The Stupid Closet

10

Throughout the night, Theo continues talking with his friends. After a while, you get up and walk back over to the alcohol table, pouring another drink. You sip on it, standing there, as you watch Mattheo walk around with his hand on Melanie's waist, a little too close to her ass for your liking.

He sits down across from Theo in the armchair, Melanie starts walking up to you. She starts pouring drinks for them before she looks up at you, "Hey you're with Theo right?"

"Yup..." You look her up and down, "You came here with Mattheo?"

"Oh yeah, he's great isn't he?" She smiles.

You look past her to see him looking at you. Not her, you.

"He's the best." You smile fakely.

"Do you know him well?" Melanie continues the conversation, you were already bored of it.

"Well he's seen me naked so yes" You laugh. She looks up to you as you smile, walking away and sitting back down on Theo's lap. You hand him a drink and he sets his hand on your waist, leaving it there.

You take another sip of your drink before you look up to Mattheo, seeing him talking to Melanie, her sitting more on the arm of the chair than his lap.

Nobody was really talking to her, especially since they knew she was a Gryffindor. What was Mattheo even thinking?

You watched them interact, she kept running her hands through his hair, twirling pieces of his curls in her fingers as she talked. His hands were placed on the top of her legs which were hanging over his legs.

You set your empty cup down, suddenly interested in Theo. You start placing kisses on his neck. On his ear, his jawline, all over. As you continue placing kisses, you look over to see Mattheo watching.

"Theo..." You coo out his name, biting on his ear.

He turns to you and looks down at your lips before crashing into them with his. You place your hands on his cheeks, one of his hands on your thigh.

The kiss is sloppy, tongues twisting together. As the kiss continues, you look over to see Mattheo watching with his jaw clenched. He wasn't paying any attention to Melanie anymore.

You continue the kiss, roaming your hands up to Theo's hair before you begin to straddle him. He places his hands on your ass, the make out session getting steamy before you hear Melanie, "Mattheo wait!"

You back away to see him storming out of the Slytherin house. You wipe the lipstick that had smeared off your lip before you stand up, "I'll be right back"

Theo hesitates to let you go but does, watching you walk out. You follow Mattheo through the castle, calling his name.

"Mattheo!" He doesn't pay any attention to you, continuing to storm through the halls.

He makes it out to the courtyard, rain downpouring. He was already soaked when you called his name, "Mattheo, wait."

He stops in his tracks, you stopping in yours as well. You both were drenched, staring at each other in the rain.

"What the fuck is your problem?" Mattheo spits out after he turns around to face you.

"What?" You ask quietly. You had been buzzed but now, you felt completely, painfully sober.

"You had no right talking to Melanie like that." Mattheo seethes.

"Oh really? You want to talk about rights? Mattheo I have had to tell you to stay away more than once this year. I'm-"

"With Theo, yeah I got it. Here's the funny thing about that...if you really do like him, why are you here right now? Why were you rubbing it in my face at the party?"

You stare at him, not knowing how to respond.

"I can't figure you out- you tell me to stay away and I do but then you get all jealous and then you throw yourself at Theo in front of me. What do you want?" He raises his voice.

"I don't know." You assert.

"You don't know or you don't want to admit it?" He says quietly, staring at you.

You can feel tears forming in your eyes, "I don't know." You repeat.

Mattheo starts walking past you without another word until you grab his arm. He stops and turns around, looking at you as the rain continues to pour.

"I'm sorry." You say. You didn't know what else to say to him in this moment.

"I'm not. Leave me alone." Mattheo stares into your eyes before walking away, leaving you in the pouring rain alone.

You stand there, not wanting to move, letting the rain fall on your skin without a second thought. It was probably 10 minutes before you moved, it felt like your shoes were stuck to the ground.

After everything that has happened this year, you hated fighting with Mattheo. And the worst part about this one was that you knew he was right. You were jealous.

You hadn't realized it until now but the feeling in the pit of your stomach that had lingered all day was jealousy. You didn't want to see Mattheo with Melanie, you didn't want to see him with any girl for that matter.

You walk back to the Slytherin house, dripping wet. When you walk in, Theo doesn't notice you since he's talking to the guys on the quidditch team. You walk up to your dorm but the door is locked, Pansy probably has a guy in there.

This cannot be happening right now.

You make your way over to Theo's dorm, opening the door. You see Mattheo and Melanie sitting on his bed, making out when you stop in your tracks.

Melanie notices and looks over to you, Mattheo turning to look at you too.

"I'm sorry I'll leave-" You start to close the door when Melanie speaks up.

"No it's okay, I have to leave anyway." She smiles. She kisses Mattheo one more time, you looking away.

She gets up and leaves, leaving just the two of you.

"My dorm was locked and-" You start.

"I don't care." Mattheo walks into the bathroom, leaving it cracked open a little bit as you continue to stand there.

He pulls his shirt over his head as you watch him. You couldn't help yourself. You watch as he pulls a clean, dry shirt on. He was perfectly built and you felt mesmerized by him.

You never look at Theo this way.

He walks out of the bathroom, you still standing there with tears drying on your cheeks now.

"Can we actually talk this time? Please?" You ask.

"No." He responds shortly as he rummages through his chest.

"Mattheo, I really need to say something." You insist.

"You don't get it, do you?" He says fuming.

You leave your lips parted, not knowing what to say.

"God I'm so in love with you and I can't do anything about it because you're with my best friend!" He practically shouts.

He just admitted to not only liking you, but he said he was in love with you.

"You're in love with me?" You ask almost so quietly you can't hear yourself. It felt like all of the air had been taken out of your lungs.

"I can't just sit here and watch you and Theo be together, I've tried and it physically hurts knowing that that should be me, not him." He explains.

"Mattheo I had no idea..." you trail off. You were beside yourself, at a loss for words.

"Well now you do." He pauses to look into your eyes for a moment, "I have to go."

This time you let him. You don't say a word, you don't try to stop him at all. You let him walk out.

Mattheo Riddle was in love with you. You continue standing in the middle of his room, drenched from head to toe. That didn't matter anymore, Mattheo was in love with you.