𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒇𝒐𝒚 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔

only because i love you

where you and Draco break up before the war starts but not for the reasons you think.

It was just like every other train ride to hogwarts, you were in your compartment with the golden trio and Ginny and were all laughing along. Expect for the fact that everybody was trying to ignore the weird tension between Ginny and Harry as well as Ron and Hermione, and you were kinda just stuck in the middle of it. Your boyfriend draco was in his own compartment you assumed, you guys had been dating since the end of year four but lately he's been distant if that's one way to describe it. You assumed it was just because everyone was stressed with all the dark lord talk. Anybody would be stressed, but something else was defiantly causing Draco to slowly tear himself away from you. You couldn't handle the tension at this point so you decided to go see your boyfriend, after all it had to be better then this compartment right?

You were wrong.

"I think I'm going to go see what Draco is up to" you said while awkwardly standing up, Hermione gave you a why are you leaving me here look and Ginny gave you a wide eyed tight smile. You chuckled before leaving and started walking towards the end of the train glancing into each box to see which one he was in.

You stopped at a box where you saw Draco sitting on one side and pansy and Blaise on the other.

Yes Pansy. Let me tell you a bit about Pansy.

You guys never had a rosy relationship. You always knew she liked draco and before you and Draco started dating you and Pansy were even somewhat friends. Now it was bleh, you were always on the mend of punching her but Draco assured you everything was fine.

You were wrong.

You sent a knock on the glass and Draco head shot over quicker then ever. Strange but not odd you thought. He looked kind of scared that you were there, like he had to hide something. Pansy looked at you and sent a smirk while shooting her eyebrows up and down. You just sent an eye roll back. He opened the door and instead of letting you in he stepped out and closed the door again. "What are you doing here" Draco asked and your pretty sure it didn't mean to come out the way it did. "I'm just here to see my boyfriend, something wrong with that," you asked slightly annoyed. "No no of course not, I need to talk to you though, let's come over here" he said guiding you to the small area between the carts and the toilets. He closed the door and the blinds, maybe he just wants privacy? You seemed to get an idea of what was coming, you internally begged that your intuition was wrong but you just had a gut feeling, so you stayed silent leaning your back against the wall and Draco leaning against the other one. Even though he had distanced himself from you, you still loved him, I mean how could you not.

"Look I just, I know I've been ignoring you, and I know I haven't wrote to you and I'm sorry but I just" he paused and you knew what was coming next, "I can't do this anymore" five words that made your heart shatter.

"What why, did I do something, did I say something, did i-" he cut off your rambling "no it's not that it's just" he spoke but he paused, like he didn't have a reason he could tell me about. "Just what Draco, I spent the last 2 years with you, I listened to you ramble about everything, I was by your side through everything and now your breaking up with me, why" you yelled at him and it took him my shock. He just turned his head to the side, grabbing his head and thinking of what to say. You started to think, the distance, the ignoring, the way he was acting when you came to his box, the look Pansy gave you at the door, could he be cheating? No. I mean he couldn't right?

"Is there somebody else" you said in a soft whisper while looking up at him. He quickly turned his head and went to shake his head but instead it seemed like he finally knew what to say. "I- look your perfect but I just I lost feelings, and there's nothing wrong with you-," he went to grab your hands but you smacked them away with tears spilling down your face "y/n please I promise I was going to tell you sooner but I just couldn't stand to break you like that" he told you. "how could you do this to me, I have been with you through everything, all the shit my friends gave me for being with you, saying you were up to no good, I believed you over them, how could I be so stupid" you screamed at him while sobbing and banging your fists on his chest. At this point draco was crying as well but not for the reasons you think. You just leaned back on your side of the small space before sliding down to the floor and burying your face in your hands. He knew it was better to just leave at this point so he bent down towards you and placed a small kiss on your forehead. You looked up at him with your tear stained face and his heart broke at the sight. "I'm sorry" we're his last two words before he unlocked the door and left. Just like that. You stayed there for another 15 minutes sobbing before Ron came to use the bathroom and found you in your broken state. He rushed back and got the others and you told them everything that had happened while Hermione had to stop the guys from breaking Draco into pieces.

Just one thing though. It was all a lie.

Dracos Pov
"Is there somebody else" y/n's small voice spoke up, the same voice i fell in love with, the voice i was still in love with. Yes I'm still in love with her. You really thought I could love anybody but her. But I had to, I had to lie. I was informed by my parents this past summer I would be becoming one of them, I even got the mark. If I didn't do this I knew she wouldn't be safe. I had to protect her and this was the only way I could. I watched her hit me over and over and I know I deserved it. She was broken. I gave her one last kiss on the forehead before walking out.

Just as broken.