I Noticed..

Chapter 3: Self Incarceration

//Harry Pov//

As soon as class was over, Harry knew he'd have a limited time before his next one so turned to where the blonde was supposed to be but he was nowhere in sight.

He didn't want to do this, truly but he walked up to Pansy who turned her head to look at him distastefully.

"Hey.." He started as she looked up, a sneer resting on her face.

This was a terrible idea.

"Wow, the golden boy can actually talk to Slytherins now! I thought he'd deny our existence forever since we had ties to Him." She spat, not loud enough for others to hear but enough to get her point across and Harry winced, "I wasn't ignoring you guys.. Now can you tell me which way Draco went?"

She crossed her arms tightly around her chest, her gaze becoming harder,
"Are you going to harass him too?" It sounded more like a statement than an actual question to Harry.

"No damnit, I need to speak with him." He said, growing impatient with the girl and she rolled her eyes, "He said he was going to the bathroom or something but I doubt it."

Harry nodded and headed out the door, a glimpse of short blonde hair and Slytherin robes caught his eye and he took after him.

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He kept following the short bits of the robes, not paying attention to where he was going, following him up a staircase and when he crossed the third corner he was grabbed and swiftly slammed against the tower wall, groaning in pain. They had somehow found their way to the astronomy tower.

"Will you stop following me Potter." He was glaring daggers into him as his grip tightened.

"S-sorry I..just really need to talk to you.." Harry was trying to keep eye contact but his eyes dazed over his features, his face was flushed red and his eyes were watery with anger.  A glint caught his eye and he saw the emerald ring

'Its familiar..' he thought.

"Have you been crying.?" Harry asked softly, he needed to stay on track somehow.

Dracos face went blank as he pushed himself away from him, leaving Harry against the wall as he caught his breath.

"No, I wasn't." The blonde muttered, "now leave me alone."

Harry fixed his robes, he needed to say something.

"I wanted to thank you.." he whispered before being cut off, his eyes snapped back to the blondes face.

Draco let out a laugh. A forced, strained one. One so unnatural that it made Harry wince in fear that the other was truly going mad.

"Really! Now you want to say thank you after all this!" Waving his hand , "well guess what I don't need your thank you." His voice rose,threatening to grow louder than it once was.  Harry shut the tower door to avoid anyone hearing them.

"You never know when to mind your damn business, do you!.." his voice broke at the end and turned away from him, cursing himself and wiping the tears away as much as he could.

Harry didn't know what to do but watch him, waiting uncomfortably as he slowly approached the crying blonde.

"Listen..I know you don't want me to talk to you but if something's wrong.. you can  tell me.."

There was silence in the empty bathroom before Draco looked back up, his face features hardened to a disgusted look.

"Why... Why the hell should I tell you anything that's wrong with me. You of all people should hate me just as much as anyone else here does. More even! Only Merlin knows what you'd do with anything i tell you."

Harry's eyes widened, a strange feeling of dread washed over him as he stared at the blondes face. 'i never should have come.' He thought.

"I wouldn't-" Harry didn't get to finish before Draco shoved past him roughly and before Harry could react Draco stopped at the door, pointing his wand at him threateningly.

"I'll hex you the next time I catch you near me Potter. " He spat before descending down the stairs, leaving Harry alone.

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Harry stared off in a daze in the common room as the conversation between him and Draco sank in. Draco definitely hated him.

Hermione who had been watching the ravenette, put down her book and tapped his shoulder nervously, "Um..how did it go?" She said, trying to avoid catching Ron's attention, who was playing chess not far away from them.

"Terrible. I may have caught him in the middle of something I wasn't supposed to see,"

Hermione cringed at the thought of what it could've been,

"Not like that-" He said quickly,  "something..personal."

He didn't know whether to mention he was crying or not but decided against it.

'He hates me enough as is.'

"I tried to apologize but..I don't think he was stable enough to hear anything from me.."

Hermione listened closely before sitting next to him, "You can always try again later y'know..?"

Harry shook his head lowly, "He threatened to hex me if I even come near him."

Hermione seemed confused before sighing, "Alright..well.. you still have to try. Making things right with him this year is the only choice you have to avoid any problems with him."

"We already have a problem." Harry mumbled tiredly, rubbing his face. "How the hell am I supposed to fix this if he won't even look at me."

When Hermione went quiet Harry stood up with a sigh, "I'm tired. I'm going to go rest for a while.."

She didn't stop him as he entered the male dormitory without so much as a glance back.

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