3. Well Shit...

Part 3 of Drunken Pleasure

Laim throws up for the third time that day.

"Laim?" Draco asks, knocking on the bathroom door softly.

"I'm fi-" make that the fourth time.

Draco opens the door and kneels next to him. "What's wrong?"

"P-probably just a bug..." Laim mumbles.

"Let's have Harry check you then."

Laim nods and stands up, following Draco.

"Harry?" Draco calls.

"What?" Harry calls from the twins' room.

"Laim's sick! Can you check him?"

"Give me a second!" Harry calls back. Laim groans and leans against Draco. Draco takes him to the living room and sits down, holding him. Harry walks into the living room with his wand.

Draco looks up as Harry comes closer and sits next to them. Laim whines and buries his face into Draco's shoulder. Harry runs a few tests on him then looks at Draco.

"What is it?" Draco asks.

Harry motions for Draco to follow him into the hall. "..." Harry says softly. "You're a father, again."

Draco's eyes widen and he goes back into the living room, pushing past Harry. Harry sighs and goes to check on the twins.

As time goes by, Draco spends more and more time with Laim and less time with Harry and the twin, when Harry asks him for help or to go out, he always replies with. "Not now Harry, Laim needs me."

The twins' first birthday.

Harry pulls two small cakes out of the oven and sets them aside to cool. then puts a slightly bigger one in to bake. Harry uses a cooling charm on the two small cakes to cool them the rest of the way then starts to ice them

"What's going on in here?" Draco asks from behind Harry, in the doorway.

"It's the twins' birthday, Dray."

Draco looks at him confused. Harry glances at them then freezes, surely Draco hadn't forgotten.

"Y-you didn't forget did you, Dray?"

"O-of course not," Draco says, uneasy. How could he have forgotten his own kids' birthday?

"You did!" Harry glares at him.

"N-no, love, I swear I didn't!" Draco says and pulls him into his arms. "I was just about to head out and pick up their presents."

Harry looks down, clearly not believing him. "Well don't let me keep you." He says softly, not really wanting Draco to let go, this was the first time Draco had held him in 2 months, Laim is 3 and a half months pregnant and has received all of Draco's attention.

Draco kisses his cheek and walks out of the kitchen. Harry bites his lip to keep from crying and goes back to the cakes. Laim peaks into the kitchen after Draco rushes out of the flat. "Harry?"

"Yes?" Harry replies softly.

"I the twins down for a nap so that they won't be tripping over things as we sat things up."

Harry's eyes widen. Laim hadn't forgotten, unless, of course, Draco had told him. "Oh, thank you."

"You're welcome, hey, why did Dray rush out of here so quickly, it's like he had to be somewhere more important."

"He forgot," Harry says shortly.

"Forgot?"

"Yes, he forgot that it was the twins' birthday, then decided, rather than admitting it, he'd lie to me, then leave."

"Harry, I'm sorry."

"I am too..."

"I.... is there anything I can do to help you today?"

"No, we don't need you straining yourself," Harry tells him.

"You sound just like Draco..." Laim says, flatly. "I can still do things."

"Yes, well right now, you are more important to him than anything else in this world...."

"Harry?"

"He does really talk to me anymore, a little bit ago was the first time this week he's even touched me... first time in two months he's held me, hell he has really kissed me in three months, just pecks on the cheek... I know I'm being a little selfish, but he still doesn't really help with the twins, I thought that maybe he'd at least give them some attention..."

"Harry-"

"I'm not blaming you, Laim... I just want Dray back the way he was, and add you with us... we used to do tons of things together, even if they were simple like making dinner together of reading together in the living room... and I know if we add the children into the equation it may slow that down, but going out once in a while or at least a kiss, shouldn't be asking for too much."

Laim walks over to Harry and kisses him softly. "I'm not Draco, and I can't control him, believe me, Harry, I've tried to get him to spend time with the three of you. I can get sick of him, too." Laim chuckle. "He is my brother after all. For what it's worth, if he still does spend time with you, I will. We'll go out and do the thing you want to do, okay?"

Harry nods and finally starts to cry. "I just... what did I do? What did the twins do? They're innocent babies... who want their daddy to pay attention to them..."

Laim leads Harry to the bedroom to calm down. "I'll go finish the cakes, okay? You lay down and rest, you need and deserve it"

Harry hesitates but nods and closes his eyes.

Laim goes back to the kitchen and finishes the small cakes and levitates the larger one out of the oven as Draco bolts through the flat's front door. Draco looks at him panting, then puts the bags down. "You shouldn't be doing this, you should be resting," Draco tells him, trying to move him away.

"I'm doing it so Harry can rest." Laim tells him.

"Harry? Why would he need to rest? He's not pregnant!"

"No, he's been taking care of two babies, by himself, and wondering what he did to make you ignore and avoid spending time with him, while I have been trying to help as best as I can, but can't really do much with you hanging on me, harping into my ear!"

Draco looks at him confused.

"All he wants is a bit of your fucking time, but you're to blind to know that you are hurting him and ignore your own children! Hell, you forgot their birthday!"

"Oh, and you remembered?" Draco crosses his arms.

"Of course I did! I've had their present for six months!"

"When did you go out to get it?" Draco sneers.

"When you were hating me." Laim says, cooling the large cake with a spell.

Draco sighs.

"Go lay with him at least..."Laim says. "Tell him you love him, he thinks he did something wrong."

Draco sighs and goes to the bedroom. He looks at Harry's tear-streaked face and feels an unpleasant tug at his heart. He had caused Harry such distress... this was his fault... Draco lays with him and pulls him. "I'm so, s sorry my love. I'm an awful boyfriend. You deserve better."

Later, Harry wakes up, warm in Draco's arms, who had fallen asleep, wrapped around him. Harry snuggles into his embrace, trying to get as much comfort he can before Draco lets go.

Draco wakes up during Harry's efforts and holds him tighter and kisses his forehead.

Harry looks up at him, Draco smiles sadly at him and kisses him deeply. Harry starts to cry as Draco kisses him and pushes Draco away.

"Harry, love?" Draco looks at him worried.

"D-don't pity me... I don't want you to kiss me because you feel bad for me or are being guilted into this, I know Laim talked to you..."

"Harry please, come here," Draco says softly. Harry sighs and walks slowly to him. Draco pulls him into his lap.

"I know you're mad at me, and I don't blame you, I don't give you the love, attention or the help that you need. I don't deserve you, but I love you. I want to start being the Draco I was... the one you want... the one I want to be. I'll help with the twins, I'll take you out, I'll hold you, whenever you want. But I don't expect you to forgive me..."

"Dray..." Harry sniffles. "I just wanted a kiss every once and a while, and maybe going out here and there, there are other things that come first now, we can't just stop everything and leave as we did..."

"I know, now let me, today, I'll set up the twins party with Laim and you will stay in here until people arrive, I can even bring them in here if you want," Draco says softly.

"But... I wanna help..."

"You need to rest, trust me, you'll love what we do." Draco smiles and kisses him sweetly. "I promise to fix all I've done." He mumbles as he walks to the twins' room.

Posted: Apr. 8, 2019