I am a Riddle | Draco Malfoy, 18+

T h i r t y - e i g h t,

Draco pulled a chair out for me before slipping down on the seat next to mine. His mother urgently placed the breakfast on the table before us, before joining across it, '' Here—,'' Draco muttered, placing two pancakes on the white porcelain in front of me, pouring my glass full of apple juice,

'' You need to eat something,'' His eyes snapped to my figure, raising a brow at the fact that I indeed had been starving myself, that my body was nothing similar to the last time I believed he saw me. He looked away, trying to follow what Blaise and Narcissa chatted about.

I felt the warmth rushing through me at his acts, not used to him caring for me the way he is now. A shy smile snuck onto my lips, slightly blushing, '' So do you—,'' His eyes locked in mine as he once again rose a brow. I lifted my fork and the piece of pancake resting on it up to his lips, nodding for him to eat — Draco annoyingly rolled his eyes at my gesture before parting his lips to take a bite,

'' This is nice,'' Narcissa's voice caused me to flinch back, almost forgetting that both hers and Blaise's presence, '' To have all of you here — I mean,'' She smiled, slurping on her tea, '' It feels... like old times,'' Draco huffed at her words, earing a slap on the arm from Blaise,

'' Don't be rude, Malfoy,'' Blaise spat at him, his mouth full of bread, '' You need to learn some manners,'' He muttered before swallowing, turning to Narcissa, '' It's nice to be here, Narcissa,'' Blaise smiled back, sending his best friend a glare,

'' No need to lecture Draco, Blaise. He never seems to learn no matter how many times I've tried to,'' She laughed, cutting her cooking in pieces, '' Or do you, son?'' She continued, but the blonde one merely rolled his eyes at the two mocking him before looking back at me,

His eyes searched mine, staring intensely, making sure that I ate every last piece of food holding on my plate. The comfort of his hand moving to rest on my thigh made my insides twist, feeling the cold rings burning into my skin as he lightly stroked it up and down, trailing goosebumps behind him,

The mumbles of Blaise and Narcissa talking echoed between us, but the second I met the blue eyes, everyone around us ceased to exist, nearly to only the two of us was here, emotion flashed through his eyes as he leaned back in his chair, rushing the other hand through his hair, '' Draco—,'' I breathed out, catching his attention,

'' I need to tell you something—,''

''Leiah—,'' Narcissa cleared her throat, putting her fork down, '' I thought we agreed not to speak about this,'' Her words caused Draco's spine off the chair, hands placed over the table as he narrowed blue eyes in his mother's,

'' Tell me what?'' He seethed, understanding that this was about me, '' What are you keeping from me this time, mother?'' He urged annoyingly as the panic tore through my vessels, my heart pounding roughly in my chest,

My eyes flickered to Blaise's, who sat just as confused as his best friend, snapping his eyes between all of us, '' This has nothing to do with you, Draco. This is about Jun—,''

'' If it is about her, then it's about me too,'' Draco stated, hushing his mother down. She shook her head, strands of hair fell over her shoulders as she nervously brushed them off,

'' Well?'' Draco was more than impatient, his neck clocked to mine, raising his brows before furrowing them, '' If she's not telling me, then you are,''

'' Tell me what you're talking about right now, Leiah or I swear to—,''

'' We found a way,'' I heaved out, frightened to the tension growing around us, scared for him to lose his temper, knowing that nothing good will ever come from it, because in one way or another, he will find out —, the blonde one had more than a stubborn mind, and apparently, when it's regarding me, it's even worse,