Ugly Truth

Chapter 5

Third person POV

Harry and Draco had met up on more than a few occasions, and not even Hermione had figured out, or got suspicious, of it all, so they were doing pretty well in keeping it hidden.

It was around 8 pm and the boys were walking around the halls. Snape was strolling too, and he was the only professor, so they didn't have anything to worry about.

They turned a corner, and saw Dean and Ginny. Now, everybody knew they were dating, but this was different. Ginny was yelling at Dean, and he looked terrified.

"How could you?!" Ginny yelled, pushing Dean up against the wall, "Ginny! I can't control it! I don't have a say in the matter!" He cries, curling up on himself. "Yes! You can be normal!" She yells back, and Dean has tears running down his face, "You are one of the only homophobic witches out there Ginny. I thought it was only the Slytherins! I thought you were different!" He cries again, standing up, just to be pushed back down.

"You'd have a job as half of the Slytherins are gay." Draco mutters under his breath, to which Harry chuckles, "What, you and Zabini? That's not half, Draco." Harry whispered back, turning his attention back to the drama that is unfolding.

"I'm sorry Ginny! Don't tell anybody!" He cries again, after being pushed back down. "No. I will do what I want. And I'll make sure all of the Griffindors know." She said, no emotion evident in her voice. "Faggots, think you can play a girl like that, eh?" And she stormed off, leaving Dean in a puddle of tears.

Harry rushed over, "Dean! What did she do to you?" He asked frantically, and he told Draco to stay hidden, it would be too much for Dean otherwise. "Sh-she's gonna tell everyone, Harry.." He whispered, cuddling into him, which spiked jealousy in Draco. "Hey, its okay. Let's get you back to the dorms, I'll talk to Seamus, he'll be okay with it. I'm pretty sure he's gay too." And Harry got up, and he signalled Draco to follow.

They were in the boys dorm within minutes, and as suspected, Seamus was awake, "Hey, stuff happened with Dean and Ginny, can he stay with you? I can't take him back to mine and I don't trust anyone else with him. " Harry asked, and Seamus nodded, "Yeah sure, I don't mind." And then they both got into Seamus' bed, with him soothing Dean.

Harry left the two and went to find Draco. "You might need to go back soon, Lion." Draco whispered, "But Dragon!" He whined, "I wanna stay with you!" And Draco couldn't help but coo at him, "Yeah I know, but what if your uncles find out? They're gonna get suspicious or something." And Harry groaned at that. "Okayyy. Night Dragon." And he made his way to his room, "Night Lion." And Draco did the same.

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This Wednesday had gone very slow. Harry was currently in Herbology and he was greatly bored. He needed something to do, but what? The lesson was long and boring. Harry was thinking about maybe telling Draco about the Dursleys as he hadn't stopped asking about them since the Boggart thing. He hated lying to Draco, it made him feel guilty. He didn't even feel this bad about lying to Ron and Hermione. But they haven't been spending much time together besides meals and lessons, because Harry is either with Draco or Sirius, and he doesn't want his friends to get suspicious.

The lesson eventually came to an end, and the lessons were done for the day. Harry and Draco had agreed to meet outside Slytherin dorms, and Harry had said he was going to skip dinner, and Draco agreed. So they met up, Harry in his invisibility cloak, and the two made it quickly to Draco's dorm.

"How did you manage to get away from the Wolves?" Draco asked, he still hated calling them by their names and Harry didn't think calling them 'Wolves' was that insulting, so he let it slide. "Told them I was going to hang out with a friend." And both boys shrugged. "Eh. Simple enough."

The boys spoke for awhile before it hit Harry, he's gotta tell Draco  so before he could comprehend what he was saying, he said, "Uh Dray I gotta tell you something.." And he gulped, and Draco sensed the fear in his voice, the same fear he had when he got something wrong during lessons. "Yeah, what is it Harry?" He asked, genuinely worried for the boy.

"Th-the muggles.. The ones in the Boggart thing.. 'Member?" Harry asked, gulping down for a second. "Yeah?" Draco was unsure, and Harry looked like he was going to cry. And he did. He burst out crying, falling into Draco's embrace, "Hey Harry its okay, sh sh sh.." Draco comforted,  stroking his hair and patting his back. "Th-they h-hurt me.." Harry managed to stutter out, pulling away to undo his shirt, showing Draco the marks. And something snapped in Draco, something that made it like he wanted to protect Harry, and he didn't care what other people thought.

But someone was outside Draco's dorm door, and they had broken the silencing charm, they heard everything, and all the explaining done after. Draco would have to protect him. No matter what.

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