Harry gasped as he woke up, breathing hard, a cold sweat marring his pale face. He clutched his beating heart, trying to calm down. He tried to sit up, only to find he wasn't able to because of an arm curling around his waist, possessively; an Arm that belonged to Draco.
He slowly removed Draco's arm from his body, only to have it move back around his waist, more tightly than before. Harry sighed, there was no way he could get up without waking Draco, not with the way Draco held him.
He didn't want to be questioned about waking up in the middle of the night; so he shifted a bit and turned his back to Draco, trying to at least put some distance between him and Draco. No such luck.
Draco pulled Harry closer, making it hard for Harry to breath under the pressure of Draco's arms. It seemed that even in his sleep he didn't want to let go of Harry.
Harry stared at nothing as he recollected his dream; the dream that started it all, the one that had changed everything.
It had been a while since he had, had that dream. He had tried to forget about it and he thought he had gotten over it. But it seemed that he couldn't escape from it. How could he? When he was reminded of it everyday?
Just seeing Draco's face brought that memory back. Bringing back all the things he fought so hard to forget.
But the one thing that was strange, after all that Draco had done to him, was that he could not bring himself to hate the man.
The man that had showed him kindness for the first time; the one that had given him warmth; the one that had sworn to protect him…
The one that had broken him…
A tear rolled down his face as he thought of it all.
Why did everything turn out like this?
What did he do wrong?
He quickly wiped his tears away as he felt Draco shifting onto his back, knowing that Draco had awoken. He usually woke up at this time.
Draco, as Harry found out recently, had a habit of waking up in the middle of the night. Harry always pretended to sleep when Draco woke up. He would then sit up, supporting himself with his elbow, and then he would gaze at Harry for a moment as if to make sure that Harry was still there; in his arms. The he would just lay down and go back to sleep after dropping a kiss on Harry's forehead.
Sometimes it warmed up Harry's heart. But sometimes it would make the pain in his heart grow even more.
'I wish this was all only a dream,'
He felt Draco's soft breath, indicating that the blonde had once again fallen asleep. Harry sighed again; he opened his eyes only to close them again and tried to sleep. Once again, he fell into an uneasy sleep.
Harry flipped the page of the book he was reading. He glanced up at Sebastian as the butler put a plate of cake and a cup of tea on the small table beside the sofa he sat on.
Draco was gone, taking care of some business, he had told Harry that when he had helped the blonde dress. He had told him that he would be home late, as he had to visit a business partner.
He put the book he was reading on his lap after he carefully marked the page, he lifted the plate from the table and slowly ate his cake. He knew that Sebastian watched his every move and would report him to Draco if Harry did not eat what had been served to him.
After he finished his cake, he drank the tea. He then took the book that was on his lap and stood up, making his way to the door while he informed the butler he wanted to go to the garden and read the rest of the book there. Sebastian dutifully followed him, on the way he ordered a maid to clean up the dishes.
He made his way toward the garden at the back of the manor, following the winding trail towards the gazebo that sat in the middle of the garden, surrounded by shrouding trees. The flowers had opened their petals for the sun, and the air smelt sweet, filled with their scents. The green trees barely swayed in the gentle wind, covering Harry's head with cool shade.
He sat on the bench in the gazebo in the middle of the garden. He then proceeded to continue his reading, unaware that Sebastian had left after making sure no one else was in the garden. He had told the maid to not let anyone enter the garden while Master Harry was there.
Harry stifled a yawn with his hand, the weather was nice, and the bench was more than comfortable, courtesy of Draco since he knew that Harry likes to read in the garden.
He could not help it when he started to get lulled into a sleep by the comfortable environment.
Draco angrily slammed the car's door. He just had a meeting with Amos Diggory, with his son tailing behind him.
Draco never liked Cedric Diggory. It was very unreasonable since Cedric was a sweet gentleman according to people. He remembered having meeting with the boy when he was little at some party when his parents were still alive.
Even at a small age he already known dislike toward the older boy.
He and Amos were talking about business when the Diggory elder decided that he was rather interested in Draco's love affairs.
Draco nearly ripped the old man into pieces when Amos asked if Draco had a lover or not. He calmly answered, "I think that's a bit off topic, Mr. Diggory." Draco had to restrain himself as the old man kept talking and his son just smiled on in amusement.
Draco wanted to wipe off that smile from his face.
"I thought that you could meet Karen, my daughter, have you met her? You'll like her, really, she's beautiful, and she's around your age, only 3 years younger I think, I'm sure you two will be a perfect match. I can set a date for you and her sometime!"
Amos considered Draco Malfoy to be the perfect person to be his son-in -law. He was rich, good looking, had power, was smart; what more he could ask? And Karen once mentioned how gorgeous Draco was when they went to a party, where she saw Draco for the first time. She hadn't stop talking about Draco ever since.
Cedric snorted at this, making both men look at him. One with amusement and the other one with a glare that would make you want to run for your life.
He knew very well how his sister had a crush on Malfoy, and always teased her about it. Although he didn't really like Malfoy that much, he might as well start liking him if Malfoy was going to be his brother-in-law. He shuddered at the thought.
Draco raised an eyebrow, giving Amos a hard look, making him shut up immediately.
He leaned his face a bit toward the older man. "Let me tell you that I have no intention of dating your daughter, or anyone at all," he said in a cold voice.
Amos, not knowing that, that was a warning Draco gave him, continued to persuade Draco into dating his daughter.
Having had enough of it, Draco stood up. "I think we'll end the meeting here, as you seem to like talking about personal affairs instead of work. Good day." Draco was about to turn his back and proceed to go home when Amos called his name.
"Wait Draco!!" He then cringed under Draco's glare for using his first name without permission.
"I mean, Mr. Malfoy…" he squeaked, "We have not held an office social in so long… I'm sure our clients would be more assured if they knew all of our partner's are on friendly terms… As we are, correct?"
Draco was about to turn him down when Cedric spoke up, "After all, I heard that your stocks took a big hit last week…"
"That's none of your business," Draco growled.
Cedric only smiled. "See, it would be great for morale if you were to host an event to reassure all those involved with that unfortunate event… You know, a real booster!" Amos Diggory said. Draco was fuming.
"I can assure you that I have no need to reassure anyone of any instability in my company… However, since you put it that way, perhaps it is time that I host a social… For morale." Draco spat at the pair of men.
Draco scowled as he made his way towards his chamber, only to be stopped by Sebastian.
The old butler knew very well that when Draco came home from work, he would immediately seek the raven haired boy's company.
"Pardon me, Master Draco, but Master Harry is in the South garden. He has fallen asleep while reading a book."
Draco nodded in acknowledgement and made his way to the garden.
All his anger and tiredness disappeared as he gazed at the peacefully sleeping man. He carefully sat on the bench, afraid if a sudden movement would wake Harry up. He made himself comfortable before he gently scooped Harry into his arms. He held Harry tightly as he, too, began to fall asleep, lulled by Harry's soft breathing against his neck.
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