Catnip

Chapter 4

Harry stared blankly, the words echoing in his mind and, vainly, trying to grasp their meaning. Draco purred happily, ignorant to the tense atmosphere as he nuzzled into his mate's neck, which wasn't helping much, though neither was Snape's accusing glare or Poppy's sympathetic and slightly pitying sigh.

"He-wha-me?"

Harry finally strung together unintelligibly, much to Poppy's amusement and Snape's anger.

"It means, Potter, that he thinks that your are his-" Snape paused, looking faintly ill. "-that you are his-"

He paused again, looking disgusted. Poppy sighed from beside him, shooting the potions master an annoyed/amused look before turning to Harry with a small smile on her face.

"I'm sure you are aware of how animals react to their mates seeing how you are taking Care of Magical Creatures, so I won't go into details. He thinks you are his mate."

Draco purred in agreement and continued to nuzzle Harry in an attempt to sooth him, which made Poppy 'aw' and Snape glare.

"What's going to happen now then? How long until he changes back?" Harry finally sighed, vainly trying to pry himself off the cat-boy's lap, much to Draco's annoyance.

"That's the thing. We aren't sure how long it will last or how long it'll take to create a cure."

Harry just gaped at them, giving up any attempts at escaping (much to Draco's pleasure) and instead sat ridged in the blond's tight embrace. Snape just glared at the shocked boy, a sneer in place, before stalking out of the room, robes billowing behind him. Poppy ignored him in favor of giving Harry a reassuring smile.

"As to whats going to happen now? You will be moving in with Draco in the Headboy's quarters until the effects of the animagus potion wears off, or until Professor Snape finds a cure."

"What!?" Harry gasped, snapping out of his stupor to stare at the Mediwitch in disbelief.

"You need to move into Draco's quarters until this is all over. All your classes will be changed so you can stay together. And you will have most of your meals sent to your new room instead of eating them with your houses."

Poppy stated firmly, giving the boy a sharp look when he made to argue. Harry glared right back in a moment of anger.

"Why me?! This has nothing to do with me and you just expect me to roll over and take it, after everything Malfoy's done to me?!"

He bellowed, ignoring Draco's attempts to sooth his anger. Poppy sighed, her glare softening.

"Harry, you don't have to do this. But we need you to, please Harry, if not for Draco's sake than for everyone else's."

Poppy sighed, her voice pleading. Harry sighed, his anger deflating as he slowly started relaxing into the frantic Draco's arms.

"Fine."

He conceded. Poppy smiled gratefully before pulling the curtains around the two to give them privacy. Harry frowned sullenly as Draco licked his cheek, before forcing himself to relax, much to Draco's pleasure.

"Mewr?"

Harry frowned at the blond, who was currently trying his best to sooth the angry brunette, before he sighed, allowing the boy-who-thinks-he's-a-cat to pull him down further onto his lap, relaxing slightly in the blond's arms.

After all it wasn't Malfoy's fault they were in this predicament ...

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...Well it wasn't all Malfoy's fault anyway, and besides pissing off Draco Malfoy, specifically a Draco Malfoy with sharp claws, wasn't exactly a good idea.

Draco smiled, purring gently when his mate relaxed in his arms, allowing him to cuddle his slightly agitated, but no longer angry mate, his grip tightening slightly. He had been extremely happy when his mate had relaxed, giving into his soothing purrs and nuzzles, thus his ever increasing reluctance to let his mate go.

Harry sighed, he was both comfortable and slightly disturbed by how relaxed he felt in the blond's arms. He isn't supposed to be comfortable in Malfoy's arms!

But he was, with Draco purring lightly, one hand keeping him firmly in the cat-boy's lap and the other threading through hair in a soothing gesture. He felt his eyes droop and tried to fight the urge to curl up in the blond's arms and sleep before he sighed, giving up and falling asleep in the blond's embrace.

Draco curled up on the fluffy mattress, his mate asleep in his arms, and purred happily. His mate had stopped trying to escape, and apparently wasn't mad with him anymore (which had him literally purring in pleasure). He wrapped his sleeping mate into a protective embrace, his ears shooting to attention and his eyes narrowing at the spot the bat and the odd female were last at. His duty was to protect his mate in his moment of weakness, especially when they were in a place he didn't recognize.

Sorry I haven't uploaded in a while!
（｡≧ _ ≦｡）Imma going to try to do it more often cuz there's still a lot to do. Also, thank you to those who decided to read this! It makes me feel so special (~￣▽￣)~
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