"Not very, but I um... still needed stitches."
"It wasn't bleeding in detention 2 days ago."
"Well it started to last night. Had a horrible headache too." Belial said, pointing to the bandages. There were some dark splotches underneath the
bandage.
I kissed him, "Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah, just give it a week."
I took his hand, "Okay."
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The bandages stopped working as the horns got bigger. I couldn't think of anything else to call them, because, well, that's what they were. Finally we settled on a black beret, which surprisingly the teachers allowed. Even Snape. Maybe that's because I'm his favorite student, because Belial isn't even in the Slytherin house. He's in Ravenclaw. Probably because he's so smart.
I couldn't find anything in books. All the things I did find stated that they were temporary, and could easily be fixed with a counter spell. Belial and I tried them, and nothing had worked. Those things were stuck for good. They gave Belial awful headaches for weeks, until they finally seemed to stop growing in about mid November.
"You okay, Bel?" I asked, meeting him at the bottom of the stairs.
"Yeah, just tired."
I pulled him close and kissed him, "Me too. Let's go take a nap."
"A nap? Where?"
I stood up, "I have a place I go to sometimes, come on."
Belial took my hand, "Okay."
I led him up the stairs, to the right, up a bit, to the right again, then to the left into a little room labeled, "Janitor's closet". He looked puzzled until I led him inside.
"Ooooh, how did you find this room?" He asked, with wide eyes.
"Detention one day." I said simply, sitting on the navy bed and patting the spot next to me.
"Are we allowed in here?"
"We're not forbidden if there aren't any charms, right?"
Belial nodded and flopped backwards. I crawled up to the pillows and buried my head in them. I jumped when I felt a hand go into my sweater and up my spine. I took my head out of the pillows and looked at Belial.
"Is someone a little bit frisky?"
"Mayyyyybe." He said, running his hand back up my spine. I turned over so that he went up my stomach instead, but stopped his hand midway.
"I'm tired." I said, looking at him.
He took his hand from my sweater and put it to my face, "Okay."
We both laid down and looked at each other.
"Draco, can I ask a question?"
"Sure."
"Are we really ever going to... you know... do it?"
I turned to my side, "Do you want to?"
He blushed and looked away, "Yeah, but not yet. I mean, I'm ready but I'm not... ready."
I touched his hand, "I understand. I'm not ready either. For one thing we've only been together for 4 months. There's still so much I want to know about you."
"Me too." Belial said, adjusting his pillow a bit, "But for now let's just take a nice little nap."
I leaned in for his kiss and got myself comfortable, falling asleep surprisingly quickly.
Hehehe, I'm having fun with this non-human puberty type thing