Hey, so this may have taken forever for me to up load but I have been dreading this chapter so much. I don't know whether it is any good but here you go!
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However Nott chose this moment to wake, I quickly removed my hand from Draco's. He whimpered from where he lay asleep. but I am sure that I am giving it to much importance. Nott hearing the whimper was up in a flash and I had to stand away for fear of being run over by him. He placed his hand on Draco's and something inside me coiled.
I guess now that Nott is up we will have to have that chat. I am not looking forward to this.
The sun came streaming through the folds of the crimson currents that messily hung half draped over an ajar window plane. The soft mid-summer breeze swam through the part open window ruffling the plain white shirt on Theo's back. The Slytherin shivered; his arm unconsciously tightening around Hermione's shoulders snuggling into the comforting warmth of her feminine frame. Theo's hands abruptly shot out as if to defend his himself. His eyes groggily started to peel apart heavy with sleep; but snapped apart at the small whimper that escaped Draco. The events of the past days hit him with a pain full speed. With no mind to how he got there Theo found himself on the other side of the bed with Draco's hand in his.
Black brows knotted in pain on an expanse of caramel skin; a single tear finding it way over the jut of Theo's cheek bones. A small sob escaped Theo's lips as he sat on the edge of the bed and whispered in a barely audible voice "please be ok" with his free hand stroked the platinum blonde hair of the sleeping ice prince. Louder this time but still timid and broken Theo utters the phrase like a prayer "please be ok" he lead down his hand placed on the Draco's cheek Theo placed a small chaste kiss on his cheek. With a small squeeze of Draco's hand Theo turned and left.
The ghost of the saint potter stood back pressed to the cold stone wall of the hospital wing. Theo had all but run down the shadow of the once great golden boy. If the last few days had not been scaring enough this was just pouring more slats into an already full wound.
Theo loved Draco and he knew it the whole freaking school knew it but that just chipped away at what little resolve harry had left. The Gryffindor stood rotted to the spot unable to move; Draco did not need what had happen none of them did. Harry raked his eyes across the room surveying the sleeping faces.
Pansy was curled up in a tight ball; atop the covers her arms wrapped tightly around her chest. Even in sleep her features where strained and tight; her lips where moving ever so slightly; murmuring unknown pained words. Small fading scars littered her pale skin; casing a knot to twist in Harry stomach. This is what he had caused; for them all not just Draco but for all those in this room and Theo.
Dropping the cloak harry summoning all the strength of his inner loin left the hospital wing. His insides where liquid. His mouth was dry; palms sweaty. He found himself praying to every god he knew that Voldmort would emerge from one of the alcoves, just so he did not have to face what was to come.
It was worse than he had ever imaged. When he saw Theodore Nott something did inside of him this boy that a few days ago had been just another face in the buzzing halls of Hogwarts. A boy he had thought had hated him with a passion or at the very least regarded him with cold indifference; know evoked such fierce emotions in the chosen one.
Theo was slumped in the corner of the corridor his head in his lap. His whole body was shaking; his hands raked though his hair ripping at the scalp underneath. At the sound of approaching footsteps Theo head shot up and harry was faced with a sight that pulled at something deep with his very core. Theo once hansoms face was torn and disfigured by grief and pain; his caramel skin was redden and stained with the tracks of fallen tears, with evermore crawling their way down the tortured face.
But it was Theo's eyes that harry would never forget for as long as he lived. They bore into his very sole and ripped it to shreds; tearing it away piece by piece. His skin crawled and his gut turned gilt swelled in his chest and he felt his eyes sting with the salt of tears.
When Theo saw harry he just silently rose to his feat not bothering to cover the pain in his face; the moment he reached his full height harry eyes which had been in a death lock with the sytherin dropped to gazes solemnly at the ground. With his head held high Theo walked further from the hospital wing; Potter shuffling to catch up with him.
Theo came to an abrupt stop, it took all of Harry's remaining will power not to collide with Theo. Theo turned on his heel to face harry ;he opened and closed his mouth like a fish gasping for air but as hard as he tried the words would not form in his mouth. Theo sighed heavily his shoulders rising and falling under the weight of it. "I don't... pot...ha.." Theo open and closed his mouth again visually annoyed with his own incompetence. He growled and blurted "i wanted to be cool about this you know. Say that if you ever hurt Draco I would kill you. You know that is still true but it not enough. You ... you don't know the hold that you have on him do you? And you don't help you know always picking fights with him... no don't start this is not about blame the truth of the matter is that you pay him special attention. (Harry eyes dropped and he let out a breath how could he deny that.) he likes you... you know that. It's not a question I know you know. So? What are you goanna do about it? If you like him then just be with him and if not you need to stop giving him so much attention. You'd have to leave him be let him breath."
Harry just broke down crying; he fell on his knees tears streaming down his face. ; All the repressed fear, guilt sorrow pouring out all at once; in a cascaded of anguish. Harry was not expecting the chocolate scented warm arms wrapped securely around him. The warmth and water fall of tears sucked all the poison of the last few day cleans his very soul with Theo forgiveness.
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