Loving Alone

Disclaimer: I don't own any of this. JKR does.

A/N: This is set during their seventh year at Hogwarts. Crabbe's transferred to another wizarding school, and Goyle was killed by a rogue bludger whilst playing Quidditch in the holidays.
This is slightly Harry/Ginny, but also it's (unrequited) Draco/Harry slash. If you don't like slash, stop reading now. Don't carry on reading & then flame me. Thanks, dramaqueen.


Chapter 2

Draco Malfoy looked down at the massive pile of books on the desk in front of him, clueless as to which to start reading first.
It was seven o'clock in the evening and most of the students were in their common rooms, studying and socialising. But Draco couldn't face being surronded by people. Especially Slytherins. So, instead, he was sitting in the almost deserted school library, looking helplessly at the covers of books that he was supposed to be using to revise.

His exams were a matter of weeks away, but despite spending most of his evenings alone in the library, he had not yet even opened a book. All he did was think about Harry. That was all he ever did think about lately.

No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't get Harry's face out of his mind;
his beautiful big eyes, perfectly framed by his round glasses. His unruly dark hair, constantly in a tangled mess. His infamous lightning shaped scar.
In Draco's eyes, that scar embodied everything that he loved about him. His strength, his bravery, his vulnerability. It also reminded Draco of all of the pain that Harry had suffered.

If he could of taken that pain away, he would of done it. Even if it meant he had to feel it himself.
He would do anything for Harry. Anything to make his life easier and to make him happy.
That's what made seeing Harry and Ginny together so agonising.

Ever since he had started dating Ginny Weasley, Harry had been happier than Draco had ever seen him.
And this killed him. Seeing Harry so happy and not being the one responsible for that happiness. Wishing for him and Ginny to brake up, and yet knowing that that would devastate him.
It was more than Draco could bare.

In just a few short months, their exams would be over, and Draco would never see Harry again.
The mere thought of that terrified him.
So, as he sat alone in the library, he made a decision that would change his life forever.

He was going to tell Harry how he felt.