Dramione One Shots

Do You Even Know Why?

A.N: Just a very short little one shot based on a prompt I found on Pinterest.

Disclaimer: Just playing in the sandbox that is the HP universe created by the amazing J.K Rowling.

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"Do you even know why I hated you?" he asked quietly.

They were sat in the back yard at the Burrow, it was the beginning of summer and after Draco had refused to kill Dumbledore he'd been put under the protection of the order. Hermione had started talking more and more and they were learning that things weren't as black and white as they'd seemed.

"Because of my blood." She retorted.

"No," he paused, giving her a serious look.

"Because you made me question everything they ever told me," he explained.

"Muggleborns were supposed to be dumb and useless and filthy, but you were smart and talented and nothing like what I was taught you would be. You proved everyone wrong and that bothered me because I thought that my father, my family was always right. That anything they said was law and truth."

Draco looked down at his hands that lay folded in his lap.

"I wish it would have been different. That I grew up different, without all the prejudice and the hate and the notion that some witches and wizards were better than others simply because of their heritage, because they're pure," he spat out the last word.

Hermione put her hand on one of his squeezed it reassuringly.

"But at least you've seen reason. You broke the chain, you walked away from your family's beliefs. I think you're incredibly brave for doing that," she smiled at him.

"I think you've done some really mean things throughout the years, but there is always forgiveness to be found if you truly seek it." She continued.

"Thank you, Granger," Draco whispered.

"And I hope you can forgive me one day."

"I already have, Malfoy."