Change In A Star's Alignment (Drarry)

Chapter Fifteen

It had been a couple days since Harry and Draco had arrived at their dorm and Draco was finally starting to walk again. The blonde still needed his help though to get around the dorm, but Harry didn't really mind. He found that he quite enjoyed looking after the blonde... Well, most of the time...

He was finding that Draco was really fun to be around and that he was quite witty. He was also, however, finding out that the blonde can have a pretty big temper sometimes. Those were the times in which he didn't enjoy looking after Draco. Harry figured though that the blonde acted that way when he was feeling helpless. Luckily, Draco has been able to walk with little assistance lately so Harry didn't get yelled at as much as before.

Harry was suddenly pulled out of his thoughts by Draco yelling his name. He shot up from the window seat and rushed into the living room where he had left Draco. He looked towards the desk where the blonde should have been, but saw the chair empty. Harry turned towards the bookshelves in a panic and, to his relief, saw Draco standing there with a book in hand. Wait a minute! Harry thought, Draco standing? Standing?

"Draco! You're standing!" Harry said.

Draco turned to look at him then, a huge smile on the blonde's face that made Harry's heart stop.

"I'm standing Harry! Without your help!" Draco said, clearly happy that he could finally walk for himself. Apparently Draco had been feeling more useless than Harry had thought.

"Try walking." Harry said, moving closer to the blonde in case he needed to help Draco keep his balance.

Harry kept his arm wrapped lightly around Draco's waist but didn't help him to walk. Draco took his first few steps hesitantly at first, but he soon gained confidence and started walking faster. After he was sure Draco was fine to walk on his own, Harry let go of the blonde's waist. He watched, a smile on his face, as the blonde walked across the room. When Draco turned around, Harry saw that the blonde was smiling and it made Harry's breath hitch. He found himself smiling even more and before he knew it, Draco had rushed from the other side of the room and into Harry's arms.

"Are you a little excited there Draco?" Harry asked, amused.

"Oh shut up." Draco replied while ending the hug. "You'd be happy too if you could finally walk again after several days!"

Once the blonde had stopped hugging him, Harry couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Wait! What? Why am I disappointed that he stopped hugging me? He wondered. When he couldn't come up with an answer, he decided to just forget about it for now.

Instead, he asked Draco, "So when do you want to start Defense training?"

"Is tomorrow alright with you? I want to get started as soon as possible!"

"Tomorrow works for me." Harry replied. "So what do you want to do today?"

"Hmm," Draco said, "I'm not too sure... How about we eat some lunch first and then I'll decide."

"Sounds good to me." Harry said, suddenly realizing that he was in fact, quite hungry.

The two sat down on the couch and called Dobby to get them some food. Dobby came back minutes later with a wide variety of food and even some desserts for afterwards. Both boys thanked the House Elf who bowed to them and left with a quiet pop. After he piled a plate with food, he turned to Draco.

"So how did you even figure out you could walk?" he asked.

"Oh. Well I was really into the research I was doing for Care of Magical Creatures when I realized that I needed another book to complete it. I guess I forgot about my injuries and I just started moving. It wasn't until after I had gotten the book that I realized I was standing and walking on my own."