Draco looks at the door Hermione ran out of. He regreted everything. Getting drunk. Yelling at her. Hitting her.
He sinks onto the couch as the relazation washes over him. He hit Hermione. He hit Hermione. The only girl he ever loved, and he hit her. Why? Because he got drunk. That's why.
He promised her and himself he would never touch alcohol again. What made him do it this time??
He sits, wallowing in self pity when he heres something outside the door. Hermione.
He pulls open the door and sees Hermione.
"Hermione! Ive been so worried, I'm sorry- WHAT THE FUCK!" He exclaims. Hermione catches his gaze and tries to rapidly cover up the hickey on her neck.
"Draco, its not-"
"So that's it. We have a fight and you go fuck another guy!?!" He asks, outraged.
"A fight?!!?!?! Draco, you hit me! That is not a fight!" She exclaims, pushing his chest.
"And I'm sorry! But how does that justify you cheating on me?!"
"Draco, I didn't cheat!" She tries to explain.
"Then why the fuck are your clothes messed up, your hair messed up, and hickeys all over your neck?!?!?" He yells.
"SHUT UP ALREADY!" Someone yells from another loft.
"Draco, I-"
"No, just shut up!" He snarls. He pushes past her and stalks out of the building. Hermione sinks onto the floor and sobs into her hands.
"Why are you guys so God damn loud?" A women scolds as she exits her loft. She stops short when she sees Hermione.
"What happened, dear?" She asks, leading Hermione inside her loft. They sit on the couch while the women rubs soothing circles on the young girls back.
"My boyfriend hit me, because he was drunk. He'd never done that before, and I was scared. I needed to forget what happened so I went to a bar." Hermiones voice breaks, "A man came up to me-" she starts to cry again, "I was sexually assulted and my boyfriend thought I cheated on him."
***
"Mate, what are you doing here? Its 4 in the morning." Blaise says, opening the door, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes.
"Have you been crying?" He asks, concerned. Draco looks down at his feet with a broken expression.
"I need a place to stay for the night. Please." Blaise is taken aback by the please. Malfoys never say please.
Blaise leads him to the guest room.
"I'm gonna let you rest, it looks like you need it, but you will tell me what happened in the morning." Blaise says.
Draco nods and sits on the bed. He buries his head in his hands and cries. She cheated on him. She cheated. The words make him numb and worthless. It was all his fault. His fault. He hit her; made her run to another man.
***
"Mate, I made breakfast!" Blaise calls from the kitchen.
Draco rubs his face and gets up.
"So, Mate, what happened? What made you come here?" Blaise asks as he sets the dishes in the sink.
Draco sighs and explains everything. Down to the last detail.
After he finished explaining, Blaise sighs and rubs the side of his face.
"Man, mate, I have no idea what to say. I never thought Hermione would do that. Yet again, I never thought you two would end up together, or that you would hit a women." Blaise says. Draco groans.
"I'm sorry, Mate. I got your back in this, but maybe you just need to talk to her?" Blaise suggests, "Maybe she could explain something."
"Explain what? How she cheated on me?!? Its pretty obvious that when a man and a women feel an attraction, they get together and f-"
"That's not what I meant, you bloody idiot!" Blaise interrupts. Draco glares at him.
"Just talk to her." He says. Draco sighs. No harm in trying.
***
Draco knocks on the door then it dawns on him. This is his apartment. He doesn't need to knock.
"Draco." Hermione scowls as she opens the door.
"Hermione." He says, coming inside.
"Draco, I didn't cheat on you." Hermione says, once they were seated. He didn't say anything, so she took this as a chance to continue.
"I didn't have s*x with anyone. Well, not techinally. I was- I was sexually assualted. A drunk man grabbed me and I couldn't stop him," she starts to cry again at the memory, "He was just too strong. I tried to tell you, but you wouldn't let me."
Draco sits, stunned. She didn't cheat. Oh my God, she didnt cheat. She was abused. Oh God, she was abused. He almost sprints to her side and wraps her in a crushing hug, allowing her to sob into his side.
"I'm so, so sorry, Hermione. I didnt mean to hit you, its all my fault. I'll never leave you. I love you."
