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CHAPTER 12

Integra stood in front of her drawer with a scowl on her pretty face. She found herself in this situation a lot lately, ever since she got to know Harry. She never had to worry about her choice of clothes before since she only needed to wear her formal attire. With pants and suits, and she would start her day ordinarily. But since getting to know the famous wizard, she found herself starting to be self conscious about what she wore especially if she was to be seen with him. She often found herself rummaging to the bottom layer of her drawer for old, long forgotten clothes which was more suitable for an outing. She found herself wanting to look good for him.

Today especially, since she was meeting with his family, the Weasleys for dinner. So she wanted to look her best. It was two days after she met Arthur Weasley at the Ministry and today she was going to meet the rest of the Weasley bunch. To say she was nervous was an understatement. She really hoped that everything was going to be alright and everyone was going to welcome her with open hand. She already had one Weasley who didn't like her after all. She really hoped that that was not the case with the rest of them.

Back at the topic at hand, she still didn't know what to wear for the day. She wanted to look good without looking like she tried too much. She eyed the skinny jeans that she never wore since her teenage days. It was a better choice of wear than her pants. Simple attire always worked best for her anyway and Harry did say that it was a casual meeting. So she thought skinny jeans would be fine along with a black blouse and cream colored shawl wrapped around her neck. It was a bit chilly outside after all.

Ten minutes later, she finished changing and was waiting for Harry in her office to come and get her. As if on cue, Walter came knocking on the door with Harry in tow before her faithful butler left her alone with Harry.

She saw Harry eyeing her appreciatively and she felt warm inside. She was glad that he approved of her choice of clothes for the day.

"You look beautiful," he suddenly said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you," Integra thanked him. "You look handsome yourself." And that was a fact. Harry looked irresistible in a dark blue jeans and black button up shirt with the top two buttons left open. The sleeves were rolled up to his elbow showing the lean muscle on his arm. He looked so damn good and he knew it from the smirk he was wearing when he caught her staring at him.

Integra felt her face heating up from embarrassment. "Shall we go then?" She quickly asked, trying to divert his attention.

"Sure," Harry replied with a nod.

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Harry stole a glance towards the blonde woman walking beside him as they walked towards the back garden of the Hellsing Manor. They were going to Apparate to the Burrow, so they had to do that outside since the manor was protected by ward.

Integra simply looked beautiful even though she was only dressed in jeans and simple black blouse with a shawl wrapped loosely around her slender neck. She was glowing under the moonlight and he couldn't take his eyes off of her. Harry silently snickered to himself. He was an adult but he still acted like a lovestruck teenager with his first crush. He was whipped by this woman and he knew it.

"All right, here we are," he said as he led Integra towards beautiful rose bushes at the back of the garden. They stopped walking once they were at the back of the rose bushes. He had made it his spot every time he Apparate to the Hellsing Manor. It was the perfect spot to stay undetected when he did his little magic. The rose bushes were tall and thick enough to cover him and his companion.

"Right," Integra muttered before she looked around to make sure that they were alone without the peering eyes of the guards patrolling the perimeter. She had a reputation to keep after all, Harry silently mused. Convinced that there were no one else beside them, Integra walked closer towards him and snaked her arms around his waist with a blush adorning her face.

Harry had to control himself from bursting in laugh at her obvious discomfort for being so close to him. It seemed like Integra had the wrong idea on how Apparate really worked. He was not to blame either in this, she didn't ask him about it and he didn't bother to correct her. He knew he was being an ass but he enjoyed her closeness to him, so he never mentioned that she didn't have to plaster herself to him to in order for them to Apparate.

Closing his own arms around her, Harry brought Integra even closer to him. "Are you ready?" He asked her in amusement.

"Yes," she answered in a steady voice, betraying the loud thump of her heart that he could feel against his chest. He silently wondered if she could feel his own heart beating loudly to match hers.

"Off we go then," he said, and she closed her eyes tightly and buried her face in his chest.

Seconds later, they arrived at their destination. Harry Apparate them both in the outskirt of the wood not too far from the Burrow, just outside of the ward protecting the Weasleys from any intruders.

Integra swayed a little on her feet and Harry had to steady her as she opened her eyes. Her expressive eyes silently took in her surroundings.

"What's that?" Integra asked in wonderment as she pointed in the direction of his back.

Harry glanced at his back and saw the house resembling one of the pieces in the chess game. "It's the Rook," he answered with a smile. Seeing her eyes light up with curiosity like a child was endearing to him. "It is Luna's house. She and the Weasley are neighbors. You do remember Luna Lovegood right?"

"Yes, I do remember Luna. She's nice. I like her," Integra said.

Harry smiled. He was glad that Integra liked his friend. Luna could come off as a bit eccentric and it was often too much for some people. But he could see that Integra was sincere in her feeling towards Luna.

"Maybe we can visit Luna one of these days," he suggested.

Integra looked up to him with a smile on her own. "I'd like that," she answered.

He made a mental note to make a plan with Luna about him and Integra visiting her house. Extending his hand towards Integra to take, Harry said. "Let's go to the Burrow then." He watched as Integra briefly looked at his hand before her gaze returned to his. Harry waited for her next move in anticipation and he felt relief and happy when he felt her slightly cold hand hesitantly slipped in his. Harry grasped it firmly in his hand and led her towards the Burrow where his family was waiting for them.

They were walking for a minute across the wood in silence when they came to a clearing and Harry could see the familiar shape of the house in the distance. "There it is," he said in excitement to Integra, pointing towards the several stories house which was no doubt filled with laughter and gossip about their guest of honor tonight.

Harry felt the slight tightening of her hand in his and he turned his green eyes on her form. Her face was fixed in a stoic expression but he could see the distress in her eyes. The rigid way she held herself was also a dead giveaway of what she was feeling at the moment.

"Are you nervous?" He inquired gently.

Integra looked up at him. "As much as I hate to admit it, I am a little nervous," she confessed.

Harry didn't expect the honest answer coming from her mouth but hearing that she was nervous at the prospect of meeting his family and friend made his heart swell. It showed that she had given much thought on this and that she was serious about him. Meeting family was a big deal to either of them.

"Don't worry your pretty little head over nothing," he said. "There's nothing to be worried about."

"I know," Integra uttered. "I just hope that everyone will like me," she finished in a small voice.

"Everyone will like you," Harry stressed out. Why on earth would she think otherwise?

"Ginny doesn't," Integra was quick to counter.

Harry huffed a little. Integra had a point there. But not everyone was going to react the same way as the youngest Weasley. "Ginny doesn't count. She's my ex-girlfriend."

"Exactly," Integra stressed out as she stopped walking all of a sudden. Harry also halted his step and stared at her in confusion. "What if they still think that you two should be together again? I mean, this is her family I am meeting and Ginny clearly still love you. What if they thought I am in the way of their daughter's happiness?"

Harry listened to her rambling patiently. It couldn't be helped that the way Ginny acted on the two girls' first meeting would only make Integra felt restless about their meeting tonight. She was bound to feel like that but honestly she was worrying over nothing. The Weasleys certainly would not feel like that. But then again, Integra didn't know the Weasleys like he did.

Intgera opened her mouth to continue when Harry stopped her. "Integra," he gripped her shoulder as he faced her. "First of all, Ginny and I were over long before I met you. There's no way the Weasleys would blame you for me and Ginny's failed relationship," he said. "Secondly, you're just too cute," he added before he leaned forward to capture her lips with his and stole the kiss from the unsuspecting Hellsing.

Harry could feel Integra stiffening in his arms. She clearly didn't expect the bold action from him. He didn't either. It was a spur of the moment thing and the nervous rambling she had earlier was too cute he couldn't help himself but kiss her. Harry felt Integra starts to relax and she reciprocated the kiss albeit hesitantly. His hands moved to caress her cheek and the other found itself to the back of her neck, tilting her head a little to get better access to her soft addictive lips. They broke apart when the need for air had become crucial and they looked into each other's eyes.

"What was that all about?" Integra inquired still with the surprised look on her face.

"I've wanted to do that since the first time I met you at the ball," he replied charmingly. "I've been restraining myself all this time but tonight you're just too cute and tempting I can't resist it," he added with a smirk.

And the pout that she denied ever doing was back in full force for the second time since he knew her. "I'm not cute," she mumbled before she took his hand and tugged him in the direction of the Burrow. Harry wisely followed her with a wide grin on his face, without mentioning anything about her pouting. She would deny it anyway.

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Integra was still nervous despite the reassurance from Harry. And the kiss, she never expected him to kiss her out of the blue like that, but did she regret it? Definitely no. Her lips were still tingling from the kiss and she resisted the urge to touch it with her hand. She felt warm and it felt like there were butterflies in her stomach, but not in a bad way. It was the opposite really. She enjoyed the kiss. Or more accurately, she enjoyed him kissing her. She couldn't imagine anyone else kissing her beside Harry.

They finally reached at the front door of the house. Up close, she could see that the house had weird design and she couldn't comprehend how it didn't crumble down from the unstable structural construct. Magic had to be involved in making sure that the house stayed intact. They were wizard after all.

She could hear the sound coming from the inside. There were laughter and chattering and everyone sounded so happy. It was how normal family sounded like.

She might not have any blood relative family left but she considered Walter, Alucard and to some extension Seras as her own family. And there was nothing normal about them. The kind and loyal butler was an assassin and Alucard and Seras were vampires. She herself was the master of monster. Things were never normal at Hellsing manor. For a moment there, she envied those people without too much burden on their shoulder. But then again, as dysfunctional as her family was, she would never trade them for anything in the world.

She just hoped that it wouldn't be too awkward because family gathering like this were so not her expertise. She didn't really know how to socialize unless it was a formal gathering where everyone present was in it only for business.

"Hey, are you ready?" Harry asked her gently. She could see the questioning stare in his eyes. He was probably wondering about the reason she was spacing out for a moment there.

"Yeah," Integra drawled. What was it again that made her so nervous in the first place anyway? Oh yeah, her inability to have a normal human interaction was one of them and not to forget that she was viewed as a heartless woman. She knew what people said about her and that was okay with her because that was how she wanted to be seen. She was a cold person and took no nonsense from people, a hard person to get along with.

She just didn't want to disappoint Harry for today if his family didn't like her.

"Don't worry Integra, you'll do just fine," Harry said as if he knew what she was thinking and seeing the smile on his face, Integra couldn't help but gave him a smile in return. He was right, there was no point in worrying about this. If they liked her then they liked her, if they didn't then there was nothing she could do to change their mind. If they treated her wrongly, then she would just show them what she did to the one who crossed her. She was the woman who took no nonsense from other people after all. But she knew it wouldn't come to that if Arthur, Ron and Hermione were any indication. The Weasleys were good people. Harry vouched for them.

Harry knocked on the door and for a moment, the chattering inside stopped and rushed steps could be heard nearing the door. Then it was swung opened and they were met with a woman with red hair who could only be Ron's mother.

"Oh Harry," she gushed out, smiling warmly before she enveloped him a bear hug. "I'm glad to see you again," she said before she released him and turned to her. "This must be Sir Integra Hellsing," she said with a big smile on her face, looking at her with an excited expression.

Integra smiled at the older woman. "Yes, nice to meet you Mrs. Weasley," Integra greeted her with an extended hand.

Mrs. Weasley took her hand and much to Integra's surprise, pulled her in for a big hug much like the one she gave Harry. "Oh dear, nice to meet you too. And please just call me Molly," she said as she released her from the hug.

Giving the older woman a smile, Integra replied, "Sure, you can just call me Integra."

Molly quickly took her hand and Integra let herself led inside by the excited woman with Harry in tow.

She saw the familiar faces of Ron, Hermione, Arthur and Ginny at the living room and some faces she never met but knew instantly was a Weasley from the signature hair color. Some were smiling or grinning at her and she felt her nervousness disappeared from the warm welcome she received. Ginny unsurprisingly just gave her the cool stare but Integra decided she would just ignore her cold welcome as long as the ginger head didn't start something with her.

"Everyone, this is Integra," Molly announced. "And Integra dear, I'm sure you've met Arthur, Ginny, Ron and Hermione. The one sitting beside Arthur is my second boy Charlie and the one next to Ron is George."

"Hello Integra," the one called Charlie stood and walked to her with a charming smile on his face. They shook hands and suddenly Charlie was pushed aside with a yelp by an eager looking George who was sporting a mischievous look on his face.

"Let's forget about my dragon loving brother and get to know each other better. I'm George," he said as he took her hand and shook them. Integra stared at the man shaking her hand with a nervous smile. She was a bit overwhelmed by the attention she was having. "If you need help in pranking someone, I'm the perfect guy to see," he suddenly stated with a wink.

Okay. What? Now she was confused.

"Okay, that's it George," Harry said from behind her, coming to her rescue. "Hands off of my woman," he declared, successfully making her face reddened in embarrassment. Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Ginny rolling her eyes in annoyance at what had transpired. Not that Integra was going to let Ginny put a damper to her improving mood tonight. She was just going to ignore the youngest Weasley if she was going to act like a bitch around her.

"Territorial much Harry," Charlie snickered at him as he returned to his previous seat next to Arthur.

Harry only snorted in response before he grabbed her arms and steered her away from the hyperactive Weasley called George and sat her next to Hermione. In the next second, everyone started to converse with each other and Integra felt stupid for being nervous before. The Weasley was kind and good people.

The question thrown her way mainly came from Arthur, Molly, Charlie and George. They already heard the story of how she met Harry from Ron and Hermione but they still wanted to hear it from her own perspective. Some other question was asked too especially about the rumors circling around the topic of Hellsing Organization. Integra answered them the best she could without giving away anything that she deemed confidential.

From Molly, Integra learned that she had two other boys named Bill and Percy where the oldest was married and was currently in France and the other was a workaholic.

After that, they had dinner which was prepared by Molly and Integra had to admit that it was delicious. It was a dinner filled with warm conversation and laughter. A new occurrence for her but not a bad one. All in all, it was a nice and good experience for her. The time spent at the Burrow sure was fun. But all fun things would come to an end and it was already time to go home. She said her goodbye to everyone and Molly made her promise to come and visit again. How could she say no to the kind hearted woman? She treated everyone like her own sons and daughters. She definitely would come again with Harry.

"So, how do you feel of the Weasleys?" Harry asked as they retraced back the path they came from to the outskirt of the woods to Apparate to the Hellsing manor.

Integra thought of the rowdy and cheerful bunch of people with something akin to fondness. "They're kind and nice people," she answered. "I'm glad I came here tonight and get to know them."

"I'm pleased to hear that," Harry uttered softly. "Although it would be better if Ginny wasn't giving you the cold shoulder the whole time," he added with a sigh.

"Well, I don't expect her to suddenly treat me like her new best friend. At least she wasn't making any smart remarks about me or you," Integra said, giving him a sidelong glance. "Don't worry about it Harry, she'll come around eventually."

Harry grinned at her. "I hope so."

Their conversation stopped at that and their journey back was filled with comfortable silence. Integra clung to Harry as usual as he Apparate them both back to Hellsing Manor. He walked her to the back door and Integra faced him to say good bye with a strange giddiness coursing through her.

"So," they both spoke at the same time.

Integra chuckled at the predicament they found themselves in. "So I guess I'll see you tomorrow then Harry," Integra said with a smile.

"Yeah," Harry drawled, rubbing the back of his head with a sheepish smile. Integra was glad that she was not the only one being nervous tonight because it was obvious that Harry was also feeling the same. "I'll pick you up at 9 am."

"Okay," Integra said, before she spontaneously close the gap between them and kiss him. It was meant to be a short brush on the lips but Harry took the initiative and deepened the kiss instead. Integra gasped for the sudden onslaught on her mouth but then she returned the kiss with the same fervor turning it into a pleasurable experience for the both of them.

Integra couldn't think. She couldn't think about anything except for his firm lips on her own and how he was making her feel. She never felt anything like this before, not that she had any experience being in a man's embrace like this. What started as an innocent good night kiss turned into a minor make out session.

Integra broke the kiss first and they both were breathing heavily. Integra stared at Harry's face to see him looking at her with wonderment, love and lust filled eyes. It sent chills down her spine seeing the kind of look directed at her.

"You better go in before I lose control of myself and take you away from here," he whispered huskily with an intent stare. Integra knew that he meant what he said and it was wise to do exactly what she was told. She also didn't trust herself with her body and mind if he kept looking at her like that.

"Good night Harry," she said as she swiftly kissed him on his lips, earning a dangerous growl and a warning look from him before she opened the door and disappeared inside. Integra tried hard to calm her erratically beating heart as she walked inside the manor heading to her room. Harry seemed to evoke the feeling inside her that she thought of long dead. The scene of them kissing kept replaying in her head and she felt a smile tugged at her lips from the memory.

But her smile was instantly wiped out when she saw the looming figure leaning against the double door of her room. Integra schooled her expression back to her usual stoic feature and mentally guard her mind against any intrusion. Alucard could be such a busy body sometime.

"You're late," he stated as he pushed himself off the wall when she was near. Integra could see the scowl on his unearthly beautiful face and she wondered if he could still read her despite her best effort to guard her mind. She had practice to guard her mind against him since she was thirteen years old and over the years, she was a master at it. Alucard had once admitted that he couldn't enter her mind when she was really focusing on guarding it. But tonight, her emotion was in haywire and she was afraid that she was slipping.

Who knew what Alucard would do to Harry if he knew what had transpired tonight? Alucard was way too overprotective when it came to her wellbeing and he didn't trust anyone easily, especially men who had an intention to court her. He thought she didn't know what he had done to those poor men the other Knights sent her way for potential suitors. She didn't say anything because she was glad that he drove them away. She was touched at his gesture and it was flattering that Alucard seemed to care about her, but this was the one man she didn't want Alucard to drive away.

"It's not that late," she countered calmly. "And I'm a big. I don't need to remind you that I'm more than capable of defending myself should any trouble arises."

"You seem happy," Alucard stated, ignoring her previous statement as he looked at her with suspicion. "Did something happen between you and Potter during your date that I should know about?" He pressed, studying her closely with his eyes.

Integra rolled her eyes at him. "Nothing happen Daddy. Harry was a complete gentleman tonight," she said sarcastically.

A gleeful smirk made its way on his face. "You know, back in the days, the man would challenge the girl's father for a fight to show that he is worthy of the girl," he said with excitement. The intention behind his words was clear to Integra.

"Luckily, it's not the eighteenth century anymore. So Harry doesn't need to challenge you for anything," Integra countered easily with a pointed look. The fact that Alucard just referred himself as her father completely eluded her.

That put the scowl back on his face and he crossed his arms across his chest in defiance. Integra stared at him, a little tick that he refused to budge from her door. Normally, she would curse at him for his tantrum but she was in a good mood tonight so she didn't want to spoil it by reminding Alucard to not overstepping their boundary again.

"Don't you have other thing to do tonight aside from playing guard outside of my room?" She asked instead. "I thought I gave order through Walter to have you take care of the ghoul infestation at Sullivan's Village."

"Already did," he said smugly with a grin.

That was expected from Hellsing's weapon.

"Alright then. Maybe you can help me with the report since you have nothing better to do."

Alucard stiffened at that. "Actually, I just remember I have to train Police Girl tonight," he interjected quickly. "She's been slipping lately," he informed her with a straight face. Without waiting for her comment, Integra saw Alucard's body sank through the floor until he was no longer there and disappeared to who knew where. Probably to bother Seras again, but Integra paid no mind to it. Alucard would make himself scarce every time she brought up the report or any paperwork. He hated having to help Integra with it, and Integra used it to her advantage.

Snickering lightly to herself, Integra opened the door to her room and disappeared inside it, feeling more carefree than she ever been for some times now.

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The next day, Harry woke up feeling fresh and energetic. As usual, he prepared himself for the day and as he promised Integra last night, he went to pick her up for their travel to the Ministry of Magic. Both couldn't contain the smile on their faces as they saw each other.

Walking side by side inside the Ministry, people greeted them both on their way to his office. Integra had become a familiar face from the amount of time she spent at the Ministry. Just as they were nearing his department, they both noticed the unusual commotion inside it as Aurors huddled together in group. The atmosphere was tense and they seemed to be occupied in deep discussion. There had got to be something happening that he didn't know yet.

He spotted Edwin among the group and Harry called out to him. Edwin looked his way and came to him instantly.

"Harry," Edwin breathed out with a hint of relief.

"What's going on?" He asked with worried glance.

"We may have a lead on the Uprising," he uttered.

"What?" Harry gasped out. This was quite shocking, but a good thing nonetheless.

"What did you found out?" Integra inquired from beside him. He could detect the eagerness in the tone of her voice.

"Nothing yet," Edwin answered much to the confusion of Harry and Integra.

"What do you mean?" Harry asked.

"He won't say anything until he sees you," Edwin said.

Harry raised an eyebrow at that.

"So someone walked in with information and he will only disclose that information to Harry," Integra stated in understanding.

"Yes," Edwin affirmed. "Come on, I'll show you where he is."

Harry and Integra silently followed him to the isolated interrogation room. This interrogation room was different than the standard interrogation room because it had no hidden panel that could be used to see or hear of what was happening inside the room from the outside. It was often used to hold a secret meeting with confidential details.

Edwin opened the door and the three of them entered the room. Harry's eyes widened when he saw the man sitting in the middle of the room.

"Malfoy?" Harry blurted out incredulously. The shock and disbelieving look must have been obvious on his face because the platinum blond haired prick was smirking smugly at him. Harry never expected to see Draco Malfoy of all people asking to see him in the Ministry. It had been a long time since he saw Draco. Harry had heard that he took over family business and did trading dealing with the Muggles. Despite his known distaste for Muggles, the Malfoy family sure did deal with them a lot.

"Good to see you too Potter," he said sarcastically in his arrogant tone.

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Draco Malfoy smirked smugly at the stunned look on Harry Potter's face. He was sure the savior of the wizarding world never expected to see him sitting there in the Ministry of Magic with some vital information regarding the rising of a group that seemed to cause quite a stir in the community lately. A dangerous group called The Uprising that managed to escape detection of the Ministry's best and trained Aurors. The same group that were silently and stealthily gathering members in the shadow.

"Good to see you too Potter," he said, sarcasm dripping from his voice like second nature, especially when it came to other man.

Draco saw the stunned look morphed into an annoyed one. He resisted the urge to smirk at the dark haired man. Getting Harry Potter riled up sure felt good.

"Well, excuse me for finding it hard to believe that you will come looking for me at the Ministry giving our past relationship," Harry quipped back in a scathing tone, still looking at him dubiously.

That, he could relate to. He would never ever come looking for Harry if this was not important. Their rivalry was legendary to anyone knowing them and to see one of them seeking each other out was too surreal.

Ignoring his arch nemesis's word, Draco lazily swept his eyes to the other occupants in the room. "I believe I request to speak to you alone," he said as he trained his hard eyes back at Harry.

As if recognizing the dismissal and realizing that his presence was not wanted in the room, the other Auror said, "I'll be outside to guard the room." The guy gave a short nod to Harry before he exited the room.

Draco eyed the other presence in the room with a raised of his elegant eyebrow. A blonde woman stood there, looking unimpressed with the cold stare he gave and watched him back with a stoic face.

"You can trust her," Harry simply stated.

Now that was a shocking fact. For Harry Potter to say that the woman was trustful was something out of the ordinary. She must be someone important who was known for her unquestionable loyalty for Harry Potter to vouch for her. The way she carried and held herself screamed nobility. Draco practically knew every noble and outstanding family in the wizarding world, but he didn't recognize the beauty standing not far from Harry. "And who might she be?" He inquired with curiosity.

The exotic blonde woman closed the distance between them and stood next to Harry in a proud stance. "I'm Sir Integra Hellsing," she introduced herself with an extended hand.

His eyes widened slightly. He was genuinely surprised at the revelation. He knew of who she was although he never met her in person. Integra Hellsing, the sole heir of Hellsing family and the Director of Hellsing Organization as well as one of the Knight of the Round Table. He had heard many great things about her and her loyalty was unquestionable indeed.

"Draco Malfoy," he nodded. "And no offence Sir Integra, but I can't even lift my right hand at the moment without it hurting," Draco said in a polite tone. There was no use in ruffling the feathers of such important woman.

Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Harry scanning his form with a frown.

"Were you attack?" Harry asked. Was that a hint of worry he could hear in Harry's voice? A notion that Draco found rather bizarre to be directed at him from Harry Potter.

Draco silently nodded at him. His cool façade crumbled and he gritted his teeth in pain. He could feel the bead of sweat started to form on his face. It seemed like the potion he took several hours ago to dull his pain was beginning to lose its effect.

"You need medical attention," Harry said before he hastily made his way to the door.

Before he could open the door though, Draco uttered through clenched teeth, "Get me Lovegood."

Harry whirled around to look at him questioningly. "Why Luna?"

Draco stared at him in the eyes. "I don't trust anyone right now. But everyone knows that Luna Lovegood won't ever hurt somebody without any valid reason. She doesn't judge people and there's no way on earth the gullible woman will turn evil anytime soon or ever."

He looked as if he was contemplating his reasoning for a moment before he nodded and went outside for a quick instruction to bring Luna in immediately and came back inside. Harry and Integra sat opposite of him and stared at him expectantly.

The dark haired man stared at him with an unreadable face for a moment before he opened his mouth, "Why me?" He inquired. "I thought you hate me."

It was easy to assume that he hated Harry Potter. They started on the wrong foot during their school year and Draco's attitude and upbringing didn't help the situation either. They were practically arch nemesis. "I don't hate you Potter. I just don't like you and never will be, he said. But even if I don't like you, I trust you enough to not side with the dark side."

By the look on his face, Harry looked genuinely shocked to hear that kind of answer from him. Awkward silence filled the room and nobody seemed to want to break it.

Draco resisted the urge to groan. He was a little embarrassed and disgusted with himself for admitting that he didn't hate Potter. It felt too personal to him for some unknown reason. He hated showing his feeling to others who was not his close friends or family. He should have kept a better filter on his mouth. But then again, it must be the pain messing with him right now.

Draco was uncomfortable and that was all Harry's fault for asking question like that. At least Harry also seemed to be uncomfortable with the revelation. But then strange as it was, Harry nodded with a small smile on his face as if to say that he felt the same way about him.

Draco quickly brushed it aside and composed himself. His little slip of words won't change anything about them and honestly he didn't care in the slightest bit what the Boy Who Lived felt. After this was all over, everything would return to normal and they would be at each other's throat again just like before.

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To be continued

A/N: We'll see what happen to Draco in the next chapter okay. =)