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She began to make the sandwiches so he could sit and tell her about his day so far, he watched her dreamily speaking slowly and lazily as he usually did.

He interrupted himself, "You look beautiful today, Y/n."

She blushed, her movements stuttering as she shook her head. She had messy hair that needed a wash, smudged lipstick and a pair of loose jeans and a jumper that actually belonged to him on. Harry had a way of making her feel completely flustered, like she was in a floor length gown when she was really just in lazy sloppy stained clothes. But to him, she practically was.

"Harry, do you do that just to make me lose my mind, or what?"

He giggled. "Well, partly, but it's like an itch I've got to scratch. I simply must tell you. Like when you look at a pretty sunset, you can't help but take a photo or tell everyone to come and admire it's beauty."

She rolled her eyes, a warmth filling her belly. "Sap."

"Hey!"

"I'm kidding, H. I just....feel speechless when you say things like that."

Harry grabbed her hand from across the bench and squeezed it.

They enjoyed their sandwiches with some of the bear tea which Harry said he liked, and they watched a few episodes of Friends because that was Harry's favourite show. It was becoming normal for them to do this sort of thing. Y/n then asked hopefully if he would come tonight.

He said he would be able to if he got back to it after the next episode. Y/n was glad to hear that.

"Do you want to use my study it's soundproof, you can do some Uni work or even take a nap, Petal. You look sleepy. Got much Uni to do?" He didn't want her to go, even if he was busy. He liked knowing she was pottering about. She began treating his home much like her own and he was happy. He loved finding things of Y/n's here and there, and her scent on his sheets. Or even a strand of her hair on his jumper.

She sighed at the thought of a nap and longed for a short one. "Oh, I'm so getting into your bed." Wondering why she hadn't thought of that earlier, he smiled amusedly and kissed the top of her head.

They finished the episode and then Y/n left him to go sleep in his bed. She turned on the fancy diffuser he had in his room, putting in a lavender-scented oil. He'd told her one day it was one he used before sleep, usually when she wasn't there to aid him with her soft scent and touch. She shut the curtains too to block out any light and stripped out of her clothes and slid inside his cool silky sheets. Her bare skin felt so cosy against the warmth of his bed.

She shut her eyes and when she woke up an hour and a half later she was surprised she had slept with such ease. She hadn't realised how tired she was. She thought it was probably because Harry's house and room were such a comfort to her now. The musky smell of his natural odour clung to the sheets, something that was just Harry — she loved it, and wasn't something that was easily washed away. The fact she could hear him doing his thing downstairs and talking made the perfect white noise.

The soft pillow he slept on each night was like a cloud and the hum of the diffusor was calming to her.

Her small rest was needed, and made her feel much perkier, she sat up groggily, still feeling slightly asleep and confused. She grabbed her phone to check the time. She rubbed her eyes softly getting up so she could go home and get ready. She told Harry she'd meet him there tonight, because she needed her clothes and makeup, and wanted to wash her hair. When she told him she'd get the train home he refused and got his driver to take her back home. He was always like that.

He gave her a kiss on her head goodbye and told her he'd see her tonight. She smiled brightly, and he gave her one back.

On the twenty-minute drive home, she felt like a politician or something. Or royalty even, like that scene in Princess Diaries when Mia's grandma shows up.