Hate to Love you - Shrek x Draco Malfoy

Chapter 11 - The Forbidden Forest

Shrek P.O.V

Detention was easy to handle - sitting in a classroom. The boredom was a lot but enough for me to end up in the same situation after every class, I am an ogre. But this... It was too much. I mean, don't get me wrong, I love danger and dangerous situations, but with the one boy out of the whole school who I despised? IT WAS A NIGHTMARE...

Earlier that day...

"The fat man." Draco said, very seriously.
"What about 'em?" I replied, sitting up on the leather sofa in the common room.
"Them Gryffindors... the mudblood, the orange and the scar, they're seeing that oaf."
"When?"
"Tonight. But we'll be there."
"Why?"
"So... we tell professor and then they'll get detention."
"How do you know this?" I questioned really loud.
Our discussion was cut short from another one of them Korean boys rapping to one of their band's song.
"WILL YOU SHUT UP?!" Draco yelled.
His name was Min Yoongi and he was rapping to the song called 'Danger'. This later got stuck in my head and I kept humming the only English words I knew, which was 'You in danger'. Little did I know, this was literally a warning; we were in danger.

"Anyways, we have to leave now, otherwise we'll miss them." He gripped my sleeve and pulled me out of the dorm. We were stealthy, watching out for that old cleaner. The echo in the halls consisted of our loud, quick footsteps and an occasional "Come on." or "Hurry up". Just as we exited the building, we saw three figures in the black mist, heading towards Hagrid's hut. Malfoy tugged at my arm and we looked through the window of the hut. I crouched so the greenness wasn't so visible, Malfoy was quite small so he didn't have to.

We were supposed to be focusing on why the Golden Trio were out so late with a dodgy guy, but all I could focus on was Draco. His face was studying what was happening through the glass. I noticed his baby face and chubby cheeks. He turned to me, noticing my staring.
"Why do you always stare at me?" He asked, his cheeks a light tint of pink. I shrugged my huge, wide shoulders. I guess I, myself, didn't know the answer.
"Why do ya wanna know?" I raised an eyebrow, putting him on the spot. He shrugged, I took this as an 'I don't know either'. Both of us were now blushing. But when Draco moved his attention back on the reason why we came, they were all facing us. We both rushed away from the window.

We were all up at a very late time, which is what caused all five of us to get detention. We were instructed to go into the dark, forbidden forest with Hagrid. He started rambling on about his dragon being sent to Romania. Then, young Draco's voice got really high pitched, I pinned this as a sign of fear. "The forest? I thought that was a joke!" His eyebrows furrowed. "We can't go in there," Filch's eye twitched as he turned to Draco. "Students aren't allowed and there are... werewolves."
"There are more than werewolves..."
I wasn't scared, it was basically wandering through the forest around my swamp. The caretaker walked off, leaving us with Hagrid and his dog, Fang.

"Right, let's go."

We all went off into our own houses, the three Gryffindor's went separate ways to us Slytherin's. For some reason Draco thought it was only fair if we took Fang with us, even though I am literally an ogre...
The blonde-haired boy's petite hand was held tightly on the bright lamp; the only source of light in the dark, eery forest. There was nothing but silence from us two and our feet crushing the twigs scattered on the ground - mainly mine. That was until Malfoy decided to break the silence.
"At least I'm with you and not that unbearable Potter." He spat.
"Well, ya did just follow him at night, risking getting caught." I replied a smirk growing on my freckled face. Draco found this funny and decided to laugh, which came out as a really girly giggle and he hit my shoulder. This made me laugh because of how feminine he was, which came out as a really deep chuckle.

"I thought wrong about you, Shrek." He stated acting much more chill than when he was forced to go into the forest.
"You have a sense of humor?" I asked, very surprised that the younger boy actually found me amusing.
"You'd be surprised..." He whispered, but the words trailed off into the loud, aggressive wind.

The sound of the weather made Draco flinch and search around him.
"Why are you so scared? I'm right beside you." I had intentionally meant for that comment to make him sound pathetic that he was frightened whilst walking right next to an ogre, but instead it sounded more loving. Draco's pale skin was glowing from the yellow lamp, his eyes gazed deeply into my chocolate ones. He looked dazzling, even in such a spooky atmosphere. He relaxed his shoulders at what I had just said, clearly acknowledging him about my presence. His lips parted, I thought he was going to say something but nothing came out, just his heavy breathing. I turned my focus back onto where my feet were to go after each step, so I don't trip.

I felt something touch my cheek. It was cold and sent shivers down my long spine, I immediately turned to where the feeling came from. Draco had quickly jerked his head away from me.

Draco kissed me.

I started blushing furiously but luckily you couldn't see the blush in the shadows. He just acted like nothing happened as my tough hand touched where Draco's lips had just been. This wasn't some weird thing posh people did all the time, this meant something. It could have meant that he cared, or that he loved me. The thoughts clouded my mind as I sighed loudly and dreamily. This made Draco smile, still facing the other way. This detention had turned out way better than what I had planned. Way better than sitting in a boring classroom. In fact, I classify this as the best detention ever.