yaoi-is-gay-13: I know, I thought it would be nice to have a cute chap
ending.

Sowen: Draco did sort of accept Harry, but because he had rejected
already before, Harry's reaction to the rejection is going to continue
until they bond.

Signeus: Alright, I'll do that shout out for you.

Makalani Astral: Yup, slowly but surely.

paws10081: I'm tryin' to get these things up sooner, but I've been
distracted.

Lyndsay-Marie: I know, I think they're so cute together.

YamiYumes: I am going to keep going.

Starry Sky: Aren't they. And I'm glad you like it.

bloodbunny: I am.

Legolas Sundance: I did email you, I don't know if you got it or not, but
I did.

oracle: Glad you like it.

eminem4eva: Good, and I'll continue, if only because all you people
always nag me to. [grins]

Miseries haunted vessel: Glad you like the tattoos. Also, Snape was just
in a really bad mood that day, and he ticked off at Harry and was way
over reacting, he might have listened to Draco any other day, but that
day was just a bad day for him. And no, I'll update just don't sick the
swimming chickens on me!

Isis-mystic: Me too. Thanks.

sydney: I'm glad you liked it and I am, don't worry.

JD: I'm sorry you think that, but that's the way this story has been
heading from the start, so it hasn't exactly been just sprung on you.

Veneficus: Thank you and don't die, that would be bad because then I
would have murder on my shoulders.

fearless5: Thanks, and I shall try.

Leeanna-Marie-Malfoy: Maybe, but I couldn't at the moment because Harry
was in pain and needed Draco.

Draculella: [blinks] That was a blooper and I've fixed it now, thanks for
bringing it to my attention.

Julianna Potter: What was soo confusing at first? Also, Kevin needed to
come back as his mate is at Hogwarts.

darkanglefrmhell: Hehe, I know.

Trinity Potter-Malfoy: I'm not really good at writing long chapters, it
takes forever, longer than it took for that last update probably. And I
was planning to have that happen.

fairy of irrelevance: I'm a dragon fanatic as well. Hehe. Join the club.
I'm glad you like my story, and that plot was partly where I got the pain
part, but then I just added to it.

ssjmiraitrks: I started writing again as soon as I got back from my
vacation, so this is as quick as I could get it up.

Brittany [BountyHunter]: I don't think its perfect, far from it actually,
but its nice you think its is. And yup, I promise this is my first.

Sannukaz: Great!

Jolande: I've kinda been really leaning toward your first suggestion for
a while now.

Kavth: Sorry, the vacation had been in the makin' for a while now.

Sweet-single: Thanks. I just couldn't think of the name.

kittengurl: Hehe, well there's always next time I suppose.

conrima: Thanks.

Sorry this took so long, the vacation lasted longer than planned. Also, this chapter is shorter because I wanted to get it out there.

Heartsick Kindred: Chapter 9

Draco was the first one to wake up. The clock said it was just after lunch, he groaned and buried his head under the covers. He didn't want to wake up and have to face the students who had seen what had happened, by now everyone would know. He sighed and sat up, he would have to face them eventually anyways.

It was only after sitting up and seeing himself in the mirror that he saw the words on his face, "Don't worry about the students, I took care of them . . . See Harry's face" Draco grinned and looked over. "Thank you. Now where was I, oh yes, the only person's memory we left was Snape's. P/S: Your faces will break out in 3 . . .2 . . .1."

Draco ran to the mirror, and sure enough, there were zits covering it. He groaned, went back to Harry and set to undoing whatever it was Kevin had done to Harry and him. By the time Harry woke up, their faces were cleared up and he couldn't tell anything was wrong to begin with.

Harry woke up and curled up closer to Draco, grinning in his half asleep state. He muttered something about his new pillow being nicer than his other one. Then, hearing his 'pillow' chuckling, jerked up and glared.

Draco just laughed harder, "Nice to know I make a nice pillow."

Harry rolled his eyes. "I cannot be held responsible for what I say in my sleep, and obviously someone's feeling better."

Draco grabbed a pillow and thumped him. "I can hold you to anything I feel like is important. Does this mean your feeling better?"

"Yes, I'm feeling much better actually." He magicked (A/N: That was the only way to make that word seem right to me.) a bunch of feathers and sent them onto Draco's head, laughing as they stuck to him. "Don't mess with a master. You won't win." Harry thought for a moment, "By the way what happened? I can only remember a little."

"Well, after you passed out, Snape wasn't going to let anyone help you and refused to believe you weren't just faking it. He wouldn't even let me help you . . ."

"He had a meeting last night and it didn't go well to say the least." Harry had a pained expression on his face, though not for himself, for Snape.

"Oh, well . . . we had some . . . choice words."

Harry raised an eyebrow. "Do I even want to know what you said?"

"Probably not. Well, anyways Kevin took care of the mess. Lucky for me. I didn't have time to kill taking care of that mess. You were pretty bad at the time."

Harry looked down, "I tried to hold it off, but that can only work for so long."

"Well, I should probably tell my dad now anyways, he'll find out sometime. We can't keep erasing peoples' memories like that." He looked fixed on his idea and wasn't going to be budged, but at the same time, a little worried.

"Nothing will happen, with two dragons and me at your back, he wouldn't dare try anything." Harry looked sure about that.

"I was more worried about what he try on you, but I suppose that works both ways . . ." He smiled, feeling better about this now. He would send an owl to his father, saying he needed to speak to him, saying he needed to speak with him about something urgent, but the letter could wait 'till after they ate. "Hungry?"

"Starving, shall we head down to eat?" He bowed towards the door. "My lord?"

Draco stuck his nose up in the air, but then spun around and kissed Harry until he was breathless. "Okay, now we can go eat something to eat." He grinned and headed out.

Harry stood there gaping for a moment, "I take this means you're not against us together so much anymore?"

"Maybe. What can I say, when you're around someone 24/7, they kind of grow on you. And it might have helped that I realized I am gay, and was scared of my father and in denial about it." He smiled.

Harry raised an eyebrow, not quite sure what he thought being said to grow on someone, but happy Draco had accepted this and what he was.

Draco grabbed his hand and towed him out to the Great Hall, not letting go even then, and sat down.
The whole hall hushed when they came in, but then whispers started up and quickly became a roar. Every table had something to say.

Pansy, however, was the most vocal. "Draco! What are you doing?!" She screamed several things, but they were not understandable from her screaming.

"Pansy, I have come to a conclusion about myself. This is none of your business, except that you should no longer be expecting anything from me."

Pansy's face turned a rainbow of colors, before settling on mottled red. "What is that supposed to mean? It doesn't matter anyway, your father will make it otherwise. Just wait 'till he hears about this."

Draco turned his back on her and walked to Kevin's, Harry's, and his table. Surprised to see someone else there. "Blaise?"

Harry looked at Kevin, who was grinning, then at Blaise. "When did this happen?" "About the time Draco rejected you the second time. I saw him in the hallways. He's accepted it, fortunately for me, and decided to come live in our dorms, seeing Draco and you were doing well. We didn't want to be together around you two if you weren't together and happy."

Draco turned to Blaise and smiled, "Welcome to our little group." He looked at his friend. "When did you become a dragonrider?"

"This summer, same as these two, but we never met. They were too busy pranking people. Otherwise, we would have been together earlier."

Harry nodded, "I think I remember you. I pranked you once, can't remember what it was though." He shrugged.

Blaise nodded and grinned, "You guys came up with some pretty original stuff. Surprised most of us when we weren't expecting it, but none of the pranks hurt anybody. They were just funny. That's the best kind of pranks."

Harry and Kevin grinned. "We are the masters." They went to high-five and deliberately missed.

Draco and Blaise rolled their eyes at the two of them. "Honestly you two. You act like first years."

"We missed so much time to prank and brag though. We have Fred and George beat. This year will be the best."