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Love me or Hate me	By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 1979 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter-16
Wizengamot Part II
Albus shook his head and Harry replied "Okay. I will pick you up in my arms. I am your dad. I can. Scorpius won't think anything of it, Albus. He knows I am your dad. I am allowed to pick my son if I have to." knowing that Albus's Veela instincts were stopping him from letting Harry touch him.
Albus nodded and Harry picked his son in his arms.
It was so hard to keep his mind focussed on Albus, though. His thoughts drifted to Draco and his suffering and everything that Albus had said.
Albus's moan brought him back and he noticed that he had almost reached the floo.
"Five minutes more."
He flooed over with Albus in his arms and was very surprised to find Severus at the reception, pleasantly so.
They stared at each other for a few moments and then he whispered "Scorpius" and somehow Severus understood and nodded.
"Follow me." Once upon a time, Harry would have wondered how Severus understood him without his uttering even a few words but today he knew that Severus had lost a son fourteen years ago when he had broken his heart by destroying Draco.
For the first time, Harry found himself feeling genuinely guilty for breaking a man's heart, a man who had sacrificed his youth to keep Harry safe. His feet followed Severus but his mind was on his childhood, when Severus had selflessly helped Harry and had not even wanted any recognition for the same. Harry had broken a father's heart and he was ashamed of himself for the first time in his life. Scorpius arrived and took Albus from his arms into his and left, without speaking any other word.
He stared at the pair. Scorpius was walking so quickly that Harry could just stare. He had held Albus as if his son was the only person who held importance for him. Harry realized that his son was lucky that Scorpius was a good man. Harry saw Scorpius snap at the nurse to get out of his way and saw Rose snap at the nurse too. He saw Rose direct Scorpius into a room that was empty to allow them some privacy. Rose stroked Albus's hair and resembled Hermione so much that he found himself missing his best friend. He absently noticed Severus take his hand and push him into a chair.
"Mr. Potter, your son is fine now. He has gone into heat before time. It is not unheard of."
Harry stared at the concerned face of Severus and wondered why the man was still worried for him, after all Harry had done and found himself asking before he could stop himself.
"Why do you love me so much? I have disappointed you. You must be ashamed of me."
Severus sighed and sat beside him.
"Mr. Potter, everyone makes mistakes. I made them too. I insulted your mother and then joined the Dark Lord. I got myself marked and revealed the prophecy to him. I realized my mistake but Lily was far gone by that time. I made up for my mistakes Mr. Potter. You were my redemption and I was under an illusion that I don't care for you. I was wrong Mr. Potter. Somewhere along the line, you became a son to me, like Draco. Parents cannot hate their children Mr. Potter. I can show you the right path and have tried. You will always find a father in me, no matter what you do. I will always forgive you when you have earned your forgiveness. My anger or disappointment will never change the fact that I am worried for you Mr. Potter and will always be."
Harry just stared at the other man, speechless. Severus stood up and left but not before saying his last words "I never got the opportunity to ask for my best friend's forgiveness. You have that opportunity. You have not lost everything yet. Find some remorse inside you before it is too late, before Draco decides not to forgive you ever again, before Draco leaves you like Lily left."
On this note, Severus left and entered a room on which the words 'Room No. 2010. Current Patient- Draco Malfoy' was written. A frantic looking Hermione Granger left the room and ran towards him. She was not in a healer's attire. It seemed that she had worn a borrowed robe over her own clothes. She looked worried for him and it was so refreshing to see the woman after so many years.
As expected, he found himself with an armful of Hermione seconds later. He embraced her and closed his eyes in sadness.
"Oh Harry, I was in the café and professor Snape just barged in demanding me to take the case of Draco again. I told him that I don't want to work as a healer, that I heal people only when they request and that too when they are in dire need. He told me that he didn't trust anyone else with Malfoy's case and how could I refuse him after that. Rose just sealed my decision by asking me sternly to just listen to her headmaster because he is a wise man. I, honestly wonder about her sometimes. She is a perfect mixture of Ronald and me, stern and sneaky and playful, all at the same time."
Years had not changed the woman. She was still in his arms, going on and on. Harry shook his head and chuckled in amusement.
She pulled back and stood in front of him with hands on her hips, glaring at him "Why are you laughing at me?"
"Never change, Hermione."
Harry took a deep breath and started speaking, apologising for staying away and neglecting her "I am sorry Hermione. I really am. I have neglected you and Ron so much."
She was staring at him, speechless and he continued "I have missed you so much. I didn't even realize it until now. I have missed both of you. I have made so many mistakes and I have not understood the consequences of most of them yet. Maybe that is why Draco has not forgiven me and I don't think he ever will."
She sighed and sat beside him "He had panicked when you were late and had screamed and shouted himself hoarse. He had slashed his forearm with a broken glass piece."
She stopped when Harry gasped. A few seconds later, she continued "After that he just fainted and Mr. Malfoy brought him to St. Mungos. The healers are so prejudiced over here. They were glaring at him and Rose had to snap at them to stay away. She was the one who suggested Professor Snape to call me because she is just a trainee and is not experienced enough and other healers were bloody prejudiced and bigots. These were her exact words. Now he is just sleeping. Years of insanity and remaining quiet and restraining his wings during his heat have taken a toll on him. He is very weak and depressed. Healing him will be a long journey and I would need him to co-operate with me."
Harry nodded and asked her "and you think that he won't co-operate with you?"
Hermione shook her head "He does not want to heal. He has lost his will to come back." She stopped speaking abruptly and stared at the floor and Harry realized that he still remembered the various faces of his best friend. This face meant that she was hiding something from him.
"What are you hiding?"
She sighed and looked at him hesitantly "I studied a case. It was very old and it resembled yours. I went to meet the couple. It was difficult to find them but I did. I -"
"Thank you" Harry interrupted her, his voice and eyes full of gratitude. She had gone to such extents to help him and Draco and he had gone and neglected her.
She nodded and her cheeks coloured "The couple was very aged, you know. The Veela is a female and she has a male mate. They are really very private and refused to talk to me but my persistence won at the end. She told me-"
"I- Hermione, wait. Thank you. I do not have words to express my gratitude. I have neglected you so much and you have been trying to help me by going to such extents. I have been a bastard to you and you have fulfilled all the responsibilities that a best friend does. Thank you for thinking about me so much even when I was being completely selfish."
When Harry looked up, he saw tears shining in her eyes and she hugged him, tightly "Good to have to you back, Harry." and then she pulled back, wiping her eyes off and looking at him "So, she told me that her mate had hurt her and she felt so betrayed that she had wanted to die and the only thought that was keeping her alive was that her mate was being manipulated into betraying her, but she was barely alive. She had seizures and fainted on a regular basis and turned completely insane at times. Her mate tried to make up for his betrayal but nothing seemed to bring her back."
"What happened?"
"Her mate told me that he had not really realized his mistake and was apologising for the sake of apologising and when he really apologised to her and in ways other than mere words, she came back to him and forgave him. She was on the verge of dying when she decided that he had realized his mistake and came back to him."
They were silent for a few minutes and he broke the silence "Albus said something like this today. I, well, I don't really know or realize the extent of the pain he felt when I hurt him and I did it twice."
He held his head in his hands, worried "I don't know what to do. I don't want him to restrain his wings. He has been hurting himself since so many years and I don't want him to continue hurting himself like this. If he does not want to forgive me, it's okay but there is no need to hurt himself in the process. I just- I don't know what to do to make him stop restraining his wings."
When he looked up, he found her looking at him thoughtfully "I am sure you will find a way. Now, I am going to get the Malfoy Manor ready so that I do not have to return to St. Mungos to heal him."
She started walking way and he called her "I want to talk to you about your healing profession and Ron."
"There is nothing to talk about. I don't-"
"There is in fact a lot to talk about. I have neglected you long enough. We will talk and we will talk today itself after you have settled Draco down at the Manor." He looked at her, determined and adamant and finally she acquiesced, looking irritated "I - Okay, we will talk." On this note, she left and he walked to meet Draco, trying to find a way to convince a very stubborn Draco Malfoy to stop giving himself so much pain by restraining his wings. Merlin knew how he would accomplish that but, accomplish he would.
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