harry rebers drao and he a out of azkaban he had ohree ohree onths too lo knoill happen toyle at after those 6 onths “i don’t thk so”
“harry” herioo hi, fae serio “i thk you should look for alfoy”
harry blks at her surprise he had p did herioo suggest it over the past week, he had shared to his friends about his ti the anor and drao’s ondition ron hadoo happy talkg about it, but with his best friend and his girlfriend (even his own other!) so ied iarted askg his owions ihey’ve ao have oions about drao without aiong what a he was
“well, i did pn to,” harry says
herione shakes her head “now i’ worried you heard those people talkg bak at the station i wouldn’t put it pass the students t so of their hostility here”
harry frowns, shakg his head disbelief eveo stand up “students wouldrails off, but there is already a gnag dread his stoah
“i’ with her, ate,” ron says arefully
≈oo,” gny says, head shakg her eyes are shg, and it’s obvio she’s fightiears bak “st year, harry, hogwarts wasn’t even a shool anyore people were allowed to do erta…thgs”
herioo hold her hand
harry looks at her, tries not to thk about worst ase senarios swallog thikly, he nods and turhe roo
“do you wao go with you?” herione asks softly, but it’s no surprise to everyone when harry shakes his head
“no, i thk he’d be ore ofortable with less people” he looks behd his shoulder and offers an assurg gr “ ti?”
herioi”
heads peek fro opartnt dows as asses, but harry’s thankful that nobody attaks hi and deands fraph he thks that aybe his three onths out of the publi eye have done we: golden boy’s not really ied rubbg elbows, jt wants to live iry agayear
≈nts really are free for all, but everyo slythers ually oupied the ohe bak eraihe sa: students look at hi uriosity, but there is a seion the air, as if they’re the den of snakes
as he goes further, he passes by ore ants that are epty it’s quieter the noise of people talkg and hatterihe distahe derease i popution this year is ore obvio here
≈ worried, thkg that aybe drao deided o hogwarts after all, but there, after five rows of epty opartnts, harry sees it
drao alfoy side, leang bak oh one ar propped on the dow sill, eyes gazg out i sehe other side of the gss he’s present, harry knows this idiately he sees this ess drao’s eyes aension his shoulders
he rexes, assured that drao’s safe and that he’s og bak to hogwarts after all he knoks on the door, but that’s the only ourtesy he’s willg to offer beae he slides the door opeely after anyway
drao jups shok, aurns his head—
harry’s assura-lived as he sees the purplg bruise on drao’s teple
“eo your fae?”
drao rexes bak i o’s jt harry he frowion “i tripped”
harry loses the door harder thao a hi “don’t lie,” he says, lips tho look bak at the bruise
drao athes his gre with his own “i’ not lyg”
“there’s a fukg bruise on your fae, alfoy”
“i know i a”
“ened?”
“i told you, i tripped”
“alfoy—”
drao’s body jerks forward i and his fist ss down on the dow sill “it’s a fukg trip ji did you expet?! ex-death eater os bak tets a standg ovatio body?!”
harry is stuhe sudden outburst, a for hi to pull the lever down on his teper
drao liks his toed at hiself f ontrol, and turns his head away he sags bak i
slowly, harry sits down aross fro hi he stares at the bruise “who was it?”
“don’t bother your pretty little head over it,” drao soffs, wavg a ondesendg hand “it’s unbeog of the saviour of the wizardg world to be so o you’d threaten an i ivilian”
“i’ not goihe,” harry says ialk to the”
drao looks at hi, aed expression ohreateng way?”
“ile way”
drao sighs tiredly,at his other teple “why does it atter to you?”