Her Eyes || Draco Malfoy

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Draco had been acting distant and seemed scared, uneasy about something ever since I came back from St Mungo's and it was worrying me.

His eyes seemed dull, colorless now-a-days, since his father was sent to azkaban and exposed for being a death eater at the end of last year.

Running into him at diagon ally should have been a blessing, though that wasn't what it was when we got into a small fight when I pulled him aside that ended with him almost in tears.

"I'm not trying to hurt you Iris"

His eyes filled with pain, worry, saddness when he looked at me and it hurt me.

When he hugged me it was like the last time he ever would get to do that and when he said he would see me on the train I couldn't bring myself fo believe him.

When he kissed me it was like he knew he wouldn't get to do it again and I had to fight back tears, he wasn't himself he was just so hurt and broken.

"I love you so much Iris, Please never forget that" he pressed his forehead onto mine as a tear left my eye; rolling down my cheek as he kissed me again "I love you ferret"

I couldn't sleep instead I toss and turned through the night rather than actually falling asleep which caused dark bags to form under my eyes and it made my father worry as he began to notice my current state.

So I began reading all day and all night to fill my head, to distract myself from the blonde's unusual behavior lately; hiding myself away from the guests who came and went as the days went by.

Even the picture of the both of us was face down but it was like I couldn't keep my mind off that day, how he was acting, how scared he was.

And it hurt more knowing I couldn't help him.

I placed my book onto my bedside table and rolling onto my side when the door opened.

My father stood in the doorway of my room looking at me with worry in his eyes "I talked to Draco yesterday" he started, getting my full attention as he walked in.

"I told him you were worried and you missed him" he continued, sitting down on my bed beside me "he misses you too" I could tell that he was hiding something from me, not telling the whole truth "he wanted me to tell you that he loves you" a tear fell down my cheek as I rolled onto my otherside so he couldn't see me crying as he left my room.

I could tell he knew what was going on with him and I knew he wouldn't tell me so I didn't bother to ask in fear of what it could be.

Especially after I saw how distraught, how scared he was and how he kissed me like he'd never get to again.

I wanted to see the blonde but I knew that if I did I would have to be secretive due to the dark lord being there and I had a bad feeling about if I were caught.

My father had me become an animagus, taking the form of a black swan much like my patronus so that if I needed to make a quick escape even though it wasn't the smallest animal.

Despite the pit in my stomach growing I got up and walked to my fathers study to ask it I could leave but then decided against it as I knew he would argue against it if I asked so I decided to walk back to my room.

Taking out a piece of parchment and quill I wrote a letter, going to the Malfoy's be back soon, I knew I'd get in trouble but at least he'd know where I was.

I opened my window and jumped down to the ledge below before flying off towards the manor which I called my second home.

When the manor came into view I landed outside of the blondes window before poking my head in forgetting that he didn't know I was an animagus yet.