AN: So this was originally going to be a oneshot, and this won't be a particularly long fic because I still need to work on "Occlumency Lessons", but several of you have asked for more, so here's more :) I hope you all enjoy!

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There was a knock on Severus's door the next morning. Severus looked up and closed his book before answering the door. "Harry?" he said, surprised. "Poppy let you leave the hospital wing so early?"

"No." Harry grinned a little, and Severus wondered what Poppy would do when she arrived at the hospital to find Harry missing. "Can I come in?"

"Of course," Severus said, closing the door behind Harry. "Did you need anything? You're here quite early." It wasn't even seven in the morning, and classes would be starting soon.

"Yes, to talk about last night," Harry informed him. "I would have waited until after classes ended for the day, but I couldn't wait that long."

Severus swallowed nervously, putting on the stoic expression he saved for deep conversations like this. Even with Harry, after years of friendship, he occasionally felt uncomfortable. Harry was an honest, blunt person, and Severus was very secretive. In that way, they were opposites, even though they were quite alike in general.

"What about last night?" Severus asked casually.

Harry sighed. "Don't do this, Severus, please," he said. "You know what I mean." Green eyes met onyx eyes, and Severus didn't stand a chance. Not when Harry looked at him like that.

"I..." The words caught in Severus's throat, and he swallowed again. "I liked the kiss, Harry. I really liked it."

Harry's face lit up with such happiness that it startled Severus. He had never been sure of the depth of Harry's feelings for him, but now he wondered if Harry's feelings were deeper than Severus ever thought possible. After all, who would be attracted to the greasy git in the dungeons?

"Don't think so little of yourself, Severus." Harry stepped forward, closer than Severus normally was comfortable with, but this time he found he didn't mind. "I can see it all over your face." Severus's eyes widened. "I know you better than most people and I can see right through that mask of yours. You don't have to hide from me."

Severus blinked in surprise. "Thank you, Harry."

Harry smiled and reached for Severus' hands, squeezing them. The Potions Master felt his heart skip a beat. "I liked the kiss, too," Harry said, his voice barely above a whisper.

Before Severus could open his mouth to reply, they were kissing, and Severus found himself melting into the kiss. Harry gasped against his mouth as Severus wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled Harry against him. The Gryffindor's warm body pressed against his, and a moan escaped Severus's lips. Severus licked Harry's tongue with his own, smirking into the kiss when Harry whimpered. The kiss was hot and hungry, nothing like the sweetness of last night's kiss. It was the result of years of friendship, years of deep feelings held back by both of them, neither willing to admit their love for the other.

But things had changed. They had both changed as the years had passed, and even so they were closer than they'd ever been.

Severus pulled away from Harry's delicious lips, both of them gasping for breath. Harry's nose brushed against Severus's. "You do have an abnormally large nose," Harry teased.

If anyone else had said that to Severus, hell would have broken loose, but it was an old inside joke between Severus and Harry after what had happened with the Maurader's Map in Harry's third year, before they became friends. "What now?" Harry asked him, startling Severus out of his thoughts.

"Now we eat breakfast," Severus suggested.

Harry rolled his eyes. "I'm serious, Severus."

"Well..." Severus pulled him close again, brushing a lock of hair out of Harry's eyes. "If you agree to keep this a secret, we may try a relationship and see what happens."

"Do you mean it?"

Severus smiled, the smile he saved only for Harry. "I mean it." Their lips brushed again, softly, and Severus felt his heart flutter. "Now let's go eat breakfast. I meant it before."

Harry laughed, and followed Severus out of his rooms and to the Great Hall.

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