Harry chuckled and brought her in closer to him, knowing this was hard despite their joking and teasing on the matter. Their whole lives had been flipped upside down in more ways than one and they were left trying to pick up what strands they could. Although, ultimately, Harry knew it was for the best they knew now rather than later but all the same, it wasn't what he wanted for his best friend. "The brightest witch of our age marrying a man like Ron? Probably thought those test scores were just a fluke," he said giving her a teasing look. "Now wondering what Ginny could potentially see in me? Fair, very fair question," he said with a laugh.

It didn't feel or seem natural at all now that he had clear eyes to look at the situation rationally. How far back did the manipulation start? He could only truly guess and feared it was from Molly Weasley's words at the train station.

He exhaled a soft breath and nodded in agreement. "I really hope they were not part of Molly's manipulations. Ron says they weren't under our very own truth seat but still..."

Harry wanted to know that Fleur and Bill were happy and obscenely in love. They deserved that much after all they had been through.

He smiled, glad that she hadn't responded negatively to the kiss. Not that he truly thought she would but he didn't want to push too much or do anything she didn't want. The fact that she sighed and then kissed him again made his heart soar. Her words though - her words were everything especially now knowing how much of his life had continued to be manipulated by outside forces. "Thank you," he said again as he kissed her once more, bringing her in closer. Because really, there were no other words other than 'thank you'. Thank you for being a constant best friend. Thank you for being so brilliant and finding the cure to their unknown problem. Thank you for being here right now with him. There was... so much to thank her for. And for giving him back his life free of that manipulative family.