"Bye mum..." Hermione sniffed as she broken the hug off her mum.
"Alright... I'll see you later then" Her mother said before wiping a small tear by her cheek.
Hermione walked off to stand in the hearth to travel to burrow, she glanced sideways and found her dad teasing on ron "Dad would you please stop teasing my boyfriend..."
"Oh, i can't help it dear. He may win me in chess, but not in at my games" her dad said smirking at her red faced boyfriend.
"Oh, come on ron. Don't take him seriously" She said and gave him a kiss on his cheek, he visibly relaxed smiling a little.
Within minutes they have travelled to the burrow by floo network. They were soon enveloped by the hugs of molly weasley.
The ministry soon decided to re-establish their security as they have arrested all the death eaters into custody.
Ron and Hermione were also called back by molly weasley much to the dismay of Hermione's parents.
Her parents were so acceptable as they found about the two of them at her aunt's house, who looked so angry at Hermione.
Her dad gave a questioned look at ron and the talk for the first week, much to her embarrassment and started to be more friendly with her boyfriend. But that may not be the same at Ron's house, considering his brother was her ex.
They were now sitting in the burrows living room talking about the arrest of the death eaters and such, when ron nudged her signalling her to talk about their relationship in his house. She glared at him before start talking "Um well, ron and i have a news to say..."
"What happened is there any attack"
"No. It's not that...we-we are in a relationship . Ron and I are now boyfriend and girlfriend" the news was met with different reactions.
smiled, while harry and ginny looked shocked with mouth agape, bill and Percy (who decided to join his family after a big apology) smirked at ron, ron had a smug look on his face. But the most surprising to everyone was the reaction of Fred and George weasley, who both had looked strangely calm, they didn't looked angry not any joking. It was like they already know it and Fred's eyes were puffy red.
"Oh, th-that's great Hermione" Molly said uncertainly looking at fred, before genuinely smiling at ron and Hermione.
"Thanks mum. Atleast you guys can know now that I can get a girlfriend myself" He said smirking at fred, who clenched his hands and Hermione gulped for Ron's safety.
"Well then i think it's time for treat. Everybody stay here, I'll go do some sweets" Mrs. Weasley said and gone to do that.
"So you two are the new couples then" Fred said with malice suddenly.
Hermione startled turned towards him and answered "Y-yes?"
"Wow ron congratulations. I underestimated your skills, i don't know you were this good at stealing your brother's girlfriend" fred said and everyone looked at him with wide eyes.
Ron surprised by fred congratulating him, blinked and replied "Thank you?"
"Um... fred you alright?" Bill asked looking at everyone.
"Oh, I'm fine bill" he said before taking out a stalk of photos and throwing at bill. Fred stood and walked off to another room followed by george.
Bill picked up the photos and looked shocked. He looked at ron and Hermione before passing the photos to others. Everyone looked shocked before the photos came to her. Ron looked at it over her shoulders.
It was the photos of Ron and Hermione in the bathroom at grimmauld place both nude, with ron groping her breasts.
"I-i have to talk to him" Hermione said crying, ron squeezed her shoulders "I will come with you"
"No ron. I did this while being his girlfriend, i think I have to talk to him" she said and ron reluctantly nodded "Ok"
"Ginny will you come with me please" She asked, ginny glared but softened quickly "Yeah...I want to know about it too anyway" they grabbed each other's hand and made their ways to where fred and george had gone.
Ron looked worriedly at her back, before he was interrupted by bill "Um...Ron... You got some letters here".
He turned to look at them, it was from Draco. Tearing the envelopes he quickly read each one of them and felt his eyes watering. He didn't notice his brothers and harry reading the already read letters. "I want to go to malfoy manor"
"Ron. It can be dangerous" percy said calmly.
"I don't care. You don't have to come with me... he is my best mate. I want to see him" Ron said trying hard not to cry.
"I'll go with you" Harry said standing up.
"Harr..." Bill started but he interrupted.
"I can take care of myself bill. Besides i trust ron" he said nodding at ron, who nodded back.
They didnt wait for the permission as ron clasped his hands with harry, taking the floo powder and shouting 'Malfoy Manor'. Bill and percy nodded before they both disapparated.
Draco came down running the stairs as soon as he heard the fireplace in the ballroom roaring, his wand tightly gripped at his hand. The flames disappeared, before ron stepped inside.
Draco felt an overwhelming joy, seeing a familiar face after this long, that too his best mate. He ran fast to hug him to feel that atleast there is one person in the world who cares about him and his family, the one person his best mate ronald weasley, did not deceive him like others did.
But before he go near him, another figure stepped from behind him with black hair and glasses.
"What's he doing here!" Draco bellowed pointing his wand straight at harry, who gritted his teeth and raised his hands in defense but not taking his wand out.
"Answer me!... the bloody hell is he doing in my house, with you... he is the reason my father..."
"He didn't do anything draco, your father is the only reason for his own fate".
Ron's brothers appeared suddenly on both side of harry, their wands pointed at Draco.
"Oh yes, i should have thought about you spending your time with the saviour boy, afterall you are all from the blood traitors family" draco spat.
Ron's rage went high, he grabbed Draco's wand throwing it aside and pushing him to a pillar by grabbing his collars "Choose your next words carefully Draco because it's my family. We are here to see you and your mother" he said gritting his teeth.
"He won't see my mother, you dare have the audacity to face my mother potter, she wont see you" draco screamed glaring at harry "You will try to put us in jail. You put my father in jail"
"You want us to go back then?" ron shouted gaining Draco's attention "Do you want to be alone here with your mum draco?, do you want to spend your remaining life with your ill mother and house elves then... your father tried to kill me too. Do you want me to die" ron shouted. Draco looked at his friend with wide eyes, tears rolling down his face. Suddenly he hugged ron sobbing hard "No...please. please don't leave me, we have no one!" His whole body shaking.
Ron couldn't take it he hugged draco back with same force, the two best friends crying like children's "Never...I would never leave you"
Harry was crying, while bill and percy looked away, their wands down.
A few minutes later, they stood up, ron looked around the familiar manor, it was as usually dark and cold, so evil. But draco was different, he looked miserable, he was not his old self.
"We will wait here" bill said to ron and harry, they nodded. Draco walked in front of them both, guiding them to the dark corridors of the huge manor, getting colder and colder.
They reached a huge door and draco stopped suddenly, knocking at the door lightly "Mother?" He asked in a tentative voice.
"Yes dear" a voice replied back, it felt so broken, cracked.
He nodded back at them, before opening the door. They followed him.
Ron entered to see narcissa malfoy, bed ridden, her forehead covered in wet cloth, dark bags under her eyes. She looked worse than Draco. A house elf was tending her. She smiled lightly when she saw ron entered, but her eyes gone wide as she seen Harry Potter coming into the room behind him.
She turned her face away, tears falling down. Harry swallowed before moving to stand at her bedside, ron stopped draco who tried to move harry out from there.
"Mrs. Malfoy..." Harry called by she didn't turn. He kneeled and took her hands in his. She shut her eyes and more tears leaked through her eyes, but she finally turned back to look at him.
"I know you may think, I'm the reason your husband..."
"No. Never, i never thought like that. It's my husband's own fault, he followed his father's way to serve the dark lord. I must apologize for what my husband did to you, but I can't just give him up. I loved him dearly and still i do, he loves me back to. I know the other side of him, i just request you one think . Don't... Don't treat my son as he is a death eater, he is a good boy my Draco. Never wanted to support the dark side" She said crying her eyed out.
Ron looked at Draco, who was silently crying, covering his mouth. Ron put his arms around his for support.
"I give you my word Mrs. Malfoy, i will not let anyone treat your son without respect, he is my friend too from now on" harry said giving a watery smile to draco.
"... Because I thought I know you fred, i thought I love you. But no i didn't"
"Why... when did you make that decision"
"Because you never treated ron like he is your brother fred. Just because he is Slytherin you hate him, you don't know how much it affects him, you treat him like he is a malfoy. He is one of your family"
"I didn't hate him, i never hate him"
"Then it's time for you to show it" She said panting. Ginny and george sat at sidelines looking with wide eyes and understanding what the whole issue is about.
"I will. But just know, i won't forgive you both ever for what you two did behind my back" he said and she nodded her head.
"Thank you for not telling your mother" she said and he nodded before getting out of there followed by george.
"Well, i can understand a little why you did what you did with ron. But you could have atleast break up with him then" Ginny said and Hermione sighed.
"Give it a break ginny please"
"Why would you do that" Harry asked sipping his tea, sitting at the couch beside Bill and Percy, opposite to ron and draco where they sat in another couch.
"He did what" draco asked curiously and percy explained what ron did.
Draco laughed so hard, first time in weeks "You fucked your brother's girlfriend. The golden girl, that's awesome dude" he said still laughing, ron grimaced and the other three glared at the silver boy.
"It's not awesome Draco. It's worse, it's his brother's girlfriend. My best friend"
"Well atleast, he is open about what he did" draco slipped but quickly covered his mouth.
"Wait... what does that mean" Ron asked placing his cup back at the table. Harry was looking at Draco curiously.
"Oh, you don't know. Potter shagged my... ex girlfriend when her brothers weren't at home"
"WHAT?!" The three weasley brothers roared "Harry what the fuck..." Bill said his face red, percy glared at bill for his language but nodded. But harry was concentrating hard on his tea, not looking up at anyone.
While they all continued to glare at him, he opened his mouth "Well, it's just happened. I liked... loved her and she love me back and... Hermione knows it anyways i wrote her we kissed, but didn't say anything about... hey, wait how do you know about that" Harry asked glaring at Draco.
Draco laughed again "Well, let's just say. I have two good friends in the weasley family. Anyway potter, did you and Hermione planned to take the two youngest Weasley's or it came natural" he asked and all the four groaned.
"WHAT DID YOU FOUR WERE THINKING GOING THERE ALONE" Molly weasley screeched at the four of them who flooed back into the burrow from malfoy manor.
Ron looked some support, but yo no awhile the youngest copies of his mother Ginny and Hermione were also glaring at the four with the same pose, hands on hips and chin raised high.
"Mum, can we talk calmly" thanks to bill, he took care of his mother. Percy smirked at ron and harry before slipping behind the girls and mouthing "Good luck with your birds" with a thumbs up.
"Don't open your mouth Ginny. You were shagging potter here and you hide from me that you know he kissed my sister" Ron said furious, quickly, making the other three guilty and escaping fast.
Some time later George caught his eyes "What is it" ron asked.
"Fred wants to talk to you. He is outside by the tree" he said and ron nodded, walking outside ready to face fred.
Hermione told him about their talk and told him about his childish behavior of not accepting what it is it.
He stood beside him "Are you angry at me"
"Oh no of course not. You just shagged my girlfriend behind my back, why would I be angry at you" he said sarcastically.
"Look fred...I"
"I deserved it"
"Wha.."
"I treated you like shit. I made you think, i hate you. But I never hated you. I may have never showed it, but you are my brother ron. I love you and I loved Hermione not in the same way. But I loved her" he sighed.
"I'm sorry too"
"I don't know, if I can ever forgive what you two did. But I think time will change it... but for now" he said and whistled and a load of wet mud fell on him from tree.
He heard fred and george laugh and running "That's for what you did little brother, this is our way of showing love"
"You tossers!..." He said chasing after them.
