Tom Riddle is here-Hogwarts Slytherin Side

Singling Out

Tom looked at his younger lover curiously. He had wondered why Draco had specifically isolated Ginny out of all the Gryffindors. It was an interesting thing, and he wished to be certain why. What was so special about this Ginny Weasley? It was clawing at Tom's insides, to the point where he honestly wanted to fry her hair for and set her robes aflame.

Okay, so maybe he was getting just a tad bit possessive. Okay, a bit more than a tad, but still. What did this Ginny Weasley do to gain Draco's favor.

"Draco, darling." Tom said, carefully speaking in an even tone, he did not wish to scare his lover of course. That would simply get them nowhere, and he wanted to figure out what was going on. He hated being left in the dark, which was why he had developed ways to know what was needed so that he was NOT left in the dark. But, then again, most of those methods included some form of painful torture or torment, or general fear, and whilst he still needed Draco to fear him as it was a sign of respect (According to Tom, Alphas always had differing views on what 'respect' was, and they dealt with their Omegas accordingly) and though he knew Draco feared him, but still looked to him for praise and desiring to please him more so than before, he needed to ensure that he was not angry whilst asking this question.

That was another thing. Tom had at first known that the attatchment and understanding between an Omega and their Alpha was one of comparingly strong degree to those of normal wizard and withes and their partners, but he had not quite expected the severity. He was able to pick up on Draco's needs far easier than when he had first seen him, and Draco was the same. It was something of a two way connection. Normally, admitting that someone might be on equal grounds with him would send him into a fury burning so hot the flames of hell would be jealous.

But Draco Lucius Abraxas Malfoy was different.

And wasn't that what started all of this? Tom's undeniable curiosity of the boy? It was, and though Tom could not find it in himself to regret his unsaitable curiosity, he realized that his former plan to get to know the boy had completely fallen by the wayside-for the most part. Tom was finding Draco more and more interesting and curious, instead of less. Granted, they were bond and soul mates but he had still believed that-even after figuring out that Draco was his soul and bond mate-Draco would get less interesting. Of course, this never happened. Now, he is simply finding Draco more and more fascinating. He was most certainly obsessing, but in a different way. He wanted to figure Draco out, but every single time he thought he had the young boy figured out the teen did something that flipped his world upside down and crashed all former beliefs that he had held.

Furthermore, Tom was forced to accept the fact that he and Draco may just be as smart and coniving and Slytheriny as the other. It was definitely an interesting thing to realize, as he had always thought that perhaps his soul and bond mate would be a hufflepuff, or a ravenclaw. He had never really considered another Slytherin before, because most slytherins were stubborn, and just difficult in nature (not gonna lie we really are).

But there was little if not none of that with Draco. Draco was unique and refreshing. He was difficult to read entirely. It was like a book. You can't just skip to the end because you won't know any of the middle things, what caused this to be this way, why, and how was it created like that. You had to start at the beginning and go all the way through to the end.

"Yes?" Draco asked, turning his lovely baby blue eyes up at Tom. Innocent curiosity was present on his face and just like that all former anger that he held disipated. He wondered if Draco ever did that on purpose. Did Omegas have this strange capability where they were able to calm Alpha's down and level them out with just a look? Or was it just because he was Draco's bond and soul mate? To be honest he was incredibly curious and would have to look it up because it was a fascinating idea, and now he would be incapable of getting it out of his head until he figured out the answer.

"Why single out Ginny?" Draco looked confused for a few seconds before it dawned on him and his face lit up in a smug smirk.

"Are you....Jealous?" He asked, the wickedly wide self-satisfied smirk still present on his face.

"What? No?" Tom denied instantly, before realizing his mistake. This was an Omega capable of picking up on his feelings and emotional state, and not only that, a Slytherin with an eye for details and liars. Still, he refused to back down. "I am not Jealous, I am merely curious."

"Curious huh." Draco said, in a tone of voice that clearly stated all on it's own how stupid that remark sounded, and how Draco most certainly did not believe him in any capacity whatsoever. "Is that why the moment I said it you looked like you wanted to burn the Weaslette in a gulf of fiery flames and then proceeded to glare at your food whilst deep in thought for the next eleven minutes and counting?" Draco asked, folding his arms against his chest, leaning back into Tom-who reflexively wrapped his arms around Draco's waist-and smirking up at him, the wide smile still present. It was clear Draco was enjoying this immensely.

"Okay, okay, fine, maybe...maybe I am a bit jealous. But that is because you haven't told me why she gets to be singled out." He spat out the word 'she' unable to keep his contempt of the girl out of his voice.

"Tom, calm down. She is just a lowly blood traitor who has self righteous morals that happen to be better than most Gryffs, and a clearer head-whilst she is still remarkbly impulsive and self oriented. I would never date her, not when I have you. You are perfect, and everything I could ever want." Draco said, bringing that same smirk that had been present on Draco's face a moment ago onto his. It was like a transfer.

"Really?"

"Yes," Draco said simply, as if it bore no thought to him. They both turned back to their food. "As for why I am singling her out, she was the one who allowed us to stay in the first place, despite the fact that I am the legal heir to the Black family fortune, despite what that Traitor Sirius Black says. I could just throw them all out, but why do that? It is something we may need later on. Besides, the next part is singling out Ginny and the Twins." It finally dawned on him what Draco was doing.

"You are splitting the house apart."

"And watching it crumble." They both began chuckling darkly.

Oh. This was going to be lots of fun.