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It's a cold and gloomy day in London. Things at a distance can hardly be seen since it's overcast with dense fog. A boy in his late 20s is seen sitting at the balcony of his manor in Muggle London, holding a cup of tea . An astonishing black porcelain tea set is arranged in front of him on the elegant black wooden circular tea table with vintage design. The manor is practically made with a vintage style. The boy is wearing a black velvet night robe . His hair is platinum blonde. His pale skin and sharp jawline makes him look stunning and his mascular body, broad chest and veiny hands makes him resemble with the Greek gods in epics. His grey eyes are as beautiful as a starry night sky. He's sipping through the cup with his soft rosy pink lips and looking around the muggle London with rather astonishing eyes. He is lost in his own thoughts at 5 am in the morning when suddenly he abruptly stands up hearing the sound of Violin. He looks towards the direction and finds a girl standing at the balcony of the duplex apartment in front of his place. The eyes of that girl are closed, feeling the magical rhythm of the violin, she seems contended with the symphony. She's tall, a little chubby , fair skinned. Her hair is pitch black and face resembles full moon. The foggy atmosphere is slowly fading away ,resulting in the boy noticing the details of the person in front of him. Her fingers are long and slender. He closes his eyes and feels the astonishing violin music, he feels lot calmer and better. After sometime, the magical feeling comes to and end and both of them finally open their eyes. He notices the girl again, her brown almond eyes are really pretty. The girl also keeps staring at him with curious eyes. A smile curves on her face and eyes light up. She waves her hands to grab the attention of him. Draco looks at her.
"Hi,new neighbour. My name is Ray Smith. So you are the owner of this isolated manor. I've always wondered about the owner of this place. What is your name? "
"My name is Draco Malfoy. Yeah, it's a family property. We don't live here most of the time. "
"Oh. I'm sorry if I woke you up with my violin practice ,actually I didn't know that there was someone in this manor"
"No no, I actually wake up really early, it's not a problem. I love the music. You play it really well. "
"Aww,thanks a lot for your kind words , Mr. Malfoy. "
"No problem. "
"It's nice meeting you. See you around. Bye"
"Bye"
She leaves. Draco always finishes reading the Daily Prophet and drinking tea. He gets up and enters his room. He casts a cleaning spell on the room and instantly the room becomes cleaned and organized. Then he closes the door and leaves the room. He orders his house elf Kitty to prepare breakfast for him and leaves for his study room. He uses silence charm and closes the doors and Windows. He starts studying his lessons and practising spells. He's preparing to be a healer in St.Mungo's hospital. After the wizarding war, his father Lucius Malfoy was sentenced for imprisonment in Azkaban, but he managed to escape it as he was able to convince the jury that he did everything under imperious curse. Draco and his mother Nercissa could escape punishment as everyone's favourite golden boy Harry Potter took their side and gave verdict on behalf of Draco and Nercissa as Draco was indeed forced by his father to do everything and Nercissa was never a death eater, that's how they never got punished. Even though Lucius could avoid Azkaban by providing information about Voldemort and his chameleons aka death eaters, he still got sentenced to house arrest for 10 years. After that war, Draco attended his last year at Hogwarts and then started studying to become a healer. His situation with golden trio improved to some extent after this war. It's not that they became best friends, but things are civil enough to hang out and chit chat with each other now. They sometimes meet and hang out with each other, which obviously changed Draco as a person. He's no longer that superstitious, racist, pureblood supremist. He's much kinder towards muggles and muggleborns.
He finished his morning studies and gets out of the room . He goes to the kitchen and takes his breakfast. His house elf Kitty comes in front of him and bows.
Kitty: Good morning, young master Malfoy. Kitty is here at your service. It's your first day staying at Muggle London. How are you feeling?
Draco: Good morning. Well, I can't really explain yet. I'm very new to these Muggle things .
Draco chuckles. Kitty smiles and hands over a letter to Draco. It was a letter from Harry. Draco takes it.
Draco: Potter owled me?
Kitty: Yes young master, this morning.
Draco opens it up and reads.
Dear Malfoy,
I hope you are fine. It's your first time staying in muggle London for approximately a month and that's why you asked me to teach you about the muggle things so that you can blend well among them. That's why, please come to my flat at 5 pm. If you have any problems regarding timing, please let me know, we can fix it.
With regards,
Harry Potter.
Draco folds the letter and keeps it aside. Yes, he asked Harry to help him with the muggle things. He was really shy and his egoistic side was stopping him from asking for help from Harry, but he ignored it, since he's trying to change his negative sides and turn into a better person. He visited a mind healer after the war ended in order to get out of the traumatic experience which affected his behaviour all the time. He's really satisfied with the progress of turning into a better person.
*Time skips*
It's 4:45 pm in the afternoon and Draco is standing in front of the mirror, fixing his hair. He's wearing a white shirt with black trousers. After fixing his hair, he wears the muggle wristwatch that he bought after coming here and takes the muggle phone and slides it into the pocket. He has already learnt the use of phones and internet, thanks to his quick learning skill and the golden trio. He calls Kitty and asks him to look after the manor and stay safe. Then he uses the floo powder and then ends up at Harry's place.
Harry: Ah, welcome Malfoy.
Draco: Hi Potter. Thanks a lot.
Draco enters. Harry smiles and tells him to take a sit. He takes a seat on the sofa. Harry's muggle apartment is totally different from the Black house where he lives in wizarding world. There are lots of muggle things. He can recognize and use some of them, thanks to internet .
Harry: What do you prefer mate, tea or coffee?
Draco: Oh come on Potter, you don't have to
Harry interrupts.
Harry: Malfoy, stop being so formal. We are no longer arch enemies. I'll be sad if you refuse.
Draco: Okay, I prefer tea , Potter.
Harry: Samee. I'll be back right away. Wanna have a tour in this place? It's a complete muggle apartment .
Draco: Sure. Thanks mate.
Draco takes a tour in Harry's place and gets to know about many muggle things and learns the unknown things from Harry. He comes in front of the book shelf and an epic catches his attention. He asks Harry if he can borrow the book and Harry happily agreed.
Harry: So, I suppose you have learnt about the technologies.
Draco: Yes. And I am gonna learn how to drive. It's a long process, so I have hired a driver .
Harry: Muggle?
Draco: No, wizard.
Harry: Oh. If you don't mind, may I ask why you decided something which was practically impossible for you in the past?
Draco: I can ask you the same thing. *Chuckles*
Harry: I spent 11 years of my childhood in Muggle world. So, I am kinda used to in both worlds. I had always been spending my vacation in Muggle London until I left the Dursleys. And after becoming an auror, I have decided to spend my vacation here. It gives me a break from the stressful wizarding world and makes me feel like a normal human. I'm not famous in Muggle world, so I don't have to be scared of privacy issues.
Draco: Understandable. In my case, I guess you already know that some people are still having a beef with my family, the rage has been faded over the years though, but still, it's really hard for me. I'm not a chosen one like you, but I suffer from the privacy issues too.
Harry: Malfoy, it wasn't your fault. Your father is the one at fault. It's a shame that you are the one suffering for something you were bound to do. It's okay, Draco.
Harry gives him a hug. Draco looks at him with astonished expression. He tries his best to stop his tears.
Harry: Let it out. You know we aren't enemies now. Crying isn't a sign of weakness. You've been strong for too long. It's okay.
Harry hugs him tightly and Draco hugs him back and bursts into tears. Harry also tears up a little. After a while, they break the hug and wipe their tears .
Harry: If you don't mind, may I ask where your friends are now. I see you by yourself most of the time.
Draco: Well, Blaise and Pansy are in Italy . We are still in touch, but you know we don't meet much . Crabbe and Goyle..Well, they are in France.
Harry: It's alright. I can feel you. But you know, we can hang out along with Ron and Hermione. None of us are mad at you, you know.
Draco: Thanks a lot.
After some time, the bell rings . Harry goes to open the door. Draco sees a familiar figure coming. He sees Ray, the neighbour of his. Ray notices him and quickly waves her hand.
Ray: Draco, you are here? What a pleasant surprise! You guys know each other?
Harry: Yes, we do. Since boyhood. How do you know him ?
Ray: He's my neighbour, Harry.
Harry: That's great.
Ray: Alright, where's Teddy?
Harry: He's waiting for you in the study room
Ray: Alright. It's nice to meet you both here .
Ray leaves. Harry takes a seat beside Draco and catches Draco zoning out. He snaps his fingers in front of his face and Draco comes back to senses.
Draco: She seems really extroverted.
Harry: Oh yeah, she is . *Chuckles* She's friendly and loves to talk.
Draco: How do you know her?
Harry: Oops, I forgot to tell you. My Godson Teddy is staying with me.
Draco: Oh yeah. Aunt Andromeda has been ill for some weeks. My mom has gone to her for this reason.
Harry: Yes. I have taken him here . Andromeda though refused, but I insisted, since Teddy is young and he needs to be taken care of too. I have told her that I'll take Teddy to her once she's fine.
Draco: It's a nice decision.
Harry: Yes. I've hired Ray to tutor Teddy.
Draco: But she's a muggle.
Harry: I know. She teaches him the basic academic things that both muggles and wizard need to learn.
Draco: Oh yeah. This topic slipped my mind haha.
Harry: She's a med school student who has completed her degree and currently studying to become a psychiatrist. She tutors in her off time.
Draco: That's cool. In muggle world, they are called doctors, right?
Harry: Yes. It's your last year completing your chosen subject, right? You are already quite famous for being able to treating dark art related diseases.
Draco: Your source is wrong. I'm still a student.
Harry: It's because you are getting a degree on a specific subject. Otherwise, you already have the license of treating people.
Draco: Yeah.
Harry: You know what? You should try befriending Ray. She's a nice person and it will help you to understand muggles better.
Draco: Well, I'll see. Okay mate, I have to go now. Gotta work on a potion, bye. See you.
Harry: See you. Bye.
Draco leaves using the floo powder. His mind can't stop thinking about Harry's suggestion. Befriending Ray? The idea doesn't seem bad, but he doesn't know how to befriend muggle. He won't lie, the girl does seem interesting. He brushes of his thoughts and went to the potion lab inside his manor. He works there for hours. After three hours , he comes out of the room and goes to his balcony. It's so cold. He stares at the sky for a while and then suddenly, he hears Piano music. Then he looks up and sees that Ray is playing on the piano. He closed his eyes and kep listening to the melody. It calmed him down to some extents. Then he opens his eyes and sees Ray coming out . Ray smiles at him and waves her hand.
Ray: Hey Draco. How are you?
Draco: I'm fine. You?
Ray: I'm always great hihi.
Draco: Your piano skill is really nice.
Ray: Thank you. I teach Teddy music too. The boy loves piano.
Draco: How many instruments can you play?
Ray: I can play guitar, flute ,piano and violin.
Draco: It's really great that you can manage to do everything.
Ray: Well, it's so boring that's why I do these as a part time job besides being a post graduate student and a doctor.
Draco: That's great. Harry told me about you.
Ray: Hey Draco, let's meet at a cafe tomorrow . I would love to make friends.
Draco: Yeah sure. It's nice meeting you.
Ray : Let's meet tomorrow, shall we?
Draco : Alright.
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