Title: Paintball
Author: vanessawolfie
Beta and huge help in finishing this:bleedforyou1
Recipient: hildigunnur
Word count: 463
Rating : PG-13
Warnings: Men kissing..
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns it all ... I just got to play in it...
Pairing: Harry/Ron
Summary: Harry wants to take Ron out on a date but there's a problem. So he by-passes it.
Notes: So... I was so bummed out by this .. MY muse just up and left me seeing those prompts. I don't know why but there is a long time until I'll write Paintball again... apparently. I got so much help from bleedforyou1 who fixed up my basic idea for this. But I think it worked out between the two of us. Please review ...

Paintball

Harry was apprehensive about his plan, but decided to go for it. See, Harry wanted to take his boyfriend, Ron, out on a fun date, but the problem was… well, Ron. He would get all nervous about the date, and about being seen with Harry out in public, considering the papers were still saying all kinds of things about Harry being gay and Ron being his boyfriend. Because of that, Harry tried to think of something that wouldn't come off as a date, but would still be fun and exciting to help out the social part of their relationship. He decided to take Ron out to play some paintball—a fun Muggle sport that Harry had loved as a kid, on the few times that Dudley needed a small partner. The idea was sound—it was going to be fun, they'd be able to compete a little, get mildly physical—and with any luck, they'd be washing the gritty paint off each other…

"What are we doing here, Harry?" Ron asked, looking confused in front of the paintball ground.

"I told you, we're going to have some fun. It's a really exciting Muggle game. We'll be components and shoot at each other with paint. We'll fight until one of us gives up. And no magic!" Harry answered, sounding a tad bit annoyed and a bit amused.

"I've always loved this game," Harry continued, when Ron didn't say anything in reply. "I didn't feel like dragging the other guys to do this. Dean still thinks I'm going to steal Ginny away. It's not like they don't know I'm dating you, I think he thinks I'm just playing around." With that said Harry leaned close to Ron and kissed him.

"I love you, Ron. And though other people might not get it, I'm not playing around with you. They'll just have to face the fact that I'm gay, I love you as more than a friend, and the papers just have to deal with it."

"I know, Harry. I love you too… Let's do this now," Ron said, with a very Gryffindor-like tone. Harry loved it—the masculinity and bravery that Ron developed when faced with a challenge.

Once on the paintball field, they shot at each other time after time and laughed and ran and had fun for almost two hours. When they stopped, Ron was covered in paint and Harry had some himself as well.

"That was fun. But I think you're a little dirty, Weasley."

"Well, Mr. Potter. What are you going to do about that?"

"Maybe I'll just clean you up. How would you like that?" Harry winked, setting his gun to the ground with Ron's and taking him into his arms. He Apparated them home, directly into their large bathroom.