Chapter 12: scary

one day before Draco's father comes

Harry POV:I did. it again, I cut myself again and Draco knows. But that is not relevant. More relevant is the fact that Draco and I are probably going to be torn apart tomorrow because of his stupid father.Draco and I just woke up and I'm already thinking about that. I can feel a silent tear rolling down my cheek. Draco sees it too and asks:"Harry whats wrong?""Nothing I was just thinking""about what?""you and me being torn apart""Harry, we're gonna make it work. We have to. We're gonna write letters every day to stay in touch and we'll see each other as often as possible.""but what if your father won't allow it?""I dunno we're just gonna make it work somehow"I just nod and we get dressed. Breakfast and the rest of the day was ok. I mean it was horrible tomorrow by this time we're probably not gonna see each other anymore. But Draco and I spent the whole day together and now we sleep in my bed the last time in forever. Cuddling with him. Having him that close to me. Maybe we are just overreacting. I hope we're just are but we are probably right about it. Dracos father is cruel, he told me about it. The times he tortured Draco just because they didn't have the same opinion. Anyway I wear a hoodie from Draco now, to keep at least a part of him with me. He has my Gryffindor scarf. We're going to sleep now and tomorrow is gonna be torture.

the next dayToday is the day. I wake up normal but it isn't normal, Draco is gone. He isn't next to me anymore. He's gone. He left me. Wait he left me a note on my nightstand. I read it:Dear Harry,I'm so sorry but it is better if I leave you without seeing your beautiful sad smile looking at me. Or hearing your sad voice. I couldn't do that. That's why I'm writing you this. I wanna be with you forever but that won't work not with my father. He would never allow it. I'm on my way back to Malfoy Manor. My father knows about us and he's going to punish me for it but I'm gonna be ok. Please Harry stay where you are, I don't want you get hurt even more.Mc Gonagall told me to pack my stuff early this morning. I would have woken you up but I just couldn't. I couldn't see your sad smile and silent tears while I'm leaving you forever. I love you Harry Potter and I always will. I hope we have another chance some day soon but for now I have to leave you. I love you.Your DracoHe's gone, he's really gone. I feel myself starting to cry. I'm crying. He's gone and he'll never come back. I read his letter over and over again. The mittel part is stuck in my head. He's gonna get punished. From his stories I know that that is not good. I have to help him even though he doesn't want me to but I have to. Ron wakes up soon after and looks at me saying:"Are you ok Harry?""no I'm not"I look at the letter and back at Ron saying:"Ron, Draco left and he's in danger. I have to help him but please don't tell Hermione about it. Or anyone else, I have to do this alone. I don't want y'all get hurt too"I stand up from my bed and get dressed quickly. "Harry wait a minute. You're seriously saying that you all alone are going to rescue Malfoy from his abusive father, And you expect me to not tell anyone""yeah pretty much. See you tomorrow"I leave the door ignoring Ron saying my name. I have to help Draco. As I'm about to go out of the castle to apparate, Ron touches my shoulder with Hermione next to me. Hermione looks at me in concern, saying:"Harry you are not going to go alone. We're gonna come with you""No Hermione you're not. I have to do this alone. Good bye"I apparate to the front of Malfoy Manor. Ron and Hermione stay behind. I regret my decision for just a moment but then I hear Draco screaming in pain.

I walk into the living room where Draco is breaking down on his knees from pain. He looks at me sad but also with hope. He slowly shakes his head but I just ignore him and point my wand at Lucius saying: "Stupor"Lucius flies across the room away from Draco. I run to Draco but as soon as I get close to him, Lucius says: "crucio"I break down on my knees in pain. Draco screams: "Noooooo" while Lucius keeps torturing me. Draco says crying: "Please Father please Stop!"Lucius ignores him with a disgusted look and continues to torture me. I can feel the pain rushing through my body and next thing I know is black....

Draco POV:Harry came. He really came. But now he lays unconscious on the floor while my own father is torturing him.I can't keep looking at that and use my last strength to push my father away. But he's is too strong and uses a spell to put me in my place. Now I can't move and have to see my Harry being tortured by my own father. This is way more torturing than being tortured myself.A few minutes later I hear my mom coming. She points her wand at my father and says: "Stop that right now or I'm gonna kill you. I've watched you torture my son enough."But he doesn't listen to her and she uses a more powerful stupor to throw him against the wall. He is now unconscious and doesn't breathe. The spell is gone and I'm free. I run to Harry who is still unconscious. I put Harry on my lap and say, crying:"Harry, please, please wake up"I touch Harry's chest and feel his weak heart beat. I get a bit of  hope. Soon after, Harry slowly wakes up. He looks around confused and then in my face. We hug. I look in his emerald green eyes and say: " I thought I'd lost you""I thought so too."My mom walks over to us and says: "Well good thing is you're both alive."We look at each other and slowly nod. I hug Harry again, this time even more tighter. Then he slowly sits up and I say with a slight smile:"Harry Potter you are the stupidest person alive""hey I just saved you""but you could've died. I specifically wrote in that letter that you should not come and you still came""yeah well I had to save my boyfriend. Besides nobody was there to stop me so""yeah right. I bet Hermione and Ron tried to stop you but you just ignored them and went anyway because you're stubborn""maybe""Ok boys let's get you two checked up in the hospital and then back to school"We both nod at my mom and slowly stand up. Harry is still wobbly on his legs but with help from me he can walk. I'm used to being tortured by my father so I can walk like normal. We don't apparate to the hospital because Harry is still weak, instead we drive with the car.

In the hospital, they don't find anything unusual and we can go back to school. At school we're greeted by mine and Harry's friends. As we walk inside they all come running at us. Harry hugs his friends and I hug mine. Hermione is the first one that speaks:"Harry Potter you are the most stupidest person i've ever met" She hits him with a book on his head. I laugh a bit, it's funny. "Thanks Hermione, I know""Harry she's right, you should really stop putting yourself in danger every single year""yeah I know""So Dray how are you?": Blaise says"good better than Harry definitely""why what happened": Hermione says in a concerned, angry voice."umm": Harry says "He ran in while I was being tortured by my father and then he used stupor to throw him away but as soon as he got to me, he got hit by my fathers cruciato-multiple times-and passed out. I couldn't do anything because my father put me in my place with a spell. Then my mom came and saved the day"Hermione hits Harry again:"Harry you're so stupid. You should have let us come with you""it went well so why would I need y'all""yeah right, you could've died": Ron says."but I didn't": Harry replies, smiling. "So do you want to eat something?": Pansy says."yes I'm starving": Harry says. I just nod in agreement and we walk into the great hall. There are not a lot of students so we all sit together at the Gryffindor table. While we eat Pansy says:"While we eat should we play a drinking game? After all this *she points at me and Harry* I could really use a drink""yeah me too": Blaise says"sure": Ron says"yeah I'm down": Harry says"yeah ok": Hermione saysThey all look at me and I say:"fine""So we're playing never have I ever and every time you've done it you have to drink a shot"She pulls out a bottle of vodka and 6 shot glasses. She fills the glasses and gives everyone one."I start umm Never have I ever had sex in my best friends bed": Pansy says. Stupid Pansy she always asks questions like that. I drink one shot and Harry looks at me confused. I just smile awkward and look at Ron who is also drinking. "Wait what": Harry says to him. "sorry Harry"Hermione drinks too. She must have done it with Ronald in Harry's bed. weird."Ok Draco you go""Ok umm Never have I ever had a fight with a teacher""boring": Pansy says while drinking. Harry drinks too. Blaise does too. And wow Hermione too. "Ok Harry your turn""Never have I ever kissed someone who was related to my friends"He drinks himself and Pansy drinks.He means Ginny I know he does.We play like that until we're all a bit drunk and it's Pansys turn again:"Never have I ever fucked a Slytherin."Blaise, Pansy and I drink. Harry hesitates but drinks too. Considering Hermiones and Ron's reaction he did not tell them anything about our relationship.Hermione says shocked: "you fucked a Slytherin?""I thought he told you..." "WAIT-you fucked Malfoy?"Pansy just sits there enjoying the chaos she created."Harry, you fucked Draco Malfoy?"Harry slowly nods."what the actual fuck!?""oh my god Hermione but you're right, what the hell."Harry says clearly lying: "calm down it was just once...""Harry you are a terrible liar.": I say "ok umm I'm just gonna accept the fact that my best friend fucked Malfoy!""same but ok Harry, if you liked it fine.""he did"Harry punches me saying: "shut up!""ok when that's over we should go to bed we have school tomorrow again": Blaise says"yeah your right": Hermione says.Ron and Hermione leave first, followed by Blaise and Pansy. Now Harry and I are alone in the great hall. Harry says:"today was scary""yeah""I mean I've done a lot of scary things but I never had to see someone I love being tortured or even feeling it myself to the point of unconsciousness. That was the scariest thing besides killing Voldemort""I'm sorry, you shouldn't have seen that.""it's ok, I can handle it""I'm sure you can. Let's go to bed"I stand up and hold out my hand for Harry. He takes it and we go to my room.

We get changed and Harry gets a hoodie from me because he's cold again. Then we lay down on my bed, Harry on my chest. I look down at Harry and say:"Harry?""mhm""how do you feel?""good, you're safe""Harry please don't lie to me""ok umm I don't feel good but I'm better with you. Today was horrible, I thought you were gonna die and then I thought I'm gonna die and then we both didn't die which was good but the thought of loosing you was horrible""yeah I felt kinda like this too. This morning, I didn't want to leave you alone. But I had to in order to at least keep you safe for a little while. It was hard. That's why I wrote you that letter. But I cried writing it. I just wanted to stay with you but I couldn't""it's ok, we're together now and that will stay that way as long as possible""yeah, I love you Harry Potter""I love you too Draco Malfoy"We go to sleep, Harry in my arms. Me stroking his hair. Him snoring like a little baby. He's my little baby, my Harry.