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Chapter 14-Crimson Sea
For the next few days, Harry and Draco were the main topic of discussion and countless rumours were flying around the school. Some people believed that the two boys had been in a secret relationship and that Draco had cheated on Harry with Blaise. Others thought the two had been sleeping together and Harry had developed feelings for Draco but the blonde was only interested in casual sex. Some people speculated that Draco was a death eater and planning to make Harry fall for him before he delivered him to Voldemort.
Not one rumour was even remotely close to the truth. It annoyed Draco greatly that he was constantly stared at with people whispering behind his back. It seemed that every ridiculous rumour he heard, he was made out to be the bad guy. Why couldn't they see that Draco was innocent in all of this? Potter was the one making goo-goo eyes at him in lessons and following him around all the time, it wasn't Draco's fault he was so gorgeous.
"Hi Draco." Pansy squealed as the blonde sat next to her in the common room. "How's your boyfriend?"
"That wasn't funny the first time you said it and it's not funny now." Draco told her.
"Well whatever you say, I think the two of you would make a cute couple." Pansy said.
"As if." Draco replied in disgust. "I'm a Malfoy, I don't do cute, I'm not even sure if we can."
"We could sort Potter out for you if you like." Crabbe offered as he and Goyle cracked their knuckles.
"Don't be stupid." Pansy told them. "Potter would hex your ass before you could even blink. Besides, Goyle's already in detention to the end of term for what he did to that Weasley girl, there's no point landing yourself in even more trouble."
"Precisely." Blaise agreed. "Anyway, Malfoy might be acting all aloof but I think he secretly likes the golden boy."
"Oh shut up Zabini." Draco snapped.
"Ah see, he didn't deny it." Blaise pointed out.
Draco glared at him before launching himself at the other boy and pinning him to the floor punching any part of him he could reach. Blaise yelped in pain and pulled at Draco's blonde tresses to try and get him off of him.
A crowd had gathered around the two boys urging them on. As she heard the boys holler and yell Pansy merely rolled her eyes as she took out her wand and magically filed her nails.
"What the fuck!" Draco cried as the other boy bit his neck.
As Draco's hands went to his throat Blaise took the opportunity to reverse their positions so that he was on top of Draco.
"Get the fuck off!" Draco ordered as he squirmed beneath the taller boy.
"Oh shit mate, if you keep moving like that I'm going to cream my pants." Blaise warned.
Draco looked at him in disgust before gathering his strength and forcing him off of him.
"You fight like a girl." Draco told him as he stood to his feet and brushed himself off.
"Hey you started it." Blaise said.
The blonde just sneered at him before making his way up to the dormitory. He locked himself in the bathroom and stripped off his shirt. During his scuffle with Blaise, some of his newly made cuts and reopened and were bleeding afresh. Draco sighed before taking off his trousers and finding that a few of the cuts on his legs had also been reopened.
He stepped into the shower and stood under the spray of the water and let it wash away the blood. He watched the red wash away down the plug hole momentarily turning the water pink. When all traces of blood had gone he reached for his lemon scented shower gel and washed himself scrubbing extra hard on the dark mark that just would not disappear.
Once he was out of the shower and dried and dressed Draco decided to take a walk about the grounds. He pulled on his cloak and scarf before making his way downstairs. As he passed Blaise in the common room he asked if he was ready for round two. Draco responded by raising his middle finger before walking out the door.
He made his way through the castle and then outside. The autumn air bit at his pale skin and the leaves danced with the wind. As he walked around the grounds he ended up standing face to face with Harry bloody Potter.
"Hello Draco." Harry greeted.
"Potter." Draco replied so softly his words were almost lost in the wind.
"So…you heard the latest rumour?" Harry asked.
"What, that I raped you and got you pregnant before choosing Blaise as my next victim?" Draco asked emotionlessly making Harry wince.
"I hadn't heard that one actually." Harry replied. "I meant the one about you getting me drunk and taking advantage of me so you could pass information to Voldemort."
"Oh that one." Draco said as he rolled his eyes. "Well as the Slytherin I guess I'm automatically made the villain of the piece. The students couldn't possibly think ill of Saint Potter now could they?"
"I've had my share of bad rumours too you know." Harry replied. "Everyone thought I was the heir of Slytherin second year, then they thought I cheated to get into the triwizard tournament fourth year and all those articles Rita Skeeter wrote about me."
"Oh so go cry to Hermione." Draco told him before walking past.
"I didn't realise the two of you were on a first name basis." Harry said as he turned to walk alongside the blonde.
"Yeah well you'd better not tell anyone." Draco warned. "Or else people will think I'm shagging her next."
"I'm sorry." Harry apologised. "I never meant for you to be the subject of school rumours. I just…seeing you kiss Zabini, I didn't like it."
"Well if it makes you feel better I didn't enjoy it that much either." Draco told him.
"So why did you do it?" Harry asked. "Were you trying to make me jealous?"
"Don't flatter yourself." Draco snapped. "I figured that maybe if you thought I was taken you'd get over this stupid crush you have on me."
"It's not a stupid crush." Harry objected as he cheeks reddened. "I care about you."
"You don't even know me." Draco sighed as he leant against the castle wall.
"But I want to know you." Harry replied cringing at how lovey-dovey he sounded. "Why can't you just let me in, take the wall down for a bit?"
"Climb over it." Draco challenged.
"Fine." Harry agreed before stepping closer to the blonde and placing a hand either side of his head.
Draco sucked in a breath as he felt the Gryffindor push his body up against his. Harry's gaze dropped to Draco's lips and he leaned forwards to place a whisper of a kiss at the corner of the blonde's mouth. When he pulled back he saw that Draco had his eyes tight shut looking as though he expected to be struck by lightening. Well, Harry did have a lightening bolt scar so it wasn't an entirely unreasonable fear.
"Look at me." Harry said quietly.
"No thanks." Draco replied. "It's already taking all of my control not to vomit."
"Draco." Harry said as he ran the back of his knuckles across the pale boy's cheek.
Draco flinched at the touch and his eyes sprang open. He placed his hands against Harry's chest and gently pushed the green-eyed boy away before stepping to the side away from the castle wall.
Blue eyes met green as Draco slowly backed away from him. Their eyes remained locked on one another until Draco decided he was far enough away to turn around and run leaving Harry alone.
The blonde Slytherin didn't stop running until he came to a stop outside an empty classroom. He leant against the wall there and pulled off his scarf as he waited for his breath to come back.
He heard the sound of footsteps and tensed before realising it was not Potter but Loony Lovegood. The blonde girl skipped over to him before taking out a pair of binoculars and looking at him even though he was only stood a foot away from her.
"You look troubled little dragon." She commented sympathetically.
"You could say that." Draco replied as he stared at her apprehensively.
"I suppose you heard about the death of the crumple-horned-snorkak." Luna said. "It's such a tragedy."
"Yes, tragic." Draco mumbled before walking away back to his common room.
To his annoyance, Luna followed after him, though thankfully she had put the binoculars away. She skipped along beside him singing under her breath. Draco tried to ignore her and hoped to Merlin that nobody saw him accompanied by such a strange person. He arrived at the bare stretch of wall that was the entrance to his common room. Before leaving, Luna took his hand and squeezed it gently as she pushed a screwed up piece of parchment into it.
Draco stared at her as she skipped off singing the Hogwarts School song. He looked down at the paper and shoved it into his pocket before stating the password and entering the common room. He ignored Pansy's calls to him and headed straight for his dormitory.
He sat on his four poster bed and pulled the curtains shut before unfolding the fragment of parchment that Luna had given him. He furrowed his brow in confusion as he read the words:
The dragon is drowning,
Alone in misery,
Slowly he's bleeding,
In his self-made crimson sea,
The chosen one will save him,
For that's his destiny.
Draco rolled his eyes before screwing the parchment back up and tossing it into the bin.
To Be Continued
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