Warnings: Angst, Unrequited boy love in first chapters, Boy love in last few chapters, Fluffy Smut in last chapter
Couple(s):Draco/Harry(seme/uke) also contains Ron/Hermione(but I don't give details about them, they are just said to be dating)
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER, DRACO MALFOY, THE WORLD OF HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF HARRY OR DRACO'S FRIENDS. If I did...then it would be one short erotica book about Harry and Draco instead of some awesome series.
The gentle breeze, the empty sound of air around him. It calmed him. Made him feel different than the show he was now forced to put on during the day. Up here, in the Astronomy tower to be exact, he could do nothing but think, including think about how he got there in the first place. 'Why is it I am forced to do the things I do, unlike before when I wanted to do them?' He thought with a sigh that passed through his lips as another breeze cooled his body. He shivered and decided to bring a coat next time.
'Next time?' He chuckled to himself, 'Why is it I always have a next time...a next time...alone...?' He closed his eyes and breathed out a silent sigh. Alone...
He turned, no good. He turned over to the other side, not good either. He lay on his back and stared at the ceiling. Blank and empty. No good. He sat up and groaned in frustration. 'Why can't I sleep?' He pulled his feet out from under the covers and over the edge of the bed they went. He grabbed his glasses off the end-table and sighed heavily. He looked around, 'Should I just pace until i'm tired or go for a walk around the school...?' He weighed his options and thought that endless pacing around a room he had already memorized would get really boring really fast. He grabbed for a shirt and a jacket and pulled them both on. Not caring what they looked like, he wasn't going to church or anything.
Out his bedroom door he went, wand in hand in case he ran into any un-wanted travellers. His feet grew cold and he cursed himself for forgetting shoes but figured he was already out of his room and that if he returned he might want to sleep. 'I guess i'm just a little curious...i've never seen the school at night...' He mused a little as he continued on his little journey. Still angry with himself for forgetting shoes.
He turned a corner and realized that this hallway, although darkened by night, was familiar. But how...? 'OH! This hallway leads to the Astronomy tower! I guess with nothing better to do...' He trailed off as he made a specific route in his head. To the Astonomy tower.
Up the steps he went, his feet hitting cold step after cold step. He cursed in his head at the steps being cold metal or something and continued up. He was barely up at the top long enough to enjoy it before he saw who else but...Draco Malfoy. Draco turned casually with a mellow and calm look to his eyes before flinching a bit. However, he didn't move from his leaning position to the edge. He just stared at Harry, who was now holding his wand out in case of Draco doing a wandless hex to him.
"Malfoy! What the hell are you doing up here so late?" Harry shouted before realizing that if someone heard him then they would be caught and both of the boys would get in trouble.
"Probably the same as you...but on the other hand I don't have to answer that because I could ask you the very same thing..." He drawled on with no emotion on his face, a little differant from his usual smirk. Harry shuffled his weight from one foot to the other, he licked his lips and then lowered his wand a bit. Draco, unamused by this little show continued, "If you want to be immature right now, then leave...you wanted fresh air...so stay..."
Harry had to agree with him on that one. Which would be the only thing they would agree on. Ever. In the history of ever. Harry lowered his arm and then felt foolish at Draco's 'i'm the bigger person' act. He slipped his wand into his jacket pocket and walked over to another edge, as far from Draco as he could, and leaned on it. The silence, barable.
In that silence Harry felt calm for the first time since his first year. He sighed at the breeze and closed his eyes, completely forgetting he had company in the room. It was a complete feeling for the both of them that for the first time since their rivalry began they could be in a room together without tension. Without lunging for one another or ripping the others face off. They just felt like two strangers to each other, so much so, that they both felt the strange urge that they should introduce themself to the other. It was silly, but the feeling was there.
The night seemed to stay the same, never got lighter to signify that morning was coming and never got darker to signify it was getting later. It was on pause until Harry or Draco would leave. Harry's mind also felt like it was on pause, he didn't need to worry about any 'Boy-who-lived' stuff while up there and Draco's felt like it was on pause as well.
"Hey, Malfoy..." Harry suddenly found himself talking, his voice sounded strange after being silent for so long. It sounded new to him. He also wished he hadn't said anything.
"Yes Potter...?"
"Why did you come here anyway?" Harry, like always, was curious. Draco had a thoughtful look to his face then sighed,
"I don't really feel like we are close enough for me to answer that."
"Oh..." Harry shifted a bit as it grew silent again. Before the conversation was completly null and void Harry turned abruptly and walked straight over to where Draco was leaning. "Malfoy..." Draco raised a brow at this.
"Yes, Potter?"
"I would like your permission to...get to know you a little better?" He held his breath, waiting to be slapped in the face and to have to watch as Draco would storm off and then the rumors would fly around about how he tried to talk to him and-
"Sure, why not?" Draco's face had no sign of emotion so Harry couldn't tell if he was joking or not, he hoped he wasn't though. Harry grinned sheepishly before settling himself to a leaning position closer to Draco. But still far enough away. Harry's mind buzzed with questions to ask and his eyes darted back to see what Draco was doing. He was just staring out into the sky, not looking at all like he was waiting for Harry to do something. Harry took a shot in the dark as a question suddenly formed in his head.
"Malfoy?"
"Yes Potter?" He drawled out again, slight annoyance in his voice.
"Do you like being in Slytherin?" He suddenly wanted to slap himself and take it back. What a stupid question! Draco just smirked and said,
"It's not to bad, do you like being in Gryffindor?"
"Actually...I was supposed to be in Slytherin...but it's totally fine being in Gryffindor..." He mumbled as he was still trying to get over how stupid his question before was.
"Really...? You? Harry Potter? The infamous boy-who-lived...Slytherin?" Draco chuckled a bit.
"Hey now! I think I would have made a great Slytherin!"
"Really now?" Draco said with mock amusement, "You could really see yourself throwing insults at everyone 24/7?"
"Well actu-"
"You could really see yourself kissing up to Snape because he was the head of your house?"
"No bu-"
"Could you see me and you...as best friends?"
Silence. Could he? Could Harry really see them as friends. Let alone best friends...? Wearing the infamous green colors and pushing others around. Insulting everyone he knew and even didn't know, just because they were friends?
No. If he was friends with Draco then Draco wouldn't do those things. He would have been able to change him.
"No, Malfoy...I can't see us as friends...then..." He replied with calm once again taking over his voice.
"Then?"
"Yes...Malfoy...I can't see us as friends then...but I see us becoming friends now." More silence and then,
"Sure...why not?"
The endless noise around him that if you got close enough would sound like words: the mess hall. It was breakfast and Harry was tinkering on the edge of literally sleeping in his food. Draco, meanwhile, at the Slytherin table looked like he had gotten more than enough sleep. 'How does he do it? We were up most of the night talking!' His eyes slumped again and so did his head. Ron snapped his fingers in front of Harry's face,
"You okay buddy?"
"Yeah i'm fine, Ron...why?"
Hermione answered instead, "Because you have been drowsy all morning...it's lunch and you look like a zombie!" Harry laughed.
"Well Hermione, I was restless last night...I don't know why..." He then began pondering why he was restless. Which led to him thinking of where he had gone and then about Draco. His conversation with Draco lasted forever and before he knew it Draco was saying he wanted to get to bed. Harry stayed a while longer and when he made it back to the Gryffindor commons, it was morning.
"Maybe you could skip this afternoons lessons and get sleep? I could take notes and have you copy them...heck! I could teach you the whole lesson!" She mused but with all seriousness she really wanted him to get sleep.
"Sure, okay then, Hermione...just tell the teachers I felt sick..." He stated as he stood from the table. He was still hungry, but he was more tired than hungry so he shrugged it all off. He trudged through the halls, stumbling a bit. He probably looked like he got drunk and was now walking through the halls causing a disturbance. It was quite the opposite. He was just really tired.
He made it back to the Gryffindor commons with only a few snickers from students at his walking ability. He was barely able to walk up the stairs, but he managed. He felt like he was in a daze as he fell onto his own bed and then let darkness overwhelm him...
He awoke suddenly and the room was set in a darkness only known to as nighttime. 'Great! Now i'm in a sleeping pattern! This shall work out so well with my school-work!" He scoffed as he arose and stretched the stiffness from his muscles. He missed dinner and was now starving. He looked around and saw his fellow male Gryffindors sleeping peacefully. He groaned in frustration at them, why did they get to sleep so peacefully while he couldn't? 'I will get peace!' He then thought of the perfect place to get this peace.
He stood from his bed and decided that it would be better to wear his sleeping clothes so when he would return he could just go to sleep right away. He changed shirts and changed into some sleeping pants of his. He pulled his jacket on and hesitantly grabbed his wand, just in case. He silently made his way out of the Gryffinador male dorms and also out of the commons. He cursed himself a few feet out of the hall when he realized he didn't grab shoes again. He almost burst out in laughter when he realized he was a wizard and could just do a simple heating spell.
After the heating spell warmed him and the the half-hour it took to find the hall to the astronomy tower he felt tired. But curiosity was getting the better of him. He was more curious to see if Draco would show up again than he was tired.
He climbed up the steps that led him to the top of the tower and sure enough, Draco was leaning where he was the night before. He didn't seem to notice Harry so Harry cleared his throat slightly. Draco turned a little then smirked when he saw who it was, "Hello Potter..."
"Hello Malfoy..." He made his way over to lean next to Draco and the silence from the night before hit them again. But unlike the night before, this silence was un-bearable.
"Hey Malfoy?"
"Yes Potter?"
"How do you manage to look so...well-slept?" He found the right word.
"Oh..." Draco suddenly burst out into laughter and Harry flushed with anger.
"You don't have to laugh!"
"I'm not...laughing at you..." He said between bouts of laughter. "Laughing at...the question!"
"That's at me!"
"No...never mind...anyway Potter...if you must know, I use a quick sleep spell I found very useful when studying for long tests."
"How does it work?" Harry had never heard of such a thing. Looking back, it could have come in handy.
"Well...you just perform the spell and then you suddenly feel like you've been sleeping for days..." He shrugged as if this was the most simple spell in the world and that he should of known it in first year. Harry nodded and then smiled, "That should come in handy!"
Silence once again hit them after the slight chuckle from Draco at Harry's comment. Draco suddenly realized something, "Hey Potter...I realized that you have been the only one asking questions around here..."
"Oh, I guess your right..."
"Maybe I could ask one...?"
"Knock yourself out!"
Silence and Harry suddenly felt like Draco was making a joke. He really wanted to hear a question from the blonde-boy but apparently he had nothing. Draco suddenly surprised him, "Hey Potter?"
"Yes Malfoy?" He heard Draco shift a bit.
"Can I...call you Harry?"
Harry flinched then softened, "Only if I can call you Draco?"
"Of course!"
"Then yes..."
They shared a smile and tested the sound of each other's first names on their tongues. Finding it strange and almost foreign to them. They laughed at the sound of it on the other's voice and smiled again. Then Draco frowned and shifted while Harry suddenly realized what was wrong,
"Does this make us friends now, Draco?"
"Why, yes, I think it does...Harry."
"Good...right?" Harry felt the warming sensation of his heating spell falter a bit, in anticipation for the answer.
"Yes Harry...that's really good..."
They smiled and felt the breeze hit them. They had forgotten about everything from that day. Everything from the normal world around them. At that moment they forgot how to be rivals. But when morning comes, it would come second nature to them.