Electric Love {Draco x y/n}

Part 6: We Can't Deny Our Chemistry

"We play dumb but we know exactly what we're doing." -Unknown

The rest of the term flew by. When you were at Hogsmeade, Matteo asked you out on a date and later, asked if you wanted to be his girlfriend. You said yes and you have had the best times with him.

"Are you going home for Christmas?" Matteo asks you in potions the day before break starts.

"I wasn't planning on it. I know Harry, Hermione, and Ron are staying. Harry's been acting a little strange today and I want to make sure he's okay," you answer him. "Are you?"

"No, I was thinking about staying here."

"Yay, I'll have someone to hang out with," you say and lean over and place your head on his shoulder, making yourself comfortable.

When class is over Matteo waits as you gather all your books together and walks you to your next class.

He bumps your shoulder with his and hands you a chocolate frog. "Your favourite," he says and places one in his mouth.

"How did you know?" you ask, your eyebrows raising in surprise.

"You always buy loads when we go to Hogsmeade," he shrugs, "I reckoned they were your favourite."

"They are," you smile. "Thank you."

He winks at you and then walks back into a swarm of students, maintaining eye contact with you before turning and fading into the crowd. You watch him go and your eyes linger on the spot where he disappeared. You take a bite of the chocolate frog and grin as it melts in your mouth.

Suddenly, you feel someone brush past your shoulder. "Hey, mudblood," Draco elbows you aside as he walks into the classroom.

"Hey, inbred," you glance at him disdainfully. Your eyes meet and his grey eyes peer into yours, you hold eye contact for a long moment before he pushes past you and heads into the classroom.

You can't tell for sure, but you could almost swear you saw his lips curve upwards in amusement at your retort as you follow him inside.

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It's been a couple of days since break started and you have plans to meet up with Hermione tonight

As you make your way to the library, you notice Draco standing in the corridor alone. "Your parents don't love you enough to have you home?" You mock him.

Instead of his usual retorts, he just looks at you blankly, "Yeah," he says quietly.

You blink at him. Unsure what to say, you awkwardly stand there. "Same," you whisper eventually.

He looks up at you in surprise, his silvery eyes meeting yours, but doesn't say anything. You guys move past each other and you head off to find Hermione.

You find her in the back of the library, poring over a book in her lap.

"Hey," you say as you slump down beside her.

"Hello," Hermione answered, looking up from her book. "Have you heard about Buckbeak?"

"No, what happened?"

"He has a hearing with the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures and until then, he's going to be tethered and isolated in the snow," she wails, looking like she is on the verge of tears.

"What?" you demand, "That's absurd!"

"I agree, which is why I'm looking for a case that I read about hippogriff-baiting. Harry, Ron, and I were looking earlier and we didn't find anything, but there are still more."