Harry
Sirius, Remus, and I sat next to eachother on the couch in the common room while Lucius and Draco sat on the love seat across from them. There laughter had died down after Sirius had stopped telling jokes and things were once again quiet. Harry had taken to watching the flames in the fireplace dance and shine light on the occupants of the common room. He was pondering his options in life, which in his case were very few. He could vanquish the Dark Lord but in the end, he would of course have to die so that Voldemort could never return. But he could also run away and live with Draco, Sirius, Remus, and Lucius. He wasn't sure the latter would ever work out though, after all he had a world to save. Which brought him to another thought; Draco. He wasn't sure what he should do. He could always reject the blond but that would get Draco killed and he could always accept and fall in love. The latter sounded wonderful yet Harry knew that it would never happen because he would die or Draco would get hurt. Draco getting hurt was the last thing Harry wanted.
"I believe you were about to tell us of your summer?" Lucius questioned.
"Yeah..." Harry mumbled.
"Well get on with it, I don't really care to hear how spoiled you are." Professor Snape snapped.
Sirius glared at him and was about to start an arguement when Harry interrupted him. " It was pretty much like last year. They let me stay in Dudley's second bedroom until the last two weeks where they moved me too the cupboard again. Of course
it isn't very nice but it's okay." The occupants of the room remained silent so Harry countinued on, "I just did the usual stuff...like cook, clean, and make sure I kept out of the way when guests arrived."
"Did you get enough to eat?" Remus asked.
"Yeah, it was a bit better since they knew that Sirius was alive." He felt bad for lying but he had to, they wouldn't want him if they knew that he was weak.So how was everyone else's summers?" He smiled at all of them.
Draco
He didn't understand what Harry meant by saying they had put him in the cupboard again but he saw the way that Sirius tensed and how Remus inquired about the amount of food he got, which worried him a lot. Did his relatives not feed him? and was the cupboard and actual cupboard or was Harry exagerating? Everyone went into detail about there summers and how much fun they had. Sirius and Remus had stayed at Grimmuald place for most of the summer but they spent a few weeks at a nearby beach. Draco and his family went to France and attended some get togethers with old family friends.
Sirius snapped his fingers and a house elf appeared, he ordered everyone tea and choclate cake. apparently both Remus and Harry love choclate, Draco hoped he could somehow use that information to woo the raven haired boy. When the house elf popped back in it delivered there food and they ate in silence.
"Remus and I are going to go pick up some chlothes to spend the night so we'll be back soon."
Lucius looked up at that and Draco knew that he had forgotten the necessity of clothing as well. His father cleared his throat and stood as well "I believe I have also forgotten to pack for the night, I will floo home and be back within the hour." he stated. With that the adults began to floo home.
Draco was overly excited when Harry and him were left alone together. He wanted to talk with him about how he felt and what he thought. The only problem with that was the fact that both of them were far to akward to say anything. Harry was sitting on the coach across from him biting his bottom lip and fidgeting every once in a while. Draco smiled at him and Harry blushed before offering him a timid smile in return.
"Harry, how do you really feel about all of this?"
Harry inhaled before he began, "I hate how I never have control and now this happens. I atleast wanted a choice in who I fell in love with but now I don't even get a chance to find out who I like and it's just really frustrating because things always happen to me. I never got to live with Sirius when I wanted to and I never got to date anyone because I was to busy trying to stay alive. Don't get me wrong, I like you, but this is just really fast and it's hard to accept the fact that we were enemies not even three days ago."
Draco gave him a sympathetic smile and reached across the gap in between them to hold Harry's hands in his own. "I know Harry and I'm sorry that all of this has been forced on you. I want to go slow but the veela wants to bond with you so no one can take you from us. thank you for giving me a chance to prove myself." Harry didn't move away after Draco was finished, instead Harry smiled at him and looked back to there clasped hands.
They stayed like that until the fireplace lit up green and the adukts began to floo in with there belongings. Draco sat back and smiled at Harry for a while, just memorising the way the faint blush on the young boy's cheeks made him look even more beautiful. His father tapped his shoulder and whispered into his ear, "Did something happen?" Draco shook his head.
"I think it's time for bed." Sirius said before he rubbed his nose along Remus' s neck and picked the man up bridal style. Remus was practically asleep and didn't protest. Lucius agreed and stood before hugging Draco tightly and giving Harry a quick smile and small hug before he said good night.
"We should probably head to bed to." Draco said. Harry nodded and stood. The boy held out his hand, his cheeks stained a crimson color. Draco smiled before he stood and grabbed Harry's hand, they walked towards there rooms, hands interlocked. They stopped outside of Harry's room.
"good night Harry." Draco said before he kissed Harry's hand.
"Good night Draco." Harry's face was still covered in a delicate blush when he reached out and quickly hugged Draco before he shut his door.
Draco stood in the hallway for a while, when Harry hugged him it was amazing. his body tingled where Harry's arms had wrapped around him. He silently turned around and entered his room. He took a shower, got dressed and hopped into bed. He went to sleep with a smile on his face and hope in his heart.
