Head's up everyone, just as a reminder...this chapter and the next one are more filler chapters to add some depth to the work somewhat. One from Draco's POV and the other in Harry's POV with extra characters involved. Now on with the show…

To Queen Paddie: I am not in the slightest way offended by your remarks from your last review. In fact, I want to thank you for being the first person who was so straightforward with me and my work. I respect that you did so in a non-derogatory way and I appreciate it more than you know. I understand my way of writing comes off to many as being overly very formal in set-up. It was just how I was taught to structure and write in private school. I don't mean for it to be this way all the time, but unfortunately…this is just something that probably will remain with me this way until I die due to how long it has already been that way.

Also, I understand where you come from on the character's being emotionally disconnected to their scenes and sounding quite monotone at times. I am a student with disabilities and I have Asperger's Syndrome. If you don't know what this is exactly; it is a high functioning form of Autism. I myself, am emotionally disconnected a lot because of the type of autism I have and this has made my childhood a nightmare for making and maintaining my friendships with the others around me.

I will try to be better about this issue in relation to the story, but please understand that with me never really having many people to associate with as a child, teen, and young adult has left me very unaware of social trends, I guess, and so I tend to talk more formal than most my age every single day than probably a lot of them ever will in real life as it is.

I appreciate the comments from you though, nonetheless.

Interlude I: Draco's Discovery

Draco's mind had been elsewhere through the rest of his classes that day and even Professor Snape had noticed it when Draco failed to answer his question upon asking it during their Potions lesson that afternoon. Draco had flushed in embarrassment slightly and asked to repeat it and Professor Snape had rolled his eyes had then looked thoroughly annoyed but did so anyways.

The blonde couldn't stop thinking about his and Harry's story session from before lunch and the actions made in the room. Draco had admitted to himself a while ago that he preferred his own gender over the female one and that Harry had aged and matured in a graceful and beautiful way when he had started to have these sessions with him in the room of requirement.

Draco flushed in the privacy of his room as he remembered his first time realizing exactly how handsome the raven-haired Gryffindor was when Harry had first brought him to the room of requirement almost two months ago now. Draco had never really noticed Harry this way before, but now that he had...there were just some things he could think of about them and it made his blood boil in a very pleasing manner.

Draco shook his head and tried to re-focus his thoughts now as he did not want to deal with a hard-on right now.

The fact was that Harry was nothing of what the public saw in him as a person except perhaps his courage and kindness for being their icon of hope and justice was so new to him now. The Harry he now knew better in person of was far more fragile and yet strong than anyone realized, including himself. He had been badly mistreated as a child and so he had his own insecurities, which were more understandable now than they had been previously on some occasions.

But yet Harry had not grown bitter, resentful, and full of any kind of malice despite his atrocious rearing at the hands of his own muggle relatives. Relatives who could have drown him in a river for all they knew and would never tell anyone where he went to because they had killed him out of their hate for their world.

It was astonishing to Draco at least at how very unobservant most of the school seemed now in comparison to beforehand when he had been blinded to a lot of things going on there. His eyes had been truly opened and his mind had been allowed to engage new perspectives due to a freedom he had never thought he would have when Harry saved his soul by telling him the truth about what had killed his father.

The school in general though; they absolutely adored Harry as their iconic hero figure and the hope of all man-kind. Most of the girls here wanted him to choose them as a girlfriend, and possibly life-long partner. The thought made Draco's hands clench in fury that was irrational since they had no idea of his new feelings towards Harry.

Draco saw a strong, handsome young man who had struggled to find a place he fit into with because of his confusing past and a mature teenager beyond his years due to role in a war that was thrown onto him without choice. He saw a kind and compassionate teen who wanted nothing more than to be normal like anyone else and do everything that other normal people did. He didn't desire fame and attention from his accomplishments he had made in past he couldn't remember well or the recent past he just lived through. Nor did he ask for any kind of compensation for them either other than to just be accepted for who he was.

The blonde respected this now as he realized Harry had far more redeeming qualities than he had first thought. Qualities that he found quite attractive in someone if he were to consider them a potential spouse. The only problem here was it was Harry Potter he was thinking of…

In the room of requirement before, Draco made an interesting discovery due to his knowledge on such old traditions among the pureblood lineages. When he had comforted Harry with his hand onto his shoulder; the soothing magic they felt was the beginning ties of a soul-mate bond between them both.

Draco knew he should be ecstatic and overjoyed at this prospect since a wizard or witch finding their soul-mate today was extremely rare and something that was cherished, but yet he was apprehensive instead. Harry most likely didn't know what those sensations meant and so he had no clue as to the meaning of them. Moreover, Draco wasn't even aware of Harry's preferred orientation in a partner as it was.

Draco grumbled to himself as he sat on his bed in his dorm.

"I know he dated Chang for a period of time, but I think that was because he had a crush on her then and after the tournament it was more of her pushing her presence on him when Cedric died during the tournament's final challenge. She may have saw him as a replacement for him who could comfort her. Never really worked.." He said irritably

"Then there a time I thought he and the female Weasley girl were together and then found out I was wrong. Ginny liked him a lot, but he turned her down because he saw her only as his younger sister too. She had been upset over this for a while, but then came to like in reality since Harry wasn't as dense as Ron was apparently. The 'kiss' I saw was one of him comforting her after she had broken up with her last boyfriend, apparently. It was on top of head, after all." He thought a loud in a soft tone

Draco scowled as he thought about this more. Something inside of him didn't like the mentioning of Harry and the action of him 'kissing' when he was not also going to be there. The Malfoy heir stood and paced the room, "What do I do here? How can I even begin to approach this with Harry and not end up breaking our fragile and tender friendship to tiny fragments again?"

Draco knew he was lucky to have remembered to place a silencing charm on his door as Theodore Nott passed by not long ago. Had he heard any of Draco's ramblings from outside there; he would have been in serious trouble with questions he could not answer right now.

The blonde sighed, "Not only is a relationship like this going to be complicated to keep a secret from a place like Hogwarts as a general rule due to the notorious gossip mill here, but when we finally do reveal it; there will be many who would oppose it with him being their savior and heroic idol while I was the child of a former Death Eater."

"I know Harry likely wouldn't care if he accepted it, but the public certainly would and while Harry doesn't care much for their opinions most of the time; this would be a matter of serious investigation by the ministry if someone were to complain to them. Even though the person would have to have lied to them at point-blank to try and break us apart in time with false allegations to begin with."

"I need to stop being so pessimistic over this issue, though. Perhaps Harry already knows what it will mean and just accept it while I am worrying myself to death over nothing. Maybe we'll find a way to endure this somehow even if I end up explaining it to him anyways." Draco said quietly

Draco then decided to take a relaxing shower to ease his mind of these troubling but joyful thoughts and discoveries over the last day. After his shower, he had dressed for bed and fell into a relaxed sleep knowing all his assignments for the week, like Harry's had been, were finished and he could rest more easily. He fell asleep with a slight smile to his face. The dreams he had for once, were not of the troubles he thought he would have had if he had angry enough to not listen to Harry and followed his father's path.

Instead the dreamland he was in consisted of silky raven hair, glittering emerald eyes, soft and supple tanned skin and bright smile in his direction.