NUMB WITHOUT YOU | Draco Malfoy

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The next thing I knew I was back in the middle of Draco Malfoy's flat and he was storming off towards his bedroom. He slammed the door shut leaving me standing there alone to process all the information collected from our trip to Malfoy Manor. I left there more confused than when I had arrived.

"Rory, what did you do to him this time?" Blaise asked as he looked up at me from the couch where he had been lounging and reading a book.

"Why do you immediately assume that I had anything to do with it?" I scowled and sat down next to him. "He was already like that, I'll have you know."

Blaise raised a brow, "Because it's been that way since we were kids with absolutely everything. Every good mood, every bad. It's always been because of you. Even when it's not explicitly about you, it's still about you. I thought you knew that."

"Can you quit talking so cryptically and just say what you mean, Blaise?" I rolled my eyes and leaned my head back into the couch cushion. "It's really annoying."

Blaise stretched out and threw his legs over my own just like he always used to do in the Slytherin Common Room after a long day, "I don't think I'm being cryptic at all, actually. I think you're just ignoring the glaringly obvious."

"Where's Theo?" I asked pushing away from the subject of Malfoy and his mood swings. Theo's absence had suddenly became very loud within the confines of the room. Normally I was getting picked on by the two of them, and now it was just the one.

"He's got some new bird." Blaise said as he flipped a page of his book dramatically, "They've spent so much time locked up in his room that even I haven't seen her yet. And I'm his best friend."

"Good for him." I huffed before looking at Blaise curiously, "Now when are you going to find yourself someone to settle down with, Zabini?"

Blaise looked at me with an amused smirk, "I get around plenty. Why bother settling in with just one person?"

"So you're taking after your mother then?" I grinned mischievously and he kicked me lightly with his feet.

"You're quite the comedian, aren't you." Blaise drawled before pivoting to a much more serious topic, "Speaking of parents we don't want to be compared to... How are you doing with the news that your father has broken out of Azkaban?"

My stomach twisted into a knot but I tried my best to ignore it, "I'm not entirely sure. Depends on if they catch him or not, I suppose."

Blaise snorted, "The whole lot of them had best be halfway to Russia by now if they all knew what was good for them."

Draco came strolling out of his room looking much calmer than he had been before, "You two have a good catch up?" He looked between us with displeasure.

"Oh yes, the best." Blaise mused, "We're just about to start making friendship bracelets, want to join in on the fun Malfoy?"

"No. Aurora and I have some business to take care of actually." He looked at me expectantly. I could tell he wanted me to get up and follow him. His eyes flickered to Blaise's legs that were draped on top of me and he frowned.

"We do?" I questioned him in a somewhat mocking tone while Blaise smirked, "I can't seem to recall anything of importance."

Draco clenched and unclenched his jaw a few times before speaking, "If you must know, I'm about to do something very reckless and irresponsible, and as my sponsor, you should come along and try to put a stop to it."

I shoved Blaise's feet off of me and flounced crossed the room to Draco excitedly. I took his extended arm in mine and grinned, ready to disapparate wherever we were headed, "By all means, lead the way."