Matteo Riddle's View On Love

Part 11

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Lets be friends

You are sitting on the medical bed looking at him smiling. Your voice is soft as you look over at him, "I thought awhile about what you said, I think I really need to get to know you. Right now I feel like I know nothing about you. We should work on being friends"

He blinked a few times shaking his head as he stretched out in his chair, "Yeah, of course. I have never had a ton of friends so that is fine with me Princess" he chews on his lips slowly.

You blink a few times smiling, "I don't know if its strange but, I really like that you call me Princess, it makes me feel special"

He laughs at you shaking his head, "Good cause I am not sure if I could stop at this point, it feels like second nature to me"

You snort at him letting out a small sigh as your trace the little beauty marks on his left arm that was sat on the bed. "You are something Matteo, you know that right?"... After a few seconds she adds, "So tell me about yourself?"

He raises an eyebrow grabbing a hold of your hand, "What would you like to know?"

You lick your bottom lip trying to ignore the sweet warmth climbing up your arm slowly, "I want to know everything. But, first tell me what is your favorite class?"

He bit down on his tongue while he looked like he was deep in, "I think it would have to be Muggle Studies and Herbology. I love Muggle Studies because the muggle word is so big, amazing and fascinating. I love learning about it. I want to explore the muggle world once. I graduate. Herbology, I love the idea of bringing something in the world that could help other witches and wizards. I want nothing more than to help people. Plus the plants are a place I can just get lost in it"

You grin wide bitting hard on your bottom lip grinning wide, "That is really amazing Matteo, I wanna see the Muggle world one day too. I sometimes feel like the Wizarding world is just so small. Like we are holding ourselves back when we are close minded"

He tightly squeezes your hand keeping it there, "Lets explore the muggle world together? Even if it is only as friends"

You smile wide shaking your back and fourth meeting his eyes, "I would love nothing more than to do that"

He rubs his lips together till they are in a thin line, "And you?"

You look at him confused for a few second adding a, "hmm?"

He laughs a little, "What are your favorite classes?"

You blink a few times smiling as you easily answer him, "Charms and Arithmancy. I hope one day to be a curse breaker. I want to rid the world of so much darkness. My answer isn't nearly as good as yours"

He smirks giving you a wink, "No it's better cause, you have took away all my darkness." He watches you yawn squeezing your hand, "Get some sleep Princess. I will be back and bring you some lunch later okay?"

You nod slowly trying to process his words as you watch him get up and walk away. It hurts to watch as the pain etches its way in your heart. "Matteo? If you call me Princess then can I call you my knight?"

He stops in his tracks looking at you. He smiles wide like he had never smiled so much in his entire life, "I would be honored if you would call me that Princess after all, I am always right here to protect you"

Your heart hammers hard against your chest as you bite down on one finger. It hurts to watch him walk about but, the thought of him makes you smile. To say you are conflicted is an understatement.

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Lunch... BUT its not a date

You wake up to the smell of something that makes your stomach growl. You slowly blink the sleep away seeing him sitting in front of you. A smile pulls up on your face as he lays down a sandwich, crisps and a bottle of water. His voice is full of laughter as he says, "Well Good Afternoon sleepy head. I brought you food like I promise. Just lunch because it's not a date"

Your snort at laughter looking at the food before you. Your voice is full of humor as you reply, "Lunch...BUT its not a date"

He chuckled at you laying his feet on his bed as he leaned back in his chair, "Princess, shush and eat your food" She was doing that cute thing where she pulled her brows together in laughter. He loved nothing more than kissing that one specific spot.

You gave him small smile grabbing your sandwich, "I will eat it only cause it smells really good and I can't let a knights effort go to waste. That would be horrible"

You were on a roll, he couldn't stop the laughter from falling from his lips as he added, "It would be so horrible, I think it might break my metal coated knight heart"

You raise an eyebrow chewing and slowly swallowing a bite, "Metal coated? Are you saying you are cold hearted?"

He smirked stretching a bit further in the chair shrugging a bit, "I used to be but, you bring out all the goodness in my life." He took a bite of his own sandwich shoving a few crisps in his mouth."

You blushed bright red looking down at your sandwich. The heat flooded down your throat causing your to swallow hard, "You keep saying how I make you a better person but, you gotta be good for yourself not just for me"

He sighs softly grabbing your hand squeezing it, "I am being better not just for you but, for both of us. I want to be better for me too. To prove I am not my parents but, my own person making my own choices"

Your heart hammered hard against your chest smiling at his words. You couldn't stop your self from squeezing his hand deeper. The warmth of his hand made you feel protected and cared to your core. That warmth felt so familiar you wished you could push into it. That you could remember a thread of it. But, all it did was throb so hard against your head.

The conversation easily flowed through lunch as both of you. It felt easy and made you smile the entire time. He felt like home. He felt like a knight. Someone who would always love and protect you.