Day 29 (2) - Tuesday

                                    

                                          
Draco's pov
                          
This was crazy. And surely it was a bad idea. It couldn't end well. But he couldn't help but hope it would anyway. Fear mixed up with excitation as he tried to sit calmly by the fireplace, waiting for Harry. He thought about their conversation the night prior and how he had poured his heart out, admitting that he had liked the brunette for quite a long time now. He thought about how screwed he was. Why the hell did he tell him ? Now Harry knew how much he cared about him, and it would be all the more awkward when the gryffindor will realise who he was. Surely he will think he'd be better off without him and leave him. What if he made fun of him ? 
He took a deep breath. It was Harry. Of course he wouldn't do that. He supposed that if Harry did end up being disgusted, he'd still be nice.
                          
He remembered all of a sudden, the night Harry had suggested that his "snake" was none other than Draco Malfoy -none other than himself. Why didn't he tell him then that he was right ? It would have made things a lot easier. Facing rejection through texts seems better than face to face, but he hadn't been able to admit that truth back then. Not when it meant losing him. 
                          
It was not that he didn't trust Harry, the problem was that he couldn't accept what he did, what he was, so if he couldn't forgive himself, he didn't understand how could Harry. After all, the Gryffindor had lost a lot during the Battle, because of him. Of course they had exchanged some texts about himself - about Draco- that wasn't half bad -Harry even wanted to thank him. But there was a huge difference between being thankful for one act he had done and forgetting all his wrongs. Because of him, Harry had lost the little he he left : Dumbledore, professor Lupin, and now his friends ignored him. Even before that, Draco had never been anything but mean to him. Despite that, when he was down, he had gone to Harry, approached him. Sometimes his guiltiness was almost enough to kill him.
It was crazy, it was a bad idea, it couldn't end well, but he hoped like he had never hoped anything before that it was going to be alright.
                          
Kitten 💚
I'm on my way ! 💙
                          
Draco Malfoy
Okay, I'll wait for you by the portrait
                          
Kitten 💚
Be right there 💙
                          
Draco Malfoy
Great. Thanks Harry, for everything you've ever done for me. Even if tonight ends badly, I want you to know I'm glad you asked me on this date. I like you
                          
Draco sent it with trembling hands. He wanted to say that, in case he didn't have this occasion later. He was already screwed as can be so he didn't see the problem with this text now.
                          
There wasn't any reply, so he got up, rearranged his mask -which covered big part of his face, he also changed his eye and hair colour just in case- and went out of the Slytherin common room.
                          
Soon enough he saw Harry walking towards him. Draco gave him a nervous smile and Harry shot him a wide grin back. The brunette didn't stop until he reached Draco and engulfed him in a tight embrace. 
                          
"I like you too" he whispered gently in his ear. That sent shivers down Draco's spine, and he returned the embrace, inhaling his scent, prying to whatever God was listening that it would last forever. But nobody was listening, and they parted slightly.
                          
"I like you too" repeated Harry "and tonight will end up with us smiling like big sappy idiots"
                          
"Promise ?"
"Promise"
                          
They hugged a little while longer before Harry fully detached himself. He searched his pocket and surprised Draco by offering him a little box and a single blue tulip -that he had reduced for the transport.
                          
"It's not much but I thought it would make you happy" he said with a shy smile. 
                          
And the smile on Draco's face told him that he was as he took the flower and the small box.