~*~*Draco's POV*~*~

I knew I should have been fine with it, but it still hurt. Harry wasn't my pet or prisoner. He had his own friends and life outside of our little bubble. Even so seeing him separate the time he spent with me from the time he spent with his friends hurt. I understood it all but I wished it could be different.

"Draco, eat. Harry will definitely notice if you don't."

"I'm fine Blaise." I sighed.

I knew I really wasn't. I wasn't eating again and even though I knew it was bad I felt like I deserved it. The longer Harry stayed away from me the more I felt like I had been taking advantage. He was only my partner because Snape forced him. He only trusted me because he had no other choice.

I watched Harry stand up and walk over. I wanted to just leave but I didn't get the chance to fully decide. Harry sat next to me and refused to let me leave. The worry in his voice and tears in his eyes made it hard to resist. I forced the food down but didn't dare tell Harry to move. I had already forced him to regress.

After everyone left the Hall I couldn't bring myself to say much to Harry. I wanted to carry him back to my dorm but I feared people might see that. Harry didn't want people knowing his secret and I couldn't betray his...

"I wasn't trying to hurt you." Harry sighed. "I figured you were getting annoyed with me so I wanted to give you space."

"You idiot." I shook my head. "Come on. We're going to talk about this somewhere else."

I was fully intent on taking Harry to my dorm but he refused. We ended up going to the Gryffindor Tower instead. I was surprised by how not empty the common room was. Most of them stared at me but no one said or did anything. Harry didn't even pay any attention to them as he led the way to his dorm.

Harry shut the door behind me and locked it. He then sat on his bed and pulled his legs up to his chest. I sighed and sat down next to him. My few weeks of instincts kicked in and I reached to run my fingers through his hair. Harry shifted away from me and I frowned at him.

"What's the matter?" I asked.

"You called me an idiot." Harry pouted.

"Because you are being one. Harry, I don't care that you're clingy. I don't care that you're a Little. I don't really care if you want to spend time with your friends. I do care about how you feel though and yes it hurts that you would rather split your time between your friends and me." I sighed.

"Draco you don't understand. You, Blaise and Snape are the only people that know about me. I can't control myself around you so I have to... I'm not ashamed of who I am. At least not anymore. I love you." Harry shrugged.

I shook my head and started to laugh. "Oh Merlin! You're such a faker. I really thought you were in a complete regression."

Harry smiled a little. "I wondered when you would see that."

"In the Hall?" I questioned.

Harry shrugged. "I wasn't faking, I was genuinely upset."

I nodded my head. "So from the time we started our trip here?"

Harry nodded his head and I realized why he didn't want me to touch him. I smirked as I moved closer to him. I watched as he realized what I was doing. His eyes went wide and he moved back. There was hardly anywhere else for him to go.

"I'm just messing with you." I winked at him. "If you want me you have to tell me. I could never take advantage of you."

Harry swallowed hard. "You're an asshole."

"But I like yours?" I smirked.

"Shut up. I wanted to cuddle and the dungeons are cold." Harry faked a pout and straightened his legs.

"Doesn't the fact that they are cold help with your point?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

Harry didn't say anything. He laid down and turned his back towards me. I smiled at him and laid down next to him. The moment I laid my arm on him he turned to face me. He had the cutest smile on his face as he looked up at me.

"You're so cute you know that." I smiled at him.

"Shut up." Harry said before burying his face in my chest.

*~*~*~*~*

I was so irritated with Blaise. I don't know how the hell he found out but his gloating was insufferable. I almost wished he had gone with the majority bet. No he had to choose the minority and now that he won the bet he wouldn't shut up. How the hell did he even know he won? I was trying so hard to keep it from him.

To make matters worse the damn Weasley twins went around collecting and dishing out the money in the middle of dinner. They weren't even ashamed to admit that they were the instigators for the bet. It seriously pissed me off because how...

I watched one of the twins hand Ronald a bag of coins. Harry looked even more pissed off than I was feeling. I could only imagine because the bet hadn't even been about me. Harry refused to go back with his friends and latched onto my arm the moment he had a chance.

"It's really not that bad Harry." Granger said.

"It is that bad Mione. They made bets on my life." Harry frowned. "And I only told Ronald because he caught me off guard with the question."

"I thought Blaise figured it out." I frowned.

Harry let go of my arm and stared at me in shock. His jaw and lips moved silently like he had just lost his voice. The next thing I knew, he was storming off without me. I mentally slapped myself for basically admitting that I knew.

"You should have kept quiet." Granger said.

"Yep." I sighed in agreement.

"Well go after him then." Granger turned and walked away.

I did go after Harry because I couldn't just let him be by himself. I was a little surprised he had gone straight to my dorm. I didn't say anything as I pulled out a spare blanket. I laid down next to him and put the blanket over us. Harry didn't turn to face me though. I also noticed that he was holding his stuffed dragon.

"Before you fight with me. Yes, I knew about the bet. No, I wasn't a part of it. No, I didn't tell Blaise anything either." I said.

"I figured. I know. Thank you." Harry said softly. "It was Ron that told them. I told him that I was a submissive."

I kissed Harry's check and he turned his head. He smiled weakly at me and I leaned down to kiss him. He kissed me back and I felt the rest of his body shift. I smiled a little as I broke the kiss. I ran my fingers through Harry's hair and a pair of ears popped out. I raised an eyebrow at him and he laughed.

"Your ears are back." I stated.

"I know. I've been trying to see if I can make them appear on command." Harry shrugged. "First time it worked."

"Are they still sensitive?" I asked and traced a finger over one.

Harry shivered and clenched a fist full of my shirt. "Yes."

I smiled a little and repeated my action a few times. "Is it good or bad?"

"Good." Harry moaned.

I stopped what I was doing and lifted Harry's head. I kissed him again and he seemed to relax a bit. He kissed me back and slowly started to let go of my shirt. I ran my fingers through his hair purposely brushing my thumb against his ear. He let out a moan and I smiled into the kiss before breaking it.

"Make them disappear." I said.

"No." Harry said.

"I wasn't asking Harry. Away now." I demanded.

Harry seemed to fight with himself for a moment before his ears went away. He pouted and buried his face in my chest. I was more curious about why he had listened to me though. I pushed him away from me a little and lifted his head.

"Something just happened didn't it?" I asked.

"You gave me an order. I can't say no if you do that." Harry sighed.

"I'm so..."

"No it's okay." Harry cut me off and smiled. "It was interesting. I thought I was doing stuff because I had to because I couldn't control myself. You can just stop me from doing something. I'm your submissive so if you order me to..."

"Harry you're rambling." I smiled.

Harry's cheeks turned red. "Sorry."

I frowned a little. His behaviour now was a little strange but I kind of liked it. He wasn't scared of me, just very apprehensive about making me upset. I kissed his forehead and held him close to me. Harry happily returned the gesture by snuggling as close as he could. I figured this would eventually stop and he would be upset with me afterwards.

It didn't really matter though I loved everything about him. I made a promise to him and I planned on keeping it. One day Harry will be mine forever.

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