Can you hear me now?

Can You Hear Me Now?


‘It’s time for me to change.’
Harry looked at himself in the mirror. Today was his sixteenth birthday. He’d used the sight correction spell that Hermione had given him just before summer. His hair however was messy and long and his clothes were still all Dudley’s castoffs. It was high time to get a make over and what could be er fer for a birthday present to himself? He’d go to Hogwarts with a totally smashing look and he’d also be able to practice driving. He’d gotten his driver’s license this summer. It was just as well that the Dursleys had gone to Italy this summer, leaving Harry to take care of the house. He grabbed the car keys from the kitchen table and headed towards the mall. His skin was perfectly flawless which was a very good thing; he didn’t have to spend any money on skin products soheadheaded for the hair salon.
He scanned the pictures, finally singling it down to short spiky hair or just a natural, longish style. He frowned at the thought of putting gel in his hair to maintain the spikiness. He settled for the natural look. His chin length hair was trimmed to gently fall in across his fead.ead.
‘Wow, I look so hot like this. Oooh, shopping next. I love shopping. Gods, I am soo gay.’
He hit a couple of clothing stores, settling for a couple of tight shirts, cargo pants, tight jeans and new sneakers. He whistled happily to himself as he swung his bags. He’d be able to perform spells on Dudley’s clothes to make them look like his new clothes once he got to Hogwarts. He threw his bags in the trunk and headed home. On the way back he stopped at a tattoo/piercing store and got his right ear pierced on the top and bottom. He rather liked the hoop earrings he got. Even if the meaning of the earrings were first made up by homophobes, he was still glad that there was some way that he could express his sexual orientations without shouting it out loud to the whole wizarding world. Most of the people had already forgotten that a right ear meant that you swung the other way. And that suited him just fine, it was to tell the gays and bis at school that he was one of them. He was bi, he liked girls well enough but he preferred men. Ron and Hermione already knew that. His happy smile faded as he thought of when he had first found out that he was attracted to men.
// Harry trailed behind Ron and Hermione as they were walking back to Gryffindor Tower after the Yule Ball.
“Harry, wait up!”
He turned around and saw Cedric running after them. Cho was leaving the party with Fleur, engaged in deep conversation. Cho looked up at him, grinned and waved before turning back to Fleur. His heart beat a little faster.
“Harry, I need to talk to you.”
Ron and Hermione looked at Harry. He nodded at them to go back without him. They shrugged and continued walking. Harry followed Cedric to Cedric’s private Prefect’s suite.
“Harry, take a seat.”
Cedric sat in a dark blue armchair next to the fireplace motioning for Harry to sit across from him in the maroon armchair. A coffee table appeared and on top of it was a tea set and pastries.
“Help yourself.”
Harry helped himself to an éclair.
“You’re probably wondering what is so important that I needed to talk to you about in the confines of my room.”
“Yeah.”
“It’s about Cho.”
Harry blushed and shifted uncomfortably in his chair.
“Eh .. what about her?”
“You like her don’t you?”
“W-what? I-I’m sorry, please don’t get mad at me because I like your girlfriend.”
“It’s ok. I’m not mad. See, she’s not really going out with me.”
“Huh?”
“The truth of it is, Cho and I have been childhood friends, everything that happens to me happens to her. See, we’re both gay. She has a secret relationship going on with Fleur. This is just a cover for both of us. Wizards are more tolerant of gays but we don’t want the muggles to look at us weird, you know? I’m really sorry Harry. I know how much you like her.”
“W-why are you telling me this? It can’t be true. You’re just making it up to make me give up.”
“No, she left with Fleur tonight remember?”
“I-if, you’re really gay, who do you like then?”
“ … You …”
Cedric leaned forward and captured Harry’s mouth with his own. The table had magically disappeared. In that moment, Harry knew that the jealousy he had felt whenever he saw Cho and Cedric together was because he liked Cedric, not Cho. Kissing Cedric felt so … right. Cedrulleulled back and looked away.
“H-harry, you should go before I do something I’ll regret.”
Harry walked out, turning around in the doorway to look at Cedric.
“Cedric? I want you to know. I like you too.”
He left Cedric staring at the doorway gaping at the empty space where he had been standing. //
He hadn’t told Ron and Hermione what happened. He didn’t know how they would act. After Cedric died, he had finally told them that he was bi, but he never told them that Cedric was his first boyfriend. That would have made them even more scared of hurting him than they already were. He’d loved Cedric. He remembered the first time they’d gone all the way. It had been the day before the final task.
// Ron and Hermione were squabbling again. He walked out of the dining hall behind them.
“Harry!”
Cedric ran up to catch up with him.
“Harry, I made a mistake with the potion I was teaching you last night, can you come down to the dungeons?”
“Erm, sure.”
He turned around to look at his friends.
“You guys will be fine if I go with him right? Don’t worry if I’m not back in a long time.”
They nodded and left Harry with Cedric.
“Well well, poor little Potty needs help with his subjects does he?”
That well known sneering drawl came from behind him. He lunged at him before Cedric pulled him away.
“Harry, leave it alone. Anger will do nothing for you.”
Harry allowed Cedric to lead him off. He noticed that they were in Cedric’s rooms and he raised an eyebrow.
“So there was a mistake in the potion was there?”
Cedric grinned at him.
“Nope, just an excuse to make out with you before tomorrow.”
Cedric swooped him up and carried him to the bed. He giggled feeling safe in Cedric’s arms. Cedric lay him gently on the bed. Harry hooked an arm around Cedric’s neck and pulled him down to kiss him. Tongues meshed and stroked the insides of the other’s mouth. Deft fingers rid them of clothes and it was skin on skin, passion burning away at them. Harry arched up towards Cedric, his head fell back, exposing his neck to Cedric’s mouth. Cedric trailed kisses down to Harry’s nipples and sucked upon each one, feeling them harden under his tongue. He fumbled in his robes and pulled out the lubricant and slicked his fingers with it. He inserted one, then two fingers into Harry. Harry moaned underneath him, rubbing, the sweet friction tormenting them even more.
“Cedric … I need more … ahhnn … I need you inside me.”
Blue eyes peered worriedly into glazed green ones.
“A-are you sure?”
“Yes!”
The fingers withdrew and Cedric positioned himself at Harry’s entrance and slowly slid in, shuddering. Harry softly whimpered in pain and Cedric stroked his hair soothingly. Slowly Harry’s body adjusted to the intruder. He clenched his butt muscles, causing Cedric to thrust forward a little and hit the sensitive spot inside Harry. Harry’s body arched off the bed. Cedric pulled out so that the tip of his cock was almost out of the delicious sheath and snapped his hips forward. He struggled to keep hold on his rapidly slipping control.
“Ced, please … faster, you’re driving me insane … I need it harder, faster … ahhnn!”
Cedric let the last tatters of his control slip. Sweat slicked bodies ground against each other furiously. Harry wrapped his legs around Cedric’s waist, pulling Cedric deeper into him. Cedric angled his thrusts down, hitting Harry’s prostrate as often as he could. He unwrapped Harry’s legs from his waist and pushed them back so that Harry’s knees were bent as close to his chest as they would go, at this angle, every one of Cedric’s thrusts would brush Harry’s prostrate. Cedric moaned at the sight of the boy he loved, underneath him, sweaty and writhing in pleasure, messy black locks plastered to his forehead, wide green eyes unfocused and hazy with passion, creamy skin, lush pink lips open and panting, tongue flicking out to wet them. A fresh wave of love swept over him and he was at a lost to find words beautiful enough to describe to Harry how beautiful, how lovely he was. Cedric portrayed this through his thrusts, his touches, his kisses.
“ … mine …”
“Aaa … Cedric!”
Harry felt the sensations in his belly descending lower and the tightening in his groin and he came over their still thrusting bodies, stars exploding in front of his eyes. The walls of his sheath pulsed and tightened, pulling Cedric over the brink and into the darkness.
“Gods, Harry, I love you.”
Harry stiffened and looked at Cedric who had pulled out and was holding Harry in his arms.
“Ced, I …”
Cedric smiled understandingly and shook his head.
“It’s all right Harry, you don’t have to say it just because I have. You’re not ready for it yet, I just hope that one day I can hear you say it back to me.”
Cedric fell asleep soon and Harry lay awake for a little while, casting guilty glances down at the man whose arms encircled him.
“Harry, stop thinking so hard and go to sleep.”
“Ok.”
He settled into a deep, dreamless slumber.

Harry drove towards the beach. Everyone would be in the theaters today, watching the latest hit, whatever it was, he didn\'t really care. He reached the vast expanse of beige, blue and green. He was right, no one was on the beach. He stood next to the water and remembered the second task.

// Dumbledore smiled at Harry and Cedric.
“Well, I’m sure you’ve figured out by now what the message of the egg is. However, the problem we are experiencing is that the dearest one to the two of you is each other. Miss Delacour was supposed to rescue Miss Chang, however, for the sake of the public and to spare you two, she has agreed to let Cedric take Miss Chang. I would be safe in assuming Ron comes next on the list of people you would miss the most, would I not, Harry?”//

//Cedric and Harry dove under water, waiting until they were deep down at the bottom of the lake and then their hands linked and their fingers intertwined. They swam together, helping each other with the grindylows until they reached the mermaids and the statue that the hostages were tied to. They freed their hostages and Krum came soon after they did, however, Fleur still had not arrived.
“Cedric, go up without me first. I have to make sure that her sister gets up all right.”
“It’s not your responsibility.”
“I know, but still.”
“Let me help you then.”
“No, it’ll just make things worse.”//

// “Harry, don’t ever make me leave you again. I was so scared that you wouldn’t be able to resurface. What if your gillyweed had run out?”
“The mermaids wouldn’t have let me die.”
“Just don’t ever do something like that again. Promise me.”
“I promise.”//

Harry shook his head; thinking of Cedric was of no use to him. It would only make the pain in his heart worse. And thinking along this train of thoughts would only lead him in a direction he didn’t want to go. But the last train of thoughts still entered his mind.

// “Harry, you take the goblet.”
“No, we’ll both take it.”
“All right then. On the count of three. One …”
“Two …”
“Three …”
They each grabbed a handle and then the familiar jerk of a Portkey was felt. //

// “Kill the spare.”
“Avada Kedavra.”
A blinding green light shot towards Cedric. And after Harry’s eyes cleared, he saw the pale body of his lover. Tears sprung to his eyes. That night, the muggles of that small town could have sworn that they heard the wail of a lover mourning the dead. The most anguished cry of mankind sprang from his lips. //

// Harry’s eyes widened as Cedric’s ghost appeared from Voldemort’s wand.
“Hello love.”
“C-Cedric.”
“Your parents and I are going to buy you some time. Just keep alive for me.”
“Oh Ced, it’s all my fault. I should never have told you to take the trophy with me. And now you’re gone.”
“As long as you’re alive, I’m happy, because I love you. And maybe it wasn’t meant to be. Maybe that’s all the amount of time we were given. Well, we certainly made the best of it.”
“I love you.”
Cedripalepale and handsome face smiled back at him and he felt a gentle caress as Cedric’s hand stroked his face.
“I love you too, I’m just sorry that we didn’t have more time. At least I can rest in peace, knowing that I’ve bought you more time, and that I’ve heard you say the most precious thing of all to me.” //

// “ Harry, do me a favor? Bring my body back to my parents, please.”
Harry grabbed Cedric’s body.
“Accio trophy!”
Ghostly lips touched his ear before he was sucked into the whirlwind.
“Do me one last favor. Don’t spend the rest of your life pining after me. There’s someone else out there meant for you. Just don’t forget what we had either, ok?” //

// “Harry, Harry! What happened?”
“Oh my God, there’s a body!”
“It’s Cedric Diggory!”
Hands tried to pry Harry away from Cedric’s body. He clung on, fighting them all off, putting his head to Cedric’s chest.
“There has to be a pulse. He’s not dead, I saw him before I came back.”
Old hands lifted Harry up and he looked into grave blue eyes.
“Harry, he’s not coming back. Cedric is dead.”
Harry let out a broken moan and ran away, followed by Moody. //

// Harry looked up and Mr. and Mrs. Diggory stood at the foot of his bed.
“Harry, we want to thank you for making the last few months of Cedric’s life extremely happy. And also for bringing his body back to us. We did what you asked. You were right, Cedric would not have wanted his body to have been eaten away by maggots, slowly rotting in a coffin.”
Amos placed a small urn and a bag of gold on the bedside table.
“What is this?”
“It’s the champion money.”
“I don’t want it. And I mean, what is this?”
“Cedric’s ashes. He would have wanted you to bury him. You were the one he loved most. I just wished that he had come out to us sooner. He might have had more happy times.”
“T-thank you.” //

// “Harry, we can’t take this gold. It’s your tournament money.”
“Take it, I don’t need it, it cost me something more precious that I can never buy back.”
‘This bag of money is not enough to get Cedric back. I don’t need this money that cost me my love.’
“Just do me a favor. Get Ron some new dress robes.” //

Harry walked back to the car. There was just one thing left to do. It had been two years since Cedric had passed away, but he still hadn’t been able to let him go. But now was a time for a new beginning. He drove to the cliff at the far end of the beach and stood at the tip. A small silver urn was in his hands. He opened the top and upturned it. Ashes scattered into the wind and floated into the deep water. And then he dropped the urn into the sea as well. Tears sprang to his eyes.

// “I love you.”
“I\'m glad that I got to hear that once. You had me scared that I would never hear it. Now I can rest in peace for eternity.” //

He cupped his hands to his mouth and shouted to the skies.
“Cedric! I love you! Can you hear me now? I LOVE YOU!”


A/N: Thank you for your reviews. I think I corrected the part out the piercing, and the movie. please tell me if you have anymore suggestions and sorry if the shopping part is a little childish. I really have no experience in that area whatsoever, not being a male.