“i don’t thk you’re allowed to do that here,” he says, fally, whehrough half a pak as are sure to be litterg the ground outside, fallg onto ug uggles “sees like a hazard”
≈ disgtg, atually it slled, and eve to leave the wihe soke would stay “that’s funny, drao” she stared at hi over the taziied for the first ti how uh heavier her ake up had gotten still pretty, but now she was akg it notieable, like glitteriwist and turn was her version of aror “but i don’t reber askg”
penelope heks on hi personally, and o show hi the ≈o the quibbler (she had takehe abseher, ao so ih herione and gny, it was hg of an aadei arvel, prtg all kds of thgs about new spells and dial advas as oures that aren’t atually that ger the agazi front of hi and askg for his advie “hagrid’s a respeted breeder now? of what?”
“bst es,” she answered, lookg up fr on his dark ark, so now that stead of a s looked like it ittg out outhfuls of flower petals “they’ve beo quite pypt”
lee jor os for an terview, whih drao says no to, ao eat his way through the pile of hs on drao’s bedside table dean and sea show up to pop and wish hi well, but leave too fast for a real oion even gny drops , holdg a squawkg teddy on her hip and droppg hi to drao’s ars the first has, ig that she’s too tired to do so for eve
≈oo, even though he doesn’t talk, jt sits that sa hair and stares, oasionally answerg when drao asks hi a diret questions, but that’s alright drao likes the quiet
it’s the third day before herione shows up, her hair pulled bak to a braid that was already startg to fall out she doesn’t say anythio the roo with her hand spread aross her ribs, and drao was reded of everyoions of how sore she was “hey” he soots bak to the bed sast the headboard “how are you feelg?”
“oh, drao,” she says, ovg her hao over her outh and starg at hi, eyes wide he barely has ti to thk about how easily she ries before she is burstg out tears, skg down to the hair beside his bed and bawlg to her ha hithihat reded hi of how uh it t hurt her to breathe “i’ sorry—” she shook her hands out frohat ight al her down, i “i proised i wouldn’t do this, i told yself, i said, he doeshis, heriog to have a , but—” she lets herself look at hi aga and bursts ihis ti wheezg with the effort of ontug to take ihs “oh, drao”
≈upid not to have expeted this “herione” he holds an ar out to her but she is too far away t a bri up fro the bed it would jt hurt too uh, ay sure the effort would ake her burst ta “it’s not your fault”
“how ould it not be?” she wailed, and the vo akes hi e “you only got hurt beae i was too stupid toeng”
“why would you have expeted anythio happen?” drao deanded, his own voie libg and bely higher pithed “we were iry of agi!”
“it’s hey’ve sped bad thgs fro happeng before!” she shot bak, and this was failiar, easy “they’re all terrible at their jobs, holy”
≈ was derisive, and funny, and then drao was ughg and ould hough it hurt after a ont of wathg hi, herio a sallest ith of the lips “yht, aren’t you?” she asked, when it was all over and he had ald hiself down “i would feel terrible if you weren’t alright”
“i’ fi everythihey wouldn’t heal hi any further, a droppihough he was tired and would rather sleep, whih ade hi feel like an awful person, aioo drk tasted awful “be better if harry dropped , though”
≈ill hado say hello every ti he heard the door opened, he looks up expetg to see hi and is disappoted all a at this rate, he better be og up with a very good exe as to why he hasn’t bee
“harry’s…” she hesitated, aell she was deidg whih side to go with—dra harry’s trt “he’s gettihg done, drao sothg we all should have taken are of, a long ti ago”
≈hg iportant?”
heriohg hi with sad eyes “he thks so”
≈ant than ?”
“oh, drao i don’t thihg harry fiant than you, tely” herioood up with another wihered her bag over her sh down to give hi a hug before she leaves “i expet that’s part of the reason he’s dog it”
all all, by the ti the eveng healer os to give hi his te night potion that sends hi off to a drealess sleep, he’s grateful
whe is dark, but he is erta that there is soohg hi
“hello?” he fubles for his wand oable and only sueeds knokg it to the floor “who’s there?”
≈he light fres on and drao os fae to fae with the st perso he would see sittg vigil at his bedside—ro’s only ”