Change In A Star's Alignment

Chapter 25:

Draco's POV:

He and Harry were in the training room practising Expelliarmus once again. He just didn't seem to be getting it and he was starting to get extremely frustrated.

"Now hold it just like this" Harry said, showing him for the thousandth time.

"I know Harry! I just can't do it!" he exclaimed, throwing down his wand.

"Hey, Dray… I know you can do it." Harry said as he picked up my wand from the floor, giving me a clear view of his butt. "Let's just take a break, yeah?"

He nodded, still too angry to speak without yelling. He watched as Harry moved closer and closer to him until those green eyes were boring into his grey ones.

"Here" Harry all but whispered, slipping Draco's wand into his robe pocket, slightly brushing his hand against Draco's waist, making him shiver.

Harry smiled at him before moving closer and closer until they were almost kissing before instead moving in to whisper, "You just need to relax." Harry started to move away but swooped in at the last second and kissed Draco senseless.

Draco, who had been completely still since Harry had first moved forwards, finally moved. He wrapped his arms around the other boy's neck and snuck his right hand into Harry's untameable hair. Harry then ran his hands down Draco's body until they reached his hips before pushing him back against the wall passionately, all without ending the kiss.

Once he was against the wall, Harry couldn't keep his hands to himself. Harry's hands roamed all over Draco's body. Soon though, Draco took control as he spun them around, switching positions. He broke the kiss in order to latch onto Harry's neck, wanting to claim him.

"Mmm, Draco…" Harry moaned beneath him before switching their positions once again. "You're mine" he stated before kissing him again. Eventually Harry started to kiss down Draco's neck and back up, stopping at the tender spot just beneath Draco's ear.

"Mmm… Harry… Harry" Draco moaned loudly, gripping Harry's hair tightly, earning him a nip to his neck. "Harry…"

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Harry's POV:

Harry woke to the sound of rustling sheets and looked to Draco's bed, concerned that the other boy might be having a nightmare. He got up and leaned over the sleeping blonde. "Hey Dray? Wake up."

"Harry" the blonde moaned breathlessly.

"Wake up Draco, it's just a nightmare."

"What? Oh." The blonde mumbled after waking up with a start.

"Are you okay? Was it another nightmare?" he questioned.

"Um… Yeah…" the blonde said, blushing lightly.

"Do… Do you want me to stay with you?" he asked quietly, now blushing a light red.

"Uh… Yeah, please." Draco responded with a small smile.

Harry crawled under the covers of Draco's bed and took the blonde into his arms, finally feeling at peace. "Goodnight Dray"

"'Night Harry". Draco responded quietly.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, he felt Draco's hand run through his hair and brushing across his cheek lightly.

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Draco's POV:

As the other boy fell asleep, Draco couldn't help but run his hand through Harry's hair and over his cheek. He couldn't believe that he had gotten himself out of that awkward situation. I'm lucky Harry is oblivious sometimes, he thought, It would have been awkward to have to explain that I'd been dreaming about him…

Draco snuggled in closer to Harry as he thought. I like this though… When he's here with me I feel so safe… Maybe… Maybe I can use this! Maybe I can say I'm having nightmares so that he'll sleep with me every night…

He decided to think about it tomorrow and to just enjoy this moment while it lasts.

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Harry's POV:

The next day the two of them spent with Blaise and Hermione in the Common Room. They had spent all of their time together and none with their other best friends so they decided to hang out with them again. He noticed that there was some awkward moments at first between Draco and Hermione, but after a conversation about magical creatures, the tension eased away.

Blaise had challenged Harry to a game of chess and he was learning very quickly that he sucked.

"Don't do it Harry" an amused Draco said into his ear, making him shiver pleasantly.

"Why not?" he asked, turning his head to look the blonde in the eyes.

"Um… Oh… Uh" finally the blonde looked away "Oh right, you will be in check if you do that… Do this instead" Draco said, blushing slightly as the blonde moved one of Harry's pieces on the board.

He looked at Draco a few moments longer before looking back towards the board. Damn he's right… he thought.

"I suck at this game" he said aloud.

"Here, let me help." The blonde said.

Draco then pushed him to the right so that the blonde could sit down next to him on the armchair. The chair ended up being too small however, as it ended with Draco practically sitting on Harry's lap.

"Here" Harry said, trying to get them into a comfortable position.

They ended up with Draco sitting behind him and Harry sitting in between Draco's legs. At first it was awkward, but as the game progressed, he found himself leaning back into Draco's chest while the blonde would rest his chin on Harry's shoulder.

With Draco's help, Harry won two out of the three games, having only lost the last one since Hermione had taken pity on Blaise and helped him win. After hanging out with friends some more, he and Draco decided to call it a night. He went down to the kitchens to grab some snacks while Draco went to finish his homework for tomorrow's classes.

On his way back from the kitchens, he had to put on his invisibility cloak since Filch had appeared on the map so when he walked into the Common Room, Hermione and Blaise had not realised that he was there to listen in on their conversation. He was about to go back to his room and Draco, but was stopped by Hermione, "So let's talk about Harry and Draco for a minute…"

"A minute Hermione? We could probably talk about them for hours!" Blaise replied.

Why would they talk about us? Harry wondered.

"So you saw it too?" Hermione asked.

"You'd have to be blind not to 'Mione" Blaise said, amused.

"Do you think they're dating?" she wondered aloud.

Dating!?

"No, they would have told us or otherwise not have made is so bloody obvious…"

Obvious? What?

"So they don't even know they're doing it? Interesting. I mean, I knew Harry was oblivious sometimes, but this?"

Oblivious?

"And for Draco to be this obvious? I mean, it's so obvious they like each other…" Blaise said.

Like each other?

"Yeah! Just the way they sat together! They were so comfortable with each other! They looked like a couple for Merlin's sake!" Hermione said.

A couple!?

"And how Harry called his 'Dray'! Draco hates when people call him by nicknames, but he freaking lit up when Harry used a nickname!" Blaise admitted.

Really? He wondered.

"Just the way they look at each other proves it. Did you see when they locked eyes in the middle of that last match? I had to cough just to get them to snap out of it! And during the first match Draco forgot what he was about to say until he finally looked away! It's kind of adorable!" 'Mione gushed.

Adorable?

"Yes well, I hope they smarten up soon enough. They need to just admit that they like each other already…" Blaise concluded.

Once he was sure the two had finished talking about him and Draco, he rushed up the stairs and went to his room, momentarily forgetting that Draco would be there too. When he saw the blonde, he blushed deeply and for some reason the other boy blushed back. Did he hear the conversation too? Harry wondered.

"Um…" Harry said, "I have some snacks if you want some."

"Yeah, uh… sure. Thanks." The blonde responded, reaching for one of the apples Harry had brought back with him from the kitchens.

"No problem… Uh, I'm going to go get ready for bed now…"

"Yeah okay."

When he came back into the room, he was relieved to find Draco had already gotten into bed. He turned off the lights once he was in his bed but he couldn't fall asleep. He had slept so often in Draco's bed that sleeping alone in his own seemed so empty.

"Harry?" he heard the blonde whisper tentatively.

"Yeah?"

"Could you… um… I mean…" the blonde stuttered.

Adorable… he thought. He smiled to himself before saying, "Yeah sure" as he got out of his bed and went to Draco's.

He crawled under the covers and the two boys had an awkward moment where they wondered what they should do. Screw it Harry thought as he wrapped his arms around the blonde. Draco soon followed suit after a moment of surprise. He felt as the blonde timidly started to run his fingers through Harry's hair. Harry leaned into the touch and Draco became more confident and moved his hand to run it gently across Harry's cheek instead. Harry sighed in contentment and started to run one hand lightly across the blonde's back over and over again.

They continued like this, content in the small touches until they became too tired. Harry rested his hand on the blonde's hip and placed his head against Draco's chest. Draco rested his hand on Harry's cheek and buried his nose into Harry's hair, smelling the shampoo there until he fell asleep. Together, the two teens fell asleep smiling and feeling like they had finally found a place where they truly belong…