INTERMISSION (slytherin boys imagines)

Interlinked ~ MR

Mattheo Riddle

I was walking around school, looking for Mattheo. He always tends to leave his phone lying around somewhere without realizing it, so if I want to find him I actually have to look around for him. Something has been bothering him lately, and I have no idea what it is, to be honest, he's been very clingy and loving lately, I'm not saying that he's not loving, but he's been more so recently. I'm walking towards the Black Lake which is our spot, when I overhear people yelling very loudly at each other in the courtyard. "Mattheo, this has been going on far too long mate. You got your 50 galleons a week ago, it's time to break up with her." I hear the very familiar voice of Draco yelling, obviously directed towards Mattheo. 50 galleon? Break up with her? Whatever Draco is talking about, it obviously has something to do with me. "Bro relax. I know I'm going to break it off with her soon, I'm enjoying life with a girl who is basically in love with me and I'm getting spoiled. Let me enjoy a little longer." My boyfriend says, well let's face it he's going to be ex very soon.

Instead of giving myself the pleasure of going up to Mattheo and confronting him, I decided to be petty and ignore him. I know how to rile him up and one thing he hates is being ignored, that's where his daddy issues come into play. Of course, to mask the utter devastation that he has caused my heart, I become angry with him for wasting my time, love, and worth over 50 fucking galleons. I know his dad doesn't love him but bloody hell, is he that desperate for some change? Whatever, it's not my problem anymore.

TIME SKIP

It's been about a week since Mattheo unknowingly let me know that I meant nothing to him. He's been texting and calling me nonstop, the texts go from "hello ml <3" and "where are you? I feel like I haven't seen you in ages" to finally "hello?? respond please I'm worried." The fact that he hasn't come barging into my dorm is surprising maybe he won't even come. I've ignored him and the directions we walk towards class. Thankfully we only have 1 class together and I've been skipping it for the sole purpose of rubbing it into his face that he hasn't seen me. Of course, as luck would have it, I hear heavy footsteps coming up the stairs to the girls' dormitories. I know exactly who it is just by the sound of his steps, clearly I jinxed myself into thinking he wouldn't show up. The banging on my door 5 seconds later lets me know my suspicions were proven correct. "Open the fucking door!!" at least he has the decency of not using a charm to open it himself. "Why are you fucking ignoring me?? Please just open the door and talk to me!" Why yes Mattheo, I am ignoring you. Look at you using your brain for once!

At this point, it's been a good 5 minutes of this man banging on my door, he's bound to break it down with how hard he's knocking his fist on the door. I'm going to go insane if he keeps it up. "Riddle go away! and take your annoying antics with you!" I yell out, getting tired of the banging in my ear, echoing through my whole dorm. "So you are fucking alive! Perfect." Before I can even process what he says, I hear the lock of my door click, and watch as Mattheo barges in, clearly angry by how the veins on his forehead and neck are bulging out. "Do you want to explain to me why you've been ignoring me for the past week? hm?" He seethes out whilst running his hand through his hair, I wish it was me running my hand through his hair. Alright, girl relax, not the time to be thinking about that. "Umm, no thanks. I don't have to explain myself to you." I reply unbothered, even though I'm actually on the verge of bursting into tears. I haven't let myself cry over him, but seeing his face for the first time makes me want to hold him and never let him go again. "What the fuck are you talking about? What's been up with you recently? Please tell me I can't keep doing this, it's driving me crazy not having you talk to me." He pulls tightly on his hair as he walks back in forth repeatedly"Riddle, stop trying to play innocent. I know you got your 50 galleons. Stop trying to use me. I'm over it." Once I finally let it out, his face visibly pales, and his eyes bulge out like a cartoon character, if this wasn't such a shitty moment I probably would've laughed at it. "My love, it's not what you think... I swear it's nothing like that." he stammered out of breath.

"Don't try and lie to me, Riddle. I overheard you and Malfoy talking about it in the courtyard. I know you've been playing with my feelings for the last couple of months, though, you did a very good job at hiding it." My body language is tense, barely noticeable unless you know my body language well, which of course he does, he notices right away how rigid my shoulders are but what gives me away is the crack in my voice. My throat feels heavy with emotion and my mind is racing with all the possible outcomes of this conversation. "Please let me explain myself. I love you so much. I will admit, it all started as a bet but it's because I was too scared to do it on my own so if I asked you out and you said no then it would've hurt less because it was just a bet but then you said yes. Don't doubt for a second that what we have isn't real and that I don't love you. This is the realest thing in my life and I love you more than anything. I'm sorry, please forgive me." he goes on a tangent professing his love for me and I listen to the whole rant, at one point, I don't remember when, he got on his knees, both his hands gripping onto either one of my thighs and started begging me to look at him. I believe him, even though he lied to me from the start of our relationship, Mattheo's not a liar.

"Ok, I believe you, Mattheo and I forgive you-" before I can finish my sentence he jumps up from where he is on the ground and grabs me in a iron grip, lifting me off the ground. "Thank you thank you thank you. I love you more than I love myself, y/n. I can't imagine my life before you and now I can't imagine it without you. I'm going to marry you and make you the happiest woman ever. I promise I will-"I have to cut him off. I didn't get to finish what I was saying and I know he won't like it. "Mattheo, let me finish. I forgive you but I can't forget that the foundation of our relationship is based on a lie. I love you, the love I have for you cannot compare to any love in this universe. I would do anything for you; I would kill for you, I would die for you and you... you would lie to me for your own personal gain. I have to end us here, for once I need to do something for me and this is me being selfish for once. Goodbye, Mattheo." I don't let him argue with me. It's for the better he needs to grow up and I need to find myself. Maybe it's wrong person wrong time or maybe we're just not meant to be. In the end i'll always love him, we will always be interlinked.

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