midnights. [Mattheo Riddle x reader]

~4~

I sighed in relief when I saw that the person was not a professor or a prefect, I did not want to get detention for the rest of the year from my first days at Hogwarts after all. I furrowed my eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing out here?" when I locked my eyes with Mattheo. "Sorry, I did not know that the Astronomy Tower belongs to you now," he told me. I just rolled my eyes and lit up a cigarette. "Give that to me, it harms your pretty lungs", "And yours not?" I contested with a laugh.

We sat there looking at the stars. "What time is it?", "It is midnight," Mattheo said. "I have to go." I stood up, then heard him speak out "Wait," he was still looking at the sky, then looked at me and continued "Look, Y/n, I understand that our first meeting was not the best at all, but let's forget that and start everything over?". I took a deep breath and sat back down "I guess we can do that, I want friends, not enemies at this castle," I spoke smiling, and he smiled too.

"So, tell me something about you or your family, I bet others already know everything", "I was born in New Orleans, where everyone is calling me a miracle child because my dad, Niklaus Mikaelson, is the original hybrid and my mom, Hayley Marshall, was a werewolf before she was turned into a hybrid during my birth. I am a heretic, I assume that is because my grandmother Esther Mikaelson was the original witch. I have two uncles and two aunts. Elijah Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, and Rebekah Mikaelson are the original vampires, Freya Mikaelson is a powerful witch. Mathias' parents are Kol Mikaelson and Davina Claire, his mom was like my best friend, but she died last year, I believe you heard about that," Mattheo looked dumbfounded about all of that, has Mathias not told him about us at all? "So, do you need blood to survive?" he questioned me, "What, are you scared that you could become my meal? No, I do not necessarily need blood to survive," I assured him with laughter. "Now it is your turn, tell me anything and everything".

"I was born into a half-blood Slytherin generation. All I have is my father, the Dark Lord, who I despise with all my might and my cousin Tom Riddle. Who is my mother I do not know to this day", "That is devastating," I spoke up with a sad look. "I know," Mattheo sighed and rolled up his sleeve, on his left arm I saw a Death Eater mark. "It is extremely hard for me to do what I do not want to do, but if I disobey him, he will kill me. Deep down I wish someone would fucking kill him". Mattheo looked so exhausted, I swear at one point I saw tears in his eyes. "Do not give me ideas," I stated furiously and hugged him. I did what? Who would have thought that this night will go this way? "I still can not believe that deeply you are such a sweetheart," I said jokingly, and then I saw a little smile creeping up his face. "If you ever struggle with something, you can always come to me, this is what friends are for, alright, Mattheo?", "Thank you for that, this goes to you too," he nodded.

~ MATTHEO'S POV

We switched our seats to ones by the wall and soon Y/n Hope fell asleep. This name suits her because when I look her in the eyes, I see hope. I am so glad our situation is solved. I picked her up in my arms and brought Y/n to her room. She looks so peaceful while sleeping, god, I think that I am catching feelings, but my brain can not believe that because I never knew what love is. I carefully laid her down and pull up the blankets. Y/n is such a deep sleeper, she did not even flinch when I walked long corridors to dungeons. I kissed her forehead and murmured, "This is what I should have done when the bottle landed on you. Sweet dreams, Y/n Hope Mikaelson".