Unhealed wounds ➣ Drarry ; Scorbus

Chapter thirteen

Avoiding Harry Potter. That's all Scorpius and Albus needed to do, to be careful about.

They were hiding and running through the corridors of the school, most of the times just to kiss chastely, too scared of what could happen if the kiss was deeper, to hug, to feel as if they were alone and as if there wasn't a curse on them just because they loved like their fathers should've.

«Al, is that you?»

The brunette had just come back from the bathroom to find Scorpius laying in his bed, the only source of light was the little lamp near it.

«Yes,» he got closer «I see you have already made yourself comfortable» he sat on the mattress and then laid next to him. The shorter put his arms around the blond's waist, hugging him and placed his chin on top of his head, leaving a brief kiss between his blond locks.

«I shouldn't have?»

Albus shook his head. He loved the fact that they had got back to sleep together.

However, they hadn't talked about it, not yet. Like mentioned, there were chaste kisses, hugs, but they hadn't already decided what they were. Obviously more than friends, but officially? Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy? Boyfriends? Did he have to ask him? Like a propose? Albus didn't really know what was better for them. Not anymore.

So he decided to make the first step and ask him the question that he had wanted to for a very long time, «Scorp, can I ask you something?»

«Yeah, obviously, Al» he replied, his voice soft, like a whisper.

«You said you have learned some lines of the diary by heart...» he sighed and at those words, Scorpius raised his head to look at him right in the eyes «Could- I mean, could you recite- well, tell me some?»

Scorpius felt his heart race faster than ever before, «Why?»

«B-because I think it's my right to know» he mumbled «I mean, if we'll have to break a curse and defeat a Dark Wizard to be together, I want to know why and for what we are fighting,»

Silence fell between them but having lost track of time, they didn't know for how much: they were looking into each other eyes, staring at each other's soul as if they were the only one in the galaxy, in their little universe.

«Okay,» Scorpius muttered, looking away «It's fine I guess,» but Albus couldn't help but continue, finding him so beautiful at the point it hurt.

The blue-eyed let out a heavy and long breath before speaking again.

And there they were: the words Draco Malfoy kept in his heart for so long, the love their fathers had hidden, too scared of the bound they had.

«I choose you because I know your soul is beautiful and walking with you always feels like we're going home. I never knew how lonely I was, until I saw your face at the end of a dream I had just before I woke up. I never knew how much I longed for warmth, until I felt your touch at the end of a seemingly endless sleep» Scorpius recited.

It was one of his talents, managing to learn things by heart easily, if he wanted to. It had helped the nerd it was when it came to reading.

«You were always beautiful to me, you were always enough for me, you were always the one I was so certain about. Maybe you weren't the one for me... but deep down i wanted you to be,»

«Idiots. It turned out they were actually soulmates,» Albus interrupted him and Scorpius giggled, then continued:

«Hold me like you are afraid of losing me. Kiss me like you wanna stop the time. Grab me like I am the one your life depends on,»

«Wow, this is...» but the raven-haired had no words to describe what he felt in his chest at hearing those words, those lines.

Scorpius felt the same reciting them while he was held by the one who was supposed to be his soulmate.

«I want to drown in your eyes. I want to talk with you endlessly at night while laying in your arms. I want to make you laugh until your tummy hurts. I want to talk about our dreams. I want to be there to catch you if you fall. But most of all, I just want to be with you.»

They eyes locked again and they both felt the bedroom suddenly start spinning around them.

Now it wasn't Draco talking to Harry, not anymore: now there were Scorpius and Albus. Holding to the hope that they could have what their fathers had never courage to build, could close those unhealed wounds and love each other like they never did.

«I would bend the stars and twist the heavens to be with you tonight»

Now it was Scorpius talking to Albus, staring at his soul and finding it beautiful. So beautiful.

The raven-haired stopped him unexpectedly,
«I would do the same, Scorp. I can't imagine a life without you in it.»

«Al...» the blond muttered, not able to breathe properly anymore, «You don't have to say it-»

«I love you»

The widows in the room broke and the water from the Black Lake they adored came flooding inside.