Elephant
Title: Elephant
Rating: G
Length: 358
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: There was an elephant in the room.
Note: A little birthday drabble for pinkelephant42. Have a great day, darling! And sorry for the corny play off your screen name.
Also, for those who don't know, 'elephant in the room' is an idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored.
The elephant in the room was Harry and Draco's budding and obviously physical relationship. No one but the two involved saw it, thereby making it the elephant. Well, it was rather impossible to not see -- it might as well be an elephant because it was impossible to not notice. But no one acknowledged.
"Malfoy?" Ron whined. "You always bring him everywhere. I wish you hadn't..."
"Hadn't what?" Harry prompted, looking over Ron's shoulder to find Draco entering the room.
Ron huffed. "You know. Started a...tolerality."
"Tolerality?" scoffed Draco, sauntering over. He sidled up entirely too close to Harry and slid two fingers in Harry's jeans belt loop.
And the elephant had entered the room.
"Look," Ron grumbled, shifting a hand through his red hair. "I don't want Malfoy going to Ginny's graduation. It's not like they tolerate each other. Not like you two."
Draco smoothed fingers over the soft skin under Harry's jumper. "Yes, we tolerate each other fine, don't we?"
They ignored him.
"I'm allowed to bring guests."
Ron opened his mouth but Harry cut through. "Besides, maybe I'm not going to see Ginny graduate. There are plenty of other people I could watch. Then I could bring Draco, not that it's up to you anyway."
"Then who are you going for?" Ron challenged.
"Er...Colin Creevey!"
Draco snarled, instantly stopping his pouting caused from being ignored. His nails dug into Harry's hip. "If you're going to see that perverted shirt-lifter I'll haul you upstairs to show you just how tolerable I really am."
"Well, huh, okay," Harry gasped, eyes wide. He wetted his lips.
Ron's eyes were wide too, but for an entirely different reason. "I give up!" he shrieked. "There's a pink elephant in the room and I won't stand for it any longer!"
The two boys stared at him, surprised he was bringing it up.
"Pink elephant?" Draco inquired in obvious offence.
Ron addressed Harry instead. "Yes! Because you're..."
At that moment Hermione entered the room, oblivious to the tense atmosphere. "Are we ready to go yet?"
They nodded and filed out the front door.
It looked like the elephant was there to stay.
Rating: G
Length: 358
Pairing: Harry/Draco
Summary: There was an elephant in the room.
Note: A little birthday drabble for pinkelephant42. Have a great day, darling! And sorry for the corny play off your screen name.
Also, for those who don't know, 'elephant in the room' is an idiom for an obvious truth that is being ignored.
The elephant in the room was Harry and Draco's budding and obviously physical relationship. No one but the two involved saw it, thereby making it the elephant. Well, it was rather impossible to not see -- it might as well be an elephant because it was impossible to not notice. But no one acknowledged.
"Malfoy?" Ron whined. "You always bring him everywhere. I wish you hadn't..."
"Hadn't what?" Harry prompted, looking over Ron's shoulder to find Draco entering the room.
Ron huffed. "You know. Started a...tolerality."
"Tolerality?" scoffed Draco, sauntering over. He sidled up entirely too close to Harry and slid two fingers in Harry's jeans belt loop.
And the elephant had entered the room.
"Look," Ron grumbled, shifting a hand through his red hair. "I don't want Malfoy going to Ginny's graduation. It's not like they tolerate each other. Not like you two."
Draco smoothed fingers over the soft skin under Harry's jumper. "Yes, we tolerate each other fine, don't we?"
They ignored him.
"I'm allowed to bring guests."
Ron opened his mouth but Harry cut through. "Besides, maybe I'm not going to see Ginny graduate. There are plenty of other people I could watch. Then I could bring Draco, not that it's up to you anyway."
"Then who are you going for?" Ron challenged.
"Er...Colin Creevey!"
Draco snarled, instantly stopping his pouting caused from being ignored. His nails dug into Harry's hip. "If you're going to see that perverted shirt-lifter I'll haul you upstairs to show you just how tolerable I really am."
"Well, huh, okay," Harry gasped, eyes wide. He wetted his lips.
Ron's eyes were wide too, but for an entirely different reason. "I give up!" he shrieked. "There's a pink elephant in the room and I won't stand for it any longer!"
The two boys stared at him, surprised he was bringing it up.
"Pink elephant?" Draco inquired in obvious offence.
Ron addressed Harry instead. "Yes! Because you're..."
At that moment Hermione entered the room, oblivious to the tense atmosphere. "Are we ready to go yet?"
They nodded and filed out the front door.
It looked like the elephant was there to stay.