𝓕𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀 𝓜𝔂 𝓛𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 (Tom Riddle X Reader)

"Admirer"

I sat there within the crowd of students, feeling slightly betrayed because of an unaccomplished promise. Sir. Albus said he'll talk to me but here I am still wondering why he hasn't spoken of it since. I was unintentionally making glares at him. The thought of me not being able to figure out a lot of things has been bothering me since two weeks ago.

"Class dismissed. Mr.Nott, you can gawk at (L/n) to your heart's content now that the period is over." Sir. Albus joked before the whole class looked at us and made ooing sounds.

"Demetrius fancies (Y/n)!" A Gryffindor boy yelled to the whole class. I took a glance at the boy who was supposedly staring at me throughout the entire class and blushed when I saw that he was actually looking at me while his friends teased him.

Angelique started nudging my arm and wiggling her eyebrows. "What?" I asked her while I felt my face starting to heat up. "Haha~ don't what me (Y/n). Ya like him dontcha?" I covered my face with my notebook out of embarrassment and not long after someone just had to make things worse.

"Guys! I thought of a ship name!" Someone announced what it was. (S/n)? Where in Merlin's beard did he get that from? They all started chanting it only to be ended by Sir. Albus who declared class dismissed the second time.

"Alright, alright. All of you continue this elsewhere." He chuckled before fixing the papers on his desk. As expected when we left the room, my classmates were looking at me and even started teasing me in the hallways. My two friends walked alongside me and unfortunately, they were into the topic as well.

"Bloody hell (Y/n). I thought I was the only one who noticed Nott was staring at you." Senan whispered to us. "There could be a million reasons why."

"Maybe he does fancy you, (Y/n)." I couldn't believe what Marin said. Why on earth would anyone like me? I'm a muggle-born.

"He doesn't like me. There's no proof that he does anyway."

"No proof?! He was gazing at you! Not even my cat looks at me that way! you should ask Riddle about it. He saw him staring too."

"Riddle?"

"Yeah, Senan wasn't the only one who noticed Nott." Senan nodded.

"I'm sure Tom would be listening to class rather than keeping his attention on other things." I shook my head and walked faster. They both managed to catch up, still not dropping the topic about that incident.

"What if he asks you to the ball?" Senan asked me. I stopped and turned around to look at them. They sure were into this a lot. "Will you go with him?" Marin had her eyes popping out of her sockets. It was scaring me a little but their question had me thinking. If he really does like me then why not? No pun intended.

"......I will...." I said with a sigh. "If he asks me then I'll go with him." Somehow there was no reaction from the two of them making me a little bothered. They had a look of shock on their faces but they were looking past me. What's going on now? I thought.

Marin pointed behind me and when I turned around I saw him. Demetrius. He was slightly taller than me but was enough to have me look up. "H-Hi." I stammered. His friends were looking at him while the both of us had our eyes locked.

"You'll really go with me to the ball?"
He asked. "I—I will if—if that's alright with you." His blush was noticeable since his skin was pale, making his face look red as a tomato. "Then...will you go with me to the Yule Ball?" I swear I heard Marin squeak when he said that.

"Yes. That would be nice." His eyes gleamed while his friends started yelling and clinging to his shoulder. The people passing us stopped by to find out what was going on and they too had the same reaction once they heard the news.

"Nott's got a date to the ball!" Marin cried out, catching more people's attention. The crowd grew thicker and thicker making it hard to breathe. Some people asked who it was and some congratulated me and him. We're not in a relationship so why are they acting as if someone just got engaged?

Demetrius must have noticed that I was uncomfortable so he pulled me out of there and no one even noticed. He's holding my hand, he's holding my hand, he's holding my hand, he's holding—

"Sorry for all of that. I wanted to ask you privately." He scratched the back of his head. "It was partly my fault. Walking around the school and talking about what happened earlier wasn't such a good idea." He had led us to the black lake and we settled down under a tree.

"I guess I wasn't so sneaky earlier."

"Why were you staring at me?" He chuckled and it was quite obvious that he's embarrassed. "I thought I made it quite obvious." He chuckled.
"You'll laugh." He told me. "No, I won't." I sat beside him and he took a pebble.

"Well... Remember when Ravenclaw and Slytherin had a match last year?"

"Yeah."

"You didn't just catch my eye that time. You saved me."

"I did?" He stood up and threw the pebble towards the lake. It skipped about four times before he turned around and smiled at me. I was flustered but smiled back.
"You flew in the air like it was nothing. As obscure as it may sound I didn't want to accept the fact that you were the only one I saw out of everyone else." His words were flattering but I needed to keep a straight face. I'm sure my cheeks looked red but I didn't want to show any other emotion.

"I admit I might be the cause of Slytherin losing a point but I doubt you even know what you did to me that day." At that moment I was trying to recall any special events that happened. We lost but what else did I do?

"I was about to get hit by a bludger but you blocked it." Wait... I think I remember now. Was that the time Malfoy beat the bludger in the wrong way? I didn't know I saved him that day.

"Malfoy you knobhead! Do better at your job." The captain yelled from the other side of the arena. It was faint but enough to have Abraxas embarrassed.

"Are you alright, (L/n)?!" The captain asked. My arm felt numb for a second but I managed to give him a thumbs up.

"Then you looked at me. You don't know how nervous you made me feel." He chuckled. "At that very moment, you made my world stop."

"Well, I'll just get to the point, sorry for the long story."

"No—no it's alright. Go on." He picked a yellow flower and knelt in front of me. He tucked the dandelion behind my ear and gazed at my features. I was in awe and possibly gazed at him as well without knowing.

"I fancy you (Y/n). I understand if you don't feel the same way, I'll never force you into this but...will you be my girlfriend?"