Drarry; the last horcrux

Chapter 27

Harry walks into the common room still confused about Draco using his first name. Does that mean they're friends? Harry thinks so.
His heart almost jumps out of his chest of joy, friendship is one step in the right direction!
But he doesn't even know if Draco is gay, or bisexual. Harry realizes soon after that, but even that thought isn't able to kill his mood. Even the thought of breaking into the ministry isn't able to kill his mood. Even keeping things from his friends isn't. He is going somewhere alone with Draco.

'Are you ok, mate?' Ron askes with a smirk, lifting his head from Hermione's lap. The two of them are already a year and a half together, and Harry thinks they're sickly cute together. Although he does feel like a third wheel sometimes.

'What? Yeah I'm okay.' Harry says absentmindedly.

'Just okay?' Ron asks, with his smirk still in place.
'Didn't meet up with your crush somewhere and confessed your undying love for her?'

Something in Harry wants to correct Ron, tell him that it's a he, not a she, but he doesn't have the courage to do so, not today.
But, Harry decides, he could tell them about some made up meetings with his crush, he could explain his absence then, and it wouldn't hurt Draco.

'I did meet up with her, but I didn't confess my "undying love"' Harry blushes and sits down on the chair next to the cough Hermione and Ron are laying on. It feels strange to refer to Draco as a "she" , he has to be careful to not accidentally say "he"

'Oohhh, are you together?' Ron asks like some eager fangirl.

'Ronald!' Hermione exclaims giggling and playfully slaps him on his arm.

Harry rolls his eyes. 'No, we just talked, as friends.'

'Friendzoned!' Ginny shouts from the other side of the room, Harry hadn't noticed her there and he groans in annoyance. If this leaked out, a Draco would be smart enough to figure out who his crush was.

'Please don't tell anyone.' He begged Ginny and she nodded.

'Mmm.... Okay, but are you gonna tell me we the lucky girl is?' She asks, but Harry shakes his head.

'When I'm ready.' Is his only respond.

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It's nearly one o'clock in the night when  Draco decides to go to sleep. He had spent the entire evening on planning Harry and his route through the ministry, once they were outside.
He isn't finished yet, because his thoughts often wandered of to Potter.

Draco quickly changes and crawls under the sheets.
He feels himself getting sleepy, for the first time since the fiendfyre accident.
Maybe it wasn't a good idea to avoid Potter, who had become Harry since a few hours ago.
Although he had only said it once, in his mind he had already said it a thousand times.