Blaise's POV:
He was happy for Neville to be back in his life. He even got to meet his grandmother! It was awkward, but she did make a good apple pie.
Not to mention Draco and Harry finally got together! Even though they were keeping it secret, they still managed to look cute when they were together without even having to do "coupley-things".
Everything seemed great for everyone... but there was only one problem. Harry had brought to his attention that Draco was having issues. He was harming himself!
He barely talked to Draco anymore so there was no way he'd be able to notice. He basically abandoned Draco! He couldn't help but wonder if it was all his fault.
Every day, him and Harry would take turns checking Draco's arm for new marks. So far, he was clean! It wasn't until Harry came stomping towards him in a rush that he began to really worry.
"Blaise, get up now! Something's wrong." Harry urges.
"What? With what?!"
"Hurry!" Harry shouts, running away from him and up the steps.
Blaise releases Neville's hand and rushes after him. He notices him going into the second floor bathroom... but why?
As he steps into the doorway he can hear sobs and whines coming from inside.
"Draco, where are you?!" Harry shouts. Oh no.
"I can't do it!" He hears Draco's voice cry out.
Harry looks under every stall, stopping at the far left one.
"Let me in!" Harry shouts.
"I can't! I can't move!" Draco shouts.
Blaise rushes over, "Draco, it's Blaise. Tell us what's happening. Are you having urges?"
"Yes." Draco sobs.
"Did you try a coping mechanism?" Harry asks.
"I can't!" Draco shouts.
"You can! You're strong, we know you are. Try talking to us about it." Harry says calmly.
"I tried to stop it! I really did! I worried that... if... I did it... you would both hate me... I would be a dissa-appointment." Draco says through sobs, "But I couldn't stop! It wouldn't go away no matter what I did! It wanted to rip my hair out!" Draco shouts.
"You should've come to us." Blaise says.
"No! You were both busy and I'd just be... a burden!" Draco sobs.
"No you wouldn't." Both Harry and Blaise say in chorus.
"Please help me! Get me out of here!" Draco begs.
"Alohamora!" Harry shouts. The lock breaks and Harry opens the door to reveal a distressed Draco.
His clothes were wrinkled, his hair a mess, his face and eyes red and covered in tears, and him rocking back and forth while violently scratching his arm.
Harry walks towards him and grabs his hands. "Stop that. Come here." He whispers calmly, pulling Draco up.
He's shaking as if he was standing naked in the freezing cold. Blaise couldn't stand to see him like this.
Harry tries to stand him up, but he nearly falls over.
"Blaise, come help hold him up." Harry says, putting Draco's arm over his shoulder. Blaise does the same with his other side and they start to walk him over towards the exit.
"Harry... I uh, I think he needs to calm down before we take him anywhere. It might be bad for him if anyone sees him." Blaise says.
"Right. Good thinking." Harry says, allowing Blaise to help gently set him on the floor.
Harry grabs both of Draco's hands and looks at him eye to eye, "Everything will be ok. We've got you, ok? You're safe."
Draco shakes his head, "I can't do this Harry! I don't know how to explain it! It's this weird sensation on my arms and... I need to do it or it will keep taunting me. Maybe that sounds strange but... I can't stop it! It's driving me mad."
"You'll get past that I promise." Harry says.
Draco looks at Blaise, his arms still shaking violently. "Blaise."
"Do you need me?" Blaise asks him and he nods. He sits next to him and asks, "What do you need, mate?"
"I need a hug." He says, tears falling from his eyes. Harry lets go of Draco's hands and Blaise pulls him into a hug.
Draco holds him tight and sobs into his shoulder. "What's wrong with me?"
"Nothing, mate. This happens to many people. We just need to get you professional help, that's all." Blaise says.
"I want help." Draco sobs.
"Ok. We can get you help. Me and Harry will figure something out, ok?" Blaise says. He can feel Draco shake against him. He wishes he could stop it for him, but he knows he can't.
Unless...
"Hey Harry... I know this sounds stupid but go to McGonagall's office and ask for... essence of Lavender I think it is?" Blaise says. "And hurry, please."
"On it!" Harry says, running out of the bathroom like lightning.
Blaise comforts Draco in the meantime and he attempts to get his mind off things by talking about potions, their boyfriends, and even different foods. It seems to calm down Draco's shaking as well as his crying.
Harry comes back soon with the same bottle he saw in Dumbledore's wrinkly hands just before Christmas.
Blaise puts some on his fingers and rubs it onto Draco's wrist and neck. Draco looks at him like he is crazy, but he continues on.
"Now, take your wrist, hold it to your nose and breathe in. It will calm you down." Blaise informs.
Draco looks skeptical, but does as he is told. He slowly stops shaking and takes a deep breath.
"That's really nice... What is it?" Draco asks, his voice almost back to normal.
"It's lavender. It will calm you down a bit. I don't think it will stop any urges, but I think it can keep you from panicking and keep you levelled." Blaise says.
"I feel a lot more calm. Wow." Draco says, holding his wrist to his nose and taking a deep breath in. "I still feel urges though."
"Don't think about them. Focus on the scent, focus on us." Blaise pauses for a minute, thinking of how to distract Draco, "Here, let's talk about something. Maybe... What makes us the happiest and why? You go first, Draco." Blaise says.
Draco bites his lip before saying, "I... I don't know... Maybe someone else can go first and I'll go last?"
Blaise looks at Harry and Harry says, "Uh... Ok um... Oh, yeah! Hermione, Ron, and the other Weasley's make me the happiest. They're like my family. We can always talk and laugh together without judgement and George always is the light of the room... even without Fred... He can always turn on a light in the darkness. Ron and Hermione act like an old married couple." Harry chuckles, "It's hilarious. And Molly and Arthur are basically a mother and father to me at this point... Blaise?"
"Well... Maybe it'll sound incredibly cheesy and sappy but... Neville does! He's always so adorable with his clumsiness and he has the cutest smiles. I just love him to death." Blaise can almost be certain he's smiling like an idiot. "Maybe you should go now, Draco."
Draco pauses for a minute. "It took me a while... But the only thing I can think of is you two... Harry's been here to support me and he gives me affection I've never had and... You, Blaise, you were the first person I was able to talk to about my problems in life and the first person to give me an actual hug." A single tear escapes Draco's eye, "Words cannot express how much that meant to me. It may have just been a simple hug, but to me it was so much more. It was actual love someone showed me for the first time! And now Harry comes along and is showing me even more love and... It's so bizzare... It's hard to believe it's real sometimes. Sometimes I worry I'm just imagining it all and I went crazy eventually with my father and now I'm imagining every good thing to happen to me ever."
"You aren't. We actually love you, both of us." Harry says.
"We really do. You mean the world to us, Draco." Blaise says, giving him a warm smile.
"You both mean so much to me." Draco cries. "I worry I'll lose you any moment now." He chuckles humorlessly.
"You can't get rid of us even if you tried." Blaise jokes.
Draco sniffs and Harry takes hold of his hands. "We'll always be here to support you when you need it, no matter what happens." Harry says.
"You really mean that? You would both do that?" Draco asks.
"Definitely. We'll always make sure you get the help and love you deserve. That's a promise." Harry says.
Draco reaches towards them both and hugs them close. They talked for a couple more minutes and then they both walked him to the Great Hall where many different people would talk to Draco.
Oddly enough, he seemed the most comfortable around Luna! He never expected that, but then again he felt comfortable around Luna as well.
Even George Weasley talked to him shockingly enough! He even made him laugh a few times.
The more people that talked to Draco and the more Draco responded, the more shocked Blaise felt.
He turned to Harry, who also seemed surprised.
"I'm glad he's socializing for once. I was worried he'd never talk to anyone else." Harry says.
"Me too. He seems to feel better. I hope he keeps doing this... It might be a good distraction for him." Blaise says.
"Yeah, it might. Maybe if he keeps talking to George he might feel a bit better." Harry says with a smile, "Him and Fred always made me feel better in bad times. Hopefully he can help Draco out. Maybe we can all become a family."
Blaise smiles, "He'd love that. Maybe we should organize a family dinner. Me, you, Draco, the Weasley's, all of us!"
"That would be a great idea! We'll all go to the Burrow tomorrow and set it up. Hopefully Mr. Weasley won't be upset with a Malfoy being at his house... but I'm sure I can help him understand the situation. It would be good for him and all of us!" Harry suggests.
Without another word, he rushes towards Ron and talks to him about, what he expects is the dinner. He watches their mouths move and soon enough Harry comes back to say:
"Tomorrow at five Hermione will come to bring you, Luna, Draco and Neville to the Burrow. Be ready." Harry says.