A/N I'm trying to wrap this one up and get it finished.
Ron woke with Harry's arms tight around him like they had been all night, it was like Harry didn't want to let go of Ron. He turned to face Harry and he woke up and smiled at Ron but didn't loosen his grip. Harry had not left Ron alone the previous night so he couldn't hurt himself, and he still doesn't want to let go of him.
"Hi…" Ron said roughly and he cleared his throat. Harry smiled and nudged his nose on Ron's.
"How are you feeling?" Harry asked sitting up and looking down at Ron who shrugged. His red hair was scruffy and over his face.
"You seem happy…" Ron smirked with his eyes going down to Harry's boxers. Harry always was more of a morning person than him.
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After a while the boys were dressed and downstairs meeting Hermione, who was talking to Ginny.
"Ron!" Ginny called urgently when she saw them emerging.
"What's wrong?" Ron asked concerned for his little sister.
"I've just had a chat with Dumbledore… is it true?" She asked, Ron's body went rigid and he didn't respond. "Ron?"
"Err… Can we talk somewhere else?" Ron said looking around at all the people. Ginny nodded and they walked out of the portrait leaving Harry and Hermione.
They walked but every time they stopped to talk some students turned up so they ended up out in the grounds for privacy.
"So?" Ginny looked up to her brother eagerly who just merely nodded. Ginny gasped, "For how long?"
"A few months…" Ron thought he wasn't really sure.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"I don't want to talk about it…" Ron said feeling his eyes fill up with tears and Ginny could tell. There was awkwardness between the siblings, they were never that close. But Ginny knew she didn't like seeing her brother like this.
"Is there anything I can do?" Ginny asked reaching out for Ron and touching his hand lightly. Ron looked at their hands touching and shook his head.
"I'd rather it not be brought up, ever." Ron said wiping his eyes.
"I'm sorry…" Ginny said and they started walking back to the castle. Ginny left Ron at the entrance hall to go and meet up with her friends and Ron started up the staircase for the common room.
He looked up to see Draco smirking at him and he pushed into Ron who wasn't expecting it and Ron fell down the stairs. He lay pathetically on the bottom step where he had stopped and watched Draco walk off laughing to himself. Ron didn't even have the energy to retaliate to him. Ron pulled himself up slowly and painfully and changed his route.
Ron closed the door on the toilet cubicle and put the toilet seat down to sit on it. He wasn't even crying, his face showed no emotion but he pulled out the razorblade he had in his pocket and rolled his sleeve up.
Ron looked at his watch and realised he was half and hour late for class. He quickly cleaned up after himself and pulled his sleeve down and left the toilet.
He entered the classroom and everyone was already on their project, silently writing away whilst Professor McGonagall sat at her desk reading.
"Err, sorry Professor." Ron said timidly but McGonagall just waved her hand at Ron impatiently and he sat down with Harry and Hermione. They both looked at him asking for an explanation and Ron told them to wait until later.
The lesson ended and outside of the classroom Harry and Hermione asked Ron where he had been. He told them he was just chatting with Ginny and lost track of time, he also mentioned the part about Malfoy.
Hermione left the boys to go to her Ancient Runes class and they walked into the grounds for some air.
"So are you ok?" Harry asked, "How was Ginny?"
"She was ok. Dad never did anything to her." Ron said blankly.
"Are you sure you're ok?" Harry asked concerned, and he stopped and stared at Ron. Ron stared blankly at the grass and Harry examined him.
"You did it again, didn't you?" Harry said his voice stiff as if talking to a child.
"What?" Ron said acting like he didn't know what he was asking. Harry sighed and pulled Ron's arm and he flinched and pulled it away.
"Why did you do it?" Harry asked and Ron looked down at the grass guiltily. "Please talk to me…" Harry said trying to get Ron to say something, anything.
"Ginny bringing it up… And Malfoy." Ron said feeling stupid for his reasons.
"Is it bad?" Harry said not wanting to see or hear the answer really. Ron nodded.