drao awoke o had jt been ahank rl
≈hed his ars, feelg satisfied at the pop his spe as he did so
“oh, thank god, you’re awake”
drao’s eyes roketed open, only to fall upon harry p at the edge of his bed iher dungeons
“you passed out and then you bea huan aga, aall to over with the visibility tirely, so i had to levitate you dowh your feet stikg out kily, here to see,” harry rabled a bit
“you weren’t supposed to know,” was all dra hiself to say
“thanks, harry you’re very welo for not leavg you on the grass the ra for ao see, alfoy,” harry said
“gonagall will kill now that you know”
“well, bei appear to be all that bad,” harry said, not without a ht of bitterness
“potter, i’ sorry i didn’t thk it would bother you”
“it did”
“i know i’ sorry,” drao repeated, sittg up a silewee felt like the only option”
“how?”
≈rial ay have gone well, had i gohe whole world hated still does even if i was exoed, i ouldhe starg and the whisperg i ouldn’t live knog no one really fave ,” drao exped
“i fave you”
“i know”
harry fidgeted with the he of his shirt
≈ have to tell her,” he said, fally, his eyes etg drao’s
“that you know? no, i suppose we don’t i ould jt obliviate you and we ould arry on like—”
“no!” harry ied quikly
“no?”
“i won’t tell a a soul”
“i an’t”
“please”
“potter”
“i—” harry broke eye olg on the beddg front of hi “i o reber you, like this i o know you’re okay eo you—what i thought happeo you—it ade sik”
drao sighed, pullio his hest his eyes stung
“the war was over the war was over and sohow we both survived a of that, for reasons i ouldn’t uand, or aybe jt didn’t want to uand, ade relieved ii would be gd that you would live ao ake feel like a but then…then yone and i onvely figured out why i was so relieved we had both survived the oaken away fro fro ,” harry spoke so quikly, drao ould hardly be sure of what he was hearg
“and why was that?” drao asked, his outh goihe answer, had known the answer for a week now, but he would hiself believe it until harry said it to hi diretly
harry ughed huorlessly
“i don’t want to say it if yog to obliviate a few hours”
“answer a”
“aybe isn’t good enough”
“aybe is as good as i ater”
harry was silent for a ont, studyg drao’s fae ily
“i guess tellg you now and er is better thaellg you at all”
“i guess it is”
“you have a i a gog to say, don’t you?”
“i an only hope y idea is anywhere lose”
harry took a deep breath and drao braed hiself, waitg for otter was about to tell hi potter looked at hi and swallowed, openg his outh and losg it aga his gaze fell bak to the bed sheets, whih he took his hands, fiddlg with the fabri, theo drao