Chapter 16 :

It was 5 am, the sky was not yet bright and Harry was stumped. He just had the weirdest night of his life -and that was saying something given his history- and didn't know what to make of it. Should he forget it ? Move on ? But he had witnessed such a game changing event, how was he supposed to ignore it ? It was impossible, right ? A few hours had already passed since then after all, and he still kept thinking about it.

Nott and he were eating snacks in the astronomy tower when Malfoy had stumbled upon them. The poor guy was looking haggard, nothing like his usual sophisticated self. Harry had been ready for conflict, wand in hand, glare on his face and all the usual posturing. And Malfoy had completely ignored him. Which... well, had been a shock in itself. Never before had the Slytherin been so unguarded around him. Yet, here he was, thumping his fists on Theo's chest without caring if Harry, his nemesis, saw him complain about the unfairness of the world.

« How dare you !? » Had shouted the blond Slytherin at his friend. « How dare you be happily eating snacks with Potter while I'm miserable on my own ! »

Then he had started crying. Or more like, wailing. Harry had tried to leave of course : he knew Malfoy was prideful and wouldn't want his apparent weakness to be seen by the enemy. But Theodore had caught him by the sleeve and had looked at him with the most panicked eyes ever. And then Malfoy had started to blame him, Harry, for whatever happened to him.

« It's your fault, Potter ! » He'd accused with a snotty nose and big fat tears in his eyes. « If you weren't such a nice guy that even Nott wanted to befriend you, all this shit wouldn't have gone like this ! Curse you ! Curse you and your damn big heart ! »

Apparently, he had a falling out with Parkinson and she dumped him. Now he was sad because he finally understood how much she meant to him and he didn't want to be alone. He wanted his best friend by his side and he wanted Harry there too, listening to him cussing out the end of his love life.

Weird.

It was hours ago and Harry was still baffled about it.

So. Yeah. Ron was sleeping, Hermione was in the girl dormitory and he was pretty sure Theo was as puzzled as he was. He had no one to explain what the heck happened. Sighing, he turned under his blanket, perfectly aware that eying the ceiling of his four-poster bed would bring him no answer either.

"You're not sleeping yet Haw'ry ?" Yawned Ron from the neighbouring bed.

The hand of his best friend softly slapping his face in search of the alarm clock, Harry was still too stunned to react.

Frowning, the red head left his bedsheets to smuggle his cold feet and body under Harry's own.

"What's wrong, mate ?" He asked in worry. "Did you have a nightmare ?"

"Hey, Ron..." Suddenly wondered Harry, utterly confused by everything.

"Yeah ?"

"Don't you think Malfoy is cute... ?"

Ron immediatly proceeded to choke on his tongue.

"What the fuck, mate !? First you're friend with Nott and now that !?" He cried in affront. "Have you already forgotten that Slytherin is the Enemy !? Where's your Gryffindor Pride ?!"

But Harry couldn't hear him, too busy thinking about Malfoy' wobbly smile.

« I hate you, Potter. » Had sniffled the blond. « But you're a good guy. »

"He's cute... Right... ?"

Ron stared at him in dismay before relenting in a sigh :

"Yeah, whatever... If you say so..."

"I don't think I want to be his nemesis anymore..."

"What are you going to do then ?" Half-heartedly asked the red head in a whisper muffled by Harry's ultra comfy blanket.

"Dunno... Bury the hatchet ?"

"Hm... Might as well. We're not kids anymore I guess."

The dark haired teen opened his big green eyes with emotion.

"You... You would accept it ? Really ?"

"You're my best friend, mate." Grumbled the young Weasley half asleep. "I would do anything for you."

"Even make friend with Malfoy... ?"

Ron pulled a face but didn't back out :

"Yes, even that. Now go back to sleep Harry, the delegations of Durmstrang and Beauxbâtons arrive in the evening and we'll need to be awake for it."

AN: like I said GOOD FRIEND Ron Weasley. Also, I changed the synopsis but I'm still not satisfied with it. Well, it's still better than before though...