This chapter contains violent actions. Please read with caution.
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I looked over to Blaise in despair as he pushed himself off the floor, taking quick steps to follow his best friend, '' I'm —,'' He cooed, standing in the doorway,
'' Go, Blaise,'' I uttered as he continued chasing Draco — I felt the tears pooling in my eyes because Draco had never looked at me like that before out of all the millions of times he'd meet my eyes — this was the time humanity showed and I hurt him — he would never admit it, but I know I did,
My body trembled throughout the hallway as I tried to find them — scared to death of what Draco would do, veins iced as I heard loud cursing from the common room — my sights immediately snapped to the two arguing boys, noticing Draco's hands tensely tugging Blaise's throat, '' Draco — please,'' I begged, running towards them,
My hands flew to pry Draco's off, hearing Blaise's need for oxygen, '' Draco — please stop. You're killing him,'' My cries echoed through the deserted room — but Draco didn't budge, he wouldn't even look at me, his eyes bored through Blaise's with spite, '' Please,''
Draco was too upset, not even noticing that both Blaise and I did everything possible to make him stop — he was too furious, nothing could break through his trance of hatred. My fists repeatedly collided with Draco's figure, doing everything possible for him to snap out of it — for him to stop.
My heart ached to see Blaise being treated this way, '' Nothing happened between us, Draco,'' I uttered, my eyes pooled — tears flooded down my cheeks as Draco's breaths hitched, his neck snapped to mine before an icing cold hand roughly grasped my chin — he stared at me, blue eyes stabbed through mine and then — he forced me back, causing me to stumble back into the glass table,
The sound of my whimper as my body dropped to the floor mixed with the shattered glass flying everywhere caused Draco to snap out of his state, looking at me wide-eyed, '' Shit—'' He cursed as he pushed Blaise back to the couch, kneeling beside me, '' Leiah, I—,''
I felt my body twist in pain as the glass had tore cuts into my tender skin — the pain was overwhelming, fragments of glass embedded in flesh caused blood to flow everywhere — my head felt dizzy, not being used to seeing so much blood, '' Draco—,'' I breathed, looking up at the blonde one. Cold hands wrapped underneath my back and knees before he pulled me up, close to his chest, carrying me towards the stairs,
'' We're not done talking about this,'' He endangered to his best friend, placed on the couch, breathing heavily, with his head buried into his hands, '' I'll deal with you later,''
As Draco carried me up the stairs, he refused to look at me — his touch was warm, caring, but his front looked stone-cold, his slightly damp strands of hair resed perfectly over his temples — dark eyelashes surrounded the blue eyes most breathtakingly — I could see every mesmerizing detail, every perfect flaw embedded into his skin,
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Draco placed me onto the sink without a word spoken — he merely looked at me while settling my sore figure on top of the cold marble counter.
A trail of whimpers left my lips as his hands tensed around my skin — he felt scared to cause me any more pain, and by the taste of that, blue eyes met mine as they flashed in regret. I held his minty breaths caressing my face as his eyes traveled down my form — jaws clenched as he looked over the tears in my skin, '' Fucking hell,'' He cursed underneath his breath as he turned away,
The lump increasing in my throat caused my eyes to water, '' It's fine, Draco,'' I uttered, startled to be this close to him, alone — but wasn't scared of Draco — I frightened the state he consumed himself into when the hatred took over, but I didn't fear him,
I looked around in his bathroom, noticing how clean everything seemed — how fresh it scented — the walls coated in black marble with the small dark green towels Narcissa always brought with her, was placed in every corner,
Draco cleared his throat for attention as he closed in with a towel resting in his hand, '' May I?'' He asked, gesturing towards the cuts on my legs — I simply nodded my head, '' This will hurt,'' He mumbled before towering over me, leaning towards the shreds in my skin — and it did — it stung more than anything had ever stung before in my life,
I chewed my lips, holding my breath as the blonde one tried to clean the cut, '' Why are you doing this, Draco?'' I spoke quietly, gazing over his devastated self,
His jaws clenched at my question, veins popping off his neck, '' Does it hurt?''
'' What do you think?''
Silence,
He rolled his eyes — annoyed with my attitude as he once again soaked the towel with that harsh smelling liquid, '' It hurts a bit,'' — a trail of huffs left his lips as he concentrated on removing the fragments, '' Fuck,'' I breathed out at the fabric sored my skin,
'' Keep still,'' He muttered back, placing a cold hand upon my thigh as his eyes sought mine, '' Just keep still,'' My eyes looked over the boy as he cleaned my wounds, '' Draco?''
'' Yes?''
'' I'm sorry,''
His eyes snapped to mine in a blink of an eye — breath hitched as his face twisted in uncertainty, '' What are you on about now?'' He scoffed, staring at me with wide eyes,
I sucked my lip in between my teeth, feeling lost in his eyes, '' I told you not to do that,'' He snapped, clutching my wrist, '' Stop — fucking stop doing that lip thing,''
I rolled my eyes at him, '' I don't blame you — you know,'' Draco's sights grounded at he tended away, '' You should — you should blame me,''
I felt my brows furrow at his words as he took a step back, releasing the grip off my wrist, '' Nothing is going on between Blaise and me, Draco. It was stupid — I shouldn't have—''
'' Don't you dare blame yourself for this — I did this, no one else,'' He snapped,
'' Well — then I suppose it's no one's fault,'' I smiled, his eyes leveled mine again, a small curve arched on his lips — cold hands found their way down my waist, gently helping me down,
'' All done,'' He grinned, tilting his head for a better view of me, hands still glued to my waist, '' Are you alright?''
'' I'm fine,'' I stuttered, frozen in his grip,
He took a step back, and his arms dropped to his sides as his eyes kept staring through mine. I pushed myself past him, halting in the doorway, '' Well — thank you for this, and for the other thing,'' I smiled as he furrowed his brows, looking confused,
'' What other things?'' Draco questioned me, still eyeing me down,
I felt a chuckle leave my lips as he stood clueless to what I meant, '' Punching Cedric, of course,''
His tongue licked his lower lip as he tried not to smile, hands shoved into his pockets, '' Don't flatter yourself, Leiah — I've been waiting for a reason to knock that bloody prick out for years now,'' He chuckled, white teeth showing, '' I should be the one thanking you for giving me a reason to,'' Eyes rolled at his words before I turned around,
Not having the chance to do so before a cold hand wrapped around my wrist, pulling me closer again, '' I still despise you — you know?'' He shot me a daring look, raising a brow,
I hissed at his remark, yanking my wrist back, '' I expect nothing less from you, Malfoy,'' I turned around in my tracks to open the door, '' Likewise,''
'' I have to ask something of you,'' His voice scored low as he looked at me with pleading eyes,'' I need you to talk to Diggory,'' — noticing the grimace he held by speaking Cedric's name, '' I can't risk my father knowing out this — you know how he gets,''
This was hard for him, asking something of me after he'd hurt me, and I didn't want to. He didn't deserve it — but what his father would do to him if he found out would be worse. I sent him a slight nod, '' I can try,''
Draco's jaws clenched at my words, stiffly bowing his head, '' Blaise will accompany you — I don't want you meeting that bloody fool alone,'' He demanded — his face turned hard, the crease in his forehead showed,
'' Watch it, Malfoy'' I grinned, '' You nearly sound concerned for me,'' His eyes rolled as he took a step closer, trapping me in between him and the door,
'' Besides, didn't you tell me to stay away from Blaise?''
Blue eyes clocked mine, twisting his mouth as I felt warm breaths fanning my face, '' Yes, I did — but you have an ugly habit of not listening to me, Leiah,'' He spat, inches away from me, '' But I highly doubt that Blaise would ever touch a mudblood like you anyway."
My jaw dropped at his words, forcing my palms into his chest as he stumbled back, granting him an evil glare, '' He just did,'' — and by that, I slammed his door shut behind me, storming off.
I hate Draco Malfoy — I hate Draco Malfoy — I hate Draco Malfoy.
He's the devil — I have to hate him.
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