After 2 weeks of complete silence, Draco finally managed to gain Harry's trust a little. He had asked the boy what he would like to do. After the first day of trying to take Harry with him to classes, he decided to leave Harry in the care of the school house elves.
Flashback (sort of)
"Come on Harry, time to get up, we have school." Draco gently nudged the boy on the couch and he whimpered a bit. Finally Harry got off the couch and got dressed. Together they walked to the Hall to eat breakfast. This was a very wrong thing to do, because Harry panicked at seeing so many people and he fled before Draco could catch him.
Hermione, Ron, Pansy, Blaise and Draco needed 30 minutes to find him again, under a tree by the Lake. Draco had to carry him to class because Harry refused to walk.
"Please Harry, we can't stay in my room all day!" Draco pleaded with him. Harry then, although reluctantly, went with him and they had some breakfast.
Then there was the issue of getting Harry into the classrooms with so many people. He only wanted to sit in the back, close to the door and Draco wasn't allowed to leave. So that didn't work either.
End Flashback
After that horrid day, Harry stayed in his rooms with a few house elves watching him. Harry only went out of the room during breakfast, lunch and dinner and that also took a long time of Draco convincing him it was alright. Yesterday, Draco had asked what he would like to do. He hadn't gotten an answer of course. But just when Draco decided to go to bed, Harry had handed him a note. On that note there was only one word; Books.
"You like to read?" Draco had asked and Harry had only smiled and nodded. So this is how Draco found himself in the Library, searching for a book for Harry. Finally he found one.
All Age Defences
"Harry? Where are you?" Draco called. Harry stepped into his view from the bathroom. He smiled at Draco and waved.
"Hello to you too. I've got you something. You like reading right?" Harry nodded and looked at Draco curiously.
"Well I went to the Library today and guess what? I've found a perfect book for you. It explains about defensive magic and it's easy to read. I think you'll like it." Draco took a book out of his bag and gave it to Harry. The boy looked it over and opened it. While reading it, he walked over to the couch and sat down.
Draco smiled. He really could be Hermione the second with the way he was devouring that book.
The blonde watched his charge for a little while and then decided to do some reading of his own. He took out Jane Austin's Sense and Sensibility and started to read where he had left off.
When it was time for lunch, Draco had a hard time dragging Harry away from his book.
"We are just going to eat lunch. You can go back to your book later!" Draco tried but Harry acted as if he didn't hear him. Draco took the book out of Harry's hands and levitated it high up in the air. Harry looked at the book longingly but sighed. He stood up and walked towards the door. There he waited for Draco.
Lunch again was a very silent affair and Harry was back to his book in no time.
'Is it even healthy to like books so much?' Draco thought. He suddenly thought about the memory in the Pensieve. He took the little bowl out of his nightstand. Draco took a deep breath and stepped into the memory.
"Let's get Freak Boy!!" was the first thing Draco heard when he stepped onto a playground of some sorts. He spotted 7 year old Harry, running for his life, while being chased by 4 boys. One was a big as a baby whale. Harry was faster however.
It didn't last long and the four boys cornered Harry. The big whale punched the little boy and he fell to the ground.
"No Dudley, please, stop!!" Harry screamed and Draco ran towards him. He wanted to help Harry so badly, teach those bullies a lesson, but he couldn't. He had to watch as Harry was used as a punching bag.
"You have to learn a lesson Freak!! It was not nice to tell Ms. Brandson that I hit Jamie. Now you have to pay the price for being a tattletale!" the Dudley boy punched Harry another few times before stepping back.
"You'll learn to not say a word!!" Dudley walked away and the rest of his friends continued to hit Harry. Draco screamed.
"No more!! I want out, I've seen enough!!" he cried and moments later he found himself on his bed, the sheets soaked with sweat.
He quickly rolled over and vomited on the floor.
When he looked up he saw Harry standing there, holding a washcloth. He gratefully took it.
"Thank you," he breathed and cleaned the mess up. Harry nodded and went back to reading his book. Draco noticed that, although he had given Harry the book to read this morning, he already was almost at the end of it.
He walked over to the boy and sat down opposite him.
"You can read fast. Do you like the book?" he asked. Harry looked at him and nodded, before returning to his book again. Draco sighed and went to do his homework. There was nothing he could do for Harry at the moment. At least, not that he knew of.
After Draco had finished his homework, he went to check up on Harry. The little boy was asleep on the couch with the book open on his lap. Draco looked at the pages.
'How to protect yourself from your own blood,' Draco read. He sighed. Of course Harry would be interested in that. He would do anything for just a normal life in a normal family. He took the book and placed a marker at the place Harry was and closed it. He put it away and gently tucked the blanket that was on the couch, over him.
"Goodnight angel," he whispered and after a kiss on the little forehead, Draco went to bed himself.