coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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could we get to know you more?" Hermione asks as the 4 of you are sitting in the hall, eating. "sure... ask away." you say confidently. "are you a half blood...?" Hermione asks quietly. you look at her while chewing slowly, you swallow down your food and clear your throat. "a what?" "a half blood... one of your parents are a wizard and one is a muggle."

"oh... i- i don't know my parents." you stutter. the group goes silent for a moment. "you don't?" Ron asks "no." "did they die?" Harry whispers. "no... i was taken from them at birth. they didn't want me. i don't remember my childhood at all, i just know that i received a letter from Dumbledore asking me to join hogwarts, so i did."

the group goes quiet again. "my parents died when i was a baby." Harry speaks up. "i'm so sorry" you say empathetically. "it's okay." it's silent, until Hermione sighs. "let's talk about something happy". you smile and nod at the idea.

you are walking the halls alone with a spell book in hand. you're reading an entry of a spell you need to learn for your last class of the day. Harry, Hermione and Ron are already in class, but you don't have one right now.

"y/n!" Draco shouts from behind you.

you turn around and furrow your brows in confusion. "So now you know my name... how? i thought you didn't care." he's all alone too, he stops and stands in front of you. "i did some research." "on me?" "yeah. don't get ahead of yourself, i did it purely to see what your weaknesses are." you scoff and look away from him.

"what's that you got there?" he takes your book out of your hand, "hey!" you shout as he holds it up in the air. he's about 4 inches taller then you, as you stand at 5'4, and he's 5'8. you definitely could not reach the book in his hand, so you don't bother trying because you'd embarrass yourself.

"it's a spell." "well duh it's a spell, which one?" "i'm not telling you" you say confidently. "i can just look myself you know?" you sigh loudly. after a few seconds, he drops his arm and hands you the book, you take it from him slowly. "no friends to back you up today?" he asks. "i could say the same for you..." "i wouldn't call them friends, idiots at best. they're off somewhere, doing whatever the hell it is they do when i'm not around."

"you should be nicer to your friends. they could leave you one day and you wouldn't have anyone..."

he looks at you with a confused expression. "um... okay?" he snickers. you feel embarrassed, flustered. "well i have somewhere to be, better things to do." "like what? bully some other people some more?" "precisely" he smirks a smirk that gets on your nerves, probably because you know he's trying to annoy you.

"have fun with that." you say with a sarcastic tone. "oh i will" he responds in the same tone, he walks past you and makes his way down the hall. you watch him walk off then brush your hair out of your face. you groan at the smell of coconut that wafts off of him. a big bad bully who smells like a soft aesthetic fruit?

you accidentally giggle out loud at the thought, good thing no one was around.

you enter your last class of the day and sit beside Harry, looking back at Hermione and Ron. "i need to tell you guys something." "what is it?" Hermione asks worried. "Draco... he told me he researched me to find out my weaknesses... what does that mean?" "i think he's already threatened." Ron chuckles.

"did he tell you what they are?" Hermione asks seriously. "no, he just called me by my name and when i asked how he knew he said he researched." "maybe he's bluffing. he wants you to fear him so he feels powerful... he was there when you got sorted into Gryffindor, he already knew your name so that's how you know he's lying... show him you don't care that he said that."

but what if he isn't bluffing? what if he tries to actually hurt me?" "he won't do that" Harry says confidently.

"he's nothing but threats and insults, he won't do anything". you feel much better now that Harry has reassured you of that. "Thanks Harry", he smiles at you as you all face the class.

Later that night you can't sleep, thinking about the fact that Draco Malfoy researched you... and to find out your weaknesses? You hear some of the girls snoring, which interrupts your train of thought. you sit up and look out the window, the night sky looks beautiful.

someone taps on your shoulder and it causes you to jump in fright. "jesus" you whisper. "why are you up?" Luna Lovegood asks. you sigh and look back out the window... "just thinking... hey why are you up?" you ask as you face toward her. "oh... bad dream." "i'm sorry" "it's okay. nothing new. we should really go to bed" "yeah, i'll be in bed in a minute, just gotta lock the window.

"okay... goodnight" "night luna" you smile as she walks to her bed. you look out the window and take a deep breath. it's been 3 days since you joined hogwarts, and already someone is after you. you wonder what Draco's intentions are, why does he need to know your weaknesses?

you lock the window and make your way to your bed, getting beneath the covers and closing your eyes.