Chapter 19 - Chapter 19: Sweet 16?

TW: Language, Violence, Abuse, Explicit Sexual Content Demian awoke earlier than normal the next day, the anticipation of his 16th birthday excited him to the point where sleep was hard to come by. He got ready rather hastily, choosing to wear his hair messy and tucked behind his ear. He quickly got changed into some casual clothes, adorning his plain outfit with some tasteful accessories. He picked out a belt, which he normally never wears, a chunky silver chain bracelet and his thin silver banded ring, which he felt always brought him luck. Until the other night that is. He struggled to suppress those memories, though it wasn't from lack of trying. Draco, tossing the ring back into his room with his accusations and threats. The way he didn't even give Demian a chance to explain. He picked up the familiar present from his parents off the dresser and looked through it, seeking a memory to lift his spirits. But he wasn't prepared for what he saw, as a flash of Professor Valor in the library peered back at him, the devilish smile and comforting grip he almost thought he could feel on his shoulder. His face went hot and he dropped it immediately. Why did that just happen? Demian wrapped his arms around himself for a moment, desperate for comfort. He was glad his roommates were out and weren't witnessing him moment of weakness. I need to find my courage. I need to see him. Demian made up his mind, he headed straight for the Slytherin common room. He wouldn't let Draco refuse him, it was now or never. As he rounded the corner he surprisingly saw no one. It was rather quiet for the middle of the day on a Saturday.Why was that? He wondered. He walked quickly down the hall and knocked on Dracos door with confidence. "Draco, open the door." He pleaded. Almost instantly the door was opened, but he stood in the frame, standing over Demian. "I thought I told you to leave me the fuck alone half-blood" He said emotionless. Demian pushed past him and entered the room, there were clothes everywhere and a mess unlike Demian had ever seen. At least here, in Dracos typically clean and orderly room. He looked around and the door shut it behind them turning to Draco, "I haven't done anything wrong Draco." Demain said boldly. "Whoever you saw that night wasn't me." "Wasn't you?" he scoffed. "No, it wasn't me. The other night at the Valentines Day party I saw someone who looked exactly like me in the baths with Terrence." Malfoy remained silent, listening intently while he leaned against the wall near the door. "They were...fucking, obviously. He thought it had been me the entire time and told me it had been going on for weeks. The most notable time was when they were almost caught in the charms classroom. Ring a bell?" Malfoy just scoffed. "Why the fuck would I believe that, what proof do you have." Demian grew heated and grabbed him by the hand, whipping the door open and leading them down the hall. Surprised, Malfoy didn't have time to protest. They came in front of Higgs door and Demian knocked, loudly. "Higgs?" He said. He heard quick scrambling and the door opened slightly. "Is that really you Valentino?" He said, worriedly. "Yes, and Malfoy." Higgs went to close the door Malfoy placed his foot in the way, preventing him. He pushed the door open with brute strength and Terrence backed up a few feet. "No, no come in. That's what I meant." He said, sarcastically. "What do you want?" Higgs questioned. "Higgs I just want you to tell Malfoy what you know, about what happened the other night in the baths. He doesn't believe me." Terrence scoffed, "Why the fuck would I help him win you back?" Demian felt a pang of sadness in his heart and his face dropped, he looked to the ground for solace and nervously picked under his nails. Terrence sighed, the guilt of seeing Demian so upset prevented him from concealing a thing,"Fine, I'll talk." He said. Malfoy smirked. "Easier than I thought, Valentino. I thought I would have to beat it out of him." Terrence shot him a look of daggers, "I don't know much, we spent a few nights together after my stay in Pomfreys office, thanks to you of course. All expenses paid." He trailed off for a moment. "One of those nights was in the charms classroom. We heard someone and left through the secret bookcase chamber. Or did you not know about that?" he laughed a bit and Malfoy looked annoyed. "And you didn't notice anything unusual? You truly thought it was Demian?" Higgs shrugged. "Maybe...maybe I did notice a little." "Notice what, exactly?" "Little things, their mannerisms. They were...more dominant than you've ever acted, Demian. No offense." He took none, but hearing those words come from Terrence's lips made Dracos blood boil and he curled his fist instinctively. "And there was a smell. Distinctly of honey." Demian saw Dracos eyes go wide, but he remained silent. Honey? Draco turned to leave and Demian looked a little confused. "Wait is that it?" He said. But he left, hurrying back to his dorm. Higgs spoke softly as Demian was walking out, "Please don't go Demian. I want a real moment with you. Knowing it's been a lie, and I haven't been with you since right after break is driving me mad. I'm losing myself, without you. I...I need you." He pleaded. "I...I love you." His voice wavered from fear.But Demian couldn't turn around to face him, the breaking of his voice made his lip tremble, and he felt imminent tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. He didn't dare turn around and face him, "I-I'm sorry Higgs." And Demian ran out to the hallway, wiping away the truth of his sadness so Draco might not see it. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*He made his way back to Dracos room who was pacing nervously back and forth. "Draco what's going on? What do you know?" "It's Astoria. The smell of honey she always reeked of it..." He said abruptly. "Again, but why?" Demian inquired. "We're about to find out." Demian could sense his anger over-flowing, he worried for what was about to unfold but he followed Draco back into the hall. He walked briskly to the women's dorms and banged on Astorias door, commanding her to open it. "Astoria open the FUCKING door." He shouted, not caring who heard. She whipped it open, embarrassed and her eyes widened when she saw Demian standing right behind him, his arms were crossed, and an annoyed expression painted his face. She opened the door willingly. Draco entered and Demian trailed behind, Malfoy took her forcefully by the arm and sat her on her bed, she looked up at him and innocently twirled her hair. "To what do I now owe this pleasure?" She said. "You know exactly why the fuck we're here. Now tell me why the fuck you were pretending to be Demian, and fucking Higgs of all people?" She scoffed, "I've done nothing of the sort." Dracos rage overtook him and he raised his hand, smacking her across the cheek with the back of it, hard. She let out a soft cry and although Demian expected tears, she raised her head after and looked up, emotionlessly. This only infuriated him more and Draco picked her up by the collar of her shirt, her small frame lifting easily and she could feel the seams ripping, "This is expensive darling" She said sarcastically, and without warning he dropped her to the ground, she cried out again under her breath and looked up at him, hatred burning in her eyes."Fuck you, Malfoy." She spat. "And fuck you, Demian." Draco had had enough, he grabbed the back of her hair and lifted her to her feet, she yelped in pain this time and grabbed for his hands, she could no longer control the tears and they fell down her cheeks. Demian could finally see fear in her eyes, it's smell mixed effortlessly with the sweet scent of honey lingering in the room. And then came that familiar pang of guilty. He saw Malfoy, his anger bubbling over inside of him, manifesting this monster he had come to love and also to fear. He saw Astoria, helplessly clawing at Malfoys hands as she cried and begged for him to let go. Time seemed to be moving in slow motion and without warning Demian called out, "Stop!" Malfoy was stunned, but he didn't let go, he just turned to Demian. "Uhhhh, what?" He said, the crying girl trying to control her ragged breathing as she stood there, terrified. "Let her go." He commanded. And he did. She fell to the ground, helplessly, crying in silence for a moment before she looked up to face them both. She ignored Malfoy, and instead looked directly at Demian. "I told you I would do anything. If that meant infiltrating your dorm, stealing your hair, your jewelry, your lover, I would do it all until you had nothing and no one. I hated you, Demian. I always have. You took the one thing I thought would change my life for the better, Malfoy. We we're supposed to be a powerful pure-blooded couple, feared by no one, with love only for one another. But you just had to ruin it. You had to meddle in my affairs, and so I chose to do the only logical thing I could think of. Create a Polyjuice potion with your hair and become you. To ensure that Malfoy would never want to be with you."Demian sighed, "But why mess with Higgs?" He asked. "Higgs is the only person Malfoy would never forgive you for. I did what had to be done by fucking that loser. I just wanted him to see us, or you, once. With Higgs. And when Malfoy had disposed of you, he would be mine. But when Malfoy wasn't showing up for his classes I had no idea if he'd ever actually seen anything. So I just had to keep trying...not that Higgs had a problem with it" she joked, and Demian swallowed hard from the rising guilt he felt in his gut. "But that doesn't explain why I also saw another Higgs the night of the Valentines Day party." He said, and Malfoy raised his eyebrow. Demian had conveniently left that part out earlier, but he had to know the truth. "Pansy fucked up her one job. She liked playing pretend too much." Astoria said, a cheeky smile broke out on her face. "Speak plainly." Demian said, and Astoria let out a quiet sigh. "Had you not shown me a kindness Demian, I would tell you to get the fuck out right now. The truth is, Pansy was just supposed to distract you at the party, from finding me and Higgs. Only Malfoy was meant to witness that night. And she was never meant to let it go as far as it did. In fact she'd been distracting you with Higgs more than once, I hear" Demian could see the anger rising again in Malfoy, "She had too much fun playing with you, I think. Hopefully she wasn't that rough." Astoria let out a quiet laugh as she brought herself to her feet. The aura of confidence returning to her. "If Demian wasn't here, you wouldn't be breathing anymore." Malfoy spat at her, "Be thankful." "Oh thank you so much, my hero." She said, sarcastically. Demian just sighed, her eyes were stained red and he could still sense and air of terror in the room. As confident as she wanted to appear Astoria was genuinely afraid of Malfoy, and after what Demian saw tonight, and with what happened with Higgs, even he was becoming more afraid. "Let's go." Demian said. And without warning they both left, headed straight back to Malfoys private quarters. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*They both walked back silently and entered the room, Demian heard the familiar click of the door being shut and locked and for the first time in a while, he felt safe again. He quietly began picking up the scattered mess around Dracos room when Malfoy pierced the silence, "I'm sorry." He said quietly. Demian stopped in his tracks and turned to face him. "What?" "Tch, you'll make me repeat myself?" He said before sighing and rolling his eyes, "Fine, I'm sorry."Demian felt a smile returning to his lips but let him keep speaking."I'm sorry I didn't believe you, Demian. I fucked up. I should have given you a chance but you don't understand what it's like being me. Being unable to satiate the rage I feel inside. I can't be hurt, I shut down when someone tries to hurt me. And then I end up hurting them so much more in the process." He explained.Demian nodded, "I know." He said.  He felt the tension lifting from the room and he broke the space between them, walking over to the wall. "Kiss me, please just kiss me." Demian pleaded. And Draco finally smiled, for the first time in what felt like months. He slid one hand behind Demians neck and leaned down, kissing him passionately. Demian slid his hands up the back of Dracos shirt, pressing his fingertips to his bare skin and pulling him closer. Draco shivered in anticipation and slid his hand further up into Demians hair, kissing him more intensely. A quiet moan of pleasure escaped the corner of Demians lips and Draco responded, immediately "Fuck I missed the sound of that." Those words made Demians cheeks burn, but his lust for Draco made him push through his shyness and he lifted Dracos shirt over his head, dropping it to the ground next to them. This excited Malfoy and he eagerly pulled Demians shirt off, his hands skillfully undoing Demians belt and jeans. He slid the belt from the loops keeping it in one hand. When they were both in the nude, Draco went to his bedside table and grabbed his trusty bottle, dousing his shaft with much needed lube before lifting Demian up by his hips with one hand, forcing his legs wrapped around his waist tightly. "D-Draco.." He whispered softly, his arms falling around his neck for stability. Malfoy leaned Demian directly against the front door, his breathing ragged as he pressed his hard member against Demians core, hungry for entrance. This made Demian choke out audibly, his hand found their way to Dracos locks and pulled, "Someone will hear..." He said worriedly. "I want them to hear." Draco said under his breath before wrapping the belt around both of Demians wrists, tightening it and locking it in place. He held it confidently in his other hand and positioned his arm around Demians waist, pushing his entire length inside of him. "A-Ah!" He choked out, surprised. Draco kissed him to muffle the sound for a moment and he started thrusting his hips, holding Demian steady with one hand and controlling the belt with the other, Demians hands securely above his head. Moans escaped his lips each time Malfoy filled him up, he planted soft kisses up the front of his neck and sank his teeth into his soft pale skin until he cried out. Malfoy growled lowly when he heard this and started slamming himself into Demian harder, and faster. "F-fuck...Draco..." Demian moaned out, his words only exciting Draco more. Demian could feel his sensitive spot being grazed and each time his cock throbbed in anticipation, waves of pleasure coursed through his body and his skin was littered with goosebumps from Draco both kissing and biting his way up Demians throat. He knew there would be marks, and he wanted them. He started moving his hips in tandem with Draco which cause him to let out a whimper of his own. Demian felt his cock throbbing once more and his breathing became unsteady. The thrusts slamming against his hips coupled with the sounds escaping Malfoys lips made him lose control and he blurted out, "I-I love you" before exploding ropes of cum up his stomach and onto Malfoys bare chest. He kept thrusting for a few moments before Demian felt him release inside him, Draco used his weight to balance Demian against the door and he kissed him with what little breath he had left. "Did...did you mean that?" He said.Demian thought about lying, but he couldn't. "I did." He said with only a little hesitation. Malfoy tried to smile but Demian could see a puzzling look in his eye. "You drive me crazy." He finally spoke before pointing to the clock. "Happy birthday, Demian." It was just past midnight, Demian looked around and it finally sunk in where he was. It was his 16th birthday, he left his dorm this morning unsure of what would happen and here he was, in the room he thought he might never see again. An image of Higgs flashed by his mind and he shook it away, he only wanted to focus on getting Malfoy back right now. "Thank you, I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." He said. "That's what I want to hear" Draco replied, balancing him against the door while he undid the belt and gently set him down. "Now come shower with me." He commanded.He did as he was told, held tightly in his lovers arms he spent the rest of the night in pure bliss, unaware that the one person who heard them in the hallway was Higgs, and he was heartbroken. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*Demian woke up bright and early in the comfort and safety of Draco's bed, his arm draped over him. He turned to face him and gently caressed his cheek. Dracos silver hair fell into his face and Demian swiped it away. This woke him and he groaned softly, "What time is it?" He inquired. "Just past 10." Demian responded. "It's Monday though, looks like I missed my first class on my first day back, oh well." Draco said, nonchalant. "Oh right, I forgot to give you your gift last night, since you know, you got all of this." He joked and motioned to his own chest with his hands.Malfoy reached into his bedside drawer and pulled out a long silver box, it had a simple red ribbon tied around it. "I uh...I tried, okay. Not the best ribbons guy." He said, his face slightly pink. Demian smiled. He undid the ribbon and it fell to the side of the box. He lifted the top off, and a silver necklace was inside. It was in the shape of a snake, of course, with a thin chain, a signifier of not only Slytherin, but Draco himself. It had a drop of ruby red blood dripping from the fang."I had it made especially for you, it's my blood you know. You belong to me and now a piece of me belongs to you." Just a piece? Demian thought to himself, but he was grateful for the gift, and he smiled up at him."I love it." He responded, but he felt a pang of sadness taking off his mothers Raven necklace, one that had been with him through so many hardships. He tried to put it in his pocket but Malfoy snatched it away, slipping it around his own neck. "There..." He said, proudly fashioning it on the outside of his shirt. Demian felt a sense of calm overwhelm him, he finally felt as though they were a real couple. Malfoy grew less and less afraid of what others thought of him, and this pleased Demian to endless lengths. He felt tears welling up in his eyes again, "Hey, don't cry." Malfoy said, pulling him into his arms. "These ones are happy", he said. His face was pressed against Malfoys chest and he could see the raven hanging securely in front of him, he once again reached up and toyed with in comfortingly, this time while listening to Malfoys heartbeat. The two of them left for class together, fingers interlaced the entire way.A single moment of bliss, soon to be blanketed by the darkness to come.