Never again (Tom Riddle x reader)

Chapter 25

It's been a week since we went to Hogsmeade and also a week since Riddle and I last talked. Only in potions class, when we had to do a project in pairs and the professor Slughorn was the one to do the pairing, the way Riddle rolled his eyes when Slughorn made him sit at my desk. It was so humiliating, he has been ignoring me on purpose, we are definitely not acting like friends at the moment. But today is Friday, Pansy and I are going to a pub to have some fun.

After the last class of the day, I went to the Slyherin common room to get to my dorm and get ready, I opened the door and at the table I saw Riddle writing something in his tiny notebook. "Riddle.'' I said to him as I passed him in a swift move. "Y/N.'' He said back without even looking up. Whatever anyways, it's not like we were super close or anything. I put down my stuff on my bed and went to take a shower. I washed my hair and shaved my legs, I put on a mud mask and repainted my nails red. Anything to make myself look and feel confident. After curling my hair I put on my black tights, mid-knee skirt and a slik tank top under my wool sweather. Leather heel boots and I was done.

Pancy was already waiting for me in the common room talking to her other friends who decided to stay in tonight. "Ready to have some fun?'' She asked me as she put on her fall coat and interlinking her arm with mine. "Yes please, get me drunk." I said smiling as I closed the dungeon's door.

On the way to Hogsmeade we shared some laughs and latest gossip from other houses. A man who was smoking while standing outside the pub, opened the door for us and we went in. ''Oh look who it is." Abraxas said sloppily as he put his hand around my shoulders. "Fuck off of her Malfoy." Said a voice to the left of me. Riddle, I turned my head, "Riddle.'' I said with a hard face, "Ladies, come sit with us." He said as he sat down in a booth and manspead taking up most of the space in it.

20 minutes later and I am not having fun, I was squeezed between Riddle and Pansy, only Pansy was talking to me and Riddle was only staring, but I was drunk, drunk more than ever, Riddle really paid attention to the continents of my glass, always refilling it when it was almost empty.

My head was buzzing and Abraxas was blowing smoke from his cigarette in my face, "I shall go to the restroom." I said as I stood up pushing past Pansy and Abraxas who were having a flirting session. After I did what a lady in the restroom does, I went up to the mirror by the sink and truly looked at myself, I look miserable, my mascara was already a bit runny and the curls in my hair were almost gone, and the red of my lipstick left me for the wine glass I was drowning myself in minutes prior. I washed my hands to my elbows and dried them with a paper towel next to the sinks. "Alrighty.'' I mumbled and returned to the booth of misery.

"Penelope and Malfoy left together, I shall see you to your chambers.'' Riddle said as he spread my coat for me to put on. "That won't be necessary.'' I said as I put it on rolling my eyes. "You're drunk.'' He said with a hint of jusgement in his voice as he handed me my purse and lent me a hand to take. ''For stability.'' He said and encouraged for me to take his arm. "Mhm.'' I mumbled and interwined my arm with his.

"I can't say I am not enjoying this.'' He said as he looked up at the starry sky above Hogsmeade streets, "No doubt.'' I dismissed, looking at my feet to make sure I am walking straight, I would never give this man the satisfaction that he is actually helping me. "I sincerely apologise if my absence in the past week, has caused you distress, I've been just enormously busy.'' He said as he took out a cigarette out of his chest pocket and lighted it with a lighter. Like a muggle would. "No distress, I found it quite alright, thank you.'' I said, alcohol makes me snappy. "Then you won't mind me making my absence up tonight.'' He said, his voice sounding a bit hopeful, that I'd say yes. "I don't reccon any other plans I had for tonight, alright.'' I said shrugging, I just hope it doesn't involve any drinking, Merlin knows I am in no need of that at the moment. "I am glad to hear that.'' He smiled, satisfied.

"No, we are not going to the Common room yet.'' He said as he pulled me back from the stairs that lead to the dungeons, "Alright." I said, my voice confused, I didn't know weather to get worried and scared or excited. After we made it to the floor of Riddle's desires with my hand still in his, I heard the click of a heel that wasn't mine. "Is anyone there?'' Yelled a voice, it was now way past the curfew, the voice belonging to a professor, Riddle whispered "Run." And pulled me forward with him until a door appeared and he dragged me in the room I've never seen before.

The room was cosy, with beige brick walls and emerald feel, there were a few tall windows with dark green drapes and the carpet was green as well, a true Slytherin's den, with a fire place, some cabinets, a big table slammed with towers of books and a make shift bed with pillows and blankets and stuff. I turned to Riddle who was to the left of me. "Hand me your coat.'' He said as he stretched his hand, "What is this place'?'' I asked as I looked around, taking off the coat, "Room of requirements. It appears when you need it.'' He said as he put my coat and his on the armchair by the big table.

I went to the table as well and look through the books on the table, dark arts were the main topic of all of them, some of the books I recognised from the forbidden section of the library. "What is all this?'' I asked as I flipped through one of the books. "Nothing you have to worry about.'' He said as he looked at the fire in the fireplace. "Sure looks like something." I said as I kept looking through the paragraph of seperating ones soul into objects to become immortal. "Y/N drop it please, would you like a glass of wine?''he asked as he went to one of the cabinets and grabbed two wine glasses with a bottle. " Alright, but you are not about to kill me, right?'' I asked as I went over to him. "I won't, I promise.'' He said smiling as he opened the bottle." Good to know.'' I said sarcastically.