friends with benefits - draco malfoy

chapter seven

i woke up to draco gently shaking my shoulder, looking up to see him dressed in his uniform. 'y/n i have to go to class okay? but i'll be back as soon as i can' he whispered, leaning down to kiss my forehead. 'wait' i said, pulling the cover off me 'i'm coming with you'. i sat up and my head immediately starting spinning, black spots clouding my vision.   'y/n don't be stupid' he said softly.
'i'm not being stupid, i can't miss class, not when finals week is coming up' i told him, trying to stand and tilting sideways. he caught me and put an hand on both shoulders to steady me. 'i'll tell them you're not well, you need to sleep' he replied firmly, sitting me back down on the bed. 'i'm fine honestly' i protested 'i feel fine'.
'y/n' he sighed 'you're the bravest person i know, but today you need to sleep'. he paused, hesitating for a moment. 'i'll ask around and see when peoples free periods are, make sure someone's in the room with you at all times just incase. maybe crabbe and goyle or pansy might come sit with you, just until lunch. i have frees all afternoon so i'll come back then'. i pulled a face, making it clear i would rather die alone then have to sit with them. he looked at me again and looked at the door, clearly debating what to do. 'ah fuck it' he said, walking back over to the his drawers and starting to get changed back out of his uniform 'i'll just skip'.
'no' i protested, 'i don't want you to get in trouble because of me' but i didn't pull away when he slipped back in to bed and wrapped his arms around me.

i buried my face in his chest, and without being able to help it i started to cry. i don't know if i was crying because i was exhausted or because my body still hurt from the spell or because i was confused, but once i started i couldn't stop. draco must have felt his chest becoming damp, and slowly started to rub his thumb on the back of my head, continuously pecking the top of my head firmly with his lips. 'you're okay' he told me quietly. 'you're okay, you're okay, you're okay. she's not gonna touch you again i promise, i won't let her'. i pulled my head up to look at him, seeing his eyes clouded over with regret. 'i should have stopped her from doing it at all'.
'it's not your fault' i reassured him, 'anyway you did stop her, remember?'
'not soon enough' he replied, and he opened his mouth as though he was gonna say something else and thought better of it. 'i haven't been fair to you' he told me eventually, kissing me softly on the lips 'i'm sorry'.

'did you sleep with pansy?' i asked quietly, almost scared of hearing the answer. 'no y/n' he said, sounding desperate 'i promise i didn't. i don't know where she's been going during the night but it's not here' i looked up at him, biting my lip as i decided whether or not to believe him. he sounded so sincere. 'blaise said he saw you, kissing in the common room the other night' i whispered hesitatingly, knowing full well that blaise could have been just saying that to get a reaction. 'i was never in the common room with pansy' he replied quickly, 'blaise is just lying to get back at me, i swear'. i nodded and let out the breath i hadn't realised i was holding. 'i've been awful to you' he continued 'but i'm gonna try harder i promise. i really care about you y/n, i wanted to kill myself yesterday when i seen what happened to you. i can't believe it took that happening to you for me to realise that i cared about you'. i smiled up at him and he kissed me again, pulling me back in to his chest again. eventually crabbe and goyle came up with food for us, and draco cut mine up for me. i laughed at him, treating me like a baby just because of what had happened. 'i can cut my own food up draco' i smirked, rolling my eyes. 'no no, i'll do it' he fussed, handing me the plate with the food cut up. draco looked up at crabbe and goyle, like he had forgotten they were still there. 'you can leave now' he snarled at them, and they hurried out the room silently. 'i need to do my potions essay, its due tomorrow' i told him and draco looked at me in disbelief. 'you mean you're going back tomorrow?' he asked.
'i have to, i shouldn't have even missed today' i replied. 'but i'll tell snape what happened, he'll understand why you're not in' he protested.
'no, i don't want anyone to know what happened okay draco? promise me you won't say anything. nothing will happen and it'll just make umbridge hate me even more'.
'but-' draco started to respond.
'promise me' i said firmly, cutting him off.
'i promise'