TW- Mentions of past self harm & cussing

"I knew it was you! My friends didn't believe me." The kid said with a large grin as he looked at Harry in awe.

Harry smiled awkwardly at the first year, he didn't want to be rude because the kid looked genuinely excited to see him but at the same time he hated being recognized and idolized. 

"Um, yes that's me, nice to meet you," Harry said as he held his hand out to the boy.

His eyes lit up and he quickly shook his hand. "My name is Ben Murdock, it's an honor to meet you!" He said with a massive grin that took up most of his face.

Harry nodded at the child before looking over to Hermione for help.

Before she could step in and help Harry out, the kid looked behind him with wide eyes before stepping closer to Harry.

Harry looked behind him as well, confused as to why the kid was having that reaction to seeing someone when he saw Draco, Blaise, and Pansy walking over to them.

"Hello my Dearest friend Harry, I missed you all the way over there so I thought I would come sit over here with you and the others till lunch ends," Draco said as he looked down at Harry, shocking and confusing the first year.

"He's not your friend you're-" The kid was quickly cut off by Harry. "He is my friend, this is my friend Draco. Now please go back over to your friend so I can speak with my friends." He said, not wanting to hear what he would have called Draco or the others if he hadn't stepped in.

Ben looked shocked at Harry's words. "But he's-" he was once again cut off by Harry, "He's my friend," Harry stated firmly, no longer trying his best to be kind.

Ben nodded before leaving to go talk to his own friends about everything that just happened.

"Pitty, I wanted to hear what he was going to call us," Draco said as he sent a glare to the kid.

"Hush and sit down," Harry said before standing up only to sit in Ron's lap to give Draco his seat.

Draco looked amused at his new choice of seating but Ron didn't say anything about it, instead he wrapped an arm around Harry's waist to make sure he didn't fall and continued to eat some chicken with his other hand. 

So he sat down in the new seat. 

"Don't mind if I do," Blaise said as he sat down on Draco's lap before grabbing a biscuit off of Ron's plate and taking a bite of it. 

Ron looked at him for a moment for stealing his food but didn't say anything, deciding that a roll wasn't worth a fight.

The group around them smiled at the boy's actions. "Where am I supposed to sit now?" Pansy asked as she looked between the group with an amused smile of her own.

"Hermione's lap is open," Ron suggested after swallowing his food making Hermione blush lightly.

"Or you can just have my seat, I don't mind standing," Hermione stated quickly before standing up beside Pansy.

"Sit back down Hermione, she can sit on my lap," Blaise said as he pulled Pansy onto his lap, crushing Draco even more.

Hermione smiled at them, seeing how smushed Draco was now but also noticed how he didn't say anything or make any noises from the added weight.

"Or we can all go somewhere else, I think most of us are almost done eating if not already done eating now," Harry suggested as he leaned back against Ron's chest and looked over at Draco with a smile, a hint of amusement and jealousy in his eyes.

Ron tightened his hold on Harry a little bit when he leaned against him before taking another sip of his drink while the others agreed to get up and leave the Dining Hall.

So, Pansy got off of Blaise's lap, Blaise got off of Draco's lap, and then Draco pulled Harry off of Ron's lap once he was standing.

Harry stumbled forwards some so he ended up leaning against Draco's chest, not having expected to be pulled up so strongly.

"I'm not trying to date Harry Malfoy, I'm no competition for you," Ron said as he and Hermione stood up as well making Draco blush as Harry stood back from him, having finally gotten his balance back.

"Anyways, let's go to the Black Lake shall we?" Hermione asked loudly, doing her best to pull the attention away from Draco's blush for his sake.

They all agreed and began walking to the lake. However, as soon as they left the Great Hall, a group of students rushed up to them, quickly swarming Harry.

"Are you really Harry Potter?" "Did you really die and come back to life twice?" "Did you meet Merlin when you died?" "How did you cheat death?" "Did you really fight Voldemort?" 

All of them spouted question after question, ignoring the others in the group, instead shoving them to the side to get closer to Harry.

Harry looked at them all with wide eyes, quickly becoming overwhelmed by all the questions being thrown at him.

"I-," he began only to cut himself off when he realized he didn't know what question to answer first.

"Dudger off you lot, he doesn't want to speak with any of you so leave him alone." Draco snapped with a harsh glare to the group as he pushed through them to get to Harry.

They all looked at him with confused looks before seeing his arm. There was a Death Eater tattoo on his skin, it was cut up and bruised but it was there and they could see it plain as day when he pushed through them.

One of the girls in the group screamed when she saw it, "Run Harry! He's here to finish what his lord couldn't!" She yelled with a look of terror in her eyes.

The others in the group quickly moved away from Draco as they too looked at him with horror and anger. "Don't go near him! He's the savior of our world, you have no right to stand that close to him!" one of the boys told Draco with a shakey but demanding tone.

"That's enough!" Harry snapped at the students making them look at him confused. 

"None of you have any right to say such things to another human being. I am disgusted at all of you for even thinking such things." He said as he glared at the children making their eyes turn from confused to scared.

Draco grabbed Harry's shoulder making him look at him, "Come on, let's go." he said, his tone calm but his eyes showed Harry so much more.

His eyes were full of hate, anger, sadness, and guilt. The fact that these children made Draco feel this way made him livid.

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