Invisible String

5.

Draco opened his mouth to speak, but before he could, Aurora hugged him.

"I'm sorry for leaving so abruptly. It was an emergency," Aurora pulled back and smiled weakly at him. "Your Christmas gift was lovely, by the way. Here is yours!"

Aurora had pulled out a large package from her pocket. Draco took it and sat back down to open it. It had revealed itself to be an assortment of things; a couple advanced spell books, a candle, a snow globe that had a moving photo of the two of them inside, and something Draco was not familiar with.

"What's this?" He asked, holding it up.

"It's um, a muggle thing. It's called a film, or a movie. Something I thought you would enjoy, since I really love watching them," Aurora took the tape from his hand and flipped it over to reveal the front, that read 'Dead Poets Society'.

"Huh. Thank you, Aurora, this is lovely," Draco hugged her once more and pecked her cheek.

"Right, well, I've got other gifts to deliver as well, so I will see you later. Enjoy your night!" said Aurora, walking out to the corridor. She knew Harry was watching her, so she trekked to the one destination they were both very familiar with. Surely enough, Harry grabbed his invisibility cloak and reached the tower shortly after she did. She was waiting for him at the bottom.

"I was waiting for you to get here, because I feel it's a bit cold to be out there. Would you like to relocate tonight?" asked Aurora, as he reached and had not yet revealed himself to even be there.

"Oh, sure. Yeah, it's quite cold."

She grabbed his hand and led him to a room that would allow them to, simply, come and go. Aurora manifested a cozy room that consisted of a fireplace, a Christmas tree and a little dinner for both of them.

"This is cute," said Harry, gazing around in awe and stealing the words Aurora would have muttered moments later.

They both stood in the room in silence, simply staring at one another, until Aurora rushed to him and embraced him tightly. He immediately leaned into it and hugged her back, feeling as warm as anyone did when embracing her.

"I missed you so much, I'm sorry for leaving so abruptly. There was an emergency and I had to leave a day early," Harry pulled back and looked at her, his arms still around her.

"It's okay, Harry. Really! I heard about Arthur and I'm glad he's alright. Rem... dad filled me in on everything. He sent an owl. I erm- I spent Christmas with Draco. Lovely, as usual," Aurora quickly changed the topic once she spoke of the Malfoy boy. "Here, your Christmas gift."

Harry looked delighted to see such a large box, and as he opened it, he remembered his gift to her.

"Hey, I bought you a gift too but... I didn't lose it or anything but- "

Aurora had pulled out the blanket Harry got her from her bewitched pocket. Harry was speechless.

"How...?"

"D- dad. He sent it to me, felt bad that we didn't get to say bye," Aurora altered the truth a bit.

"Oh, I'm glad. I hope you like it!" Harry finished unwrapping his gift, and unlike Draco's, his was just one large object. He was surprised to see a teddy bear almost the size of him.

"It's not just a big ass bear, by the way. I put a spell on it, it's like the ultimate sleeping buddy. It has a scent of juicy pink currant, soft bergamot, geranium petals, and delicate musk. It also has this heartbeat, so you can feel as if you're lying next to someone. I also tried something else, where if you sleep next to it, it clears your mind. So, you won't have any dreams, good or bad. I think that would come in handy with- "