tom riddle x reader

Chapter 12 - the duel

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ou woke up once again in Tom’s arms wondering how on earth you managed to get in this mess, you heard a bang from the door causing you to jump in alarm and Tom to wake from his slumber clearly annoyed at his rest being cut short, he seemed to be half asleep and had forgotten about your presence as he opened the door and snarled at the poor girl “what is it?” Tom said while sending daggers towards rosier “sorry my Lord but, Mulciber wants to challenge you" Tom’s eyes flickered from brown to red for the shortest of moments, he had grabbed the girl by the throat and didn’t let go until she had passed out from lack of air causing you to gasp and Tom to finally realise your presence, he looked almost sheepish as if a child had just been found out by his mother, but Tom was a good liar and could get out of anything or so he thought.
“ah y/n how could I have forgotten about you" you squint your eyes at him clearly annoyed at him trying to change the conversation from what he had just done “yeah now I know what your like when I am not around “ you laugh and cause Tom to look at you “is she dead?” you say going towards the girl who was laying in the floor unresponsive “she would have been if you weren’t here" Tom said honestly while grabbing his wand “I have pressing matters to attend to, Mulciber had just signed his death warrant after all".
You had never met the boy before, but he was a pureblood and with that came certain pig headedness and the ability to make everyone around them unhappy and feel like they were beneath them and Mulciber was no exception he was a tall boy who looked as if he was pampered his whole life, blond hair and a signature green eyes that always found there way to you, even though you had not even spoken a word to the boy he seemed extremely interested in you from the way he stared, you would always catch him looking away while you were looking back at him, but the boy as far as you could tell didn’t deserve death especially from riddle.
“Who is he any way?” you say while holding riddle back from the door “he is one of my followers that needs to learn his place” Tom said as if he was without emotions “but he doesn’t seem like a bad guy" you say trying to force Tom to reconsider killing him “do you have a soft spot for this boy?” Tom said with an eye brow raised and clearly unamused about being held back “no, I barely know the guy" you say while looking at Tom in the eyes planning to have a staring contest to see who’s will was stronger, luckily for you Tom was still half asleep even after almost chocking someone to death and blinked before you causing him to groan and you to fist bump the air “this means nothing, I am to still duel him to regain my honour” Tom said with a huff “but it does mean you can’t kill him" you sang in a sing song voice as tom left the room.
Tom rolled his eyes and headed off towards a smirking Mulciber, his smirk soon changed once he saw the anger and hatred formed in Tom’s once brown eyes now blood red, “your becoming weak, caring more for that girl than the plans" Mulciber sais while drawing his wand, ready for battle but before he could even utter a spell he was on the floor shaking, “as if you stood a chance against me" Tom said with his wand already drawn and red sparks surrounding it “now I am not going to kill you, I am merciful after all" Tom said while he increased the amount of pain he was feeling, causing the boy to start crying as his bones began to crack and turn “is this what you wanted?” Tom said to the crowd of his followers “if you ever defy me, know this will be your punishment something worse than death” Tom said while he stopped the Cruciatus Curse and walked back to his room to finish his homework.
Tom returned to find you had already left causing him to sigh he'll have to figure out a way to make you forget about what you saw after all he had an image to uphold and couldn’t have you ruining it, tom wondered around the common room until he found you talking to pansy you seemed to be in a discussion but Tom had no patience when it came to gossip, he swiftly sat beside you and invaded your mind he laughed to himself at how it easy it was to enter your mind, he muddled with your memory so you’d forget about the choking and the duel that way he didn’t have to explain why he had a group challenging him, Tom hated unnecessary questions, once he was done he noticed a locked door, this peaked his interests.