𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 // 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺

forty two

Exams are over. Students were relaxing and waiting for the summer to start, eager to reach home and take a long, needed break.

Harry was not one of them. With summer came being away from Hogwarts and maybe being away from Draco.

He sulked the entire day after exams ended.

"Harry?" Draco ran a hand through his messy black hair, "What's wrong?" He kissed his scar.

Harry sighed, "School is over. I'm going to be away from here, at least for a while and I'm scared of what will happen to us after school." He mumbled and hugged Draco.

"Aw, love." Draco kissed the top of his head, "Nothing is going to change between us." He cupped his face, "We're still going to be dating. You're still going to be my boyfriend and I will be yours."

"Okay." Harry buried his face in his chest, hugging him, "You're the best." He said, his voice muffled.

Draco only laughed softly and kissed his head, "You're much more amazing. Now, come on, don't spend your last day as a student moping around in your dorm."

"Wait." Harry said.

"What?" Draco placed his hands on his hips.

"I love you,"

Draco didn't say anything, he just kissed him; he tugged him out of the room with a giddy smile.

They reached the common room to find their friends lounging together.

Hermione was braiding Milicent's hair. Milicent was painting Theo's and Blaise's nails. Ron was playing chess with Neville. Dean and Seamus were asleep in front of the burnt out fireplace, unconsciously cuddling closer together.

The windows were wide open, letting in all the bright afternoon sunlight; Harry tangled their hands together and sat down on the love seat with Draco.

"Hiya Draco," Theo smiled and waved blue-pink-green colored nails at him.

"Hi," Draco grinned.

"Wanna paint nails with me?"

"Sure,"

Draco got up and joined Theo on the floor, painting his nails black. Harry watched him fondly.

Draco felt eyes on him and looked up, blushing darkly when he saw his boyfriend staring at him. He smiled bashfully and continued his work.

A sweet silence hung in the air, Hermione broke it by asking a question.

"What are your plans after Hogwarts?"

Everyone's ears perked up.

"I have an internship with Professor Sprout." Neville smiled shyly. Blaise looked proud.

"I'm going to be helping out the family business with my mother." Blaise said. Theo nodded, "Me too."

Milicent smiled, "I'm going to work at St. Mungos as a Mediwitch soon." Theo, who was blowing over his nails to dry them grinned, "She even got a reference from Pomfrey."

They all cheered loudly, congratulating her with laughter.

"I haven't thought of anything," Draco said, "Most probably just take a break for a while." He shrugged. They all nodded sympathetically.

Harry nodded at him encouragingly, "I think I might take a break as well before starting anything new." He shared a smile with Draco.

Hermione smiled fondly at the two, "I'm thinking of taking a job at the Ministry. I want to take S.P.E.W. further." She said defiantly, raising her head proudly.

"Spew? What's Spew?" Blaise asked in confusion. Hermione opened her mouth to correct him but Ron was faster, "It's S.P.E.W." He corrected him. "And you can ask her later, I'm not in the mood to listen about it all over again." He shrugged.

Hermione was torn between telling Ron off and thanking him. She chose to just nod in affirmation of his words. Harry grinned.

"What about you, Weasley?" Theo asked, "Any plans?"

"I thought I would help out at the joke shop." He said slowly, "Give George some company."

Everyone smiled. "That's great, Ron." Harry said, "I'm sure George would appreciate this."

Ron smiled wryly.

They elapsed into talking about anything and everything, one by one they left to do some sort of last day of school work. Harry and Draco were left alone.

Harry made grabby hands at him making Draco laugh and walk towards him.

"I have an idea." Harry said and pulled Draco down so they could sit together. "We could go on a vacation together. Just the two of us."

He kissed his hand and looked at him hopefully. "Okay," Draco said slowly, surprised by the sudden request, "Where would we go?"

Harry grinned brightly, "Australia."

"Australia? Isn't that very far."

"It's not far when you have magic," Harry pouted pleadingly, his fingers tracing the black paint on his fingernails.

Draco sighed, "Okay. We'll go." He kissed his hand, shaking his head when Harry grinned brightly.

"So, I will be arranging the Portkey." Harry said.

"When will we go?"

"Tomorrow." He answered.

"What? Shouldn't we take a few days and plan?" Draco furrowed his brows, confused.

"We have magic, and we can go for as long as we like. There is no need for anything." He shrugged it off. Draco bit his lip, "Okay, then." He agreed reluctantly.

"It's final. We're going to Australia."

They spent the rest of the afternoon finalizing their trip.

The last dinner at Hogwarts was a rather emotional one, all the students cheered for them as they finished up and left with tears in their eyes. Hermione sniffled, "I'm really going to miss this." Ron wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling Harry next to him with the other one, "I love you guys." He said solemnly.

Hermione laughed dryly, kissing his cheek, "I love you guys, too." Harry couldn't speak so he just hugged them tightly.

Wishing a brief, upsetting goodbye to his Professors, promising that he would be back soon Harry left with a heavy weight over his chest.

Gone were the days when he spent his days cooped up in the walls of the castle, the Quidditch practices, Hermione's constant lecture about studies, Ron's jokes in between classes, his little arguments with Draco, lounging in the common room, eating in the Great Hall, going to Hagrid's for tea, skipping Potions and sleeping in History of Magic.

Draco held his hand on the way back to the train, they sat in the boat, the Squid waved its large tentacles at them in farewell. The train chugged along the tracks as the two sat in a compartment away from their friends for some privacy. Harry swallowed heavily as the castle slipped out of his sight, he buried his face in Draco's neck and cried.

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