Guilty Pleasure | By : Drarry-Lisa Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Draco Views: 4170 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter-3
19th July 1997 - Partiobliviate
"Harry, for gods sake, listen to me." Hermione's hiss attracts several eyes. He had wanted to have a quiet breakfast.
"You should talk to him." She whispers in a very low voice. His fingers tighten around his spoon and he closes his eyes to prevent the sudden urge to just snap at her. He doesn't want to create a scene.
"Hermione, leave him alone, all right." Ron mutters in a low voice, "Stop nagging him."
She glares at Ron and then at Harry and then she purses her lips in a way that tells him that the discussion isn't over. He doesn't understand what she wants to achieve by forcing him to talk to Draco. There is nothing to talk about. Draco is made of lies and Harry doesn't want to have anything to do with him.
He can feel Draco's eyes burn at the back of his skull as if urging him to look at him. However, he doesn't. He doesn't as much as peak at the blonde.
"I am finished." Harry declares and gets up before looking at Ginny. Her warm eyes are gazing at him with the concern, love and strength they aways carry. She is beautiful and his life would have been simpler if he were in love with her instead of Draco.
Harry opens his mouth to say something but Ron's sudden "Ahem" stops him. There is a warning in Ron's eyes and his back is too stiff. Some heads turn in their direction. Ginny breaks the tension by standing and declaring, "I am finished too. Harry, I'll come with you."
Harry nods, trying to reassure Ron who gives him a barely perceptible nod and turns back towards his breakfast. Hermione ignores the entire conversation. Together, they walk out of the great hall. The intensity of Draco's glare increases but Harry still doesn't look at him.
"Harry, is everything fine?" Ginny asks. They're just outside the potions classroom. It's empty.
Harry looks at Ginny. She has brown eyes and is shorter than him. She has a lean, curvaceous figure and long red hair. She's stunning.
She wraps her fingers gently around Harry's before whispering, "Your eyes are red. Didn't you sleep last night?"
"No." He answers. She doesn't know about Draco and him. Atleast, Harry thinks that she doesn't.
She sighs and squeezes his fingers to comfort him before dropping her hand to her side. Her warm eyes meet his, urging him to say something, to do something. The fact that she loves him is not a secret. Harry doesn't love her but he does feel at peace with her. She means stability and security for Harry. Harry trusts her but he'll never be able to love her the way he loves Draco.
He wonders if she knows that.
"I'll not pry but you can always count on me. I'm there if you want to talk." She says and smiles sadly at him, "It's okay Harry. I know. Dean told me."
She answers his unasked question. Both Dean and Seamus knew. Yet they didn't come forward to tell Harry.
"I tried to talk to you about him. But you didn't listen to me." Ginny continues. With a jerk, Harry realizes that he had scolded Ginny very harshly when she had attempted to talk to him about Draco.
"You stopped looking at me. Even at the burrow, you won't stay in my presence. So I stopped trying. I'm sorry. I should have tried harder. It would have been easier for you that way." She says.
His heart aches for many reasons. She loves him unconditionally. Harry wants Draco to love him like this.
"I'm sorry." Harry says and students start milling in the corridor, heading towards their classrooms. The first person Harry sees is Draco. His stride is graceful and his face is blank. He looks the epitome of elegance and grace. It's close to impossible to know what he's really thinking.
A movement brings Harry out of his musings and Harry turns to find that Ginny is about to leave.
"Ginny, wait." He says suddenly and reaches for her small hands. They are warm and her fingers wrap around his.
As seconds pass, Draco comes closer.
"I don't love you." He says so that Ginny knows what she is agreeing to that is if she does agree. She nods, her eyes sad.
He continues, "But, I want to date you. I want to try if we can work it out. I trust you. Trusting Draco was a wrong decision and the one I am going to regret for my entire life."
His voice is melancholic and defeated yet her face lits up and she wraps her arms around him before resting her face on his shoulder. He places his hands on the small of her back, feeling a little bit awkward.
"Thank you." She murmurs. Harry stares at Draco's frozen form. What's he doing? This's not fair to Ginny.
"It's all right Harry. I know. It's my decision. I love you." She says, answering his unasked question and he expels a breath he doesn't know he was holding. All the while, Draco stares at Harry with unreadable eyes, frozen at the same spot. A few moments later, Ginny pulls back and grins at him. He smiles back although he's sure it doesn't reach his eyes.
"I'll see you in evening today. Maybe we'll sneak outside the castle." She says and Harry nods.
She leaves and takes her comforting warmth with her. He stares forlornly at her receding back, wishing that she was in his year.
As he walks inside the classroom and settles on the furthermost bench in the room, he doesn't look at Draco. A minute or two passes and he takes out his books. Students are whispering amongst themselves. There is so much noise. Harry wants them to shut up. He concentrates on the pages of his potions textbook and tries to tune them out.
"Potter." He hears a few moments later and closes his eyes in frustration.
Harry keeps his eyes glued on his book. He doesn't look at the blonde, not even when he sits down besides Harry.
"Look at me." Draco hisses. Harry's hands clench in tight fists.
"Potter what's wrong with you?" Draco's voice is louder than before.
Harry has been trying to avoid thinking about what he saw ever since he stepped out of his bathroom but now Draco is sitting with him and Harry can practically imagine what must have happened after he left. Suddenly, the room seems too small and Harry can't breathe.
He gathers his courage and finally looks at Draco and realizes that he will never forget Draco's betrayal but he doesn't think that he can live with it. When their eyes meet, Draco's eyes widen in something akin to panic. Harry breathes deeply and looks pointedly in Seamus's direction. Draco blinks a few times, attempting to conceal his panic but fails because Harry has already seen it, "I saw you yesterday and I heard."
While Draco is busy getting over his shock, Harry takes a moment to look at Draco's handsome face. He has soft blonde hair. He has silver eyes and a pointed chin. His lips are red and his face is flawless. Snape has arrived but Harry doesn't look away from Draco.
Slowly, realization dawns upon Draco. His lips part and his eyes widen in horror.
"It wasn't me. I- it must have been someone else polyjuiced as me." He stutters but his body is trembling and his eyes are still terrified.
"It was you." Harry mutters in a matter of fact voice and Draco opens and closes his mouth a couple of times before settling on keeping it firmly shut.
"We are done." Harry says, takes a deep breath and continues in a hoarse voice, "You still have my protection but we're done."
"We need to talk about this." Draco whispers under his breath because the lecture has started. Harry doesn't reply so Draco resorts to grabbing his hand under the table.
Harry's anger gets the best of him and wraps his hand around Draco's wrist before twisting it. He stares, satisfied when Draco bites his lower lip to keep himself from moaning in pain before letting his hand off.
"Stay away from me." Harry warns him.
Draco doesn't respond. Harry knows that this isn't the end of it. Draco will try again. The rest of the class is uneventful and Draco doesn't attempt to talk to him again.
As soon as it ends, Harry storms out, praying silently for Draco to just keep away from him.
However, Draco refuses to let Harry live in peace. When Harry is not in the gryffindor tower, he is being followed by Draco. By the time sun sets, Harry starts feeling that his life has become hell.
His evening plans with Ginny are ruined by the detention she has with professor McGonagal. So, Harry finds himself sitting across Ron and Hermione. Fire is burning in the fireplace. It's warm.
"I don't see any other way out." He says, "Snape will obliviate me and that will be the end of it. I'll be able to move on with Ginny."
"Professor Snape, Harry." Hermione insists.
Before she can get another word out, Ron starts, "This is one of your worst plans, Harry and Snape won't agree."
"Professor Snape, Ron and -"
"He will, once he realizes what I can offer to him." Harry cuts Hermione.
"So you have already decided, eh?" Hermione scowls at him, "This is completely absurd. Running away is not a solution."
However, Harry is already standing up, "I told Ginny before she left for her detention. I'll see you later."
Ron and Hermione don't follow him. Nor do they say anything else or stop him. Harry puts his hands in his pockets and walks out of the Gryffindor common room. He looks around and sighs in relief. For a change, Draco is nowhere around. He walks towards Snape's classroom, hoping that the man is still there.
He knocks the door.
"Enter." Drawls the professor in his deep voice. Harry obliges and opens the door.
"What are you doing here at this hour, mr. Potter."
Harry sighs before murmuring, "May I sit, sir?"
"Yes." Snape says curtly. Harry doesn't say anything. He starts drawing random patterns on Snape's table. Snape will deny Harry's request. He despises Harry and will scold him mercilessly. Why Harry decided to seek this man's help is beyond him.
"Is this about your relationship with my godson." He mutters in a bored voice. Harry's head snaps up to look at him.
"How did you know?" Harry asks, stunned.
Snape only raises an eyebrow in response.
"Yes, well... I want you to obliviate me but I want only memories related to our relationship to be removed." He says and Snape doesn't even blink an eye at Harry's declaration. It surprises Harry a bit.
"I'll remove your memories but won't obliviate you. It-"
Harry cuts him off. "But removing memories won't help me forget it."
"There're two ways of removing memories. The one we usually use is not really used to remove those memories. We extract them and make a copy of those memories and store them elsewhere. The second way that I will use is to remove those memories from your mind so that you don't remember them at all. You can get them restored whenever you want to." Snape explains slowly.
Harry nods.
"Stand up and face me. I will look into your eyes and cast the spell and then I will extract your memories and store them in my vault." He says. Harry nods again and faces the man.
"Partiobliviate." Snape casts and Harry feels blackness take over him-
"Albus!" Albus is suddenly pulled out of the pensieve by a very furious Harry Potter.
TBC
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