Insomniacs - Tom Riddle x reader (with pictures)

5 / squeal

Your first class of the day is Potions. Of course. You sit next to Jane, who is already hastily scrolling through her book, trying to find the particular page you're going to need today. Professor Slughorn isn't even her yet.

You sigh. As much as you try to like Potions, you're just not good at it. You're too clumsy and impatient, which has led to quite a few accidents in the past. You still have a little scar from your attempt at brewing a Draught of Living Death.

There's one upside to this subject, though: Tom will be in attendance as well. This wasn't really of interest to you before, but after last night... Again though, he's not here yet. You've noticed before, that he usually slips in, right before the lesson starts. Never late, though.

Jane's face lights up. Supposedly she has found the page she was looking for. "Today we're brewing the Essence of Insanity. Very exciting."

"Very." Your tone is obviously sarcastic. She sticks out her tongue to retaliate for you making fun of her. You grin.

And as you predicted, Tom enters the classroom together with Professor Slughorn. They are indulged in a deep conversation, it seems. Suddenly, Tom seems to spot you and says something to Slughorn. Then he walks over to your desk. Wait, what? He walks over to your desk.

You frantically look at your best friend. Unfortunately, Jane doesn't seem to notice what's happening right now, as she's still focused on the textbook page. Tom stops in front of your desk, and now Jane reacts. Her head shoots up, and her jaw drops. Great, thanks. That doesn't come off as weird at all. The boy first smiles at you, then realizes that he's being watched by Jane. He looks over at her and tilts his head. "Are you okay?" Jane just nods but keeps her shocked face. He turns his attention back to you and drops a note in front of you. Without another word, he walks over to his seat on the other end of the classroom.

Slughorn, meanwhile, is done with his preparations and starts his lesson, gleeful as always.
"What the hell just happened?" Jane still seems utterly amazed, and to be honest, now you can't blame her anymore.
"I have absolutely no idea." You stare at the folded piece of paper, that is just sitting in front of you. Your best friend, who is usually so focused on schoolwork, is now not listening to a single word the teacher is saying. Instead, she punches your arm. "Ouch!" you exclaim.
"Open it! What are you waiting for?"

You look around to see if anyone is watching you. Slughorn is still busy explaining today's recipe. As you glance over to Tom, he seems incredibly focused on the lesson at hand and not paying attention to you in any way. Slowly, you start unfolding the paper. On it, you see written in neat handwriting:

"If you feel insomniac again tonight – meet me in front of the Ravenclaw common room at 12."

You're sure your heart has never beaten this fast before. Without saying a word you slide the note over to Jane, who impatiently shifts in her chair. After taking a couple of seconds to read it she lets out a squeal. A squeal... everyone hears. Slughorn stops mid-sentence and everybody turns to look at you two. By Merlin, Jane.

"Miss Haywood, I know this lesson might be boring to you, but the other students aren't all as skilled at the art of Potion making as you are. Please stop giggling with Miss Perkins and distracting my class or I will have to take some Ravenclaw housepoints away... we wouldn't want that, would we?" The professor tries his best to sound strict, but there's obvious amusement in his voice.

Jane's face is crimson red by now. "Of course not, Sir. I apologize.", she mumbles. You almost don't want to check but you have to know what Tom's reaction to all of this is. He has to be aware that this noise happened because of his message.