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"Harry," Draco muttered into my ear when I set him on Hagrid's couch.
I went to reply, but I noticed that he had fallen asleep again. Smiling I ran a hand through his hair and took notice of how soft it felt. How his hair was that amazingly soft was beyond me.
"Hello Harry," Hagrid said roughly.
"Shh," I said pointing to Draco and motioning for us to go outside.
"What's wrong with him?" he asked when we were outside.
"A lot," I said sighing, "But I hope I can help him."
"I'm sure you can," he said smiling, "You're a good man Harry."
"Thanks," I said blushing, "I just want Draco to be okay."
"I think he will be in your care," Hagrid said smirking.
"You know something," I said cocking an eyebrow, "What do you know that I don't?"
"Besides that Draco is gay?" he said shrugging.
"He's gay?" I asked my eyes widening with hope.
"Yes," he said nodding, "Now, you just have to go in there and win him over with that smile of yours."
"This might not be that easy," I said sadly, "Something happened and we need to figure that out before we jump into a relationship."
"Maybe that's what he needs," Hermione said walking up to us, "I did some digging around and as it turns out Greg is Draco's only true friend and Draco wouldn't even tell him what was wrong."
"Greg," I said smirking, "Does someone have a little crush on Goyle?"
"Oh shut it Harry," she said glaring, "Do you want me to tell you what I found out or not?"
"Tell me," I said firmly.
"Draco came out to his family and friend two years ago," she said crossing her arms, "But there is one thing that worried Greg."
"And what's that?" I asked confused.
"Draco's habits," she said calmly, "It seems this wasn't the first time Draco passed out from not eating."
"I thought he couldn't eat much," I said furrowing my eyebrows together.
"He can't," she said sadly, "But he's eating less then he needs to. Add that with his workouts he spends his weekends in bed trying to recover."
"I have to help him," I said walking into Hagrid's Hut.
I quickly walked over to the couch and looked down at Draco. Shadow's lined his eyes and his whole body was skinny. I never had really noticed until now, but he looked like skin and bones.
Draco was doing something that could really hurt him and everything that's happened over the past few days couldn't have been helping him at all. I had to find a way to help him before he got really hurt.
Standing up I lifted Draco's shirt slowly. Under his shirt I could count his ribs. Whatever was going through Draco's mind it was not something that came from when he was a baby.
Sighing I lowered the shirt and walked back outside the hut. Hermione and Hagrid were talking softly when I walked out, but stopped when they saw me. Hermione made to say something, but I just turned around and punched a tree.
I liked Draco so much and he was doing this to himself and I hadn't noticed. I have liked Draco since first year, but I never said a damn thing. Maybe if I had I could have saved him from this mess.
"Stop it Harry," Hermione said making me look at her, "You need to be strong for Draco."
"She's right," Hagrid said sadly, "That boy needs you. Don't let self-pity stop you from helping him."
I nodded my head and stood up. Hermione smiled and hugged me tightly. I patted her back and went back into the hut. This time I noticed that Draco was wide awake and an awkward silence ensued.
"You lied," I said shaking my head, "You don't have a medical condition that doesn't allow you to eat. You just don't eat."
"I'm sorry," Draco said looking away from me.
My head snapped up when I heard him apologize. I was expecting him to make up an excuse and say that I was wrong. Draco admitted to having an eating disorder. Now was the time to get him to admit to more.
"What else have you lied about?" I asked slowly.
"Nothing," I said shaking my head, "The rest is the truth."
"Why did you lie to me?" I asked confused.
"Because I thought you'd laugh at me," he said sighing, "I mean, I'm starving myself and I thought that you'd think I was stupid."
"I don't think you're stupid," I said making him look into my eyes, "I'm just worried about you. I like you Draco, a lot. I just want to know you're okay."
"Y-You like me?" he asked his eyes wide.
"Yes," I said sitting next to him, "I know you probably don't feel the same way, but…"
I couldn't finish the sentence considering Draco had pressed his lips to mine. My hand instinctively went to his hair and brought him closer. I was happy that he had kissed me, but I knew we had a lot to work on.
"Draco," I said pulling way.
"Don't leave me," Draco said in a begging tone, "Please, I can't lose someone else."
"You won't lose me," I said kissing him gently, "I just wanted to say we need to take things slow. We have a lot we need to figure out before we do anything."
"I know," he said nodding, "I just hope you'll be there to help."
"Of course," I said happily, "Now, we need to get you to eat something."
"Please," he said sadly, "Can we try to tomorrow? I just want to be with you today."
"Fine," I said sighing, "But tomorrow you're going to eat with me and actually eat."
"Okay," he said taking a deep breath, "Now what?"
"Now," I said taking his hand and lifting him up, "We go and talk to Hermione and Goyle. He's really worried about you."
"I know," he said biting his lip, "I didn't mean to make him worried. I just wanted to be alone."
"I know," I said truthfully, "Let's go talk. It will at least be a start."
And a start is what I was hoping for. I hoped that Draco and I could have a real start. The school didn't really have a problem with gay couples, but I didn't want Draco to get even more hurt. Merlin, I needed a really good plan to get out of this mess.
