Soft |Drarry|

Three

Harry:

Draco had fallen asleep, and I had brought him back up to our room, putting him in his bed. I took off my black sweatshirt, since it was getting hot, and started reading another muggle book, this time a murder mystery. A few hours later, Draco woke up.

"Hi." He said, sitting up.

"Hey."

He stood up and sat next to me. "What are you reading?"

"Murder mystery."

Draco nodded. "Can I read with you?" I smiled and nodded. He snuggled next to me and looked over my shoulder at the book. Around 30 minutes later, he had fallen asleep, his head leaning on my shoulder. I patted his head and continued reading, making sure he didn't wake up. When I was almost done with the book, there was a knock on the door. I got up, laying Draco's head on my pillow and opened the door.

"Hey Harry." Ginny and Hermione were standing outside, Hermione picking at her nails, and Ginny awkwardly shuffling her feet.

"Oh, hey Ginny." I gave her a tight smile.

She returned it, then turned to Hermione. "If you want to go back to your dorm, you can. I'm good now." Hermione nodded and went to her dorm. "So."

"Uhm. Was there something you wanted to talk to me about?"

Ginny nodded. "Actually, yeah. Do you want to... go outside and talk?"

I nodded and put my tennis shoes on and followed her outside to the spot Draco and I were earlier. "So, what's up?"

"Do you maybe want to get back together? Try again?" She asked, sitting down.

I grimaced. "Sorry. No... I don't mean to be rude, but I've moved on."

She nodded. "I figured as much. Friends, then?"

"Friends." I sat next to her and looked up at the sky. It was around 6:30 PM, and the stars were starting to come out.

"So. If you've moved on from me, who do you have the hots for now?" She asked, giving me a smirk.

I paused. "I- uhm... well... I don't know?"

She gave me a look. "Mhm. Like I believe that. Lessee... Hermione?"

"Ugh, no. She's my friend."

"Then Ron?" She laid down and closed her eyes. "I swear if you went from me to my brother..."

"Of course not!" I assured her. "He's still my annoying best friend."

Ginny nodded. "Phew. Then... Luna?" She inquired, a slight hint of jealousy in her voice.

"Nah. She's cute, but in a little sister way. Like you." I smiled, thinking my new crush would be kept a secret until it went away. I was wrong.

"Draco?"

"Ye- wait! No! Yes! No! Maybe..." I laid down and looked over at her. "Please don't tell anyone."

Ginny laughed. "I won't."

I picked a blade off grass off the hill and wrapped it between my fingers. "Why'd you ask me out again?"

"I don't want to come out to my parents."

"As?"

"Lesbian."

I smiled. "If you don't want to come out, we can figure something out."

She smiled. "Thanks." She looked up. "You want to know who my crush is?"

"If you want."

"Looney Luna Lovegood." Ginny sighed. "She's my best friend, and I don't know how she's going to react."

I thought for a second. "Hm. If I help you, would you help me?"

"Sure. How?"

"I help you ask Luna out, you help me ask out Draco, and whenever we see your family, we can pretend we're still together and Draco and Luna are dating." I said, closing my eyes.

Ginny smiled. "You think that'll work?"

"Yeah. Draco and Luna are pretty close now, and your family won't be suspicious of us dating again."

She stood up and pulled me up next to her. "Thanks Harry." She said, giving me a hug. I hugged her back, then walked with her back to the castle. I walked her over to the Gryffindor dorms and hugged her good night. I then walked through the castle alone, making sure I didn't run into Filch or Mrs. Norris. I got back to the 8th year dorms and saw Blaise and Ron sitting in the common room alone.

"Hey Harry." Ron said, looking up. "Where were you? I haven't seen you in a couple hours."

I looked over at the clock. It was 8:50. I was surprised that Ginny and I spent that much time outside. I sighed. "Yeah, I was outside."

"Well, I was with Draco in your dorm. He fell asleep around 7 so be quiet when you go in there. He's a very light sleeper now." Blaise said, barely looking up from his book.

"Thanks Blaise." I walked over to our door and Blaise nodded. When I walked in, I saw that the lights were off, and there was a lump in Draco's bed, presumably Draco. I noticed a small light along with the lump, and went over to see what it was. Draco was holding his wand, which was still casting Lumos, and he was holding the muggle fairy tale book we were reading last night in his other hand. I took the wand and book away and put it on Draco's bedside table. I took out a pair of pajama pants and changed into them, then snuggled down into my covers. I was a little cold, since I wasn't wearing a shirt, so I stood back up and grabbed a blanket I had packed. It was a little stringy and falling apart, since I haven't fixed up Grimmauld Place yet.  I closed my eyes and fell into a light sleep.

Around 5 hours later, I was awoken by a thud and something breaking. I sat up and squinted, trying to see in the dark. The window was open, and a bunch of glass was broken on the floor by Draco's bedside table. His wand was also gone, and the book was open and against the wall. I got up and looked out the window. A dark figure was sitting by the lake, right against the wall. I leaned out of the window and hit the wall. The figure stood and look up at me. They lit their wand and it turned out to be Draco. I smiled at him and he grabbed a brick that was sticking out of the wall. He climbed up a bunch of similar bricks and I helped him into the window.

"Thank you." He breathed, rubbing his red face. He took off his flip-flops and put them under his bed.

"Why were you outside?" I asked. He walked over to his bed and accidently stepped on the broken glass.

"Ow!" He sat on his bed and looked at his foot. It looked like it was bleeding pretty bad.

I sat next to him and patted his head. "Do you want to go to Madam Pomfrey? She'll help."

Draco shook his head. "It's too late. She'll get mad at us for being up after curfew."

"We're adults, Draco." I rolled my eyes. "Besides, you stepped on glass." He sighed and nodded, then wrapped his arms around my neck. I picked him up and brought him to the infirmary. Madam Pomfrey shooed me out and made me wait until she was done bandaging Draco's foot.

"Don't step on any more glass, boys." She said, letting me back in. "Also, Harry, if you don't mind, you should carry Draco around for most of the time. If not, it'll probably hurt Draco to walk. Now go to bed!" I nodded and picked Draco up and brought him back. I cleaned up the glass and laid Draco down, then sat next to him.

"Now, what was the glass, and why were you outside?" I asked.

"The glass was from a potion I made to hide my Dark Mark." He hugged me and I ruffled his hair and smiled at him. "I accidentally dropped it. I was outside because I like it better. My mom says I'm claustrophobic."

"For the Dark Mark... That works?"

He nodded. "It's a mix of different other potions. Basically it just makes my Dark Mark invisible."

I patted his hair down and laid next to him. He latched onto me and curled up. I rubbed his back and he yawned, falling asleep. I smiled and followed suit.