"Come now, my little serpent, we must get some food into your system. You have been asleep for far too long." Tom said, looking at his horcrux fondly while he slept, starting to stir as he heard Tom's voice.

"Don't wanna" He whined, and pulled the covers tighter against himself, and Tom chuckled. His horcrux was just too adorable.

"My little horcrux, we can do this one or two ways. The first way is by you getting up without complaint and following me with your two perfectly capable legs, or by me picking you up and snogging you senseless until you are begging me for more." Tom smirked as his horcurx blushed a bright shade of red before getting out of bed slowly, grumbling.

Tom chuckled at his horcrux's actions as he went up behind him and wrapped his arms around his waist, trapping him against his chest. Harry grumbled at the action "Let me go" He mumbled, and fruitlessly struggled against Tom.

"What would you like to eat, my precious?" Tom asked, whispering against Harry's ear, nipping lightly at his earlobe, and was satisfied when Harry gave a slight shudder.

"I told you already, I don't want anything." Harry mumbled, and Tom frowned at the tiredness in Harry's voice before turning Harry around in his arms, placing his hand on his forehead.

"Your head is very warm" He placed his hand on his cheeks "So are your cheeks. Are you feeling unwell?" Tom asked, concern and worry in his voice.

Harry shrugged.

"Give me an answer, my precious"

"I'm fine" At Tom's doubtful look, he added "It's nothing, it'll probably go away soon"

"What will?" He prodded, and Harry sighed.

"Can we not talk about this now? Let's just eat breakfast so I can go back to sleep" Harry grumbled, and moved to get away from Tom when he wrapped his arms tighter around Harry, preventing him from moving.

"My precious horcrux, if you are ever feeling unwell, you are to come to me immediately. It doesn't matter what I am doing at the time, I will always listen to my little horcrux. Now, tell me what's wrong" Tom commanded gently, and Harry sagged his shoulders, looking at the floor with his head down.

"I told you it's nothing, now leave me alone." Harry grumbled, jerking out of his embrace, and Tom narrowed his eyes at his back.

"You will tell me what is bothering you one way or another, Harry. I will not tolerate disobedience." Tom growled out, and Harry's head whipped around so fast Tom was afraid his neck would crack.

"Disobedience?" Harry snarled out, coming face to face with Tom "You don't order me around. I am my own person. You can't control me"

Tom narrowed his eyes "I think you'll find that I can"

"I'd like to see you try" Harry growled out, glaring at Tom, and Tom narrowed his eyes as he wondered what on earth was wrong with his horcrux for him to be acting like this.

Harry didn't know what exactly happened next. All he knew was that Tom clenched his jaw, hissed out a spell in Parseltongue, and he felt as if he was floating on cloud 9. He vaguely saw through his fuzzy haze that Tom was talking to him, but he just felt so relaxed that he couldn't bring himself to care as he wasn't even in control of his own mind anymore...

Tom smiled gently as he saw the dazed look on his horcrux's face, before he seemed to come back to reality, and looked at Tom. His now red eyes widened, before he knelt down before Tom.

"Master! I'm so sorry! I never meant to be so disrespectful towards you! Please, have mercy!" His horcrux sobbed, and Tom bent down and gently lifted his horcrux's chin up so they were looking at each other in the eyes.

His horcrux looked up at him with tear-filled eyes "You don't have to bow to me, my precious" Tom whispered soothingly, bringing a hand up to cup the back of his precious horcrux's head. His horcrux leaned into the touch, looking at him with love and adoration in his eyes.

"Rise" Tom whispered gently, and his horcrux did just that, still looking at him with teary eyes.

"M-Master?" His bottom lip trembled, and Tom took his horcrux into his arms, wrapping them tightly around him. His horcrux relaxed into his embrace, Tom whispering soothing words into his ear and a hand running through his hair, calming him.

"Feel better now, my precious?" Tom asked, and felt his horcrux nod against his shoulder where he was resting his head on.

Tom gently pulled away from him, and looked at his horcrux in the eyes "My precious horcrux, do you remember what happened before I summoned you?"

He saw the horcrux-Harry furrow his eyebrow, then widen his eyes.

"Yes, I do. I was being disrespectful and rude towards you. I'm so sorry Master" He lowered his eyes to the floor, and Tom gently lifted his chin up with his fingers again.

"All is forgiven, my precious. You were not in control. " Tom whispered soothingly "All I wish to know is why you refuse to tell me what is wrong with you"

"T-The human part of me... he wasn't feeling well when he woke up, and didn't want to tell you... I don't know exactly what is wrong..."

"Why not, precious?" Tom asked patiently, and his horcrux bit his lip before responding.

"I don't know. He keeps himself locked away... he's so distant... he doesn't want to let anyone in... including you..."

Tom put on a thoughtful face "Very well. Are you feeling unwell currently?"

His horcrux thought about it for a moment "I have a headache... and my body is extremely tired... and it is somewhat hot... do you think that it is possible that I am coming into some sort of submissive creature inheritance, Master?" He asked, and Tom pondered on it for a moment.

"It is possible. However, I don't recall the Potters or the Evan bloodline having any creature blood in them... perhaps there was some, but it was never written down... so yes. It is very possible." Tom replied, and his horcrux nodded.

"It is very possible indeed."

"M-Master?" His horcrux asked shyly, and Tom turned his attention to his precious horcrux.

"Yes, my little serpent?" He asked, and his horcrux blushed lightly at the nickname.

"Can- Can you hold me?" He asked cautiously, and Tom had to remind himsef that Harry was not in control of his own body.

His horcrux was.

And it craved affection from him.

Who was he to deny his precious what he wanted?

"Come here" Tom said, and sat down in a comfy chair, patting his hand down on his leg.

Harry grinned widely, and quickly ran to Tom, sitting down on his lap and snuggling into him comfortably, sighing contentedly. Tom chuckled at how affectionate his horcrux was, and brought up a hand to card through Harry's hair. After a few minutes of just sitting there, Tom petting his horcrux's hair, Harry started to mumble.

"Master?" Harry asked sleepily, and Tom looked down at Harry as his eyes started to drop.

"Yes, my precious?"

"I love you"