(Boy X Boy)Protection, Sacrifice, & Changes

chapter 2

Delirious closed their book and placed it into their bags then pointed to their wand at the floating books. “Expedire liber” Delirious flinched when they hit the table, closed. They didn't have much of a clue why they trusted him at all, but he seemed more down to earth then they had expected and perhaps he was different than he had let on. They believed in second chances, why not give the boy a go? Not only that but Delirious was not stupid, they were a Slytherin for a reason. Not only did they have an obsession with learning new things but they were silent and sneaky. If Draco Double-crossed them, he’d see a terrible side of them. They were still the crazy kid to others even if to him they seemed at all smart, they could easily reveal secrets and make a mockery of him and his family. Aside from being somewhat mentally ill, delirious not only knew how to play games, they knew how to win them. Delirious hadn’t let on that when he accepted meddling with the work that they had spent years to achieve that he had something at cost as well, Draco could go from high to low in a matter of seconds. That was... if they said anything. However, Delirious hated the feeling of being an outsider and wouldn’t want to put that on anybody, he would have to do something that ticked them to their last nerve.

*Draco chuckled a little as the book hit the table. “Still have work to do on that dont we?” he stated. He was sure that he was going to have a somewhat good year this year. He decided he had to go and sit by them. “So what's the plan?”*

Delirious glanced at Draco before picking the books up and placing them in their bags. Delirious wasn’t sure what he meant by working on it… what exactly? They dismissed it and smiled gently “ The room of requirement has been practically deserted since umbridge infested it with her … leadership... “ Delirious shuttered. “I practice there often, it is perfect, it’s contained the outrageous outcomes of my broken spells for quite a while now, we can go there when practicing. I have to say I do not trust it here, children are nosey and it won’t take long for them to eavesdrop and learn about the process of creating spells as well. Whenever you have time, we can go there.” They said, thinking about it for a moment. 

*Draco thought for a moment. “Sounds good to me,” he said with a steady voice. The only time that he had been in the room of requirement is when he told Umbridge that's where Dombledoor’s Army was practicing. This would be the first real time he actually used the room for himself. “Well like I said before we will have to wait until we get our schedules.” he got up, “Come on and get ready for a crowd of people to come in, it's almost time for dinner. Then we get our dorms and schedules”*

Delirious made sure everything was put up in their bags and walked past Draco “Good idea.”

*Just as they packed up a horde of people came rushing in and going to their respective tables. The Gryffindors to the Gryffindor table. The Hufflepuffs to the Hufflepuff table. The Ravenclaws to the Ravenclaw table. And last but not least, the Slytherins to the Slytherin table. Draco went to his normal seat. Not long after Pansy, Blaise, and all of his other ‘friends’ came and sat down beside him and started to blabber on about their schedules and dorm roommates. Draco quietly started eating and caught himself looking at Delirious. He turned away not wanting to be caught staring. ‘What's going on with me’ he thought before going back to eating*

Delirious sat in their normal place, away from everyone else. Surprisingly it wasn’t far away from Draco’s group of hooligans, they had their leather book out, looking over previous brainstorms and notes. Delirious didn’t look at anyone normally but they couldn’t help but glance at Draco a few times. They knew it was rude to stare so they did their best not to look long and looked back down when they did catch themselves. When Delirious received their schedules and their roommates their throat got dry. Of course, Draco was their roommate.

*When Draco had gotten his schedule and saw who his roommates were he was kinda happy the Delirious was one of them. He looked at Delirious to see that they also had gotten their stuff and had most likely saw that they were going to be roommates. He inwardly smiled. ‘This year will be fun’ he thought to himself as he left the great hall to go to his dorm room, and started to unpack.*