Draco

"Are you ready to talk?" Luna raises an eyebrow at me as we start taking off our clothes.

I should have known she would ask before we were even in the water. To be honest, I'm a bit eager to get this all off my chest where my mother can't hear me. She knows I'm gay, but she doesn't know anything about how attracted I am to Potter.

"Wait until we are in the water," I say, casting a charm to prevent sunburn on us.

I cast the impervious charm on our eyes as well. There is no charm to help with speaking underwater, but we manage to hold conversations well enough with the bubble head charm. We just need to speak louder because the water absorbs our voices.

Luna wrinkles her nose at me. She's wearing a muggle swimsuit. It looks like a dress. There are strange creatures all over the fabric - I think Luna called them Pokey Men. She's enchanted them to chase each other all over the dress.

I'm wearing a muggle swimsuit as well, but it's much more bland. It's just light blue.

Luna takes my hand and drags me to the edge of the sea. I think we're in Crete somewhere. Luna loves the Mediterranean Sea. The sand is fine and bleached white. The sea is a beautiful clear blue.

She casts the bubble head charm on us and stows her wand down her suit. I follow her into the warm water. Silvery fish scatter as we wade farther out.

Once we are deep enough, we slip under the surface. We swim deeper until there are a few meters of water between us and the surface. We let ourselves sink to the sand and start stretching.

"When Potter brought me home, I checked on the bees. He followed me to them. I cast my charm on him," I start.

"I'm sure you did," Luna interrupts, a serene smile on her face.

My mouth falls open. She sits in the sand, her hair flowing around her. "Luna! When have I ever openly flirted with him at all?"

"Well, you did tease him constantly. My father says boys do that when they don't know how to flirt." She shrugs, stretching her arms in front of her. "I knew you liked him for years before you told me."

I open my mouth to protest, but she's right. I scoff and resume stretching my body. "I cast my bee repelling charm on him," I clarify.

"Mm," Luna hums, getting into our first yoga position.

"He touched one of them that was on my face though." I follow her movements, making sure my breaths are deep and even. "He held my cheek."

"What happened?"

I hesitate, wondering if I imagined him almost kissing me. "I'm not sure. He seemed to be leaning in to... kiss me. I'm probably wrong."

"I doubt that. Harry has been attracted to you for as long as I've known him," Luna says dreamily.

I lose my position, falling face first into the sand. I sit up, rubbing sand off. It floats away in the water. Luna is watching me with amusement in her eyes.

"Potter is not attracted to me," I object, narrowing my eyes.

"He is if the way he always watches you is any indication. He was staring at you when we were dancing... he was always staring at you in school too." She smiles. "You should have seen him when the snake attack occurred."

I blink, swallowing roughly. "What... what did he do?"

"He spoke in Parseltongue for the first time since the war. Ginny said he didn't even know he could still speak it after Voldemort's soul was killed, but he ordered that snake away from you. He kept promising Mother that he would keep you safe."

Luna folds herself into something like a human pretzel. She is much more flexible than I am. It takes me a few moments to get in that position even in the water. On land, yoga is more difficult. Here in the water, the natural buoyancy and weightlessness helps me get into the positions Luna taught me. It's why we practice in the sea.

I really love being underwater like this. It feels secluded. There's no one here to judge me. The marine life is interesting to watch as well.

Once, we went to Australia. I was helping Luna search for a gulping plimply.

Actually, I think it was Luna's way of getting me out of my cottage. It was right after I was released from house arrest. She absolutely demanded my help searching for one once I was healed. I guess she wanted me to go because I was so depressed.

While we were there, Luna brought me to the Great Barrier Reef. That was my first time underwater like that. I felt peaceful for the first time since the Dark Lord returned.

Of course, Luna noticed. She's made it a point to bring me to a sea or ocean three times a week since. At first, we just watched the marine life. We explored reefs and swam with turtles and dolphins.

We started yoga after. Luna read about meditation and yoga helping with... well, she calls it post traumatic stress disorder. She says she thinks I have that from the war and Dark Lord.

Yoga on land was frustrating for me. I couldn't bend my body the way Luna could. Eventually, Luna suggested we try yoga underwater, where I was already calm and wouldn't have gravity working against me.

I have to admit, it's helped me a lot. I always sleep better after yoga. It's also helped me with mild panic attacks. I can usually breathe through them.

I consider what Luna said. Potter promised to protect me... and did so when he ordered the snake away. It makes my heart flutter nervously, but it doesn't convince me.

"Potter is the embodiment of good. He wouldn't just let me die. His conscience wouldn't allow it." I try to sound indifferent, but Luna sees right through me.

"Harry does have a strong moral compass, but that doesn't explain why he's always watching you. I think he's going beyond just his duty. Though... he might not realize it himself yet." She taps her chin in thought.

I stare at her. I'm not sure what to make of that. Luna unfolds her body and moves to me. She starts guiding my limbs into new positions.

"This is a new pose I found. I think the muggles call it bound side raven?"

I grunt as my leg ends up behind my head. She guides my hands down to the ocean floor. "Balance your body on your hands and lift your leg like this."

She demonstrates the position. Her chest is parallel with the sand. She almost looks like she's doing a push up, but her hips are twisted to the right. Her right leg is behind her shoulders. Her left leg is suspended in the water below her right thigh. I have no idea how any muggle could fight gravity on land in that position. Luna is holding herself up with only her hands.

At least she helped me pull my leg behind my shoulder. I have doubts about my ability to get into this pose. It seems needlessly complex. Still, I give it my best shot.

It takes a few tries and Luna's help, but eventually I get it. I carefully breathe through the burn in my muscles as they're stretched in a new way. Luna claps when I release the position, disturbing the water in front of her.

"You've become very flexible. I'm sure you and Harry will have fun with that at some point." She smiles innocently and winks.

"Luna..."

"Draco. I know Harry. He's oblivious to a lot of things, but I can tell he likes you." She folds her legs in the lotus position. "Time for meditation."

I glare at her. It's going to be impossible to clear my mind now. Still, I sink into position as well. There's a basking shark not far from us. I look away from it.

Luna is staring at me expectantly. I roll my eyes, but try to meditate. Unfortunately, the only thing my mind wants to focus on is Potter. It's so annoying. I wish I could hate him, but it's impossible. I've tried.

I take a deep breath. I try to focus on the water. The way it cools my body. The fine sand against my skin. It's a little rough. It reminds me of Potter's calloused fingers. Fuck. I can't get him out of my head.

I stand up abruptly. Luna blinks, her blue eyes watching me curiously.

"I can't meditate right now. I can't think of anything besides Potter. Luna... I need to see him. I have to know if he really was trying to kiss me." I run my fingers through my hair irritably.

"That's understandable." She stands. "Harry is probably home. I'll send him an owl."

We kick off the sandy floor and start swimming to shore. I swim faster than I usually do. I need to see him. I want to know if I really do have a chance with Potter.

"When did you become a messenger?"

"Well, Harry's home is under the fidelius charm. I'm not sure your owl can reach him."

That makes sense.

"How are you and Ginny doing?" I need to change the topic before my nerves cause another episode with my heart. It's already beating faster than it should.

"Well. She purposely lost her last match so she could spend more time with me. If they had won, she would have had to stay for the next match." Luna hums. "We are going to go on our honeymoon as soon we find who is trying to hurt you."

"You guys should go now. I'll be fine."

We break the surface of the water and the bubbles around our mouths pop. I take a deep breath of the salty air as we wade the rest of the way to shore.

"Draco, I don't want to leave you alone. It's not safe." Luna pulls out her wand and dries us off.

I hold back a sigh and start pulling on my clothes and shoes. "I promise I won't go anywhere a Death Eater might find me."

Luna looks hesitant as she dresses herself. "Maybe... but I'm still worried about you."

I'm about to try reassuring her, but I see someone in the distance. My blood runs cold. I pull Luna behind me as the voice speaks.

"Crucio!"