Once they reached the Ministry entrance, Harry parked the car and got out. "Let's go!" He mumbled to himself as he grabbed his bag and coat. They walked to a red phone booth that everyone seemed to walk by and not notice.
It's the same entrance Harry used when he had his trial before his fifth year at Hogwarts. Draco stepped into the box with Harry. It was cramped! Draco averted his eyes away from the windows and Harry laughed.
"You okay Draco?" He grinned as Draco blushed.
"Shut up Potter." He mumbled. The telephone box started to move downwards into the Ministry foyer.
As they walked through the foyer, making their way to the auror offices, people kept giving them strange looks. Draco was used to the hateful and disgusted looks people gave him, but it never got easier. Draco just looked down at his feet and followed Harry.
Someone bumped into him and papers scattered all over the floor. Draco dropped down to help the man pick up the papers. The man himself had strawberry blonde hair that waved from side to side as he shook his head, muttering to himself. Draco held the papers he gathered and the man took them. His eyes were brown.
By the time they were standing up, Harry had found his way back to them. "Thank you." The man told Draco. "My name is Martin Feller. I'll be a professor at Hogwarts this year and needed to get some things sorted out before I leave." He chuckles feebly.
Draco and Harry were surprised. What were the odds? "That's cool." Harry started, "Draco and I are actually going to be professors this year too. I'm doing Defense Against the Dark Arts and Draco's doing Potions. What are you teaching?" Harry asked.
"Transfiguration." He mumbled. "Well I better get going. Don't wanna make my boss mad. Nice to meet you and I guess I'll see you around!" He scurried off to wherever he worked.
Harry grinned at Draco. "It's great to know that we'll know someone when we get there." He pat Draco's shoulder and started to walk.
Draco absently mumbled, "We'll know Longbottom." Harry laughed and agreed.
"Yeah. We should really get going." Harry grabbed Draco's wrist and slipped his hand down to intertwine their fingers. People were staring. They always did. Harry was never bothered by it.
I wonder why. Draco thought to himself.
Time passed quickly and Draco found himself staring at the door to their office, watching Harry unlock the door. With a click, Harry swung the door open and dropped his briefcase on a chair by the door. Draco walked in and shut the door.
Harry leaned against the desk, facing Draco, and asked, "What's wrong? All day you've been acting weird." Draco averted his eyes and shirked his coat off. He tossed it onto the chair with Harry's briefcase.
"I-I…" He stuttered. "I just get really tired of all the stares and whispers." Draco clenched his fists and sat down at his own desk. He pulled out auror papers from his briefcase and laid them on his desk. "I'm fine. It's all okay." Draco muttered, trying to convince himself more than Harry.
Harry's hand appeared over the papers Draco worked on. "Stand up." He ordered. Not wanting to fight, Draco obeyed. Harry engulfed Draco in a hug. "Please stop berating yourself over this. I love you. Isn't that enough?"
Draco sighed and wrapped his arms around Harry. "Yeah. It is."
He lied.
I forgot to say this last chapter: I'm writing this because things like rape and self harm is bad. If you know someone who's been through this, tell an adult or an authority figure. I've been through it, it's not fun when you have to deal with it on your own. Don't let someone else go through this on their own and most certainly don't hide it from anyone. It only gets worse if you don't get help. Besides, I think it's a good idea to demonstrate relationships of rape victims and someone who's trying to help them. And no, no one's been raped yet in the story. Last thing: I don't own Harry Potter; If I did, Drarry would be canon all the way.