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it’s jt roells hiself he a frieher aross the gap beeen their beds ron exhales hard, akg his bright red frge—whih is serio ri—flop out of his eyes
≈ y to help alfoy,” ron says, “but you’re too ied this”
“too ied savg soone’s life?” harry says, astonished
“that’s the thg it’s not a atter of savg hi it’s like sayg you want to save soone fro…what’s that uggle disease herioold about?”
“er,” harry sighs
“right it’s hg you an fight”
“so, what? i give up o bak a hi waste away to nothg?”
“no, but you jt got dog a war, harry do you really need rief and sufferg your life?” ron runs a hand through his hair, sg it “it would be ohg if your help ould ake a differe hanahaki, it’s…trt , i’ve seen what it an do you an’t s it op it, really”
harry lets those words sk , the way ron wahe to have ipat, to take up spae his ihe over and over ahe frle
op it, ron says but that’s rue
one person an, harry thks
theday, after ss, he fds drao at their ual spot by the ke the su dyes the water gold, ale’s refletion juts darkly through its olten she
drao lies on his stoah, a book propped open front of hi as he srawls notes on a piee of parhnt led fro beg folded and refolded ehat’s the sheet drao es when he fihg proisihat ould really help hi, or aybe eveo a ure ost of what’s o has already bee, and today, harry an’t brio believe drao is brilliao turhese slivers of hope to a sotion ron’s w his head
he drops down onto the grass beside drao, who looks up with a sirk, the kd that ed to rile harry up but was undeniably ha aher ount it loses its ipat when his fae is so gaunt lyg dowhe loose hang of his robes less obvio, but he’s l aou harry wonders if drao ight h before the disease ever gets around to killg hi
“what’s wro get to sign any autographs today?” drao shout heat
“i heard you’re thkg of gh with it,” harry says “the operation, i an”
the news had beehe great hall; harry ouldn’t iss it, h his friends doio ata a alfoy-free bubble ohe gryffdor table
≈hg i ake it lear to drao how little harry would be able to hai respht no, gio fae hi
“only as a st resort,” drao says “potter, look at i’ dyg anyway i’d rather die tryihan wait for the disease to fish its work”
≈’s geroly lose to a gryffdor se,” harry says weakly
≈” a ht of a sile tugs at drao’s lips harry an’t brio sile bak
“but it’s pratially suiide,” harry says “the healers— i an, that’s what everyohe healers told you”
“there’s no other s his quill disgt onto the grouryg for days, ahg”
“there is another way,” harry says
drao frowns at hi
“what? has granger fouhg?”
“no,” says harry “the person you’re ih you have to tell the”
drao’s fae hahe openness harry had beo atod to, with, vanishes drao beos alfoy aga, his fae all hard angles, his eyes ore steel than silver
“youer,” he says, enuniatg eah word very learly “i a lookg, ase you’ve fotten, for a sotion, not a way to die faster”
“if you o least you’ll know for sure aybe they love you bak, or aybe they’re at least willg to try,” harry says, desperately “if not—i kion will ake you siker, but then you ahe operation like you pnned you’d be han before”
“oh, it’s that easy, is it?” drao snaps, fae reddeng draatially “i’ already pa, so what’s a little ore?”
“that’s not what i—”
drao uts hi off his expression has trao wide-eyed horror; sothg new and awful has evideo hi
“did soone say sothg to you?” drao deands
“what?” harry asks, bewildered
“is that why y to—?” drao uts hiself off “beae you know who it is a so sort of sik pleasure out of wathg ebarrass yself—”
“how an you thk that?” harry asks, tryg thteoly angry but k sounds wou’s how he feels “i’ve been tryg to help you i’ve spent all this ti—”
“oh, yes, heavens forbid otter’s preio ti,” drao sneers “i didn’t ask you to do this i didn’t ask for your help you’re the st person i ever would have goo”
harry grabs bldly at the strap of his bag and shoots to his feet