Regret

17. Scars

Hermoine's P.O.V:

After the date, me and Malfoy went on alot of other dates.

Every single one of it was mind blowing.

One of the dates was to a park filled with pink roses, and it was only him and me. I asked him then that why do we always visit places which can  easily be isolated. And the replied shocked to my very core. "I don't want people to see us together. It will murder your reputation and then chop it up and throw it in the sewer."

I never thought about it. Because it didn't matter to me. I'm happy, after such a long time, I'm happy. it's wonderful to be with him, he makes me laugh like a crazy person. And he understands me. That is exactly what I said to him. The response was a few tears.

This one time we went to a cinema to watch one of my favorite movies, the NUN . Yes, THE NUN. The horror movie.

And during the movie time, Malfoy was scared like a little chicken and I always laughed whenever valak showed up. And it gave me alot of information to use against Malfoy.

But,

A few days back I'was hiding behind a door to scare him, I was trying to continue my streak of jump scares. Five times in a row.

Suddenly I heard the dorm room door opening, but Malfoy wasn't coming in. Then I heard something being ripped off, it was thrown across the floor. It was his shirt. ....and,

It was covered with blood.

I suddenly panicked , thinking about what happened to him. That's when I decided to step outside. But what I saw was horrible. It was terrifying.

Malfoy looked up and his eyes Carried the same amount of horror as mine but for Completely different reasons.

His body was covered with scars and cuts. I think it was every single inch of his skin. Some of them looked so new and it felt like they are having a difficult time healing.

Tears were welling up in my eyes, I couldn't storm out of the room, I couldn't leave him alone because I was scared of what he might do.

He just kept looking at me. And when I looked back in his eyes with my eyes carrying a million questions. He looked away.

I started walking slowly towards him. And he started stepping back. As if he was scared of what I might do.

But all I wanted to do was to hold him and tell him that he was not alone anymore and that I'll support him through every difficult time.

His back was against the wall and I was inches away from him.

I looked up at him with tears flowing down my cheeks and I whispered "why?".

He was quiet for a few seconds which felt like a million years. And then he replied "regret".

And I knew exactly what he meant. He regretted the moment when he didn't help me. When he let Bellatrix torture me. But it wasn't his fault.

I closed the distance between us and whispered "it wasn't your fault, I forgave you. Didn't I? Because I knew it wasn't your fault and I knew you regretted it"

"I thought it was fake."

"It wasn't"

"I haven't touched a blade ever since we became friends".

But they cuts were so real. They weren't healing. I looked at them. I wanted to kiss those scars. I wanted to kiss his pain away.

As if he knew what I was thinking, he replied "I casted a spell which keeps them away from healing."

I looked back at him with worried eyes. "They'll heal in a few months ,don't worry" he said.

"No." I said as I took out my wand.

"There is no spell that can break the one I casted" he tried to tell me.

"Don't forget, that I am the brightest witch" I read about a spell which can reverse a strong spell. I whispered the words and swirled the wand around his arms as a golden wave started to form around it.

And in a few seconds the cuts started healing up. They were closing and only leaving behind the scars.

Malfoy looked at me with shock in his eyes. He was speechless. And a smirk was plastered on his lips. How could he smile in that moment. "Sorry,I forgot who I was dating" as those words escaped his lips, he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me close. And turned so my back was against the wall. So He was hovering above me.

"How can I repay you now princess?" He asked with a mischievous smirk.

"Promise me" I Replied. "Promise me you'll never do anything like that again. And that you'll always come to.me when things get difficult."

"I cross my heart and swear to die" he promised.

"But that's not the only way I can show that I'm grateful" he said ,again with a smirk.

"What's the other way?" I replied back with a blank stupid mind. While I was busy thinking what he might say.

I felt a hand covering my eyes and my lips feeling something extremely soft. And when I got a hold of the things. I realized what was happening.

Malfoy was kissing me.

He pulled back a little but he didn't remove his hand from my eyes. And brought his lips near my ear "kiss me back princess." And I shivered when I felt his lips kissing my ear and going down my neck. And again he placed his lips against mine, I kissed him back.

His lips felt so soft,like I was kissing the petals of a rose the way they brushed against mine, I swear it was the best feeling in the world and I wanted to keep on feeling it. I wrapped my arms around him and pulled him close.

After a few minutes of our make out session. He removed his hand. And I asked him the reason for covering my eyes and what he said shut me up for quiet a long time.

"If you looked at me with those eyes while we were kissing, you wouldn't be thinking right now."