Harry landed in a large entrance hall. It was simple, but had simple hints of elegance. He grinned at Tom.
"Looks like you." He teased. Tom stuck out his tongue. "Is your tongue forked when you're in snake mode?" Harry asked curiously.
"Yes." Tom said, looking at him oddly. Harry smiled mischievously.
"That'll be fun." He concluded, walking through the house. It was near midnight where Tom lived.
"Bed?" Tom asked. Harry nodded tiredly, holding out his arms. Tom looked at him curiously. Harry pouted.
"Carry me." Harry explained. Tom smiled, picking Harry up easily.
"I'll show you around before we go shopping tomorrow." Tom promised as Harry snuggled into his arms.
"Kay." Harry agreed, clutching Toms shirt tightly. He smelt in the smell that was simply Tom.
Tom took them into his room. Harry smiled, looking at the room that was identical to the one in the RoR.
"I love your room." Harry admitted as he was set on his feet. He removed his trunk and Tom enlarged it. Harry shrugged, he didn't sleep in pajamas. He removed his clothes, down to his underwear. He stretched tiredly.
"Thank you." Tom shook his head as he, too, removed his clothes.
Harry shivered. It was going to be his first night sleeping in the same bed as his soul mate. And they were going to be partially naked. He jumped on the bed.
"Why do you have a fireplace?" Harry asked curiously.
"In case I want to cuddle up with a book." Tom shrugged, his cheeks pink. Harry smiled.
"That's cute." He said, wiggling under the covers. He held his arms out for Tom.
"I'm coming." Tom reassured, turning off the light. He lay in bed with Harry. Harry immediately cuddled up to him, sprawling halfway on Toms torso.
"Sorry." Harry didn't mean it at all. "I'm comfortable." He grinned against Toms bare chest.
"Yeah yeah. Imp." Tom chuckled, hugging Harry close to him. They fell asleep intertwined happily.
Harry awoke groggily. For a second, he didn't know where he was. Toms heartbeat reassured him, Harry tugged at his hair.
"Wake up, Tom." Harry asked. When Tom didn't wake up, Harry frowned. He grabbed a pillow and hit Tom in the face. "Wake up! I'm hungry!" He grinned. Tom looked at him quickly, rubbing at his eyes.
"You scared me!" Tom admitted, amused. Harry grinned cheekily.
"You've got to show me around and take me shopping, remember?" Harry inquired as he pulled on a pair of Toms sweats. Tom nodded, wrapping a silk green robe around himself.
"I remember." Tom promised, turning around to face Harry. Harry had snuck up right behind him. As soon as Tom turned, Harry kissed his lips deeply.
Tom moaned in surprise, wrapping his arms around Harrys neck. Harry wrapped his arms around Toms waist, resting them just at the small of his back. Tom gasped as Harry pulled away, but shivered as Harry started planting open mouth kisses along his jaw line and down his throat.
"Harry?" Tom breathed. Harry simply grinned against his neck. Harry bit where the shoulder meets the neck and licked at the bite mark. He sucked at it until he was sure it would leave a dark bruise. He pulled away, planting a final kiss to Toms lips smugly.
"Breakfast." Harry said with a happy smile, pulling Tom out of the room.
"Where did you learn to do that?" Tom asked. He thought Harry was a virgin but now he wasn't so sure. Harry laughed.
"I just knew." Harry said. "I read about it." He shrugged, happily.
"What's got you so happy?" Tom inquired, amused.
"I'm not at the Dursley's." Harry chirped. "And I'm with the love of my life." He smiled up at Tom.
"You love me?" Tom asked in surprise. Harry looked at him nervously.
"Don't you?" He bit his lip. Tom nodded.
"I do, but I'm just so surprised you said it on our second day together." Tom admitted. Harry looked at him, bemused.
"We just slept together. We kiss a lot." Harry said slowly. "We're soul mates. Of course I love you." Tom smiled and kissed him sweetly.
"Kitchen." He said as they entered the kitchen. Harry looked around in mock awe.
"Never seen one of these before." He whispered sarcastically. "Didn't work in one for most of my life." He stuck his tongue out at Tom.
"You told me to show you around." Tom pouted. "I was just doing what you asked." Harry rolled his eyes.
"You're doing perfect, love." Harry reassured, biting back a smile. Tom sighed, ruffling Harry's hair.
"After breakfast, we'll go shopping." Tom promised. Harry nodded, sitting with him at the table. Food popped in front of them, just like at Hogwarts.
"Cool." Harry grinned.
"What the hell?" Tom mumbled, standing and opening the window. Four owls flew in at once, sitting near Harry. Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Let's see. Dumbledore, Sirius, The Weasleys, and Hermione." He nodded, looking at each owl, all of which nodded accordingly. Harry pouted, sharing his bacon. He opened them as Tom watched curiously. Harry ate absentmindedly, subconsciously feeding the owls as he read.
"What do they say?" Tom inquired.
"All the same, basically. Why aren't you at the Dursley's, this is dangerous, owl me immediately, blah blah blah. Except Sirius said he'd kick my ass." Harry chuckled, pulling some parchment from under the plates.
"What are you saying?" Tom quirked his head, done eating. Harry finished each letter with a flourish, done with his food, as well.
"I'm safe, with a friend, none of their business, leave me alone, and in Sirius' case, 'you know I can beat your ass.'" Harry nodded, sending them all off. Tom chuckled.
"You're so sassy." He teased. They stood, motioning to go get dressed. Harry followed Tom as they walked, Tom showing him each room they passed.
Finally, they reached the bedroom. Harry dug in his trunk, pulling out some jeans and a flannel shirt. Tom dressed in a dress shirt and trousers.
"I'm glad to finally get stuff that fit." Harry mumbled, rolling up the sleeves.
Tom smirked as he directed them to the apparation point. He took them to Knockturn Alley on accident.
"Sorry, force of habit." He grimaced, thinking Harry might be upset. Harry shrugged.
"No problem." He grinned at Tom. "I come here all the time. It's hard to get certain books and potion ingredients in Diagon Alley. I can only steal so much from Snape." Harry told him as they walked to Diagon Alley.
"Wouldn't expect the Golden Boy to come here, let alone steal." Tom chuckled. Harry smiled cheekily as they entered into the light of Diagon Alley.
"I was originally supposed to be in Slytherin." Harry admitted before entering Madame Malkin's. Tom stood in shock for a minute before entering the clothing store.
"You're going to explain that." Tom warned as Harry ordered the clothes. Harry smirked.
"Maybe." His voice was a sing song tease.
"What are you getting?" Tom inquired, not wanting to have Harry throw a fit right then.
"Three sets of dress robes, one a dark emerald green, one a midnight purple, one a velvet black. A dark green cloak with a golden clasp in the shape of a snake. A dozen dress shirts and trousers, all different colors." Harry ticked off. "Dragon hide boots, and silk boxers. That was just for my personal enjoyment." Harry smirked as he was hoisted up to be measured.
"Good." Tom smiled. "Where do you want to go after this?" He asked.
"I want books and ice cream." Harry hummed. Tom laughed.
"Anything you want, love." Tom told him. Harry smiled sweetly.
"Anything?" Harry sang.
"What do you want?" Tom sighed fondly. Harry giggled excitedly.
"I want to get a tattoo!" He exclaimed. Tom rubbed his eyes.
"Of what?" He had to admit, it wasn't as bad as he thought Harry wanted.
"A basilisk wrapped around a sword with a blue phoenix flying around it. I found a spell that makes it move." Harry explained happily. Tom laughed a little.
"If you really want it." He smiled. Harry hopped down and kissed him chastely.
"Thank you." Harry whispered on his lips.
"You're so spoiled." Tom said, exasperatedly.
"It feels good." Harry admitted, blushing. He paid for the robes and him and Tom started walking to the ice cream parlor.
"Why?" Tom inquired. Suddenly, Tom felt a thousand feelings and memories hit him as Harry looked down. Abuse, neglecting, starvation, unlove. Tom realized Harry's past, it was strange how easily he hid it.
"Sorry." Harry croaked, stepping away, staring at his feet.
'Don't be. I'm sorry. I'll spoil you as much as I can.' Tom promised as he kissed Harry desperately. Harry kissed back, whimpering. Tom pushed him against a wall as he cupped Harry's cheek, pulling away.
"Please don't leave me." Harry whispered shakily. Tom could finally see below all the smiles and laughs Harry always was. Harry was a sad, broken, confused boy. Tom tried not to bite his lip in pain. He hugged Harry close to him.
"Never." Tom promised, refusing tears to fall. Harry held on desperately.
"Kay." Harry smiled reassuringly. "Ice cream?" He quirked his head, making Tom laugh and rest his head on Harrys shoulder.
"You are so perfect." Tom laughed. Harry pouted.
"Why are you laughing?" He demanded.
"Because you're so you." Tom smiled, looking into Harrys eyes. Harry grinned cheekily.
"I wouldn't want to be anybody else!" Harry exclaimed surely, nodding his head as he held Toms hand tightly.
They ordered a shake, Harry insisting he wouldn't be able to eat it by himself (it was huge). Harry and Tom had two straws and drank it out in the sun, a beautiful day. Harry and Tom had a debate over the school houses.
"I'm just saying, I'm more of a Slytherdor. I can be idiotic but I'm cunning and mischievous. I should've been in Slytherin, I'm not as boisterous as a Gryffindor." Harry explained, eating some ice cream.
"Then why did you pick Gryffindor?" Tom asked curiously. Harry shrugged.
"I was hated and now I was expected to be this perfect boy. Everybody told me Gryffindor was the perfect house so I asked for it." Harry shrugged. "I just wanted to be liked." Tom frowned. He was about to respond when they heard a dog bark. Harry paled.
A tired looking Remus Lupin walked out of Flourish and Botts with an irate Sirius.
"I'm sorry, Padfoot, I wasn't even supposed to take you out of the house." Remus grumbled. Sirius smelled a familiar smell and walked towards it. "Dammit Sirius, where are you going?" Remus asked himself as he followed the dog.
"We need to leave." Harry declared. Tom raised an eyebrow.
"You don't want to say hello to your godfathers?" He asked.
"They're going to take me back." Harry said desperately, trying to pull Tom up.
"I think you should say hello. You trust them." Tom stated, sitting Harry on his lap.
"But, but." Harry tried but Tom cut him off.
"They don't know what I look like, just say hi then I'll take you to get your tattoo you spoiled prat." Tom mumbled, kissing him sweetly.
Sirius trotted up to the tables, sniffing around confused. He saw a couple snogging and almost overlooked them until he saw the glasses on the table. Sirius barked in disbelief.
Harry jumped back in shock.
"Hi Sirius." He breathed, putting on his glasses and licking his bruised lips. Tom smirked. Sirius simply barked.
Remus finally caught up.
"Padfoot, what are you-?" He stopped short when he saw Harry sitting on a mans lap.
"Hi Moony!" Harry grinned, not moving from Toms lap.
"Harry?" Remus asked in disbelief. Sirius barked.
"I think Padfoot wants to go out into the muggle world." Harry hinted for Siruis' sake. He knew Sirius wanted to transform to yell at him. "I'm kind of busy today." Harry bit his lip.
"Harry! Do you know how much of a problem you're causing at headquarters?!" Remus asked. Harry blushed. Tom nudged his shoulder with his head for reassurance.
"Yeah, well, I'm a teenager. I need to rebel." Harry knew it was a lame excuse but he used it anyway. Remus glared at him.
"You're coming back with us." Remus told him, grabbing Harry's wrist. Harry's eyes widened in panic, his grip on Tom tightening.
"I'm sorry, Mister Lupin, but I cannot allow you to do that." Tom growled, pulling Harry away from his grip and hugging him close to him.
"And who are you?" Remus asked.
"I'm his soul mate." Tom hissed, matter of factly. Remus glared at him.
"Everybody knows that's really rare and is near impossible. Did you confund him?" Remus demanded. Toms mouth opened in shock.
"Excuse me, but we need to leave." Tom said politely but with an edge to his voice as he stood, Harry clutching desperately to him. Tom walked away, even when Remus and Sirius started to follow them He took Harry to the muggle world and lost the two in the crowds.
"I told you I didn't want to say hello." Harry mumbled, upset. "Can we just go home?" He asked, suddenly tired and hungry. Tom smiled.
"You don't want that tattoo?" Tom asked. Harry shook his head.
"I do, but not right now. Just, take me home." Harry sighed, resting his head on Toms shoulder. Tom nodded.
"I didn't think you would view it as your home." Tom told him, directing them to the nearest alley.
"Anywhere with you is home." Harry told him.
"That's cute." Tom teased lightly, kissing Harrys nose, loving the way he scrunched it.
Tom apparated them back to the manor.
"I love you." Harry told him before falling asleep in his arms.