Draco Malfoy

Unspoken Bonds

Summary: She had always been there for him, whether he liked it or not and that would never change.

"You don't have to do this…." He glared as he turned back to the task at hand.

"I do! I have to!" She shook her head as she wrapped her arms around herself.

"No you don't, there has to be another way." He snorted.

"There is no other way! If there was I wouldn't be doing this! Do you think I want to do this?" She flinched away from him yet stood her ground his attitude was what would be expected.

"Draco…" He sighed as he turned to face her.

"You know what just go! Get out of here!" She stood her ground even as he took a menacing step towards her.

"GO! I don't want to see your face!" She shook her head at him, this was the one time she would not do as he asked.

"No…I told you I will always stand by your side…" He trembled as she pulled him into her arms.

"I will always be here for you even if you don't want me to." She shifted to hold up his weight as he practically collapsed against her, he was no doubt dead tired.

He had been repairing the thing behind him for the past three months, all of which she had spent with him, by his side as he worked well into the night. She held him as he broke down and sobbed into her shoulder, many would think him weak for this display but he was not.

He was a mere boy burden by the expectations of others. He had his path chosen and thrust upon him without any consideration as to what he wanted. She knew that feeling as well being that man's daughter whether it was well known or not she was still branded all the same.

She cooed to him as she lowered them to the dusty floor of the cluttered room they were in.

"Shush…all will be fine…" He clutched her to him as she ran her thin fingers through his platinum hair. She glared at the thing he was assigned the job of fixing, it was not only tiring but it was wearing him down on many levels.

Guilt flashed through her body, it was all that man's fault! If only she had killed him when she had the chance…but now the opportunity was long gone. He no longer trusted her as he used to, not after she had made an unbreakable bond with Draco to stand by his side no matter what, to do whatever it took to protect him, to love him and him alone. He had not been pleased, she had gone against him and in doing so he no longer trusted her, his own daughter.

She shook her head to dispel her thoughts, it would do her no good to think of a past long gone. Not when the here and now was so much more important. She hummed lightly to him as he curled into him, yes there was a time when he would rather die than be seen like this but many things had changed. Too many things and all too fast, he was tittering on the edge and she was no longer sure she could keep pulling him back from it. Even so if the day came he tittered over the edge she would fall with him, not only because she vowed to but because she wanted to.

She would go where he went, endure what he endured; in fact she could and would endure anything as long as she could stay by his side. She would face anything even that man so long as she could stay with him and she knew he felt the same even if he never said it…otherwise he never would have made the vow he had. She smiled to herself as she continued to run her fingers through his hair his sobs quieting.

The bond they had was strong and it would continue to get stronger with every hurdle they came across it grew and she knew she would give up everything to make sure it was never broken. Their bond was one that would never be broken.

"Kagome…." She smiled down at him as he held her tighter to him.

"Yes, Draco?" He buried his head in her lap even so his words were clear as day to her.

"We'll get through this right?" She frowned at him.

"Of course we will, and even if we don't we'll still be together…" He nodded but said nothing.

They were not fools; they both knew they could be killed at any given moment by both sides of the war. Even so they would face them both hand in hand and if the day came they were struck down they would still be tighter such was their bond.

A bond forged by love and reinforced by hard times, like the saying goes if it doesn't kill you it'll only make you stronger. As it was times were hard and were getting harder so to would their bond grow stronger.