𝑀𝒶 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑒

𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓇𝓉𝓎-𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓇

Draco tried everything to get her alone, the beginning of Yule Break was about to begin and she was leaving for Paris and Draco couldn't let her go without explaining

"Granger" he said once he saw her walking alone down the hallway, she stopped and turned on her heel

"Granger" he called out again, she ignored him and kept walking

He swore under his breath

"Hermione!" He yelled out, she stopped in her tracks and spun around to glare at him

"What?!" She spat

He ran up to her, his stomach fluttered and he tried to push the feeling away

It wasn't the time or the place for his newfound feelings to arise

"Hermione" he breathed, he rather liked saying her name

"Go away" she ordered harshly and spun around to walk away, he reached out and grabbed her wrist

"Please listen Hermione" he pleaded softly

"Stop saying my name" she begged him softly, Draco couldn't help but notice the blush that washed over her face and his heart fluttered

"I'll stop after you listen to me" he told her

She looked into his eyes, he almost forgot to breath

"What do you want?" She whispered

"I want to apologize"

She scoffed and rolled her eyes

"I'm being serious, I'm sorry"

"I don't care Malfoy, you still said it" she whispered and looked down

He moved closer, he put his index finger under her chin and forced her to look up, he could see the bags under her eyes and the puffiness from her crying, he knew it was because of him that she had been crying and he hated himself for that, but more than that he felt a strong urge to kiss her but fought the urge away

"I'm so sorry love, I'm an idiot" he said "I messed up"

She pulled away from him and looked away

"You still said it Malfoy, no matter what you said, you still called me that word, now please...let me go"

He did as she commanded, she didn't walk away right away, Draco could see that she was lost in thought

"I'm required to bring my trainer to the campus...as much as I'm dreading it...I'll see you there Malfoy" she whispered and walked away

Draco played with the rings around his neck, he was going to use this week to prove to her that he's changed, no matter what it took, he was going to give her the ring again and hopefully she would never take it off again

He walked back to the dorm and waved his wand, all his things packed into his trunk and he sat on the bed

"Don't screw it up again" he ordered himself

He nodded once and moved his trunk to the entrance so that the keeper would take it to the train station the next day

He looked towards her room and touched the rings around his neck again

He walked back up to his room and laid on the bed, staring at the ceiling and thinking back to the brunette witch that had snuck up unexpectedly into his life and had unwillingly become one of the most important people in his life

He turned to the side and saw him stuffed animal on his bed

"I know...I'm an idiot" Draco muttered

The stuffed Niffler just sat there in silence, he sighed and looked up to the ceiling one again, he had gotten that stuffed animal from his mother after his father's first beating when he was three, his mother told him that its name was Mr. Boo Boo and that wherever it hurt to just rub it on the toy and the pain would go away, he knew it wouldn't work, but it didn't mean he wouldn't try, especially after getting beaten by his father, the stuffed toy has been through everything Draco had been through, Draco looked back at it and grabbed it, he held it in front of his face, he rubbed his thumb over the chest where his heart was

"My heart hurts...I broke my own heart for being an idiot" he muttered

He thought back to Hermione's broken expression, not in the hallways just a few hours ago, the expression she gave him when he called her that word, the amount of pain her eyes held was enough for him to want to drown himself in the lake or break his parole and spend the rest of his life in Azkaban, he could remember perfectly when she had basically told him that he was his father by glancing at his forearm, and he couldn't even be angry at her because the moment she had said that he could see the guilt in her eyes, she was too pure for him, she was too good for him and he took advantage of that and hurt her

He stilled his movements and looked at Mr. Boo Boo, he sat up and summoned a parchment paper and his quill

"I need a favour mate...I need you to work your magic on her, just for a few days" Draco told the toy

He scribbled down the uses of Mr. Boo Boo and once again apologized profusely before exiting his room and making his way to hers

"Willow" he called out, one of his private house elves popped in front of him

"What can Willow do for Master Draco?" The elf asked eagerly

"Willow, I need you to put Mr. Boo Boo on the bed behind that door, do you understand?" He asked gently, the elf's eyes widen in surprise and confusion

"You want Willow to put Mr. Boo Boo on another bed? Are you ill?" She asked worriedly, Draco smiled and knelt to be eye level with the elf who immediately touched his forehead to check for a fever

"I'm well Willow, I just need to fix someone's heart" he told her, the elf flicked his nose like she's done a dozen times before

"Master Draco knows better to play with girl's hearts" the elf huffed and waved her bony finger at Draco's face, Draco rubbed his nose

"Would it help you if I told you that this girl may owe my heart?" He asked, the elf's eyes lit up like a child's on Christmas

"Is said girl Miss 'bucktooth annoying Granger'?" The elf asked him timidly, Draco blushed

"Just Granger will suffice Willow, now can you please do this for me?" Draco asked, the elf nodded and slowly extended her hands, Draco took a deep breath and gave her the stuffed toy, the elf looked up to him and smiled before disappearing with a pop, a moment later she popped back in front of him and Draco noticed a mischievous glint in her eyes, he narrowed his eyes at her

"Willow, what did you do?" He asked

"Willow did only what master said" Tilly smiled

Before Draco could say another word the elf disappeared with a pop, he tried calling her again but she didn't return

"Damn that conniving elf" he muttered and made his way back to his room, he laid down and looked at the ceiling and could only hope that Hermione would understand that he was trying to earn her forgiveness and hopefully soon he could start trying to earn her heart