Falling
by ab102
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Notes: Don't hesitate to leave concrits. :) But don't make them pointless, please. Hopefully this'll get more reviews.
day iv. all
I'm a little bit of all.
The next day, needless to say, he was a mess. A complete and utter mess. He was everything he'd been feeling the past few days, and more, and nothing, all at once.
He was so confused and tired and he really didn't care anymore. At breakfast, he held his head on his hands, and closed his eyes, just trying to get away from it all.
Ron and Hermione came by, and he appreciated them. He'd realized that he'd taken them for granted these days. Now he was more than thankful for their comforting rubs and pats on his back.
The three of them remained silent, because, really, there was nothing that they needed to say.
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After they're first class (an uneventful History of Magic), Ron and Hermione had started coaxing him into telling them what was wrong.
Finally, after much reminding that they were all friends, he'd given in. If they didn't like him anymore after this confession, he wouldn't blame them.
"I…" he started, looking away from his best friends faces, "IhaveacrushonMalfoy."
Ron and Hermione stared.
He spoke immediately. "It's okay if you don't want to be friends anymore. I mean, I understand if you don't think that how I feel is good, and it's alright if you hate me for liking ---"
Hermione held up a hand. "Whoa, Harry, back up there. We haven't said anything!"
It was his turn to stare. "You… You mean you don't … hate me?"
Ron raised an uncharacteristic eyebrow. "What? For liking a bloke? Don't underestimate us, mate."
Harry still couldn't quite believe it. "What? But… But it's Malfoy! Don't you think that's gross and wrong and ---"
"Well, we do, of course," Hermione said, "but we respect your decision."
There was a pause.
"Anyway, is that all you were going to say? Because it really was obvious, mate." Ron said, grinning mischievously.
At this, Harry frowned. "It was?"
"Oh yes." Hermione answered. "In fact, I think only Malfoy himself is oblivious to the whole thing."
The raven haired boy sighed in relief. "Oh, good." Then he frowned once more. "Wait. If you knew I had a crush on …" He looked around to see if anyone was listening, "…on You-Know-Who---"
"What?" Ron looked aghast. "Eeew. Harry."
Hermione smacked him on the head. "Ron, I don't think he means that You-Know-Who."
Harry laughed as Ron blushed. "Anyway, if you knew I had a crush on … him, why did you have to ask what was wrong? I mean, it would be pretty obvious that it was that."
"Well, of course, we wanted to hear it straight, no pun intended, from you." Hermione said, smiling.
Ron nodded. "Yeah, and we didn't want to accuse you of that and have you kill us for it, had it not been true."
Then for the first time that day, Harry smiled.