A Boy From Slytherin | Draco Malfoy X Reader

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Quick note: You know the spot that only Y/n, Draco, and Luna know about? Yeah, okay, let's just call it "the spot" because it's a simple term for it and it's pretty self explanatory

Y/n's POV

We're both speechless. 

We have nothing to say about this because anything we say wont fix anything.

My lips parted a little bit, not because I was gonna say anything but from utter shock.

"I...I don't believe it..." I said in a small voice, Matt sat on my bed, still not saying anything.

"I'm sorry," Matt said,

"What?"

"I'm sorry." he said again, eyes watering a little bit, "I should have told you,"

"Y-you knew? You knew all this already?" he nodded and looked down,

"I did, I knew since the day it all happened, Mum told me before they left for the hearing," 

"And you never told me? You never thought to tell me? Why?"

"I just didn't want you to know the truth about it all yet, I didn't want you to live knowing that our mother is in Azkaban,"

I stood and paced my dorm,

"But you got to know? You had to live for years knowing that our mother is in Azkaban?"

"I'm older, I thought that maybe she didn't want you know,"

"You're not even a year older, Mattheo. Did you think couldn't handle the news or something?"

He stood up now,

"Yes, Y/n. I thought you couldn't handle the news. I'm sorry for caring about you."

"You don't need to apologize for caring about me, you should have just told me where our mother was all these years,"

"Your childhood didn't need to be ruined too!" He yelled this. These words made my heart actually hurt, a tear fell down my face, "I did it to spare your happiness, I care about you so much and I couldn't tell you something like that, what kind of a brother would I be?"

"Matt...I'm sorry, I didn't think of how this could have effected your childhood," I said looking at my hands, he shook his head and when we blinked some tears flowed down,

"Don't. It's fine. You know now, so..." I walked over and hugged him, he hugged me back and we stayed like that for a while. I never knew that Mattheo had to go through that alone for years.

"You're a great brother, Mattheo. I understand why you never told me, I'm sorry," I said, he didn't say anything, but I felt him shake a little bit, like one does when they're crying. After like 5 minutes probably we pulled apart and wiped our eyes. 

"We should go to dinner now, we're a bit late," Matt said, 

"Yeah," I said, we walked out of my dorm and to the Great Hall together. I don't know if I want to tell Draco or Max yet. I will eventually but not now. Not here.

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Over the past several weeks all I've been able to think about is the truth about my mother. I always thought that she left, she just couldn't stand my father anymore so she left when she got the chance, that's what I grew up believing. But no, she's just as crazy as Bellatrix Lestrange, not even trying to deny her crimes, willing to go to Azkaban because that's how loyal she is to the Dark Lord.

It's now April and I can't believe how quickly this year is seeming to go by, two more months and we'll be going home for summer holiday's, going home to my father who wants to be on "better terms" I can't wait to see how that goes. I'll probably spend most of my summer at the Malfoy's, just like I did last summer, and the summer before, and the one before that.