ITS YOU ; DRACO MALFOY

chatper 204.

Thankfully, my office is empty. But that's not the case after a few seconds.

Draco bursts into the room with two more files in his hands and he slams them down on the desk before rounding to me. "You're a fucking bitch if you think you'll get me to feel guilty about this!" I furrow my brows at that. I did nothing of the sort. "You got married and you did it without telling me!"

Marriage was the last thing on my mind when Cedric asked me but I felt so safe and comfortable with him that all I wanted to say was yes. "That's not why we're no longer together." I defend quietly, "and I can't help the fact that I still miss you. I'm sorry."

Overbearing silence is what happens after that and we just stare at each other for those minutes. "...you can't miss me anymore." I nod my head because I know I shouldn't but I also can't help it. "We broke up and we did the right thing. Why can't you ever just get over it?"

I don't want to. I don't want to be apart from him ever because it genuinely kills me but he doesn't understand that. "Because I still love you." I honestly tell him.

Shaking his head, Malfoy replies, "You're married. Your husband is waiting for you to call him and tell him that you got here okay and you're standing here, telling me this. Are you fucking insane?"

It's too much now.

I have to turn the other way as I cry my eyes out. I already know that I'm a terrible person. I agree with every single thing that he's telling me and it hurts that my feeling are no longer reciprocated.

He's fallen out of love me.

I feel like I'm dying as I stand here, allowing every single tear to roll down my face one after the other. The realisation that he doesn't care for me in the same way he used to is too much for me.

The faint noise of the door closing causes me to turn around and I'm now alone.

He's gone.

My body collapses onto the floor as I continue crying, sobbing, into my hands.

I'm told that I look really tired by multiple coworkers today and I now remember why I never invited them to Cedric and I's wedding.

I finished going through the files so I leave them on my desk as I play with the chunky black ring on my finger. The day he gave me his family heirloom I thought that was it. I thought we'd stay together forever.

Turns out that I was just as naive as Cedric is.

Taking off the ring, I force it out of my sight by stuffing it in the bottom drawer of the desk and I inhale shakily.

There's a genteel knock at my door and I clear my throat before calling for them to come inside. Draco leans against the doorframe and I look down at my hands. "Scrimgeour wants the files if you're done with them."

I stay silent as I stand up from my desk and grab them. Shoving them in his stomach, I avoid eye contact as he takes the files from me "...I'm also sorry that it all happened this way too." I tuck my hair behind my ears instead of answering and looking at him. "And will you please look at me?"

I can't.

I managed to get myself to stop crying earlier but I do not have the energy to do that again. I flinch once he puts his finger under my chin but he lifts my head up to look at him. An aching heart is all I feel at the sight of his face. "What do you want?" I manage to ask and he closes his mouth.

Consuming me with the pain of his eye contact, Draco puckers his lips against my forehead. The immediate calm I feel is euphoric and utterly amazing. "You'll be okay." He mutters against my skin, pulling at my heart.

With that, he leaves with the files in his hands and my heart on his sleeve.

The whole rest of the day seems to make itself blend together after my encounters with Draco but I've never been so exhausted after only one day.

Once I get home, I expect it to be dark and gloomy but isn't. Cedric has set up a candlelit dinner with Magnolia flowers and some Billie Holiday in the background. "I know you've been stressed out lately so I thought this would be nice." He voices and my cheeks begin to burn as I break out into a smile.

He's so cute. "I love you." I wrap my arms around his neck and press my lips against his for a quick second before looking down at the dinner. "Oooh fancy rice."

He laughs at my nickname for the risotto and kisses me once more before pulling out my chair for me to sit. I give him a smile as a thank you and grab one of the Magnolia flowers and twist it around in my fingers while he sits across from me. I'm about to ask him where the wine is when he clicks his fingers and it all appears in front of us. "You got back earlier than expected. I didn't have enough time to fully finish."

"It's lovely. Don't worry."

The guilt from my conversation with Draco manages to find it's way to me so I take a sip of the wine to prevent myself from dwelling on it.

A romantic evening with Cedric is exactly what I need.

Taking my hand in his, Cedric and I converse about our days and I manage to leave Draco out of it to avoid an argument. I would rather we have a peaceful and slow night instead of yelling and screaming at each other over my recent heartbreak.

After all yelling and screaming is what drove Draco and I apart.

Cedric gives me a compliment and I look away from him as an effort to hide my rosy cheeks but he still manages to see them and tease me about them.

It doesn't matter how much I miss Draco, he's never kept me happy longer than Cedric's done.