CHAPTER 7

"So Draco, I've decided to sell the apartment." commented Blaise casually.

"You what?"

"It's already gotten a lot of offers and I'm planning on giving half of what we get for the apartment to Harry. That is if he ever shows up, or else I could always keep it at Hermione and Ron's place for the time being."

"But what about you're belongings? What if he wants to keep the place?"

"Well, I didn't think about that, I guess if he wants to keep the place, I could always get him a place like that one. I don't know what to do with our things though. Since Harry's not with me, I don't find that I can stay there anyways, so there's no point in keeping the place."

"Don't you think you should consult with Harry first?"

"Yes, but I'm afraid of the reply."

"What are you talking about? The reply is the most important part of this whole ordeal."

"Yes, and that is what I am afraid of. I'm afraid that he won't reply, and then what? I will have no way of contacting him then."

"I still think you should try to tell him. I'm sure if you tell him what you are planning to do with the apartment, he would reply."

"Yes, but I'm afraid of that too."

"Blaise, you two have been together for four years, you should not be afraid of him."

"Yes, I know that but I can't help but feel a little scared when it comes to Harry now. I feel like I need to watch everything I do because if I do something else that's stupid, he will really never forgive me."

"And do you think that's healthy for a relationship? Even if he forgives you and takes you back, you still have to watch everything you do, what are you going to do about that? Watch every thing you do for the rest of your life?"

"If it means I get him back then yes, I want him back Draco. I don't think anyone understands how much I need him in my life."

"Blaise-"

Just then an owl tapped on the window and Draco went to open it to let the owl in. The letter had been addressed to Blaise Zabini.

As Blaise opened the letter, all Draco could hope for had been that the letter did not bare the name of Harry on it. Not because Draco didn't want to share Harry or deal with Harry being attracted to anyone but him, but that he really felt that the two of them should not be together.

Blaise read it and gave Draco a small smile, "Someone wants to see the house, so I'm going to go tidy it up a bit before they get there. I'll be back in a little while."

Draco nodded as Blaise took out a Portkey. Blaise's presence no longer filled the room after a tug to the navel.

Draco took out some food he prepared for Harry and brought it upstairs to find that Harry's room held no one. He looked around a bit until he heard noise coming from Blaise's room.

"What are you doing in here?"

Harry sat on Blaise's bed and held the silver exploding star he gave the other man on their first date official, "He still has this."

"Well, he does still love you."

Harry looked around the room and noticed that most of the items Blaise brought with him had been items that meant something to them both. Items that Harry had given him or items they bought together on a trip or something from their past.

"You think this is the way to be together? Do you think that this is the way to show each other that you love one another? With items?"

"Well, items are all we have."

"You have memories. Shouldn't that be enough?"

"I don't know, well, of course we have memories, but, with this I know he loves me and I know he thinks about me."

"He shouldn't need items to show you that he loves you. There are other ways for example, not cheating on you."

"But Draco, some bad things happen with good reason."

"And what would be the good reason for cheating on you?"

"I wouldn't marry him and he wanted to prove to me that he's something worth having."

"There are other ways. He didn't have to cheat on you."

"But it had been my fault that he cheated on me. If I agreed to marry him, it would not have happened."

"And if it's that easy for him to go off with someone else, if something so simple will make him turn the other way, do you want that?"

"No, but you don't understand, I love him."

"Even after all he's done to you?"

Harry looked at Draco's face and he knew that he had never seen that expression on anyone's face before, not even Blaise so he assumed it to be a very confused look, one that only Draco could pull off.

"I know what you're thinking Draco. That I shouldn't love him after what he did to me but we have been together for four years, it's hard to just let that go down the drain."

"I know but you can't live in the same house again once it's burned down."

"But you can rebuild where it burnt."

Draco sighed, he could not win this, nor did he want to be the one to change Harry's mind. Firstly, he knew that Harry is one stubborn wizard and also that the other boy will only understand when time is right and Draco could do nothing but accept that this simply just isn't the right time.

Harry walked over to the bed and on the bedside table lay the Gryffindor tie Harry gave Blaise, naming him an honorary Gryffindor, "He still has this old thing. I gave it to him the day I told Hermione and Ron about him and he still has it."

Draco did not reply but inside his heart broke a little as he realized that Harry and Blaise really loved each other quite a bit.

Harry ran his hand over the silk tie and remembered that night. He gave Blaise the tie to tell the other boy that he finally told his friends about them and Blaise had been so thrilled. For weeks Blaise thought Harry felt ashamed of him being the reason Harry's closest friends had been kept in the dark about their relationship but that night, Blaise had been proved wrong and showed just how much Harry wanted the world to know they belonged to one another.

"Can you forgive him?" asked Draco who not only wanted to break the silence but also wanted to know for himself.

A tear slid down Harry's cheek and neither could tell if it had been for how much he loved Blaise or for releasing the man's anger for the betrayal, "I want to."

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