kneel | Tom Riddle

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67| Abraxas Malfoy

"I can't believe you didn't tell me you were sick! I was living my best life and you were here dying without telling me anything," Abraxas scolded Seraphina as he wrapped a blanket around her shoulders, "You realize how worried I am? You are never sick. What's wrong?"

She tried not to protest when he wrapped the blanket around her, because it was a warm day and she wasn't cold at her, "You are overreacting, Brax. I'm fine, it's just a little cold."

He sat next to her on the couch and looked at her attentively, "Why did you catch a cold?" He looked unconvinced.

"It was the weather in Albania," she lied, desperately trying to change the subject, "I was hoping you would be the one coming here."

He raised an eyebrow, "And why is that?"

"I need you to go somewhere with me," she explained and he waited for her to elaborate, "I need to go to my parents' house to get some stuff and I didn't want to go with Tom."

Abraxas sighed and stayed silent for a few seconds, "Riddle gave me specific orders not to let you leave the apartment. He will kill me if he finds out I took you to your parents' house."

She rolled her eyes, already guessing it would be difficult to convince him, "I promise he won't find out. We'll use floo powder and in half an hour we will be here already as if nothing happened."

He looked unsure of her plan, "I'm not sure it will work, Seraphina. We can never hide anything from Riddle."

"Trust me, will you?" She took his hands in hers and squeezed them slightly, "If he does find out we left the apartment, then I'll tell him it's none of his business. I'm a free woman and I can do whatever I want."

He still didn't look convinced, "What if something happens to you while you are there? You are sick, Phiny. I really think we should just stay here so you can rest your body or whatever."

"Brax, please! I really need to go there and Tom can't come with me, since I can't stand to listen to my parents complimenting him for existing."

Abraxas rubbed his forehead, "But why do I need to go? What am I supposed to do? Help you pack?"

"No," she made a mischievous smile, "I will obviously have to talk to my parents when I get there, but while I take what I need, you must distract them," she explained, "The thing is I'm going to take more than I should."

He widened his eyes, "Are you going to steal from your parents? Are you mad?"

"I'm simply going to take what's mine and all the portraits my parents have from me and Tom. They have like a thousand of them, and I want to have them," she spoke, "I have everything ready, including an enchanted bag where I can take whatever I want with me."

"I can't believe I'm going to say yes to this," Abraxas huffed and got up from the couch, being immediately followed by Seraphina, who had a huge grin on her face, "Just because of the help you gave me with Magda."

She ran to the fireplace and gathered the floo powder in her hand, giving an equal quantity to Abraxas, "You are the best."

"I know," he gave her a crooked smile, "Are you going to wear that?" He asked, looking down at her casual clothes, "My parents would disown me if I showed up in their living room wearing sweatpants."