Illicit Affairs ● Tom Riddle

♛ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 ♛

Tom's graduation was the saddest day of Pandora's life. She watched him receive all the awards and applauses, both proud and heartbroken at the same time. The time they've had for each other was too short and went by too quickly.

"Where were you?", she asked him when they met for the last time before leaving Hogwarts that school year, "I've been looking for you around the castle"

"In Dippet's office"

"What for?", Pandora furrowed her brows.

"I asked him if I could teach The Defence Against The Dark Arts"

"Toooom", she giggled, "You're so crazy"

"Why? He agreed"

"Really?!"

"No", he sighed and she shook her head, still smiling at him, "But it's alright. I'll try again in few years. It's a perfect job for me"

"Oh, of course. You know so much about the Dark Arts that you surely know how to defense yourself from it"

"That's the whole point. Only a Dark Wizard knows how to really prevent powerful curses. I'm just too young to teach, though"

"Honestly...! It would be so weird to have you as my teacher next year... But... So sexy", she bit her lip and laughed, "I'd have to call you sir"

"Being one more year around you was also one of the reasons why I wanted this job", he admitted and smiled sadly.

"Oh, Tom...", her smile disappeared and she started to cry, "I didn't want to be sad, I didn't want to mourn our love today. I wanted you to remember me happy and smiling. But I guess I am not strong enough...", she sniffed.

"Dora, my love", he lifted her chin up with his slim fingers and made her look into his dark eyes, "I will never forget your beguiling smile. Kiss me goodbye and make it sweet"

She gasped and tangled her hands in his hair before giving him a great, big, wet kiss. The taste of his saliva mixed with the taste of her salty tears. She wanted this moment to last forever but the time was cruel.

"I'd like to share immortality with you", Tom whispered.

"You're crazy-crazy", she smiled sadly, "But I'd love to experience the eternity with you, too. My heart will always find its way back to you, baby. I'll always belong to you. Do you think we'll ever see each other again?"

"I don't know. Maybe sometimes you'll see me when I'll be with your brother"

"I will be waiting for these short moments all my life. And I'll only live during them. I'll only truly live around you", she confessed.

"I love you", he kissed her once again, "I've always thought my mother was pathetic for loving that muggle so much but now I know what love means. I know what love means thanks to you, Dora"

"And now you know what heartbreak means as well", she took a step back and her heart squeezed in her chest so hard that it hurt her. She was afraid it would literally break, but at the same time, to die there, in Tom's arms, would be the only way to go, "Goodbye, Tom Riddle. My illicit affair", she whispered before walking away. It costed her all her strength to do so.