Miles pouted when his friends laughed at him.
"I'm serious!"
Of course, Fred and George Weasley cackled and Miles could only watch as his friends continued to laugh at his misery. It wasn't even bad, it just... Well... He hadn't been expecting this.
"Guys! Listen to me, it's serious. He was just... He was sleeping, okay? But he was also walking around. And he climbed into my bed! I was in there already. And he just... He climbed in there and settled next to me, under the covers."
It had been a shock. He had woken up to find Harry hovering above him while he slept peacefully unaware... Until he woke up that is.
"Guys!"
Fred tried to smother his laugh.
"Sorry, sorry. It's just... Well, it's nothing new."
I'm sorry, what?
"I'm sorry, what?"
George grinned.
"Yeah, we've known for a while that Harry is sleepwalking."
He what now?
"You know?" Fred started when he noticed the confused looks on the other Slytherins' faces. "He walks or moves around in his sleep."
"People can do that?" Terence asked.
"I knew Montague was sleepwalking!" Cassius exclaimed with the look of someone who found all the answers they needed.
"No, I don't!" Montague tried to defend himself.
"Guys! Focus!"
They all quieted down at the nervous edge in Miles' voice.
"In all seriousness, Bletchley. "It's not that bad. Harry just needed some comfort and sleepwalked to you. That's all. He didn't do or say anything, did he?"
Miles calmed down.
"No. He just... He kinda purred when I patted his head."
Adrian snorted and went back to his scones.
"You're growing soft."
Miles made a face.
"I do not."
Fred and George exchanged a look with Marcus. Yeah, right. Miles had grown soft the day he started to talk to Harry. Then again, he was not the only one.
"So, it's... It's normal?"
George tilted his head to the side.
"Well, I mean... Not everyone does the same thing when they sleepwalk or sleep-talk but Harry has been known to sleepwalk to us for comfort. I guess you just achieved the level of "person of comfort" in his mind. Congratulations. It's a boy."
Miles playfully glared at them.
"Thanks for nothing."
"Oh, come on. It's nothing bad. Harry only trusts you enough to subconsciously come to you when he needs it. It's not bad."
Well, when you put it like that.
"Guys!" came a familiar voice.
The twins instantly brightened up when Harry came into view. Miles and Terence did too.
"Guys! Hagrid just told me that Tania went into labor!"
Miles stood up, stumbling against the bench in his haste to join the Gryffindor.
"She did?"
"Who in Merlin's name is Tania?" Lucian Bole asked, blinking back sleepily at Harry.
"Knowing Hagrid?" Marcus said. "Probably a dangerous creature."
"Nah," Fred refuted. "The dangerous ones usually have a cute name."
"Tania is a pretty name but I wouldn't say it's a particularly cute one," George added as they watched Miles fuss over Harry. "Damn, he's completely enamored. I'd laugh at him if I didn't feel the same way."
Adrian nodded quietly although he didn't say anything.
They would probably burn the Ministry of Magic if Harry asked them to.