Harry Potter One Shots

Tolerate (Draco)

  14. "i think i love you."
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The castle was so peaceful at night, even though being out was technically breaking the rules.

Draco was upset with himself, and with (Y/N), so he'd left the Slytherin common room in a flurry of emotions. He'd made her so mad that she'd yelled, "How could I ever love you?"

Draco stopped, leaning against a wall and sliding to the floor. His head was pounding and his heart was aching. The anger he'd felt was fading away, replacing itself with remorse and desperation.

Pulling his knees up against his chest, he felt like a child again. A sense of abandonment and pure loneliness followed that thought.

(Y/N) was the only person who'd ever understood him and could usually put up with his temper and ego, but something had changed and he hadn't known what. But he knew now.

Draco thought about the time he'd broken her locket.

"What are you doing here?" (Y/N) asked him, raising her eyebrows in confusion. "You know it's class time right?"

"Yes." Draco said awkwardly, spinning around with his hands behind his back.

"What've you got in your hands?" She asked, pointing to it.

"Nothing!" He said quickly, tightening his grip on her locket.

"Nothing?" She asked in suspicion.

"Oh fine." Draco sighed. "I may have - broken your locket."

"What?" (Y/N) asked, shocked. "Draco, you couldn't - you didn't."

Draco flushed, showing her the locket. The chain was broken, the clasp snapped, and the locket's hinges were stuck.

(Y/N) put her hands over her mouth, blinking hard. There was a pause, and eventually she whispered, "Why wouldn't you just tell me? I might - I might know a spell to fix it."

Draco sighed. "I guess - I didn't want to make you mad." He said awkwardly.

(Y/N) smiled. "I'm not mad that you broke the locker Draco. I'm more upset that you didn't tell me. I'm sure one of the teachers knows a spell to fix it." She said.

Draco felt relief slip over him, exhaling. (Y/N) laughed at him, and said, "Let's go find Professor McGonagall."

Footsteps shook him from the memory, and he stood faster then should be possible.

(Y/N) walking briskly down the hallway, shaking her head in obvious annoyance.

"Draco!" She snapped. "You're going to get in trouble! Get back to the common room right now."

(Y/N) stopped in front of him, anger written on her face.

"I'm sorry." Draco said, before she could speak again. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I don't know how you put up with me, but I don't know what I would do if you stopped - stopped putting up with me I suppose. I know I'm a git and you probably never want to talk to me again - but, I -"

"Shut up." (Y/N) said, rolling her eyes. "Your rambling. So we fought, that doesn't mean I'm never going to forgive you. Everyone fights from time to time; it's how you know they care. We just don't normally."

Draco swallowed hard.

"Also, about what I said earlier -" She began.

"I get it. It was the heat of the moment, you don't actually mean it." He said. "It's not that big of a deal."

"I hate when people say that." (Y/N) sighed. "It is a big deal to me. And I do mean it. I love you, Draco Malfoy."

Draco didn't speak, shock written on his face. "I - I think I love you. Too, I mean. Actually, I know I love you. You're the only person who can tolerate me, and you're - you're always there for me. I can't imagine myself without you."

(Y/N) laughed. "Just shut up and kiss me." She said.

So he did.

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WHOA, I haven't updated in a while. Sorry, I was really busy. Finals are stressful. I'm glad that it's summer break now.

But it's thirty degrees everyday, soooooooo...

Oh well. I'm leaving for camp in ten days, and then immediately after I'm going to an island for ten days.

I'll update after that.

Also, I haven't been updating because Wattpad hasn't been working properly, and it finally started working again!

Thanks for reading, happy summer!