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Love You, Hate You

Chapter 2

Many would think that no matter what happened, Severus Snape would always hate Harry Potter. In return, Harry Potter would despise Severus Snape for his hate of him and his father. Except they all forgot the power that truth and a little bit of talking can do to two people who had previously hated each other.

So, that is why Harry and Severus ended up solving their differences at one of the Order of the Phoenix's meetings. The meeting took place at Number Twelve Grimmauld Place during the summer after Harry's fifth year.

*Flashback*

The meeting had gone like it normally did; it was after the meeting that got interesting.

While everyone had been filing out of the kitchen to leave, one of them had mentioned Sirius. To add insult to injury, they had looked towards Harry while they spoke of Sirius.

Harry didn't more form his spot at the table 'till everyone had left the room. Once he thought everyone was out of hearing distance, he had started to cry his heart out.

Harry had thought he was alone before he began to cry, but he was wrong. Severus Snape had still been in the room, he had been lurking in the shadows like he normally does at meetings.

Snape hadn't said anything, just stood watching Harry cry. He had been about to move from the shadows and leave the room, but he stopped. Harry had begun to speak to himself.

"Mum…Dad, I wish you guys were here. I miss you guys so much. If only not for that st-stupid pr-prophecy and me, S-Sirius and Ce-Cedric would st-still be alive. You g-guys would still b-be he-here with m-me." Harry had said miserably to himself.

Severus had been completely shocked. He hadn't thought Harry felt that bad about things. He had always assumed Harry had everyone at his beck and call and didn't regret or want for anything. Harry had begun to speak again before another thought could cross his mind.

"Everyone expects me to defeat Voldemort, and I don't -." Harry had broken off to sneeze and wipe at his eyes.

He had continued, "I don't think I can win against him. He has had years of experience and he has more knowledge than me. And even if I do defeat him, I don't think I will survive the final battle. I-I'm so s-scared and no one seems to notice.

"My friends only pester me about what I'm going to do to defeat Voldemort. Professor Dumbledore has tried to comfort me, but it's just not the same.

"Everyone treats me like this next great Merlin kind-of-character, but I'm not. I'm just a fifteen year old teenager who wants a normal life." Harry had said to himself, now done crying.

"It seems that the only ones who don't treat me any differently are Snape and the rest of the Slytherins. They just plain hate me and, even though they can be cruel with their indifferences to me, it's still refreshing."

Severus had been beyond shocked by then, by what Harry had said. He had always assumed that Harry loved, even reveled, in the attention he received from most everyone. But it had seemed that Harry hated, maybe even abhorred, all his fame.

"Too bad I'm not friends with any Slytherins. I know they could have probably helped me." Harry had mumbled, "Maybe I should have listened and let the Sorting Hat place me where I belong. At lease in Slytherin, I might have had some real friends."

Harry had yelped in shock and fright when he had heard a yell, "What!," coming from the back side of the kitchen.

He had turned in shock to find, to his immediate surprise, Professor Severus Snape walking out of the shadow. Harry had been shocked to see Snape in the kitchen wit him, but he had a bigger shock when he noticed Snape's face. Instead of his usual smirk or sneer, he had a shocked look upon his face.

It had been then that Harry thought, 'Oh no! Snape had been in here the whole time. He must have seen me cry and he heard me talking to myself." Harry had been scared and extremely horrified.

When Harry had begun to flip out over Snape having heard him talk about his problems, Snape had tried to calm him down. They had yelled and hollered at each other for quite a while.

*End Flashback*

After Harry and Snape had got over their shock (Severus) and anger (Harry), they had sat down to talk. They talked of the reasons for Snape's hatred of Harry and Harry's life before going to Hogwarts. They even talked about Harry's adventures throughout his year's at Hogwarts, especially on how every time Harry went to go do something heroic, his friends insisted on going with him despite him not wanting them to go and possibly get hurt. This had shocked Severus for he believed that Harry had always dragged his friends with him on his own, not that his friends forced themselves onto Harry whenever he went to do something even remotely dangerous.

They had talked all throughout the night about anything and everything, forming a friendship. Shaky, perhaps, but it had been a start. The only thing Harry had not talked to Snape about was his, then, new relationship with Draco. Harry had not been for sure if he and Draco would last or not. To make matter's worse, Draco was Snape's godson.

Ever since that night Harry had been, almost, a nightly visitor to Severus' quarters throughout his sixth year. They had grown closer than they could have ever imagined. Harry had started to think of Severus as a parental figure, more than just his friend, but he had never mentioned it in fear of rejection.

To say that Severus was shocked to find Harry stumbling into his room with a tear-stained face, that would be an understatement. He had never seen Harry so distraught with grief. He wondered what could have upset him this much, but he put it out of his mind 'till he calmed Harry down. And so, he quickly jumped to his feet and caught Harry to his chest tightly.

Harry clung to Severus for dear life and kept crying his eyes out. Severus had picked Harry up and they were heading into the living room. Severus sat down in his black leather, comfy chair and just held Harry in his lap. When Harry didn't show any signs of calming down, Severus began to rock Harry and make soothing sounds.

Severus had hoped this would work and after some minutes passed, Harry started to show signs of calming down. It took a good twenty minutes for Harry to fully settle down and relax back into Severus' arms. He was still shaking with all the emotions he was going through, but he was slowly losing all tension. When Harry was completely calm, Severus decided to speak.

"What's the matter, Harry?" Severus said softly, trying to keep Harry calm.

Harry just shook his head, refusing to answer. He hiccupped and sneezed, before Severus spoke again.

"Alright, you can rest down here tonight." Severus said, "Will you be alright in the spare bedroom?"

"No." Harry managed to croak out of his, damaged from crying, throat. It was a muffled response for Harry had burrowed his head into Severus' chest, but Severus still heard him.

Severus nodded, "Ok. You may sleep in my room with me. But will you let me know what has upset you tonight?"

"I…I don't know, Sev. May-be later, when I'm feeling bet-ter." Harry hiccupped out.

Severus shook his head sadly, but replied, "Alright Harry. Whenever you feel better, please let me know, ok?"

"Yes, Severus." Harry replied, hiccupping again.

So, Severus picked Harry up and carried him down a hallway into his room. He changed Harry's day clothes for some sleepwear. He tucked him into his bed for a much needed rest. Severus, then, changed out of his usual black robes and put on his pajamas. He walked out to his outer chambers to turn off the lights, turn the fire down, and lock everything up.

He finally went back to his room and climbed into his bed, pulling Harry close to him to offer him comfort.

The next morning, Severus woke up to a small body cuddled to his chest. For a moment he was confused, but then the night before happenings became apparent to him.

'Oh, that's right. Harry came here upset and I let him stay the night.' Severus thought to himself, 'Hopefully he will feel better this morning.'

A few minutes later, Harry began to stir awake.

When he finally awoke, he had a cute puzzled look on his face that just screamed, 'Why am I in bed Severus?'

After a moment, the puzzlement cleared away. Only to be replace with such sadness that Severus could have sworn he felt it himself.

"Harry." Severus whispered softly, not wanting to upset him anymore than he already was.

Harry looked up at Severus and shook his head. Wrapping his arms around Severus' waist and said, "Please, just hold me Sev."

Severus just nodded his head and held Harry tightly to his chest. He was confused and worried for Harry.

'What has happened to sadden Harry so much?' Were Severus' thoughts before he tightened his arms around Harry.

They lounged in the bed for a good twenty minutes holding onto each other before getting up to get ready. When they parted, Severus made the bed and Harry went to go take his shower. While Harry was in the shower, Severus took the liberty of spelling Harry's robes clean for he had no clean ones in his chambers at the moment.

When Harry came out of his shower, he got dressed while Severus took his shower and got dressed too. Harry went out into the living room and finished his Charm's homework that was due the next day.

Severus came out of his bedroom dressed in his black robes and a sneer upon his face which was due to the amount of grease he was putting into his hair.

"Sev, must you put that in your hair?" Harry asked, when he finished the essay he was working on.

"Yes, I must. You know why I must." Severus replied, looking in the mirror that was hanging on the wall by the door.

"Yeah, I know it's to protect your hair from the potion fumes, but why so much?" Harry asked persistently.

"Because it's to keep brat's like you away from me, that's why." Severus replied with a mock sneer on his face.

Harry just laughed, "Yeah, like that explains everything."

"Of course. Everything I say makes perfect sense and explains everything." Severus said, sticking his nose in the air and stalking away.

"Ha Ha, very funny." Harry said sarcastically before realizing that Severus was going to leave him behind, "Wait up!"

Severus just kept on walking out of the door when Harry shouted at him. Harry quickly stuffed his Charms book and essay in his bag, leaving it sit on the table before running after Severus.

They were emerging form the dungeons when they encountered anyone. There were a few Slytherins and Hufflepuffs milling about heading towards the Great Hall for breakfast.

Harry and Severus kept on walking; ignoring the students who stopped to stare at them. The students were giving them confused (Slytherins) or scared (Hufflepuffs) looks when they went past them.

They reached the Great Hall doors when Harry decided to break the silence with a smart ass comment.

"Hey Sev, wonder what they'll say if I told them I spent the night with you? In your bed?" Harry commented nonchalantly, "Especially if I said you did so graciously and that you and me cuddled like-."

"Why you-!" Severus yelled, cutting off what Harry was about to say. Harry tore off through the Great Hall doors at Severus' loud, angry exclamation. Severus tore after him, regardless of anything or anyone who might be watching.

Total. Silence. Was the reaction of everyone in the Hall at seeing a laughing Harry Potter getting chased by an angry Severus Snape.

"Potter, get back here this instance. Right now!" Severus yelled at Harry, cutting a sharp corner around the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables.

Harry laughed, "No way Snape. Do you think I'm crazy? If I let you catch me, you'll spank me again."

Severus chuckled, not denying Harry's claim. He put on a spurt of speed to try to catch Harry.

Harry looked over his shoulder from where he was running to determine how close Severus was to him. When he looked back, he saw Severus was really close, almost in arms reach of him. Harry tried to go faster, but at that moment Severus had reached him and grabbed a hold of him to pull themselves to a stop. Harry tried to struggle away from him, but was unsuccessful.

"No! Let go, Sev!" Harry shrieked, "No fair. You have longer legs than me."

Severus shook his head, "Nope. I'm not letting you go. Especially after that last comment you made."

Harry gave up struggling and tried for a puppy dog look, but Severus just smirked at him.

"Hmph. No fair." Harry mumbled, "Should have known it wouldn't work. At least not on you."

"Life's not fair, but we have to deal with it, don't we?" Severus said to Harry, "Besides, you should know your little innocent looks won't work on me."

Harry just nodded and proceeded to pout at Severus.

"Achoo!" Someone sneezed nearby them. That brought Harry and Severus' attention to everyone else in the Great Hall.

Everyone's faces ranged from shock, fear, disgust (at their closeness), and some amused (at their antics). Harry and Severus looked at each other before shrugging.

"I'm sorry Severus for what I said. I didn't mean to offend you. I was just joking with you." Harry told Severus in an apologetic voice.

"I know, brat. And I'm sorry for overreacting, what you said was just so surprising, it caught me off guard and I reacted angrily." Severus replied in a forgiving voice. A few moments went by when Harry nodded his own forgiveness of Severus for his anger.

Then, Harry spoke in a grave tone, "Now that we have forgiven each other, you need to let me go eat. If not, I might starve to death here in your arms, unless you get me some food. Now, you don't want that, do you Sev?"

"Oh, you cheeky brat." Severus snapped in mock anger, releasing Harry. "Go get your food or I will shove it down your throat and force feed you."

"Awww, I feel so loved, Sev." Harry replied back cheekily.

Severus made a swipe at Harry's head, but Harry was already running over to the Gryffindor table to his seat. Harry laughed and stuck his tongue out at him. Severus tried to sneer in contempt at him, but ended up giving a small chuckle and a shake of his head. He then walked to his seat at the Head Table, sat, and started to eat.

It wasn't five minutes after Harry and Severus began eating that they noticed the lack of sound and looked up and around at everyone. When no one looked away from then, Harry yelled at them.

"Stop staring and eat. Haven't you ever seen two people talk and joke around?"

Everyone, at his shout, turned away and began to eat. Some still looked up at them from under their eyelashes. They were still shocked, but were slowly getting it under control. Even Dumbledore, who supposedly knew everything about everything and everyone, was looking shocked by the behavior between Harry and Severus. He didn't know that Harry and Severus were on such friendly terms.

'Maybe too friendly.' Dumbledore thought a little concernedly, but put it out of his mind before he too started to eat.

**Please review. I hope that you guys are enjoying this so far. And like I said at the beginning of Chapter one, some of these chapters don't have much change except extra detail or combined chapters.

Thankx,

Nosyrosie