Hai! This chapter's a little confusing so if you have any questions, plz ask! I will definitely reply when I have the time. I'm actually typing this in class lol. I've also been getting into some tv shows lately like Daredevil. My beta does an amazing job, huh? I'm proud of these works ^-^
Harry sighed deeply as he leaned back on his chair and put his feet up on his desk. He had already been working on this report for the past two hours and his back was killing him. He sat like that for about 5 minutes before deciding to get up and move around to stretch his muscles a bit. Some tea and a treacle tart would help too. His mouth almost watered at the thought.
He stood from his desk and made his way to the kitchen. As he passed by Lily's room, he heard giggling and little rustling sounds from the door. He knocked on the door before slowly opening it to see James, Albus, and Lily sitting in a circle with Draco in the middle. They had not yet decided what to call him.
"Hi, Papa! We're looking for a name for the ferret! Which one do you like best?" Lily pointed at the book she was holding in her lap. Harry walked in and sat cross legged outside of their little circle. She had gotten ahold of one of his Latin Magical Creatures book and was flipping through the Dragons section.
"Lily, you dumb dumb. Why would we name a ferret after a dragon? Dragons are big and mighty and the ferret's small and fluffy."
Harry muffled his laugh as Draco seemed to glare at Albus, insulted.
Lily's brown eyes brimmed with tears. She was not having any of that."But he is big and strong! He can climb up walls with his claws and he can jump really high! He's the amazing bouncing ferret!" Lily pouted.
Harry couldn't muffle his laughter anymore. As he laughed, James laughed too. Their booming laughter filled the room. Lily and Albus looked at them, unamused.
"I don't think he appreciates being called that, Lily." James calmed down and took the book from her hands and pointed to the Latin version of dragon.
"Why not Draconis? Draco for short. All these other names would be too difficult for Lily to pronounce." James suggested.
Lily pouted and whined. "I can pronounce those names! Ask me one!" James pointed to the label of a Norwegian Ridgeback. "How do you say that one then, eh?" Lily took a look and glared at James."Ok, maybe not that one…"
James laughed and apologized. Harry looked at his children and laughed too. "Draco it is then." Draco felt the urge to laugh. If only they knew that Draco was also his real name. He felt glad though that he wasn't named anything stupid like Fluffy. Harry got up and ruffled Lily's hair affectionately.
"I'm gotta go and get something to eat before I go back to work. Don't torture Draco, ok?" He looked specifically at Lily. They all nodded and went back to petting Draco's fur. Draco's eyes were stilling following Harry as he walked out.
Draco watched him leave, disappointed, saddened for some reason. Harry was always too busy with work to ever play with him or even pet him for a while. It was as if Draco didn't even exist in Harry's life. Harry was pretty much the only one who was extremely gentle with him and understood him after all when he had first arrived at the house.
After grabbing a treacle tart and making himself a cup of tea, Harry walked back up to his study and began to work while eating. He was so busy with his work that he didn't notice Draco as he peeked in the room from the door that was left ajar.
The blonde ferret stood for a minute as Harry's quill scratched across the parchment. Draco cautiously crawled past the crack in the door and up to the leg of Harry's chair. Draco looked up and admired Harry's focused look, his eyes shining bright from the sunlight coming from the large narrow windows.
The room was big and all the walls contained shelves of books and knick knacks of all sorts. One particular shelf that hung above the desk held different things that had been made by the kids. One was a small paper tiara made by Lily, an Golden Snitch toy made by Albus, and a card with an amazing drawing of the family made by James. All three showed the amazing creativity and art skills of the children. He was so amazed by the knick knacks that he didn't notice Harry's chair moving back until his tail got run over by one of the wheels.
He yelped and ran away from the chair and into the desk's empty space where the chair was supposed to fit in. Harry looked down at Draco who was running his claws through the fur of his injured tail. Harry put the pieces together and got off his chair and onto his knees. He raised his hand towards Draco who flinched.
"I-I'm sorry, Draco. Are you okay? I didn't see you there. I thought you were with the kids." Harry's eyes furrowed as Draco turned away. "I'm really sorry..."
Harry pulled his hand back but stopped when Draco ran towards his retreating hand and climbed up his arm and onto his shoulder. Harry smiled and Draco licked his face and wrapped his body around Harry's neck. Harry laughed and rubbed behind Draco's ear. Draco leaned into Harry's hand and relaxed.
'Getting my tail run over was worth this.' After a minute or two of being pet, Harry's hand retreated and he started working again. Draco didn't mind in the slightest and fell asleep soon after.
Harry sighed after an hour and finished the last report. He looked over his shoulder to Draco's face. Draco's eyes opened slowly after feeling Harry shrug his shoulders a bit. Draco looked down to the desk and saw that all the reports were done. As if rewarding Harry for getting his work done, he licked Harry's cheek.
Harry smiled and looked back at his pile of finished work, feeling accomplished. He leaned down to put the piles of paperwork into one of his drawers and leaned back against the headrest of his chair. Draco squirmed little to get comfortable again and nibble a little on Harry's ear. Harry felt shivers and blushed a bit. Draco smirked and nuzzled his nose behind Harry's ear. Harry felt more shivers and pulled Draco's body onto his chest instead of around his neck.
Draco's head tilted innocently as Harry scratched his neck. Draco's head lulled back in bliss and Harry chuckled. Beady eyes opened to find everything upside down and a small picture frame that had been put face down on the desk had caught his eye. He straightened up and jumped on the desk. His little nose sniffed at the picture and his paws tried pulling up the frame.
Harry frowned and pulled it up for him. It was a picture of Harry and Ginny smiling into the camera, Harry's grin was the only thing that stood out other than Ginny's hand that was cradling Harry's face, a diamond ring shining on her ring finger. A wedding ring. Draco looked up and saw the pain in Harry's eyes.
"I can't do this anymore. Ginny's been a real pain lately...well, lately meaning the past 3 years. Ever since Lily graduated from kindergarten and started elementary, Ginny and I had more time to spend together but my work started increasing around that time as well. Ginny would be out for her job while I stayed home in this study, piles of work overwhelming me. Whenever she would come home around noon, she would always try to get me into bed with her. At first, I thought it was normal and I was okay with it since I had been ignoring her for work. But she became desperate and paranoid. She started coming up with things like me having another woman over and saving my work for when she came home from work. She's become extremely possessive and annoying over nothing". Harry sighed, briefly wondering if he was crazy for talking to a ferret.
"I can't trust her anymore with anything and she even tries things like setting up cameras and stealing my keys so I wouldn't be able to leave the house. I obviously became annoyed with it and took down all the cameras and started hiding my things in a safe. The worse thing is that she's blaming me for keeping my stuff away from her. It only seemed to support her suspicions."
Harry took the frame off the desk and threw it hard against the door, causing the glass to smash into pieces. Draco looked up at Harry who was staring at the broken frame. He climbed up a little and nuzzled his nose into Harry's hand. Harry looked back to Draco and pet his head. He calmed down and stroked Draco's fur for another minute. It was strangely as relaxing for Harry as it was for Draco.
"I need a divorce. This 'thing' with Ginny is just not working out with her watching my female friends and coworkers like a hawk. I don't think I even like girls anymore. They're just too troublesome for me."
Harry sighed and ran free hand through his hair. Draco wished he could do that. Harry's hair looked so soft. 'Wait...a divorce? And he's what?! Gay?' Draco was shocked but thought for a moment. Harry didn't really look straight. He looked more bisexual than straight but full on gay? An image of Harry wearing skinny leather jeans and a silk button down popped into Draco's mind. If he were in human form, he would've had a nosebleed. Draco shook his head dramatically to get the image out of his head. All this excitement could make him accidentally transform.
"Now that I think of it, when I was younger, I had a crush on this guy that I met before I started school. He had the most beautiful white hair and silver eyes in the world. He was the son of this infamous family and was filthy rich but I had never seen anyone with more pain and unhappiness in his eyes. I met him in this robes shop in Diagon Alley. He was getting some robes fitted and I had assumed he was going to Hogwarts too. Sadly enough, I was wrong and never saw him again. I spent 3 years saving myself for him in case I ever saw him again. Only around fourth year did I decide to give up and move on with my love life. I still think of him everyday. I would probably still recognize him even after so many years of aging." Harry finished and smiled sadly.
Draco knew. He remembered that day in the shop. He couldn't take his eyes of this child he had met for the first time there either but tried in case the other thought of him as weird. His mind finally let the pieces click in place. Harry was that child. His beautiful emerald eyes matched that of the child. His small yet lean stature matched as well. How could he have not remembered before?". Draco pondered slightly. "Oh, that's right. On that same day, his parents had gone and bought all of his Hogwarts stuff only to come by a mysterious shop that claimed it can tell the future.
Lucius, a man of Dark Magic himself, decided it would be a good idea because Draco's powers didn't seem to show up yet. Narcissa Malfoy always thought it was because Draco was a late bloomer so she was more than disappointed and upset than Lucius, who seemed to have known from the beginning when they were told that Draco was a squib. "Is it even possible for a pure blood like Draco to be a squib of all creatures?" Every word stabbed Draco in the heart like a dagger. His parents didn't want a squib for a son. The words hurt more coming from his usually loving and understanding mother's lips than it would have from his father's. Later that evening after receiving a beating from his father because he made his mother cry or disappointment, he turned into a ferret out of fear. The curse shocked Draco. Never before had he heard of such a curse but his parents knew. They explained how the Malfoys had the ability to change into their Animagus at will. They did not require anything other than the will to completely change their appearance. This ability faded as the Malfoy family got older so the curse's effect on Draco was surprising and unaffected.
Lucius was livid. Not only was his son a squib, but now there was definitely no accident. Draco was a Malfoy. This curse cancelled out the possibility of another father than Narcissa could have possibly slept with after their marriage.
Every day for several years, Draco was beaten till he was to the edge of death and was healed by the house elves at night. Only just until earlier this year was he able to escape the Malfoy Manor. A mix of bad luck and good luck followed him until he reached Sirius' side. Now here he was in his first love's arms as a ferret. He thought that life couldn't get any better than that until an idea popped into his head.
'Divorce... I can be with Harry if they get a divorce...that Ginny bitch doesn't deserve him. I'll take her place and become the perfect partner for Harry. I can make this work.' Draco thought. He looked up at Harry, licked his cheek and jumped off, the rest of his plan forming in his head. As he ran back to Lily's room, he thought over the possibilities on how to get rid of Ginny without hurting Harry's feelings.
'For now, I'll observe what she does on day to day basis, when she's home from work and see how I can play her routine into my plan. This'll work like a charm.'