The following week was exhausting. You hadn't seen Draco for a couple of days, doing everything you could to actively avoid him. The truth was you were terrified, to say the very least. You had no clue what to say to him at this point, you didn't even know if you two were a couple anymore, and the thought of it made your heart shatter into a million pieces. You also distanced yourself from Ron. You knew the whole situation happened because of your friendship with Ron, and the only solution you could come up with was simply to stop being friends with Ron. He had tried to talk to you multiple times but you wouldn't say much to anything at all. You felt bad ignoring your friends but you felt so hopeless, you skipped every class you had with the blond boy, you wouldn't even look his way whenever you walked into the great hall petrified of meeting his icy grey eyes and today was no different. Everyone was in class, everyone but you. You knew you would have to face Draco sooner or later but not the day. You were sitting in the library, trying your best to distract yourself, however it wasn't going too well. You couldn't focus on anything and your thoughts kept wandering off. Suddenly, a warm hand was placed on your shoulder, making you snap out fo your thoughts. ''Why aren't you in class, Y/N?'' A similar voice said behind you, making you turning around to see Ron standing in front of you. "Ron." You let out, feeling somewhat relieved it was only Ron. You shut the book as the red-haired boy sat down in the chair next to you. "what do you want?" You said. "Why aren't you in class?'' He said, you didn't know what to tell him, you knew you were avoiding Draco, but you still couldn't bring yourself to admit it to anyone. "I just." You started, biting your bottom lip nervously staring at your hands, you just couldn't bring yourself to look at the boy in front of you. "I have to go." You blurted out, quickly running away. "Y/N! Wait." Ron let out behind you, running after you. "What's going on with you?" Worry lingered in his voice, you felt your bottom lip starting to tremble that was when you noticed the tears that were welling up in your eyes, making you shut them close to prevent yourself from crying. "Whatever it is that's going on I'm here for you." He said placing his hand on your shoulder once again as you turned around you gave him a huge hug, you could tell he was surprised, but quickly hugged you back as you started crying. "Hey it's okay." He mumbled as he stroke your back using one of his hands. "I think Draco broke up with me." You quietly whispered into his shoulder. "Bloody hell Malfoy." Ron muttered under his breath. At this point you didn't even care about the whole ignoring Ron thing you had planned to keep until you fixed things with Draco. The feeling of someone holding you and being there for you really made you feel a little bit better. Ron's warm hands were nothing compared to Draco's cold hands but it didn't matter at this point. "I'll meet you at your dorm." He mumbled as he pulled away from the hug, spotting your tear-filled face. He slowly wiped the tears away using his thumbs, making you nod. "I just need to go get my things and then I'll catch up with you." He said giving you a small smile, you nodded giving him half a smile. The halls were empty. You weren't complaining as you didn't want anyone to see you like this, you slowly walked down the hall taking your time as you looked out each window you passed. "Y/N?" A voice suddenly called out, making you turn your head to the side. And there he was. As soon as your eyes met his your heart dropped, you felt your throat tighten up as you felt completely paralyzed. You felt your eyes widen as you suddenly realized that you had to get away quickly making your way down the hall without saying a word to the blond boy. "No, wait!" He shouted behind you, grabbing your wrist. The same wrist he had grabbed that night, the same wrist that now had a big bruise from his tight grip. You felt the pain shot up your arm making your eyes well up with tears once again as you cried out in pain, you quickly snatched your wrist away biting your lower lip in pain. Draco looked at you in confusion before looking down at your arm spotting the bruise on your arm. He felt his heart dropped as he realized it was him that had left that mark. "Y/N." He whispered, you quickly looked up at him tears falling from your eyes. He slowly reached out to you, making you jump. "I'm not going to hurt you." He let out in pain as his eyes teared up. "Please don't be scared of me, I would never hurt you." He continued as a tear hit his cheek, Draco had never felt such pain, he had felt pain multiple times during his lifetime but nothing could compare to the pain he was currently feeling. You just stood there staring at him you didn't know what to say or do. "I'm so sorry, please let me hold you." He mumbled. You where terrified of what could happen next, but Draco slowly put his arms around your waist, resting his head on your shoulder you felt a sob escape his lips. "I'm so sorry." He kept repeating it over and over again between sobs. You slowly wrapped your arms around him. "I don't know what happened, I was just so angry." He sobbed. "But why?" You whispered back. "Because I thought I was losing you." Draco said as you slowly pulled away, Draco looking at you in fear as you did so. "Please don't go." He whimpered as his bottom lip was trembling. You held his hands as you shook your head. "I'm not leaving Draco." The boy in front of you closed his eyes as he was scared you were going to leave anyway. "I'm so sorry for saying all those things." He cried pulling you back into a tight hug, this time he placed his head on top of yours. "And I'm so incredibly sorry for hurting you like that." He whispered. You pulled yourself closer to him placing your head on his chest you could hear his heart racing, as well as his shaky breath. "I will never lay a finger on you again, I promise." He continued. "Please just hold me Draco.'' You whispered causing the taller boy to pull you closer to him immediately. "I will always hold you." He said as you closed your eyes as a tear escaped from your eye, Draco pressing multiple kisses on top of your head. He knew it would take a while for forgive him but it didn't matter he was willing to do anything for you. Like you would do anything for him
