A Rose's Thorn

Bridge

"Harry!"

Harry rolled his eyes and turned. He was caught again. When he looked at who had invaded his "private" moment he groaned. With a sigh he straightened himself up. He forced a smile and a short chuckle.

"Oh no you don't mister. I want answers now."

Harry scratched his neck. "I don't know what you mean Seamus. I wasn't..."

Seamus huffed and crossed his arms. "You're not the same. I want to know why you keep pretending that you are. Surely they won't..."

"Seamus please. You're right I'm not. Don't think I ever will be. I'm still trying to figure this out okay. Promise you won't say anything." Harry sighed.

"If you promise to stop throwing fits." Seamus smiled.

Harry laughed a bit. "No can do sorry dude."

Seamus nodded expecting exactly that response. "No worries Harry I won't tell."

Harry was indeed different. Who knew a week reliving past events could drastically change your personality? Well Severus Snape knew. He and Harry had been spending time trying to figure it out. Harry's mood swings had become rather unstable. If he really wanted something and a person tried to keep him from whatever it was he would throw a fit. When he was upset about something he insisted on staying with Severus. It may have been little changes too everyone else, but they didn't know how much he was holding back. Seamus had involuntarily stepped into finding out Harry was faking. Severus, well he had become Harry's go to person, so from the get go he knew.

This was one of those involuntarily moments. Luna Lovegood had commented on Harry's change. Being Luna she was making one of her odd observations without knowing the reaction Harry would have. Harry had stormed off, on the way kicking a tree nearly hard enough to break his foot. Seamus had bumped into Harry on the way to the Great Hall. Now here they were. Seamus had succeeded in getting Harry to smile and avoiding another explosion. Harry was Not going to explain that he was angry because someone actually noticed what he's been trying to hide.

"Breakfast?" Seamus asked.

Harry nodded. "Yeah sounds good. And I miss Draco."

"You shouldn't hide the fact that you're clingy. I know Draco loves that." Seamus chuckled.

Harry blushed but said nothing. As they neared the Great Hall Harry had spotted Draco. In one of his "act before thinking" moments, he ran up to the platinum blonde and jumped on him. The two went down in a heap. Harry's childish mode had kicked in completely and he burst out laughing. Draco chuckled a bit and shook his head. He got up and helped Harry up as well.

"Love you have got to be more careful. As much as I love the surprise of it I don't want you to get hurt. Or myself for that matter." Draco smiled.

"Sorry Draaayy." Harry sang out.

Harry laced his fingers with Draco's and they walked into the Hall. Harry had basically fully embraced his Slytherin side so they always ate their meals at the Slytherin table. Occasionally they would sit at the Gryffindor table. Harry snuggled into Draco's side after he ate.

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Ginny had stayed under the radar. Since Ron was locked up in Azkaban she knew it wasn't a good idea to make a spectacle of herself. She observed everything. Her hatred building and ready to burst. To some it may be a silly reason, but to her it wasn't. She was promised Harry's hand in marriage after all. Now he was gay, actually dating a boy, said boy was none other than Draco fucking Malfoy, and Harry had the nerve to be happy without Dumbledore's permission.