Hiya! Thanks for all the reviews and everything. I've been struggling a bit with where this fanfic is going to go but here's another chapter anyways. Sorry if I do go a bit OOC on any of the characters, I'm working on it. :D Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 8
They made their way to the corridor where the room was hidden, Harry walked past it three times and a door suddenly appeared in the wall. Draco opened the door and peered inside, it was a smallish room with a fire place burning, it had a soft rug in the middle and a couple of comfy chairs sat opposite each other. Also there was a bookcase full of Legilimency and Occlumency books.
They walked inside and closed the door quietly; Draco walked towards the books and ran his fingers along some of the spines. Harry walked up to him and wrapped his arms around his waist from behind. Draco turned in his arms and leant his head against his shoulder. He was nervous about this and surprised Harry was letting him teach him Legilimency, he would be prying into Harry's life.
"Are you sure…"
"Yes Draco, I am"
Draco lifted his head and looked at the smaller boy; he smiled and pulled him towards the chairs.
A few minutes later and they were both stood with their wands out, facing each other in front of one of the comfy chairs.
"Ready?" Draco asked
"Yes." Harry replied
Draco took a deep breath and shouted "Legilimens!"
…Draco was in darkness for all of a few seconds and then he was transported to memories of Weasley and Granger, they seemed to have just beaten a troll in the girls bathroom... then he was riding his broom, arm stretch out and about to catch the snitch… it switched again to when Draco had first kissed him in the corridor after Potions… and then the kiss they had shared underneath the tree moments earlier… then suddenly he was kissing a girl, it was very wet and not very good, he opened his eyes and saw Cho Chang…
Suddenly Draco was staring at Harry again, back in the room where they were practising. Harry's face was bright red and he was panting very hard.
"Cho Chang…?" Draco said smirking
"Oh… yeah" Harry said blushing
"Was that the first girl you kissed?"
"Yes." Harry replied, blushing even further
Draco paused
"Was I the first boy you kissed?"
"Yes!" Harry said defensively
"When did you figure out you were gay…?" Draco continued
"A few months ago" Harry paused, "What about you?"
"I don't know, I guess I just always knew" Draco said shrugging
"Oh okay…" Harry said
"Anyway, this time Harry, actually try to block me out" Draco smirked, twirling his wand between his fingers.
"I was trying!"
"Well I'm going to push even harder this time, so be ready…"
"Ok" Harry said in a stroppy way , making Draco smile.
Draco pointed his wand once again at Harry.
"Legilimens!"
…he was transported to what seemed to be a tree, he was up it and a dog was barking at him with its teeth showing. He'd been up here for ages and he was very hungry but no one was taking the dog away…then the scene changed and he was at a strange looking house that had pictures of Weasley family members on the wall, he was in awe with the house and loved how everything was so quirky…then he was under the sorting hat and it was telling him that he would do well in Slytherin but he pleaded with it to put him in Gryffindor…
The room swam back in view and he saw Harry with a pained look on his face.
"You… You were going to be put in Slytherin..?"
"Oh, umm… I suppose."
"And whose dog was that…?"
Draco noticed Harry wince but he didn't say anything about it
"It was my Uncle's Sister's."
"So, your Aunt's?"
"Well yeah… but I don't like calling her that."
"Right okay. Ready to go again?" Draco added
"Yeah sure…"
"And really try hard this time Harry, You're like an open book."
Before Harry could retort back Draco shouted again
"Legilimens!"
…he had just received a letter and was walking back into the room where a fat man, a thin woman and a chubby boy were sitting at the table. He handed the man the rest of the post before going to open his letter, all at once the chubby boy reached out to snatch it, shouting. The fat man took the letter from him and glared at it; he looked worried but refused to give the letter back to him. He then ripped it in half and told him to get out of the room… and then quite suddenly everything went quite dim and Draco felt like he was in a small cramped cupboard, he felt starving, really starving and could feel spiders crawling on his head, then the door opened and he saw the same fat man glaring at him as he grabbed his hair and pulled him out of the cupboard forcefully…
The room, once again, swam back into view but this time Harry wasn't stood in front of Draco but was on his knees panting very hard.
"Harry!" Draco said, dropping to his knees next to Harry
"It's okay Harry." Draco soothed, softly rocking Harry forwards and backwards. "It's okay"
Harry slowly started to breathe normally again and looked up into Draco's eyes, the emerald gleam from Harry's eyes had disappeared and all that was there now was sorrow.
"Sorry" He mumbled, trying to get out of Draco's tight grip.
"There's no need to be sorry Harry" Draco said and paused to search Harry's face. "What was that? Why were you in a cupboard…?"
Harry looked up at him, his face looked pained
"Was that your Aunt and Uncle?" Draco tried
Harry nodded
"And that boy… was that your cousin?"
Harry nodded again.
"That first memory… was that the Hogwarts letter?"
"Yes" Harry mumbled with his head leaning against Draco's chest.
"But why wouldn't they let you read it?"
Harry sighed "They think… they think that wizards and witches are freaks."
"What?"
"They called me a freak all the time and then they would…" Harry paused.
"They would what Harry?" Draco asked, he sensed he shouldn't push Harry anymore but his damn curiosity got the better of him.
"Then they would lock me in the cupboard..." Harry whispered.
"WHAT THE…" Draco started.
Harry winced and buried his face more into Draco's chest making Draco stop speaking abruptly.
"How long for Harry…" He said calmer.
Harry shook his head and brushed the few tears away on Draco's shirt.
Draco pushed Harry back by his shoulders so he could look at him properly
"How long for Harry" Draco asked again
"I don't know… Sometimes just for a few hours and others a few weeks…"
"WEEKS?"
"Please Draco…"
"Did they feed you Harry?" Draco almost whispered
"Please… I don't want to talk about it anymore."
"No Harry. We have to talk about it, tell me"
Harry looked pleadingly at him but Draco didn't back down
"If there were any left over's…"
Harry nuzzled his face against Draco's chest again and Draco put his arms round him, chin resting on top of his head.
"What cupboard was this Harry?"
"What do you mean?"
"Where was the cupboard?"
"Oh. ." He mumbled quickly but Draco had heard it.
"Merlin! Does Dumbledore know about this?"
"I haven't told him. But I think he knew anyway…"
"What! And he didn't do anything about it?"
Harry shrugged and Draco kissed the top of his head
"It's okay. I'll sort these muggles out."
Harry froze in his arms
"What!" Harry almost shouted, now staring intensely into Draco's misty grey eyes.
"Calm down Harry… I'm not going to kill them."
Harry didn't seem to relax though
"No Draco! You can't do anything, you can't!"
"And why not…?"
"You can't!"
"Okay… Okay. I won't do anything."
"And you can't tell anyone either!"
Draco looked at Harry's worried face.
"I won't Harry, of course I won't." Draco said quietly in Harry's ear pulling the boy back against his chest again. "Do Granger and Weasley know?"
Harry shook his head
"How come you haven't told them?"
"I already get enough pity and I definitely don't want any more."
"Oh."
There was a short pause
"Harry?"
"Hmmm"
"Did they… did they hurt you?" Draco said quietly
Harry stiffened and looked up at Draco with sad eyes
Draco didn't need to hear the answer; he could already tell by the way Harry was looking at him. He closed the distance between them and softly pressed his lips against Harry's.
Harry eagerly responded, probably glad for a distraction, as their lips pressed more and more firmly together. Harry tongue was the first to brush along Draco's lips and Draco immediately welcomed it in his mouth as it explored his wet cavern. They brushed their tongues together before Harry pulled Draco's tongue back so that they were now in Harry's mouth. Harry hummed with pleasure as Draco moaned against his lips. They kissed like this for what seemed like hours, before both had to pull back from lack of oxygen.
Harry leant his head once again against Draco's chest and listened to his heart beating fast. Draco glanced at his watch and noticed it was 30 minutes past curfew.
"Harry…"
"Yeah?"
"Come on…"
Draco got up and pulled Harry up too.
"Draco? Why are you leading me to the dungeons?"
"Well, I don't want you to sleep alone tonight…"
"But I can't sleep in the Slytherin dorms!"
"You're not" Draco said grinning.
They carried on walking but before they reached the Slytherin common room door, Draco turned them swiftly and walked through another door that was hidden unless you knew it was there.
"Where are we?" Harry asked looking around the room
"This is my private bedroom." Draco said smirking; it pays to have a father like he did.
"You have a private bedroom!"
"Of course I do. I'm Draco Malfoy."
"Ha-ha" Harry said looking around the room.
There was a double bed in the centre and a bathroom off to the left. It had a desk in front of the window which had most of Draco's textbooks and work on and a wardrobe against the wall near the door. It was, obviously, decorated in silver and green.
"I don't sleep here very much… The other Slytherin's don't know it's here"
Harry looked questioningly at him
"I use it mostly for studying on my own or if I need to get away from everyone. But I usually sleep in the dorms with Blaise and Nott." Draco explained
"Oh." Harry said, looking at the bed longingly.
"Are you tired?"
Harry yawned "Yeah, I didn't get much sleep last night and that lesson took the energy out of me…"
He trailed off and Draco only guessed he was thinking about what had happened a few minutes ago.
Draco walked over to his wardrobe and pulled out some spare pyjama bottoms.
"Here, put these on while I use the bathroom."
A few minutes later and Draco and Harry were curled in each other's arms in the bed. Draco had never felt so safe and loved in his life, it made him feel happier than ever before.