sincerity and repentance | dramione *VERY SLOW UPDATES*

21 | Source of scars

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Draco sees her swallowing hardly and it seems like she would try to see away. »Are these...all the...scars Harry did to you in...6th year?« the brunette asks and her voice is not strong as she probably wants it to be which means that she thinks it is maybe risky to all.

And damn. There he was. The blow that once again brings him back to the past. But before special memories can flash in front of his gleeful eye, he quickly shakes his head. The Malfoy isn't sure what he should say now. He doesn't want to open up, but he can't say nothing. Granger helps him and should appreciate it with being honest...

Salazar, in which situation did he get again?

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The blonde looks at the floor, back to her eyes and again back to the floor. He could mentally slap himself. It was so dumb of him to sat down on her couch, only with a damn towel, when he actually has to know that she will notice all this ugly scars on his chest.

Fuck, he just forgot about the fact that his body is cursed where ever he looks at. And now he has the difficult situation. How stupid is the Slytherin actually? Is there only one thing he can do right on this earth? Obviously not.

Just in this moment he could hit his head against the wall, so he hopefully would lost a lot of blood. Why didn't he merely go in his room and stayed there? Why the hell did he go in the living room? Well, the answer is simple: Because of this damn cat.

When he finished his bath, he went out of the bathroom, there was suddenly the pet of Granger right in front of the door and he is fucking happy that he did not step on him because he did not even see the animal. Crookshanks has been whizzing around his legs the whole time he stepped into the corridor and had not stopped purrering on him.

And the pet also stared at him like he would be an alien. Probably because he really saw him for the first time. But the Slytherin was kind of surprised, because when he sat down on Granger's sofa in the living room - the cat didn't let him go into his room, so he had no choice - the red hair animal seemed to trust him. That is a bit irritating for him, he saw him in Hogwarts too sometimes and whenever an unknown person was in his near he got angry.

Draco looks back at her and she still has the expression of guilt in her eyes. And when he sees that this feeling of guilt is absolutely honest, he can't take it anymore. It's not her fault at all that he has these scars. Other people did them to him and she shouldn't feel this way. So he shakes his had a little bit less slowly than before. She deserves answers, in all topics.

And the blonde should give her these answers, because she helps him and she deserves to get something back for this. »No...not at all...Some of them are from Potter, sure. The spell he used was not innocuous, definitely not, but...most of these scars did...my father to me. I have already said in the trail that...he beat me up whenever I did something wrong and sometimes...he used some dark magic spells as...my punishment.«

His voice is quiet just because he is ashamed, ashamed that he had such person as his father and ashamed that he is telling her this. But he had say this. As he already mentioned: she deserves the truth, so she got it. »Oh my...I am so sorry - I shouldn't had asked, s-sorry. And...because of the scars Harry did...to you...I...I'm also sorry. I should have seen it coming...Harry was so obsessed with the fact that you were a death eater and with this book of Snape, it was actually so clear that something would happen. I should have followed him, then you wouldn't have so much scars...I...- «

Draco interrupts her. »You're not the one who is guilty for this. Potter had a reason and I deserved it. You shouldn't blame yourself for something which isn't your fault, Granger.« The Slytherin stares into her eyes and he can see that she is clearly because of his interruption and she also seems to be speechless, but he doesn't know whether this is good or not.

Hermione blinks. Expected was actually everything, but not this. »It is my fau-« she starts to contradict, though she has no choice, because the gaze he gives her makes her stop speaking. It's like the gaze would forbid it even without this expression in his eyes. »It's not and you know that, Granger. You know that this wasn't your fault. It was mine and maybe Potters, even he was actually right. With everything.« Immediately she is silent.

It's been a while since they just look at each others eyes, when suddenly a noise comes up and they look from where the sound was coming - attention, it is really hard to guess - it is from her damn cat. Crookshanks has focused both with his gaze and seems to be a bit irritated what he can understand because the situation is weird again.

The Malfoy suddenly clears his throat and his look wanders to the brunette again. »Uhm...Well. I think I should try on the clothes...eh...« he just stutters and before he can say more bullshit, he takes the clothes, leaves the living room and rushes into his room.

Damn it, why is every single day here with Granger so weird? It can't be possible that it is always so embarrassing for him and also for her. He takes a deep breath and then he beholds the clothes which are obviously from Potter. But the fact doesn't disturb him, the only thing which he doesn't like that much is that he has to thank him and he has absolutely no idea how he should do this.