you oming?” potter said when drao didn’t move. he furrowed his brows i puzzlemeill didn’t move, he reahed for his hand. if o. when drao’s ski with potter’s, it arks were flyihem. oual sparks.
“what—”
potter jumped when the firepe behind him suddenly roared and his jumper nearly aught on fire. he whirled around, shoked.