I am a Riddle | Draco Malfoy, 18+

T h i r t y - s e v e n,

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His mother's words tore through my mind, the truth she tried speaking tossed inside,

'' You chose to forget about Draco,''

'' You loved him, Leiah,''

'' The two of you were meant for each other,''

'' But you wanted to let him and the love you shared go,''

There was no way, no possible way for me to love him, for me to be in love with such a heartless, vile boy. Nothing made sense to me anymore, not him, not her, not even myself,

I hated Draco Malfoy. He did everything possible for me to despise him, and then I'm supposed to believe that I had fallen in love with him? That he was the reason I managed to keep going after Luna passed away?

Never.

I flung around in my bed, the clock ticked far past midnight, and even if I was tired enough to fall asleep there and then, my mind didn't give me the release I needed. All I could think of was him —, Draco and why, if the impossible were to be correct,

Why would I ever have chosen to forget about him, to forget about us,

The stone-covered floor scored cold underneath my bare feet as I sneaked my way through the hallway, halting right outside of his room, the room I've supposedly slept in for months, the door stood open, not much but the gap broadly enough for the lights still turned on to shine light across the darkened hall,

'' Draco?'' I whispered, my fingers gripped around the wood, pushing it open even further, '' Draco, are you awake?'' My eyes grew wide at the look of him, resting in his bed with nothing but the sheets covering him, a book glued to his hand as blue eyes snapped to mine, standing startled in the doorway to his room,

'' What brings you here?'' He questioned, flopping the book over the covers before propping himself up, leaning against the headboard,

'' Did you lose your ability to speak?'' He snarled, annoyed with the shocked look on my features,

I shook my head, swallowing thickly as I tried to hide behind the door, still in nothing but my night robe, '' I—,''

'' As you may know by now, I've—,'' He pointed towards me, eyes fleeing over my bare thighs, '' That's nothing I haven't seen before,'' - a smirk curled over his lips, his exposed chest slightly rising and falling beneath the green fabric,

I felt the embarrassment chewing within, the truth that he remembers everything, every detail of what we've been through, and I stand more than clueless across from him, breathless to his act, '' This was a mistake—,'' I choked on my own spit, my tongue tangled on my words as I turned around, walking away from him,

My hands rushing through my hair in defeat, of course, he'd do this, of course, he would mock me, taunt me for doing what I did — he made everything worse, the feeling of wanting to remember, fled my mind the second his arrogant self stared me down,

I flinched, my entire body coiled by the cold arms wrapping around my waist, pulling my back into his chest, '' You walked out on me once, darling,'' His breaths fanned the back of my neck, iced fingers digging into my flesh, '' I'm never allowing you to do so again,'' - with that, he dipped down, his arms pinched around my thighs and back as he lifted me, carrying me back to his room,

'' Draco, don't—,'' I tried to speak, but he hushed me down, tilting his head to the doors in the corridor, '' We don't want to wake Blaise and mother up, do we?'' He mumbled, looking concernedly proud of what he just accomplished, that he got me, once again, wrapped around his little finger,