Tom Riddle - Downfall

Chapter 45: The morning after

I wake up the next day. I'm still lying in Tom's arms, and he's still asleep. He hasn't let me go an inch. Tom's eyes start to flutter, and he eventually wakes up before stretching slowly and looking over at me now. His green eyes are looking at me first thing in the morning, and he smiles a bit when he sees how peaceful I look in his arms. Tom pulls me back towards him more now, and I'm really enjoying this moment of closeness between us. He leans in a bit to kiss me softly on the forehead. I look at him and stretch "Hey..good morning" Tom smiles at me as I stretches and he speaks softly to me now.
"Good morning, love... how did you sleep?"
"Good and you? How are you feeling? Any regrets?"
"I feel great, and I have absolutely no regrets..." Tom stares at me closely now, looking at me as if he wants to take me in with every single breath that he takes. He takes a deep breath and speaks again.
"And how about you? Any regrets?"
"No way." I turn to him and kiss his arm.  "But I'm going now, Tom. I have to get changed and talk to Kim, of course..." Tom frowns slightly when I mention that I'm going now. It wasn't necessarily unexpected, but he didn't like the thought of me leaving. However, he knew he had to allow me to go. He smiles gently, and he speaks softly to me again.
"Oh, I understand. But please, come back to me later, okay?"
"I will, and then we'll talk about this. About us, okay?" I stand up, pick up my things, and smile at him. As I walk out the door, I give him a flirtatious wave. Tom smiles back at me, and I leave the room. He likes the feeling that I give him whenever I do things like that. He waits for my return now, hoping that I'll actually come back to him soon and that we'll be able to have a more serious discussion about our relationship. But in the meantime, he can't help but think about how he already feels about me and how he feels that I feel the same way now.

I go quietly to my bedroom, where Kim is already waiting for me. I smile mischievously and put my dress from yesterday next to my bed.
Kim looks at the dress, and she smirks at me. She can't help but notice that I look rather pleased with myself. She's clearly curious to know what happened, and she stares at me now with a playful expression on her face. "Come on, ask me, Kim," I say with a laugh. Kim laughs back at me, and she smiles at me mischievously now. She clearly has no idea about what I did with Tom.
"Alright, what did you and Tom do last night?"
"Ehm, as you can see, I didn't sleep here" I say with a laugh "and to be precise, I slept with Tom" I whisper to her as I sit down next to her. Kim's eyes widen a little bit when she hears this news, and she seems a bit surprised.
"Wait, you're telling me that you actually slept with Tom Riddle? Seriously?"
"Yes," Kim starts to grin and gets all excited. Kim seems impressed and quite excited that I had been with Tom now. She can't help but smile a little bit.
"Well, are you enjoying yourself with him? How did it go? Is he worth it with all that hotness? Give me the details, girl!"
"It was amazing. The best sex I've ever had. " I start laughing and say,"It meant a lot to me. We haven't talked about what we are now but... I know it meant something to him too. " Kim nods her head in approval as she hears this. She's glad to hear that I really enjoyed myself with him, and she seems glad that I feel like it meant something to him as well."
"Oh, really? That's great... Do you think you might want to keep seeing him? Does it seem like he wants to keep this going, too?"
"We've grown so much together in the last few weeks. We've formed a bond. No one has ever cared about me so much, and you should have seen him at the Slughorn Ball. He was proud to have me by his side, and he was..." I continue to gush, and my eyes light up. Suddenly, Kim throws herself into my arms. She seems happy for me. She seems to be getting more and more excited as I speak about Tom, and it's really fascinating her to hear this. She laughs a bit when I finish, and Kim can't help but wrap her arms around me now, and she leans her face on my chest.
"Oh, I'm so glad to hear that! It seems like this is really working out for you two, then! He's really such a charming and interesting guy, I totally get why you're enjoying being with him. He's got some charm, that's for sure."
"So yes, I want to keep seeing him. He's special..." I hug her back as I talk and feel my heart race. He's become really important to me. Kim seems very happy to hear this news, and she hugs me even harder now as she speaks to me. She starts feeling my heartbeat against her body, and she can't help but smile.
"And, does he know that you feel that way about him? Have you told him that he's special?"
"No," I wait a moment, "I mean, not exactly like that. But I'll tell him. It's just that I think he still has some secrets..." Kim is intrigued when she hears that he has some secrets, and she can tell that I want to learn more. So she asks me now, being a bit nosy.
"Oh really? What secrets do you think he might be keeping from you? I mean, you two have been spending a lot of time together recently, and so there must be some stuff that he's reluctant to tell you for some reason, right?"
"I don't know. I'll wait and see. I have to take a shower now, we have Magical Beasts class. Remember?" I say with a smile. She seems a bit eager to find out what these secrets are from me, but she doesn't keep pressing me now, and instead, she just laughs a little bit and nods her head.
"Right, right... I remember. Go take a shower then, and we'll meet up later after class. I'm sure you'll get a very good grade in this class, as you always do."