~ Chapter 4: Birthdays and Savings ~
And Draco did come the next and the days after that, and he always brought food and water for Harry 'cause he had a feeling Harry still didn't get any food. The Dursley's never noticed Draco came on nightly visits, the reason was that they never locked the door until now so Harry met Draco in the garden in which they would share the food Draco brought and they talked hours and hours about their family's, school and life itself and both boys enjoyed it immensely, Harry once said that Draco's visits were the only thing keeping him 'sane' in this house. Draco enjoyed visiting too, he told Harry things he could never tell anyone else, and he like it but then again, he liked Harry very much, thinking about it made him blush again and looked down. He made it his business that Harry would eat and drink at part of his policy of keeping him safe, he also thought he looked better because of it, he even smiled more and he liked that smile a lot and wanted to see more of it.
When they parted that evening he did something he only dreamed off, he took Harry's face in both hands, leaned closer, ignoring the look of shock Harry made and kissed Harry's scar and quickly withdrew to look in Harry's face. He saw something he didn't expect, he saw tears, he expected to see revulsion or even a look that could kill but instead he saw tears and became worried "Harry what's wrong, I didn't hurt you did I", he knew Harry's scar hurt now and then and thought maybe he hurt it now too and he couldn't bare it if he did, but Harry's just shaked his head "No, it's just ... nobody ever kissed me like that ... except for maybe my mother and father and I don't remember that" and Draco understood. Harry was never loved in all the years he lived here, "Come here!" and Draco took Harry in his arms and hugged him hard, mindful of the lingering injuries he had, they stood there for awhile until Harry's trembling seized, they parted and like the first time he was came he dried the tears with his dumbs and repeated like every night he was here
"Be safe", laid his hand on his face and said "Promise?" and Harry nodded giving him a teary smile, Draco smiled back and walked towards his broom and before he had a change to say the spell he was hugged from behind by Harry "Thank you", Draco turned around hugged back and said "No, thank *you*" pushed Harry gently away, cast the spell and jumped on his broom yelling "See ya tomorrow" and waved although Harry couldn't see him anymore. Harry waved although he was sure Draco was already gone, he went back sat on the porch and looked at the stars for awhile and realised that tomorrow was his birthday, Draco had been coming for two weeks now and it made him extremely happy and that was the best gift he could get.
The next day, the Dursley's ignored Harry's birthday as usual but when the owls began swooping in they couldn't ignore it any longer, he looked at his uncle when yet another owl swooped in, he recognized it as 'Pig', Ron's owl. He was happy to see them and couldn't suppress a smile but realised he couldn't let his uncle see that he was happy and quickly looked down but it was too late his uncle saw it and Harry suddenly became very white in the face fearing the worsted. "So, you think this is funny, boy? What will the neighbours think of all those owls here, I told you I didn't want to see anything more related with you and you kind, well what are they doing here then boy?" but Harry remained silent afraid he was gonna get hit again "Well, answer me boy!" and Harry looked up at the fast growing red face of his uncle saying "It's my birthday today uncle and those are gifts from my friends" and fell silent again and looked back down and missed the evil smile coming on his uncle's face but his head snapped back up when his uncle said "Well, of course it's your birthday, well open the presents then boy" and Harry tought he died from the shock did his uncle just say he could open his presents? Well, he didn't care if he did or didn't he opened them anyways, from Ron he got a golden snitch which was signed by no other then Victor Krum, it seems they made peace after all. From Hermoine he got a book about 'Quidditch trough the centuries' and a note saying that his name was mentioned as well, being the youngest seeker in a century and all, he flipped the trough the book and saw she was telling the truth not that Hermoine would ever lie about something like that and smiled. From Mr and Mrs Weasley he got a box full off cakes, cookies and candy, from the Weasley twins he got a box full of their new inventions saying 'Thank you' for the 'investment' he made in their shop. From Hagrid he got the usual sweets and cookies. Then from Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, who was his godfather and was currently hiding with Professor Lupin, he got a big leather book full of pictures of the Marauders, tough he noticed Wormtail was on no picture, there were also pictures of his mom and dad and his most favourite one, Harry as a baby in his mother's arms, his dad had an arm around them both, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black on either site of him and Dumbledore and Hagrid where there too, all the people he loved where in this picture for the exception of one of course: Draco, ... wow, where they that come from Harry? You love him? And when he thought about it he couldn't lie anymore, he loved Draco and those times they spent together are the happiest of his life. He flipped trough the book and saw drawings of what appeared to be dragons and saw the autograph and realised his dad drew them, on the note his godfather sent he explained that his dad loved dragons very much and drew them at every change he got, now he knew where his love for Dragons came from and he smiled and looked at the big family picture again.
When suddenly the book was ripped from his hands by his uncle who flipped through it and said "Good, now we have some rubbish to light the fire with" and smiled his evil smile again and when Harry made a grab for it, he backhanded Harry on the face and yelled at him to start lunch and Harry shocked beyond believe started lunch and saw all his candy, cookies and cakes being given to his cousin Dudley who smiled a smug smile, the books where lying besides the fire ready to be used to light the fire and the snitch and pranks from the Weasley's were simply destroyed and Harry had to bite his tongue to stop him from crying or yelling at his uncle. After preparing lunch and washing the dishes, his uncle made him write 'Thank you' notes to everyone and the owls were gone again and so was Harry's happy feeling, luckily he would see Draco this evening, he hoped. When his family was either outside or upstairs, Harry stopped dusting for a minute and grabbed the book his godfather sent and flipped trough it, looking for the family picture, he was so engrossed in looking for that picture he didn't notice his uncle behind him when suddenly someone yelled "Looking for something?" it was his uncle who kicked Harry in the back and the page Harry was looking for ripped from the book and he grabbed the change and hid the page in the pocket of his oversized pants. He tried getting up but his uncle wouldn't let him, he kept kicking and hitting him yelling what for 'ungrateful brad'.
Harry wanted to cry for help but he knew nobody would hear him, the tried to think about anything but the pain and the first think that sprang to mind was "Draco", oh no, did he just say that out loud? He must have 'cause he's uncle stopped hitting him for the moment, Harry remained as silent as he could biting his lip to prevent he would say anything more, it wasn't quiet for too long tough 'cause his uncle demanded who Draco was "Answer me, boy, who is this Draco?" and when Harry didn't answer or even acknowledged he was there, his uncle grabbed his hair and yanked his head up yelling "I asked you a question boy, who is *Draco *?" he spat the name like it is was something evil, he shaked Harry's head until he answered in a little voice "He's a boy from Hogw.. my school" hoping he'd release his death grip on his head but no such luck 'cause it made Vernon only madder, he stared yelling "A queer! I've been housing a f*****g queer, we'll put a stop to that soon enough" and Harry began trembling because of the look his uncle gave him and he didn't want to guess what me meant by putting a stop to it but he found out soon enough when he felt a hand open the zipper of his pants, realising what was gonna happen he began struggling and begging him to stop saying "Please . stop . please . uncle Vernon . please . I'm not gay . please ." he would say anything to make him stop but he got hit by a fist and his head was released so quickly he fell on the floor really hard and blacked out for a minute, but it was enough so that he uncle opened his pants, ripped them down and had opened his own, when Harry woke up he began struggling again but his uncle pinned his arms and legs down so he couldn't move, he realised what was gonna happen and began crying and hoped it would be over soon, but his uncle released one arm and forced his hand on his uncle's cock whispering in his ear "Come on boy . you're used to this, make me hard . you know you like this and don't pretend you don't .. just imagine I'm you're little bitch . that Draco boy ." but Harry still refused so Vernon just put his hand over Harry's and began moving until he was hard, Harry sobbed all the time repeating the mantra of "It will all be over soon, It will all be over soon" over and over again, when his uncle was hard he let go of Harry's arm and pinned it back down and now moving between his legs and Harry began crying harder begging him to stop and cried out when his uncle penetrated him hard and began slamming into him until he came and Harry couldn't move anymore, he redid his pants hauled him up and threw him in his 'room' and bolted the door saying he was a lousy fuck and wouldn't let him out until he was 'cured' of this sickness. And then started the fire with Harry's books.
Harry tried to climb onto his trunk but he hurt to much so he stayed in the little space between his trunk and the door, coughing up blood now and then and when he heard his 'family' leave to go for dinner since Harry couldn't cook he started crying and couldn't stop, slowly he fell asleep trying to forget he was ever born and didn't hear the Dursley's return and go to bed and neither did he hear the silent 'whoosh' and 'flop' of someone landing on the lawn.
Draco had a strange feeling all day, he knew it was Harry's birthday today and went looking for the perfect gift to give him, he could feel Harry all day long, at first he felt extreme unbelief and then happiness and it made Draco relax but when he started to feel the pain again he panicked and when the pain came from between his legs he really panicked and decided to leave immediately. When he arrived at the house he was no lights on and there was no Harry on the porch either which worried him and then he remembered Harry's so called 'room' and went inside whispering Harry's name now and then hoping he would answer. When he reached the door he knocked softly and whispered Harry's name when he didn't hear an answer but only a pained moan he opened the door and was shocked at what he saw: Harry's was beaten beyond believe, lying on his side and there was blood trickling from his mouth and legs and Harry seemed to be having another nightmare 'cause his hand was clutched on his scar, Draco was pissed beyond believe and tried to wake Harry up but Harry began struggling and began sobbing "No . please . uncle Vernon . stop" and Draco's worsted fear became reality, Harry had been raped and he was unable to keep him safe and he decided enough was enough and began shaking Harry and calling his name until he woke up.
Harry woke up 'cause someone was shaking him and calling his name, afraid that he was gonna get beaten or worse raped again he curled up in a ball and recoiled from the arms shaking him. Draco was livid and hurt 'cause when Harry woke up he recoiled from him thinking he was gonna get beaten again or worse. but relaxed for Harry's sake and touched his shoulder gently whispering "Harry . it's me: Draco . I'm not gonna hurt you . Harry? . please . look at me ." When Harry opened his eyes and saw who it was, he threw himself in Draco's arms and began crying, afraid Harry was gonna wake the Dursley's up, he picked him up and walked to the porch, sat down and moved Harry in his lap who was still crying liked a little child and clinging to Draco as if he was his lifeline. Draco didn't mind and rocked Harry back and forth whispering words in his ears to calm Harry down. When Harry stopped crying after awhile and fell silent, Draco kissed the top of his head "Sssst, I'm here, I'm here, nobody is ever gonna hurt you again". After awhile Harry lifted his head and looked into Draco's eyes, lifting a hand to his face whispering "You're real ... you're really here", Draco just nodded and Harry smiled hugging Draco like his life depended on it and began telling what happened: about his presents, the beating and the rape, Draco remained silent and didn't interrupt he didn't want Harry to tell the story twice after all.
When Harry stopped he was crying again and Draco lifted his head drying the tears with his hands whispering "Everything is gonna be okay Harry, I'm gonna take you away from here and you're never coming back and nobody is ever gonna hurt you again.by my life or death I can protect you and I will" kissing the scar as he finished. Harry smiled and leaned his head on Draco's shoulder feeling for the first time in his life loved and protected. Neither boy said anything for awhile and enjoyed each others company until Draco spoke up "Oh, I forgot, I have something for you" and reached in his pockets and drew out a little box wrapped in gold and red paper "Here . one present you get to keep . Happy Birthday, Harry", Harry pulled himself up and looked in the face of Draco then at the present and then back at Draco and said "You remembered!" looking shocked that Draco even knew that it was his birthday, "Of course I remember" he said smiling "Open it" and looked at Harry intently while he opened his present, the paper wrapping was gone very quickly and Draco smiled at Harry's eagerness and looked at his face while Harry gasped and said "It's . it's beautiful" it was a little silver Dragon and it yawned and stretched looking between Harry and Draco for awhile before settling back and falling asleep. "It's called a Celeb'loki, which means 'Silver Dragon' in the Elven language, it's for protection, it only allows people who love you to come close. do you like it?" asked tenderly looking back down, Harry didn't know what to say, did Draco just say he loved me 'cause if the dragon only allows people who love me to come close then it means . "It's beautiful Draco, I love it ." he said smiling and Draco smiled back but blushed when Harry said "You love me?" and Draco was horror stricken, 'Oh no, how did he find out?' and looked at the Dragon 'Of course, the dragon allows only people who love him to come close, damn' but he couldn't lie to Harry, not anymore and whispered "Yes" and looked down afraid to see the look on Harry's face but Harry's heart was flowing with love and lifted Draco's head with a finger and made Draco look into his eyes and said "Why didn't you tell me?" , Draco looked into those green pools and thought 'Why didn't I tell him? Fear of rejection mostly and fear of revulsion maybe' but didn't answer and kept looking in Harry's eyes, trying to see what Harry was thinking, but when he looked he saw neither rejection or revulsion but saw '. love . no . I must be mistaken .' but he wasn't and he decided to take a change and leaned closer and closer, he moved his hand towards Harry's face and stroked his hair pulling him slowly closer giving Harry the change to pull away but he didn't 'cause suddenly their lips met and they kissed, it was a slow but very gentle kiss, neither boy wanting to hurry and try to get to know each other trough the kiss, they kissed awhile until the need of oxygen became to great and when they parted they looked into each other's eyes, leaning their foreheads together and Draco couldn't remember why he didn't say anything all this time, they lost lots of time together and decided everything would change now and said "I love you Harry, with my heart, body and soul" and kissed Harry lightly on the lips looking back into Harry's eyes waiting for Harry to say something and when he did, his heart swelled with love, "I love you too Draco, with my heart, body and soul" and kissed Draco lightly on the lips, like Draco did moments before. They smiled at each other and kissed a few times until they realised where they were and decided to leave. Draco shrunk all of Harry's stuff while Harry tried to look for the remains of his presents which wasn't a lot, just a little ash from the books but he took it anyway. They both left on Draco's broom stick neither boy looking back.
They decided to stay at the "Leaky Cauldron" for the rest of the vacation, 'cause Harry couldn't stay at the mansion 'cause Draco's dad was a death eater and therefore a Voldemort follower, and they had enough money anyway. Draco told his parents his wanted to stay with a friend for awhile 'cause he missed school too much but they didn't really care, as long as he was safe, he could do anything. So they both stayed in one room in the "Leaky Cauldron", talking and getting to know each other better while Harry's wounds healed and walking around "Diagon Ally" and looked at the shops now and then. They never went any further then kissing 'cause Harry still hurt from the rape and Draco didn't want to hurt Harry in anyway like he promised but they did sleep in one bed both feeling a lot safer and more at peace when they did. He sent letters to all his friends and family (those being Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Dumbledore and Hagrid, Ron and Hermoine) saying where he was staying, with who and why: they never said anything about the 'severe' beatings or the rape they just told them he was threaded like a slave, slept in the cupboard and got slapped several times; the reason they did this was because Harry knew that Sirius would go after them and Harry didn't want him to get caught, at first they didn't like who he was staying with and the fact they were boyfriends but were grateful in the end that Draco was there to take him away and they excepted the situation. The time soon came when they had to buy their books for school and Harry and Draco met with Ron and Hermoine on platform 9 ¾ where Ron made his first and only treat.
And Draco did come the next and the days after that, and he always brought food and water for Harry 'cause he had a feeling Harry still didn't get any food. The Dursley's never noticed Draco came on nightly visits, the reason was that they never locked the door until now so Harry met Draco in the garden in which they would share the food Draco brought and they talked hours and hours about their family's, school and life itself and both boys enjoyed it immensely, Harry once said that Draco's visits were the only thing keeping him 'sane' in this house. Draco enjoyed visiting too, he told Harry things he could never tell anyone else, and he like it but then again, he liked Harry very much, thinking about it made him blush again and looked down. He made it his business that Harry would eat and drink at part of his policy of keeping him safe, he also thought he looked better because of it, he even smiled more and he liked that smile a lot and wanted to see more of it.
When they parted that evening he did something he only dreamed off, he took Harry's face in both hands, leaned closer, ignoring the look of shock Harry made and kissed Harry's scar and quickly withdrew to look in Harry's face. He saw something he didn't expect, he saw tears, he expected to see revulsion or even a look that could kill but instead he saw tears and became worried "Harry what's wrong, I didn't hurt you did I", he knew Harry's scar hurt now and then and thought maybe he hurt it now too and he couldn't bare it if he did, but Harry's just shaked his head "No, it's just ... nobody ever kissed me like that ... except for maybe my mother and father and I don't remember that" and Draco understood. Harry was never loved in all the years he lived here, "Come here!" and Draco took Harry in his arms and hugged him hard, mindful of the lingering injuries he had, they stood there for awhile until Harry's trembling seized, they parted and like the first time he was came he dried the tears with his dumbs and repeated like every night he was here
"Be safe", laid his hand on his face and said "Promise?" and Harry nodded giving him a teary smile, Draco smiled back and walked towards his broom and before he had a change to say the spell he was hugged from behind by Harry "Thank you", Draco turned around hugged back and said "No, thank *you*" pushed Harry gently away, cast the spell and jumped on his broom yelling "See ya tomorrow" and waved although Harry couldn't see him anymore. Harry waved although he was sure Draco was already gone, he went back sat on the porch and looked at the stars for awhile and realised that tomorrow was his birthday, Draco had been coming for two weeks now and it made him extremely happy and that was the best gift he could get.
The next day, the Dursley's ignored Harry's birthday as usual but when the owls began swooping in they couldn't ignore it any longer, he looked at his uncle when yet another owl swooped in, he recognized it as 'Pig', Ron's owl. He was happy to see them and couldn't suppress a smile but realised he couldn't let his uncle see that he was happy and quickly looked down but it was too late his uncle saw it and Harry suddenly became very white in the face fearing the worsted. "So, you think this is funny, boy? What will the neighbours think of all those owls here, I told you I didn't want to see anything more related with you and you kind, well what are they doing here then boy?" but Harry remained silent afraid he was gonna get hit again "Well, answer me boy!" and Harry looked up at the fast growing red face of his uncle saying "It's my birthday today uncle and those are gifts from my friends" and fell silent again and looked back down and missed the evil smile coming on his uncle's face but his head snapped back up when his uncle said "Well, of course it's your birthday, well open the presents then boy" and Harry tought he died from the shock did his uncle just say he could open his presents? Well, he didn't care if he did or didn't he opened them anyways, from Ron he got a golden snitch which was signed by no other then Victor Krum, it seems they made peace after all. From Hermoine he got a book about 'Quidditch trough the centuries' and a note saying that his name was mentioned as well, being the youngest seeker in a century and all, he flipped the trough the book and saw she was telling the truth not that Hermoine would ever lie about something like that and smiled. From Mr and Mrs Weasley he got a box full off cakes, cookies and candy, from the Weasley twins he got a box full of their new inventions saying 'Thank you' for the 'investment' he made in their shop. From Hagrid he got the usual sweets and cookies. Then from Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, who was his godfather and was currently hiding with Professor Lupin, he got a big leather book full of pictures of the Marauders, tough he noticed Wormtail was on no picture, there were also pictures of his mom and dad and his most favourite one, Harry as a baby in his mother's arms, his dad had an arm around them both, Remus Lupin and Sirius Black on either site of him and Dumbledore and Hagrid where there too, all the people he loved where in this picture for the exception of one of course: Draco, ... wow, where they that come from Harry? You love him? And when he thought about it he couldn't lie anymore, he loved Draco and those times they spent together are the happiest of his life. He flipped trough the book and saw drawings of what appeared to be dragons and saw the autograph and realised his dad drew them, on the note his godfather sent he explained that his dad loved dragons very much and drew them at every change he got, now he knew where his love for Dragons came from and he smiled and looked at the big family picture again.
When suddenly the book was ripped from his hands by his uncle who flipped through it and said "Good, now we have some rubbish to light the fire with" and smiled his evil smile again and when Harry made a grab for it, he backhanded Harry on the face and yelled at him to start lunch and Harry shocked beyond believe started lunch and saw all his candy, cookies and cakes being given to his cousin Dudley who smiled a smug smile, the books where lying besides the fire ready to be used to light the fire and the snitch and pranks from the Weasley's were simply destroyed and Harry had to bite his tongue to stop him from crying or yelling at his uncle. After preparing lunch and washing the dishes, his uncle made him write 'Thank you' notes to everyone and the owls were gone again and so was Harry's happy feeling, luckily he would see Draco this evening, he hoped. When his family was either outside or upstairs, Harry stopped dusting for a minute and grabbed the book his godfather sent and flipped trough it, looking for the family picture, he was so engrossed in looking for that picture he didn't notice his uncle behind him when suddenly someone yelled "Looking for something?" it was his uncle who kicked Harry in the back and the page Harry was looking for ripped from the book and he grabbed the change and hid the page in the pocket of his oversized pants. He tried getting up but his uncle wouldn't let him, he kept kicking and hitting him yelling what for 'ungrateful brad'.
Harry wanted to cry for help but he knew nobody would hear him, the tried to think about anything but the pain and the first think that sprang to mind was "Draco", oh no, did he just say that out loud? He must have 'cause he's uncle stopped hitting him for the moment, Harry remained as silent as he could biting his lip to prevent he would say anything more, it wasn't quiet for too long tough 'cause his uncle demanded who Draco was "Answer me, boy, who is this Draco?" and when Harry didn't answer or even acknowledged he was there, his uncle grabbed his hair and yanked his head up yelling "I asked you a question boy, who is *Draco *?" he spat the name like it is was something evil, he shaked Harry's head until he answered in a little voice "He's a boy from Hogw.. my school" hoping he'd release his death grip on his head but no such luck 'cause it made Vernon only madder, he stared yelling "A queer! I've been housing a f*****g queer, we'll put a stop to that soon enough" and Harry began trembling because of the look his uncle gave him and he didn't want to guess what me meant by putting a stop to it but he found out soon enough when he felt a hand open the zipper of his pants, realising what was gonna happen he began struggling and begging him to stop saying "Please . stop . please . uncle Vernon . please . I'm not gay . please ." he would say anything to make him stop but he got hit by a fist and his head was released so quickly he fell on the floor really hard and blacked out for a minute, but it was enough so that he uncle opened his pants, ripped them down and had opened his own, when Harry woke up he began struggling again but his uncle pinned his arms and legs down so he couldn't move, he realised what was gonna happen and began crying and hoped it would be over soon, but his uncle released one arm and forced his hand on his uncle's cock whispering in his ear "Come on boy . you're used to this, make me hard . you know you like this and don't pretend you don't .. just imagine I'm you're little bitch . that Draco boy ." but Harry still refused so Vernon just put his hand over Harry's and began moving until he was hard, Harry sobbed all the time repeating the mantra of "It will all be over soon, It will all be over soon" over and over again, when his uncle was hard he let go of Harry's arm and pinned it back down and now moving between his legs and Harry began crying harder begging him to stop and cried out when his uncle penetrated him hard and began slamming into him until he came and Harry couldn't move anymore, he redid his pants hauled him up and threw him in his 'room' and bolted the door saying he was a lousy fuck and wouldn't let him out until he was 'cured' of this sickness. And then started the fire with Harry's books.
Harry tried to climb onto his trunk but he hurt to much so he stayed in the little space between his trunk and the door, coughing up blood now and then and when he heard his 'family' leave to go for dinner since Harry couldn't cook he started crying and couldn't stop, slowly he fell asleep trying to forget he was ever born and didn't hear the Dursley's return and go to bed and neither did he hear the silent 'whoosh' and 'flop' of someone landing on the lawn.
Draco had a strange feeling all day, he knew it was Harry's birthday today and went looking for the perfect gift to give him, he could feel Harry all day long, at first he felt extreme unbelief and then happiness and it made Draco relax but when he started to feel the pain again he panicked and when the pain came from between his legs he really panicked and decided to leave immediately. When he arrived at the house he was no lights on and there was no Harry on the porch either which worried him and then he remembered Harry's so called 'room' and went inside whispering Harry's name now and then hoping he would answer. When he reached the door he knocked softly and whispered Harry's name when he didn't hear an answer but only a pained moan he opened the door and was shocked at what he saw: Harry's was beaten beyond believe, lying on his side and there was blood trickling from his mouth and legs and Harry seemed to be having another nightmare 'cause his hand was clutched on his scar, Draco was pissed beyond believe and tried to wake Harry up but Harry began struggling and began sobbing "No . please . uncle Vernon . stop" and Draco's worsted fear became reality, Harry had been raped and he was unable to keep him safe and he decided enough was enough and began shaking Harry and calling his name until he woke up.
Harry woke up 'cause someone was shaking him and calling his name, afraid that he was gonna get beaten or worse raped again he curled up in a ball and recoiled from the arms shaking him. Draco was livid and hurt 'cause when Harry woke up he recoiled from him thinking he was gonna get beaten again or worse. but relaxed for Harry's sake and touched his shoulder gently whispering "Harry . it's me: Draco . I'm not gonna hurt you . Harry? . please . look at me ." When Harry opened his eyes and saw who it was, he threw himself in Draco's arms and began crying, afraid Harry was gonna wake the Dursley's up, he picked him up and walked to the porch, sat down and moved Harry in his lap who was still crying liked a little child and clinging to Draco as if he was his lifeline. Draco didn't mind and rocked Harry back and forth whispering words in his ears to calm Harry down. When Harry stopped crying after awhile and fell silent, Draco kissed the top of his head "Sssst, I'm here, I'm here, nobody is ever gonna hurt you again". After awhile Harry lifted his head and looked into Draco's eyes, lifting a hand to his face whispering "You're real ... you're really here", Draco just nodded and Harry smiled hugging Draco like his life depended on it and began telling what happened: about his presents, the beating and the rape, Draco remained silent and didn't interrupt he didn't want Harry to tell the story twice after all.
When Harry stopped he was crying again and Draco lifted his head drying the tears with his hands whispering "Everything is gonna be okay Harry, I'm gonna take you away from here and you're never coming back and nobody is ever gonna hurt you again.by my life or death I can protect you and I will" kissing the scar as he finished. Harry smiled and leaned his head on Draco's shoulder feeling for the first time in his life loved and protected. Neither boy said anything for awhile and enjoyed each others company until Draco spoke up "Oh, I forgot, I have something for you" and reached in his pockets and drew out a little box wrapped in gold and red paper "Here . one present you get to keep . Happy Birthday, Harry", Harry pulled himself up and looked in the face of Draco then at the present and then back at Draco and said "You remembered!" looking shocked that Draco even knew that it was his birthday, "Of course I remember" he said smiling "Open it" and looked at Harry intently while he opened his present, the paper wrapping was gone very quickly and Draco smiled at Harry's eagerness and looked at his face while Harry gasped and said "It's . it's beautiful" it was a little silver Dragon and it yawned and stretched looking between Harry and Draco for awhile before settling back and falling asleep. "It's called a Celeb'loki, which means 'Silver Dragon' in the Elven language, it's for protection, it only allows people who love you to come close. do you like it?" asked tenderly looking back down, Harry didn't know what to say, did Draco just say he loved me 'cause if the dragon only allows people who love me to come close then it means . "It's beautiful Draco, I love it ." he said smiling and Draco smiled back but blushed when Harry said "You love me?" and Draco was horror stricken, 'Oh no, how did he find out?' and looked at the Dragon 'Of course, the dragon allows only people who love him to come close, damn' but he couldn't lie to Harry, not anymore and whispered "Yes" and looked down afraid to see the look on Harry's face but Harry's heart was flowing with love and lifted Draco's head with a finger and made Draco look into his eyes and said "Why didn't you tell me?" , Draco looked into those green pools and thought 'Why didn't I tell him? Fear of rejection mostly and fear of revulsion maybe' but didn't answer and kept looking in Harry's eyes, trying to see what Harry was thinking, but when he looked he saw neither rejection or revulsion but saw '. love . no . I must be mistaken .' but he wasn't and he decided to take a change and leaned closer and closer, he moved his hand towards Harry's face and stroked his hair pulling him slowly closer giving Harry the change to pull away but he didn't 'cause suddenly their lips met and they kissed, it was a slow but very gentle kiss, neither boy wanting to hurry and try to get to know each other trough the kiss, they kissed awhile until the need of oxygen became to great and when they parted they looked into each other's eyes, leaning their foreheads together and Draco couldn't remember why he didn't say anything all this time, they lost lots of time together and decided everything would change now and said "I love you Harry, with my heart, body and soul" and kissed Harry lightly on the lips looking back into Harry's eyes waiting for Harry to say something and when he did, his heart swelled with love, "I love you too Draco, with my heart, body and soul" and kissed Draco lightly on the lips, like Draco did moments before. They smiled at each other and kissed a few times until they realised where they were and decided to leave. Draco shrunk all of Harry's stuff while Harry tried to look for the remains of his presents which wasn't a lot, just a little ash from the books but he took it anyway. They both left on Draco's broom stick neither boy looking back.
They decided to stay at the "Leaky Cauldron" for the rest of the vacation, 'cause Harry couldn't stay at the mansion 'cause Draco's dad was a death eater and therefore a Voldemort follower, and they had enough money anyway. Draco told his parents his wanted to stay with a friend for awhile 'cause he missed school too much but they didn't really care, as long as he was safe, he could do anything. So they both stayed in one room in the "Leaky Cauldron", talking and getting to know each other better while Harry's wounds healed and walking around "Diagon Ally" and looked at the shops now and then. They never went any further then kissing 'cause Harry still hurt from the rape and Draco didn't want to hurt Harry in anyway like he promised but they did sleep in one bed both feeling a lot safer and more at peace when they did. He sent letters to all his friends and family (those being Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Dumbledore and Hagrid, Ron and Hermoine) saying where he was staying, with who and why: they never said anything about the 'severe' beatings or the rape they just told them he was threaded like a slave, slept in the cupboard and got slapped several times; the reason they did this was because Harry knew that Sirius would go after them and Harry didn't want him to get caught, at first they didn't like who he was staying with and the fact they were boyfriends but were grateful in the end that Draco was there to take him away and they excepted the situation. The time soon came when they had to buy their books for school and Harry and Draco met with Ron and Hermoine on platform 9 ¾ where Ron made his first and only treat.