promises ❥ harry potter x fem!reader

5.1 distance

Y/N's pov ϟ

"Your father has been quite stressed from work these days," Mom began as we walked towards the house. "Lots of overtime."

"Is he home?" I asked as she opened the door.

"Yes, but I wouldn't bother him," She smiled at me weakly. "Your things are upstairs, honey. Dinner will be ready in about three hours."

I gave a small smile back before I ran up to my room.

"Hey, Twig." I pet my father's owl who was perched on my windowsill.

I thought about writing to Harry, but decided against it. 

"It's only been an hour." I thought as I plopped onto my bed. I touched the necklace Harry gave me and smiled before laying on my bed. I sighed happily before closing my eyes, drifting off to sleep.

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The next couple of weeks were spent mostly alone. Dad was almost always in his office and Mom was never home. I wrote daily to Harry, Hermione, and Ron. 

Harry's responses either came right away or took an entire week. Ron and Hermione's letters were always only three sentences long and never had important information.

I looked out of my window to see Twig flying back with two letters in his beak. I took them from his neck and unfolded the first one. It had Hermione's neat handwriting addressing me on the cover as I quickly scanned through it.

Dear Y/N,

I'm with Ron and we both hope you're doing okay. I'm sorry that we aren't able to tell you anything; we've been told not to say anything important just in case our letters get lost. We expect you to see you soon and we'll explain everything then.

Love,

Hermione

I sighed with annoyance as I slammed the paper on my desk, causing Twig to jump in surprise.

"I'm sorry, Twig." I looked at him apologetically before opening the other letter. It had Harry's messy handwriting on the cover. I smiled before opening the envelope to see his response.

Dear Y/N,

Did you also get Hermione's short letter? What do you think they mean with 'see you soon'? I wish they would write longer letters that aren't three sentences long. I feel like we're missing out on a lot of information. After all, I was the one who saw Voldemort come back.

I hope you've been doing okay. Sorry for not responding to all of your letters this week, the Dursleys locked my window and Twig has been leaving your letters on the edge of the window. I miss you a lot. I wish we could meet up in person and not through letters. I liked your birthday present by the way. I haven't taken it off since I got it.

I smiled remembering the small silver chain bracelet I got for him.

I'll try to write back more frequently. Miss you a lot. I know I already said that once, but I really do. I hope to see you soon.

Love,

Harry

I reached over to grab an empty page of parchment and my quill to respond to Harry's letter.

Dear Harry,

Hermione's letter was short like always. She also said 'see you soon' in my letter, I wonder what that means. My dad has been working a lot, the Ministry seems to be busy with the entire You-Know-Who situation. I miss you a lot and glad that you liked my present. I'm sorry about the Dursleys, they're the worst people. Nothing new has been happening here. If Hermione tells me anything else, I'll owl you. Miss you lots.