You Have to Ask

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First he had to get a last minute emergency annulment for a business contract between Malfoy Co. and one of his French suppliers because of the money laundering scandal that broke the previous morning, needless to say, his team of lawyers were pissed and demanded he payed them double. 800 galleons an hour, really? Then, his father chose to show up in the middle of the whole fiasco to row with him about finding a wife. Lucius always had impeccable timing. Then he found out how incompetent his temporary replacement secretary was when she scheduled him for three very important meetings at same damn time. On top of it all, Hermione still wasn't speaking to him and - well, today had been a terribly rotten day.

And now, after finally escaping to his home at 12:45AM, he just wanted to sleep. That's all he wanted, his nice, soft bed and good seven hours of sleep.

He stripped off his clothes lazily, leaving them laying haphazardly on the bedroom floor as he stumbled blindly through the bathroom door and into the shower.

After scrubbing away the dirt, grime and stress of the day with what little energy he could muster, he rested against the shower wall and let the hot water wash him clean. It took him another twenty minutes to gather enough motivation to leave the shower, dry off and pull on a pair of pyjama bottoms and took the last of his energy reserve to land himself in bed.

He was just about settled in bed, on the brink of falling into blissful slumber, enjoying the feel of being all wrapped up in fluffy blankets and the warm body besi - wait, warm body? That's not right, there wasn't suppose to be another warm body, he was alone.

The thought of some random person sleeping in his bed shook him out of his sleep-depraved haze. He sat up quickly, wand-ready and threw the blankets back. The intruder moaned in sleepy protest against the loss of warmth. He let out a relieved breathe when he saw her unruly curls spread out over his pillow.

"Granger?"

"Mmm?"

"Granger, wake up." he shook her gently.

"Draco?"

"Yes, Draco, who else would it be?"

"You're here." she mumbled.

"Yes, I am here, where I should be. You, however - " he started, but reconsidered, "do you know you're in my bed?"

"Of course, I know." she said, finally opening her eyes.

"Uh, why?"

"Can I not sleep in my boyfriend's bed?" Now, he was definitely confused.

"Boyf-ugh" he was not in the mood to think. He dropped his face into his hands before looking back to her tiredly, "I distinctly remember you saying I was not your boyfriend, 'Draco Malfoy, you are not my boyfriend, stop telling people that.' were your exact words and you've refused to speak to me since. And now almost three weeks later, you're in my bed? Granger, forgive me, but I am thoroughly confused."

She sighed, rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and sat up, but avoided his gaze.

"Yeah, about that" she looked up and cleared her throat quietly, "I've reconsidered and I've decided that we're in a relationship."

"You have decided that we're in relationship?" he repeated dumbly.

"Uh, yes?"

"You've decided?" he smirked.

"Yes, that's what I said, Malfoy." now she was getting annoyed with his repetitiveness. He was amused.

"Granger, " he said smiling now, "you can't just decide to be in a relationship with someone. You have to ask."

"Wha - no, I don't." he cocked his head to the side and raised one questioning brow.

"Well, if you're not happy with the decision all you have to do is say so." she was upset and embarrassed now. As she made to leave off his bed, Draco grabbed her arm and pulled her back on and into his arms.

"I didn't say that."

"Yes, well, your attitude says otherwise."

"Forgive me, I've a horrible day."

She relaxed in his embrace and her voice softened "Oh, I heard." he sighed and buried his face in her hair.

"Well?" he asked expectantly.

"What?"

"Aren't you going to ask me?" she could feeling him smiling.

"No."

"Granger, you have to ask me."

"No."

"Please?" he whined into her neck. She was silent for a few seconds.

"Ugh, you're not going to let this go, are you?"

"Nope."

"Fine," she inhaled deeply, "willyoubemyboyfrienddraco?"

"What was what, love? I didn't hear you." he laughed lightly, kissing her neck.

"Draco," she complained, "don't make me say it again."

"Again? You hardly said it the first time"

She whimpered and turned to bury her face into his bare chest.

"Will. You. Be. My. Boyfriend?" she ground out, she couldn't help the desperation that slipped in on the last word.

"Well, how can I refuse, you asked so nicely." he chuckled.

"This isn't funny, Draco. I'm serious."

"I know, I know." he pulled her hair from her face, pressed his lips to hers firmly and breathed, "Yes."

Author's Note: Thanks for reading. Reviews are appreciated. :)