Title: The real reasons
Summary: Draco Malfoy: Veela. Harry Potter: Mate of said Veela. Oh this is going to be fun!
Disclaimer: I just use HP for my twisted little stories; I do not own him, or any other characters or settings. They are all property of Jk Rowling.
A/N: Yes, I'm back. I went on holidays, I went out and now I'm back. Let's celebrate. I have missed writing. I would have uploaded this 2 days ago, but fanfic wouldn't let me. Grr.
Harry and Draco stared blankly at Ron Weasley.
"Well, isn't anybody going to tell me what is going on here? Why have you got your tongue almost down Harry's throat?"
"Uhh, he fell on me." Harry hesitantly answered the question.
"No I didn't! Tell him Harry; he's going to find out sooner or later."
"I'd rather it is later…" Harry whispered silently.
Harry bit his lip. It was obvious that he didn't want anyone to know about him and Draco just yet.
"You're a Gryffindor with no courage. I can't believe you don't want to tell anyone! Well fuck, that's just great! How am I supposed to keep this a secret?"
Harry's eyes glazed over with tears. Something felt very wrong.
Draco continued with his rant, "You have no idea how much that hurts me, do you? Do you even care about me, or is this all some stupid game to you?"
Ron stood by watching the whole spectacle with a very confused look on his face. He could feel that there was trouble brewing; the magic in the room was very tense. Obviously, something was very, very wrong.
"You still hate me, don't you? The last three days we've spent together and you excepting the bond, it was all a lie, wasn't it? Now you're both going to burst into laughter and make fun of me, right? Well fuck you both! I'm leaving!"
The magic in the room cracked under the intensity of the bond, and, as Draco left, Harry blacked out.
Half an hour, three blocks of chocolate, and two medical cheques later, Harry left the hospital wing to search for Draco.
"If I was a rich, pompous veela who had just left his mate for dead, where would I be?"
Harry sighed discontentedly.
"You'd be following your mate down the hallway to your room, that's where you'd be." Draco replied with ease and confidence. Not something you would expect after the fight they'd had.
Harry turned around to become face-to-face with Draco.
"I'm sorry." The whispered words echoed off of the hollow brick walls.
"I know."
"I just didn't want anyone to know until I was ready, and now Ron has told everyone that we're boyfriends."
Draco raised a finely plucked eyebrow. "So he still doesn't know about the whole veela/mate thing?"
Harry shook his head. "But it's not long before Hermione figures it out."
"Well when that time comes, we're just going to have to face the music and deal with it."
"I know, but I don't know if I'm ready."
Draco raised Harry's chin with two fingers. "Ready for what?"
"For everything! The mating, everyone knowing, everyone thinking I'm gay! It's too much too soon. I don't want any of this; I didn't ask for it."
Harry broke out in sobs. Crushed by the weight of his mate's anguish, Draco pulled him into his arms. "It'll be okay; together we can do it. We don't need anyone else but each other, if that's what it comes down to."
Harry looked into Draco's eyes and kissed him deeply.
Draco murmured soft proclamations of love and adoration as they moved towards Harry's, their, room.
Once there, they lay down on the bed in each other's arms, not caring about anything but one another. And when Harry was finally asleep, Draco looked in Harry's homework diary for the password and made a visit to the Gryffindor tower.
Muttering about "Predictable Gryffindor's" Draco made his way across the two hallways towards the tower. Deciding the best way to enter was difficult but eventually Draco just strutted in like he owned it.
"Alright, I need to speak with Weasley and the Weaslette. May I enquire as to their whereabouts?"
"Ginny is in the girls dorm, and Ron is on the chair by the fire over there." Draco looked at Hermione Granger and gave her a curt nod.
She had obviously worked out what was going on from the account Ron gave her, and Draco had to give her total respect for that.
Making his way over to Ron Weasley first, Draco sat himself down on the chair next to him.
"He respects you, you know that. He wouldn't keep anything from you that he didn't think would hurt you."
"I know. Tell me what's going on, Malfoy, or I swear to God there won't be anything left of you to tell."
"I'm a part veela; my father's mate was a veela. Harry's my mate."
"You sound so nonchalant."
"I've already accepted that Harry is all that there is for me. You should accept it too. Harry has."
"Harry doesn't always make the right decisions. It will be on your head if he gets hurt, and I know a lot of people that don't want to see him get hurt, Malfoy."
Draco sighed and looked at his arch nemesis. "I won't hurt him, Weasley." Draco drawled. "But, the same goes for you. I've seen you hurt him before and I won't have it." Draco started to walk away, before adding "And don't think this means I am going easy on you either!"
Draco approached Ginny Weasley who had been summoned by Hermione.
"Yes, Malfoy? Can I help you?"
"Why were you near enough to Harry to get your disgusting scent all over him?"
"We're friends Malfoy. I didn't know you were that protective of your boyfriends."
"Well, I am. Leave him alone, Weaslette, before I do something drastic. You and I both know that I have friends in high places. I have no problem at all with pulling a few strings to get what I want. I'm sure some of my friends would be very interested in your father's work, or your brothers'. Don't tempt me. I won't have it Weasley."
Ginny shifted in her seat. The room had suddenly gone down in temperature.
Draco managed another withering glare in her direction before leaving with only a curt nod to Granger.
A/N: OOH! Draco has competition! Thanks to all reviewers, and most importantly, to GWEN! And in other news, I was so angry at myself I opened this file from my email attachment, made all the changes and forgot to save it! So I had to go over it again. I got to correct a few things I didn't like though, so I guess it all balanced out. And has anyone seen Disturbia? That's a great movie!
