This was very quickly turning into a mess, Draco decided, feeling something knot in his stomach. He hastily moved to sip his tea, setting the cup down again a half-second later, his eyes still averted.

Until, of course, Scorpius came out with that admission - quite literally, too - and Draco couldn't not look up at him, studying the boy curiously and wth slightly wide eyes. That wasn't what he'd expected.

"Well," he murmured slowly, blinking once. "That's a surprise."

A beat. "Not...a bad one, necessarily. I- Well, I suppose you can figure out that I...probably don't mind that much."