The Chamber of Desire [ Tomarry

Regrets

(POV change that no one asked for yet everyone needed (a little in))
January 1st, 1993.

Fortunately for Harry, Neville and Luna decided they wouldn't wake him up for Charms— after all, not only had Harry slept through the New Year's Celebrations hosted by Fred and George (and, of course, they were loud), but if Harry had had to deal with the events from yesterday, he wouldn't be able to make it through the school day without feeling emotional or saddened. Especially with Lockhart.

When Harry first woke up, he was confused on where he had woken up, why Luna's cat Nix was now on his chest, and why Tom wasn't next to him, but his realizations soon hit him with a brick, and dread filled him. What would he do now? Would he really leave?

Harry glanced around the room. Quite unsurprisingly, the room looked really homey— as expected, because a couple Hufflepuffs in a room for 8 months would make anything homey— and yet it somehow also made Harry's stomach drop. Harry had basically brought them here because of Tom. How could he even think about leaving them?

This whole situation made Harry so confused, he felt like he could just burst. He had two options;

Question: Leave the Manor?
Pros;
-Tom fully hurt Harry yesterday, whilst knowing at a full extent of Harry's past with the Cruciatus curse but yet threatening to use it on him if Harry didn't leave.
-Harry somewhat felt like a waste of space anyways. If Tom didn't want him, Harry didn't have to be told twice. His friends must only put up with him, right?
-What If Tom got angry like that again? Harry wasn't sure if he wanted to see that side of him ever again.

Cons;
-This mistake was the first mistake Tom had ever made in 8 months. He had been a gentleman through and through before. How could Harry leave that?
-Living with Tom, while Tom loved him and he had his friends, made Harry feel the first ounce of reciprocated love since he was a small child.
-If Harry left, where would he live? He would never go back to Godric's Hollow, and he looked 19, so he was too old for an orphanage. The streets? Harry didn't like the idea.
-Harry's friends were only here for him. They would still be at Hogwarts, getting a valuable education, if not for Harry finding Tom and whisking them away to some foreign place. How could Harry leave them after that?
-Harry still loved Tom.

In the end, Harry noticed that there were definitely more cons than pros, so he would stay in the Manor. But how could he ever talk to Tom about this? Would Tom remember yesterday? Was he possessed?

When Harry noticed it was around noon, he decided to venture out into the open and get some food.

~

(Tom's POV)

Tom woke up the next morning with a pounding headache and no arms wrapped around him, so his day was already started off bad. His eyes opened sharply as he looked in the bathroom for his lover, only to find it empty. Where was Harry?

'My sweetheart couldn't leave my arms without me being aware...did I fall asleep without him?'

Frowning, Tom checked the time, and almost fainted when he realized it was January 1st.

The signs weren't good.

-Tom woke up without Harry.
-Yesterday was December 31st.
-He couldn't easily remember the last 24 hours.

Of course, this happened every year. On New Years Eve, Tom became either emotionally unavailable or angry, and he took it out on his followers. Tom wasn't proud of it, yet he had tried multiple methods, and none would work. Every year, on his birthday, he became a demon. Figuratively, of course. He had already tried being exorcised.