the calm before the storm
act ii, scene xviii
IN THE HOSPITAL WING, Draco finally wakes up from his sleep to see Sowon curled up in a ball on a chair next to his bed. He realizes that she had slept here all night. Draco leans forward and groans in pain but still moves closer to Sowon.Still in bed, he leans in front of Sowon and brushes a few strain of hair out of her hair. She's so beautiful and what did I do to deserve her, he tells himself. Draco lays back down and watches her flutter her eyes open, once they were fully open, she stares straight back at him.
"Hey." Draco says, leaning forward once more. But Sowon quickly stands to her feet and places her hands on either side of his shoulders, then leans him back down.
"I'll go tell the doctor you woke up," Sowon comments, turning around.
Draco grasps her hand, pulling her to turn around to face him, "Don't. Stay with me."
Sowon bites her lips deciding either to listen to him or not. But she nods and sits back down. Draco watches look down at her hands that lay on her lap and is deep in her thoughts. He wonders what she was thinking about.
Sowon pulls her head back up, "Are you alright? Did Harry really do this to you? Don't lie to me."
"I'm fine, don't worry and yes."
"That dick!" Sowon murmurs, then quickly slaps her hands over her mouth and looks side to side to see if anyone heard her as she was deeply shocked that she said that word.
Draco chuckles, looking at her up and down, "I didn't know my Sowon used those words."
"Your Sowon? And no I don't, I apologize," Sowon says, looking back down at her hands. When she looks back up at the blonde hair boy, he's staring back at her with a smirk on his lips.
The Korean girl folds her arms over chest and puffs out her lips, "Don't look at me like that."
"Like what?" Draco lies, raising his eyebrows.
Sowon places her hands on both of her cheeks, trying her best to hide her blush. Draco laughs and raises his hands up in defense. Suddenly Madam Pomfrey comes over to the two and puts her hand on Sowon's shoulders.
"Miss. Wang you missed all your classes today staying here. Do you need a note?" Madam Pomfrey asks the girl. Draco eyes widen, not believing Sowon had actually missed all her classes today.
"Yes, ma'am." Sowon responds, pulling her hands off her face and standing up. The girl follows Madam Pomfrey to her desk and she hands the girl her pass and a letter that her dad just sent in. Sowon thanks her and heads back over to Draco.
Sitting down, Sowon holds the note tight and the letter that she had just gotten from her dad. She opens the letter, "It's from my dad."
"Oh no! Why did he fill this whole letter with all his worries," Sowon says, reading over everything he wrote.
"Worries about what?" Draco asks, leaning forward and takes one of her hands into his.
Sowon holds the letter in one hand and her other hand in Draco's, "The Ministry came over a few times after Christmas break asking to see records of my family history. My father doesn't know why and they wouldn't tell him why so he didn't hand it over. They got really mad and almost put the house on fire. In the end he handed it over."
Draco bites his lips and wonders why they needed her family documents as they were on of the most known pure-blood family. The Wang's family line went through Hufflepuff and if you didn't get into Hufflepuff then he guessed you were screwed as everyone in that family became a Hufflepuff.
Sowon's grandparents died when she was ten and she never met her relatives as her dad told her that all they talked about was their pure-blood status. So she never talked or heard about them ever. Now her mother on the other hand wanted nothing to do with being a wizard, even if she came from a pure-blood family that was from South Korea, she wanted nothing to do with it.
She especially wanted nothing to do with Sowon and her father. After marrying her father and giving birth, she basically just slept at the house and never showed up for anything else than for sleeping. Sowon was used to it, she didn't really cared. All she cared about was having her father by her side and she was happy.
IN A QUIET CORRIDOR, Sowon and Draco stare at each other, without saying a word. Sowon places her hand on his cheek, looking around his face, making sure he was okay from what happened yesterday in the restroom. She feels him lean his head against her palm, she smiles at him and he puts on a sad smile.
Sowon shakes her head, still holding onto his head, "I can't believe Harry did that. Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yes, I promise," Draco tells her, eyeing her softly.
Harry was on his way to Slughorn when he sees the two, he quickly hides behind the wall and listens into their conversation. Draco looks at her, pulls his head up and leans forward placing a kiss on her forehead. Then leans back and watches her smile at him.
"I love you, Sowon Wang." Draco conforms, brushing her hair back with his hands.
Sowon catches his hands in her hands, placing them hand and connecting their hands, "I love you too."
Harry shakes his head while listening to the girl confess her love. Disappointment comes across his face when he leaves the two behind, and finds himself back at the Gryffindors common room.
Draco holds Sowon's hand tightly and leans forward, "I need you to meet me here tomorrow at dusk, will you?"
"Of course, Draco." Sowon says back, holding his hand and smiling at him. She was happy, Draco knew that, but tomorrow was going to be heartbreaking for her so might as well make it the best day of her life.
Tomorrow was in the Death-Eaters come into Hogwarts and he kills the headmaster. His plan to keep Sowon safe is taking into closet and telling her what is about to happen, and lock her in there so she won't be able to follow him.
Draco knew that moment was going to be the breaking point of the two's relationship. He didn't know what her reaction was going to be. He was looking for the worst of it.
So Draco keeps his hand on her cheek and pulls her foreword, connecting their lips. Sowon closes her eyes into the kiss and kisses back. Draco stares back at the girl and hopes the moment lasts forever as he pulls back away from the kiss.
Sowon opens her eyes and smiles at him, then her smile fades into a frown when she notices tears fill up his eyes. He quickly flickers his eyes trying to get rid of the tears but they still come down his cheeks, taking his hands off Sowon, he wipes the tears away.
"What's wrong, Draco?" Sowon asks, leaning forward and takes his hands into hers.
Draco turns his frown into a smile and squeezes her hand, "Nothing. I'm just happy to be with you in this moment, together."
Sowon smiles back, "Me too."
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