Solarium de Caritate

Chapter Four

The articles come out within days of each other.

HARRY POTTER TELLS ALL: WHY HE QUIT THE AUROR DEPARTMENT AND HE COMES OUT AS BISEXUAL IN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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Harry Potter tells Quibbler Journalist and friend Luna Lovegood all about the big BIG changes in his life....

I'd decided to go to Luna after quitting my job and get ahead of the media circus myself, and it turned out better than I expected. The Daily Prophet was much less kind to Draco.

MALFOY HEIR: DISOWNED AND DISGRACED
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Draco Malfoy, who currently works as an extremely successful barrister for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures alongside war hero Hermione Granger-Weasley, has seemingly been able to do no wrong in the past year as he's fought tirelessly for the rights of the tiniest house elf to the entire herd of centaurs that live in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts. But now that he's called off his wedding and been disowned by his parents, we're about to see how far he can fall...

I pull out my birthday gift to send my first real message to Draco, beyond the "testing" messages we'd sent to check if they worked, right after he first got his half back in the mail.

The Ministry throws another Charity Ball in September. I find myself looking forward to spending time with Draco again, but instead I end up spending the entire event searching for a head of platinum hair that simply isn't there. Hermione admits that Draco had told her at work that he wasn't sure if he'd be up for being around so many people after everything that had happened.

I stop by the balcony for a brief visit, but it feels strange sitting up there alone, so I decide to head home early and unusually sober. Back in my flat, I find myself writing another short missive to Draco.