⚠️TW: Cussing, yelling, burning⚠️
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"Now as I was saying, this potion could be incredibly dangerous if done incorrectly. One mistake and you could be connected to your table partner for the rest of your lives so be extremely careful. You may begin." Snape stated before allowing the class to start on their potion.

The potion was called "Ligament" which translates to "Binding". It is supposed to bind the two students for five minutes and five minutes only.

"I'll go get the ingredients," Harry muttered before grabbing the list of things the potion required and grabbing everything out of the cubbard.

He returned and they both got to work in silence.

Harry reached to add the unicorn hair with one hand, the bat wings in his other to add after when suddenly there was a loud BANG as Seamus's cauldron exploded.

The Slytherin in front of Harry and Draco's table jumped and hit their table.

All of the ruckus caused Harry to drop both ingredients into the potion before it spilled into both him and Draco.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Draco yelled as the cold potion spilled over his fine robes.

It spilled all over Harry's lap as well, making his robes cling to his body uncomfortably.

Instead of the potion staying cold, however, it began to burn.

Both boys screamed out in pain as they fell out of their chairs and into the floor.

Snape quickly rushed over to the two of them and that was the last thing either boy saw before passing out from the pain.

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"Ugh, what happened?" Harry asked as he tried to open his eyes, only to be blinded by the Hospital Wing's bright lights.

He slowly sat up and opened his eyes now that he wasn't facing the ceiling.

That's when he saw Draco in a bed right next to him.

"Oh yeah, Potions." Harry sighed as he remembered.

He looked around to see if he could see anyone else in the room and grew confused when he didn't see anyone.

"Maybe Madam Pomphre is in the back somewhere." Harry thought as he stood up and began to walk towards her office.

He only got a couple of feet away from the bed however before he collapsed in pain.

He yelled out in pain as it felt like someone was driving a hot knife through his stomach, faintly hearing someone else yell out as well.

Madam Pomphre came out of her office quickly, looking concerned and on guard.

When she saw Harry on the floor and Draco in his bed, both screaming out she quickly grabbed Harry and pulled him back towards what Harry thought was his bed.

The pain went away almost completely as soon as he sat down on the bed.

She grabbed his hand gently before placing it onto something that definitely wasn't the bed making Harry look over to see what it was.

The pain was completely gone as soon as his hand landed on what he saw was Draco's shoulder.

"What the utterly FUCK Potter?! How stupid can you be? That was a bonding potion that was splashed on us! Do you know nothing about bonding potions?!" Draco yelled as he grabbed the hand on his shoulder.

"I- no I don't- sorry." Harry stumbled over his words at the sudden outburst.

"Mr.Malfoy please calm down, not everyone is as well read on potions as you are." Madam Pomphre said making Draco look over at her, guilt showing in his eyes though the rest of his face only showed annoyance.

"Bonding potions bond people for a time period. During that time period, the two can't be apart from each other more than five feet, or else they will feel pain; as you just felt. They also can't be touched by anyone else during that bond so Headmistress McGonagall will inform the students at dinner of this so nobody will touch you." Madam Pomphre explained as Draco let go of Harry's hand and Harry took his hand off of Draco's shoulder.

"The best way to get the pain to stop if you do get farther away than five feet or if you're touched by someone else is to touch each other. On the shoulder, in a hug, whatever you're both comfortable with. You two will have to move your roommates so you two will share a room now and your classes will be changed to fit your new situation." She finished explaining having Harry nod in understanding.

"How long will we be bonded for?" Draco asked wanting to know how quickly he can get away from Potter.

"I don't know the answer to that yet, Professor Snape is trying to figure that out as we speak, he should tell you two the next time you see him." She answered with a pitty-filled smile.

"How long are we going to be in here?" Harry asked curiously as he moved back over to the other bed, not wanting to be that close to Draco.

"You may leave now but just make sure you stay close to each other, I'd suggest staying within an arm's length of one another." Madam Pomphre stated before leaving off to her office.

"Just great, now I'm stuck to the golden boy." Draco huffed as they both stood up and began walking to the Great Hall for dinner.

"Don't call me that." Harry snapped as he walked further away from Draco, though he made sure to stay close enough to not cause pain.

"Why not? You are the Great Harry Potter, the Golden Boy, the Boy Who Lived Twice!" Draco continued on, pissing Harry off.

"Don't call me any of those." He stated, his tone full of anger.

This confused Draco, why didn't he like all of these wonderful titles that were given to him? He should be great full! Draco was stuck with Deatheater and Trador while Harry had all of the glory!

Before Draco could say anything back, however, they both screamed out in pain as they walked into the Great Hall.

Hermione jumped back from her hug with Harry in shock and worry.

Draco quickly grabbed Harry's shoulder and pulled him closer to himself to stop the pain before turning to Hermione.

"Bloody Hell Granger what's wrong with you?! You're supposed to be the smart one! Don't you know that bonding potions make the bonded people in immense pain if they're touched by someone else?!" Draco snapped loudly making Hermione's eyes widen.

"Oh, Harry I'm so sorry! I completely forgot about that! Are you okay?" She asked as she held her hands close to herself.

"Just peachy. Also, you didn't just hurt me, you hurt Malfoy too, shouldn't you apologise to him too?" Harry answered shocking both Draco and Hermione.

"Oh right, sorry Malfoy." Hermione spit out through gritted teeth.

"Mmm, your not forgiven Granger." Draco hummed making Hermione glare harshly at him.

"Can we just sit down and eat, I'm starving," Harry asked with a huff, already tired of their bickering.

"Of course, let's go Harry/Potter." Hermione and Draco said at the same time, Hermione walked to the Gryffindor table as Draco took his arm and began walking to the Slytherin table.

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