I Understand

Uncomfortable Feelings

Draco watched as the sun set through the window opposite him.

Dusty blue faded into orange. Orange faded into the dark violet of twilight.

Draco was alone again. But he didn't feel as alone.

Because of Harry's wink.

That wink. It was a promise of his return.

Sure he had the unfair advantage of the Map. But he wasn't invisible. How could he sneak past Madam Pomfrey's watchful eyes that never seemed to rest.

Draco was sure it was implying Harry would come back, but what if it wasn't? What else could it have meant. Thinking of the wink gave Draco's stomach butterflies. He didn't like that reaction.

Why was there even a reaction in the first place, it was Harry.

Even though it seemed unlikely, Draco couldn't help but glace over at the hospital entrance.

Draco found himself exited when footsteps echoed around him. But Harry wouldn't walk so loud if he was trying to sneak in. He was smarter than that. Maybe.

It wasn't Harry, it was another Gryffindor boy. He came in covering his mouth. Apparently, he had gotten his teeth turned into rubber by a candy.

Madam Pomfrey quickly had things sorted out, and was mumbling something along the lines of, "Once they were done I thought I'd been in the clear."

She was referring to the Weasley twins. Everyone knew of their pranks and jokes and tricks. He had heard they opened a shop, and everyone enjoyed it. Everyone always enjoyed the Twins. Even Draco had liked their Firework display 5th year.

But he knew one of them had died. At the Battle of Hogwarts.

It was Draco's fault. Everything was Draco's fault.

But Harry had said it wasn't.

Harry had said he understood feeling like it was though.

How could it bee Harry's fault? He had saved so many people, ended the war. While Draco had helped start it. Draco didn't do anything to help.

The flowers on Draco's arm began to shift to a dark blue.

"I'm going to head out for a second. I need to pick up some potions Slughorn was brewing for me, I'll be back soon." Madam Pomfrey said as she briskly walked by Draco's bead, pulling his attention away from his arm.

If Harry was going to show up, now would be the time.

He heard Madam Pomfrey's footsteps fade and waited. He needed a distraction. Harry was that distraction. He needed Harry. As much as he hated to emit it, he needed Harry.

Then he heard soft footsteps next to him. But he didn't see anything. Who's footsteps were they? They seemed to close. But no one was there.

All of the sudden Harry appeared next to Draco out of thin air.

Draco nearly jumped out of his skin. His heart kick started and he tightly closed his eyes. "Blood fuck Potter! What the fuck? How did- You have an Invisibility Cloak?!" Draco said now seeing the cloak Harry was folding neatly by him. "Of course you do." Draco sighed and placed a hand over his heart, which hadn't calmed down yet.

"Sorry, I should have warned you." Harry said rubbing the back of his neck and blushing slightly.

"A Map of everyone and everything in the castle wasn't enough for you? With both of those you could kill everyone in the castle. You nearly gave me a heart attack." Draco glared over at Harry.