Finding his flame again [Active, Closed]

[notthatharry]

WHO: Harry, Kazumi
LOCATION: Harry's room
WEEK: 56
TIME: Day
WHAT: Hogwart's investigative duo reunite
RATING: PG-13 for now, will adjust as needed

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[sakeofthescoop]

Kazumi paced outside the Gryffindor common room for a bit. She needed to figure out how best to approach this. Catty had warned her about Harry's strange behavior, as had Flash, and if even Bob was concerned she knew there had to be a serious problem. The real question was how to fix it. Kazumi hadn't been the best girlfriend as of late, taking off to look after her mother without so much as a note. "You could have at least sent an owl," she muttered, regretting her decision now. Granted, no one could really blame her. Her mom was her only relative and had been in a serious accident. She was fine now, but that didn't take away the worry Kazumi had felt upon hearing the news

[notthatharry]

Suddenly Harry's cloud of moroseness was penetrated by a voice that somehow managed to throw his careful calm into confusion with a single word. Classic teenage confusion about girls and girlfriends and love intermingled with more personal confusion about his fate and past and the pain and darkness that particularly lurked inside him to create a hurricane of uncertainty could inspire a thousand self help books.

Taking a deep breath, Harry tried to filter through all the emotions racing through his heart. Joy she was back. Worry for what she had been through. Shame he hadn't been there. Anger she hadn't told him where she was going. Fear he might hurt her.

Fear he might lose her.

It was all too much for any one person to bare, so Harry did what he always did when faced with an insurmountable challenge; he ignored the parts he couldn't handle and pushed blindly ahead. Somewhere he could feel his soon to be therapist twitching in horror. Looking up, he gave her an expression that tried to be a smile, and waved weakly."Hey

[sakeofthescoop]

There was a subtle shift in Harry's eyes. Kazumi noticed it, but wasn't sure what it meant. She stored the information away for later and crossed the room, leaving her bag by the door.

She made her way over to Harry, dropped to her knees, and quickly pulled her boyfriend into a hug. "I missed you and I'm so sorry I wasn't here to help," she got out with her face buried against his shoulder. It was good to hold him again. Kazumi would never admit it, but she had secretly wished during those long nights in the hospital that he had been there for her to hold on to.

[notthatharry]

Merlin it felt good to be held. Harry felt something break inside him when she wrapped her arms around him, and suddenly he was leaning into her, desperate for the comfort she always seemed to provide him. He'd been so certain before, so determined to break it off with her, knowing that it was better to hurt her now than let her stick around and have to see what he would become, before he became the monster the Boggart had showed him, but all that resolve crumpled in an instant in the face of having her here.

The words of everyone suddenly filled his ears, everything all those people, all those friends suddenly hitting home all at once, made real by her warmth, her love.

For a second all Harry could do was sit there, his body trembling, but then his arms moved on their own to wrap around her, pulling her close so that he could bury his face in her hair so he could know for sure that this was real, and so she couldn't see his tears.