breathe

chapter twenty-one

"let's go visit Reg!" Harry said. "what?" Draco said half asleep. "Reg gave birth!" Harry cheered. Draco smiled. "yeah, I'll get out of bed!" Draco groaned and clothed himself, he kissed Harry's lips. "what did you eat last night!" Harry looked at him with a disgusted face. "you." Draco replied. "valid point." Harry chuckled and they walked into the bathroom and brushed their teeth.

Once they arrived at the hospital they reached Regulus's room. "good morning!" James hugged his son and Draco. "hi dad." Harry smiled. "how did it go?" Draco asked. "it went well, Reg did such a great job." James smiled. Regulus chuckled. "I'm here guys." Regulus smiled. Draco sat on his bed while James and Harry started talk to one another. "so what's her name?" Draco looked at the baby in Regulus's arms. "Cissy." Regulus said. Draco looked at him in shock. "what?" Regulus asked. "people used to call my mother that." Draco said. "that's why, she's always been the sister I never had. I went to everything with her by my side, first period coming out first boyfriend first kiss first time sex and first break up." Regulus smiled. "really?" Draco asked. he nodded. "I miss her a lot, sure I hadn't seen her in a long time, but she was so much more than a cousin." Regulus smiled. Draco returned the smile. "she's brought something beautiful to this world Draco." Regulus said. he blushed and looked down. "she looks so much like the baby pictures of your mother." Draco looked at the baby and saw the resemblance. "she's beautiful." Draco smiled. Regulus chuckled and handed her to Draco. Harry glanced at Draco with a smile. The baby in his arms started smiling. "we should go to school." Harry said. Draco groaned and handed the child to Regulus. "see you tonight." Harry said. "yeah, see you." James kissed Harry's forehead and they left towards school.

Draco stumbled into history a little bit late. "you're late." the teacher said. "one my household members gave birth this night and I went to check on them." Draco replied and sat next to Ron. "mate Harry's dad is gay." he said. "so? He's together with a transman." Draco replied and got out his history book. "so Harry's too?" he asked. "no." Draco replied. "but he was pregnant, he told us. When you were at home sleeping." Ron said. "it's something gay wizard males have." Draco whispered. Ron nodded and looked at Draco's neck. "you had a lot of fun." He said. Draco blushed. "do you still hate Harry?" Draco asked. "I just was very close to Charlie, he was the only sibling that really cared for me." Ron said. "how many do you have?" Draco asked. "well without Charlie I have five." Ron said. "rough house." Draco replied. Ron chuckled. "he's really sorry you know." Draco said. "it's alright, I'm over it and he obviously is too." Ron said. "wouldn't say that." Draco replied. "what do you mean?" Ron asked. "you remember River right?" Draco asked. he nodded. "she is a criminal who murdered people, she was a witch and when she broke into my home she threatened me. Harry came and he was scared he'd do the same again like he did. He saw your brother die Ronald. It is burnt into his mind like it his words are burnt in yours. Nobody gets a death out of their mind, especially a murder. I saw my parents shot, they shot each other. I saw their wounds and that will haunt me for the rest of my life. Just like I saw Harry's panicked face when we lost our babies. Just like I saw aunt's bloody head." Draco said. "what happened to your aunt?" Ron asked. "I killed her." Draco said. "how, why, when?" Ron asked. "I was five, she was hurting my mother, I pushed her away from my mom. She stumbled back and his her head against the dresser and died." Draco said. Ron looked up at him. "does anyone know that?" Ron asked. "the police, they let me go because it was accident, I was five and it was self-defense. All the other people who knew died." Draco said. "do you regret it?" Ron asked. "she was a manic, she was hurting my mother. She was hurting a person in front of a child. I was a five year old, and my reaction was to push her away to protect the dearest thing to me, so no. I don't regret anything." Draco replied. Ron looked into his eyes. "you've seen a lot in your life." Ron said. "and felt." Draco replied. "what do you mean?" Ron asked. "I was raped, by my father and previous boyfriend. I got hit by both and I've heard the words coming out of their mouths, I've lost my unborn children and I've lost my parents." Draco replied. "do you need a hug?" Ron asked. "no." Draco stood up. "where are you going?" the teacher asked. "I need the restroom." Draco replied. "shouldn't you ask?" he asked. "I need the restroom, I don't need permission to go to the restroom." Draco replied. "okay then I won't need permission to see you tonight in detention." He said. Draco had a smirk on his face. And walked out of the classroom with two middle fingers out towards his teacher.

"Draco aren't you supposed to be in another class?" Harry looked at the door so did the first year students. "no, I'm in the restroom." Draco said. "why are you here?" Harry asked. Draco ignored his question and went to sit on his desk. "aren't you going to answer my question?" Harry asked. "continue your class please." Draco pleaded. Harry frowned. "please." Harry took a deep breath. "so anyways, a Venn diagram is a-" a hand shot in the air. "Rosie ask your question." Harry said. "who's that?" she asked. "nobody important." Harry replied. "nobody important?" Henry asked. "blimey that's amazing." Taylor said. "do you know I've never met someone who wasn't important before." Jeffrey said. Harry looked at Draco's face tearing up. "he's a student who lives in my stepdad's house and I happen to live there too." Harry replied. "why does he wear a girl uniform?" Evan asked. Harry eyed Draco, his head hung down to the ground. "he liked it more than trousers and boy clothes in general. Because he doesn't like them." Harry replied. "that's cool, I have that too." Lucas said. Harry looked at him. "only my parents don't like it that much." He said. Harry gave him a gentle smile. "in what year is he?" Naomi asked. "last." Harry said. "why is he here?" Andrea asked. "I don't know." Harry asked. "why don't you ask him?" Becca asked. Draco's knuckles were white because he was grabbing Harry's desk hard. "I'm teaching you and I'm sure he doesn't like to share his emotion in a group full of people he doesn't know." Harry said. "we don't have to be there, you can dismiss us." Alex said. "good you can go." Everyone stood up and left. "sorry I'm interrupting your class." Draco said. "it's no problem baby, what's wrong?" Harry asked. "I was talking to Ron." Draco said. "what did he do?" Harry asked. "nothing, we were talking about your sister at first and then I asked him if he was still mad at you and he told me you both got over it and I told him about River and my parents and our children and everything about Alex and what my dad did to me and I was on edge of crying and I came to you." Draco replied. Harry hugged him. "I hate my life, I have nobody left." Draco said. "don't say that, it's not true, you have me. I love you a lot. And Regulus he adores you more than he does me and my dad. About my dad he's never loved one of my flings or boyfriend or girlfriends or whatever more than he does you and Cissy she started smiling immediately when you held her." Harry replied. "I killed my aunt." Draco said. "I know, and I don't judge you for that. it was an accident it was a defense." Harry said. "how do you know that?" Draco asked. "I heard it from Regulus." Harry said. Regulus looked down.

Draco sat at the lunch table with his classmates. "I gotta go talk to someone." Draco stood up. "you gonna fuck someone." Blaise stated. "we don't fuck at school anymore, last time it almost got out of hand." Draco replied. "anymore?" Hermione asked. "what happened?" Seamus asked. "I was blowing him and the headmaster tried to enter." Draco said. everyone burst out in laughter. "I'm not even going to Harry." Draco walked towards the first year table. "hey Lucas, right?" Draco smiled and sat next to him everyone stared with an open mouth at him. he looked at Draco. "hi, I'm Draco." he said. "hey, how do you know who I am?" he asked. "I asked Harry." Draco replied. "who?" he asked. "Potter." Draco said. "oh, you were the guy from this morning?" he asked. Draco nodded. "just so you know, my parents didn't accept me at first either." Draco replied. He looked up at him. "maybe we could meet up after school and go to the mall?" Draco asked. "I don't have money." Lucas said. "don't worry, my parents were lawyers filthy rich." Draco replied. He smiled. "see you after school." He said and walked away. "dray they're talking about your man." Pansy whispered and pointed at a pair of fifth years. "he's eleven inches and he fucks me on our homework and I need to call him Potter during sew he thinks it's sexy." A girl named Monica said. Draco laughed. "he's eight, and hates it when I call him his name or last name." Draco sat next to Pansy. Pansy chuckled. "why did you go talk to the first year?" she asked. "just he was in Harry's class this morning." Draco replied. She nodded.