coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

11.

it's valentine's day at Hogwarts. Waking up to loud noises outside your room, you walk out and see a lot of happy people. Ghosts flying around happily, red balloons and hearts. you completely forget you're in your pajamas when you walk out the room and keep walking down the hall happily.

Everyone's happiness makes you smile, "it's beautiful right?" Hermione asks from behind you. you look at her with a smile, happy she's talking to you again. "yeah, it's amazing" "yeah... look i'm sorry if i've been distant lately... y/n" "oh... why have you been?"

"Ron... i really like him, but i was in major denial. your sudden need to get close with him was i guess... threatening to me" "oh no Hermione don't feel threatened. he's honestly like my bestfriend now, that's all" "i believe you, him and i are... we shared a moment lastnight" "oh yeah? what kind of moment?" "a kiss" she whispers.

you squeal and grab her hands, she laughs. "really?" "yeah" "so are you together? like officially..." "yeah i think so" she giggles. you both hug in excitement and can't stop smiling, some owls are flying around with letters in their mouths. "you expecting any?" Hermione asks as she pulls away.

you laugh but realise she's serious, "no of course not. no one likes me like that" "i wouldn't be so sure of that..." you look at her with an extremely confused expression, crossing your arms. "what do you know?" "nothing..." she quickly responds. "Hermione" "i don't know anything... you'll see"

you just nod and think of who would even send you one. "we should get ready for breakfast"

you both go and get into your robes, then leave to enter the dining hall. everyone is seated or getting seated, and the owls enter the room. You and Hermione take a seat next to Ron and Harry, when a letter drops in front of Harry. he picks it up and opens it, reading the words on the page.

"well, who is it from Harry?" Ron asks eagerly. "Ginny..." Ron's expression changes in a matter of 0.2 seconds. "Ginny?" "yeah..." you and Hermione just laugh, until you're interrupted by a letter dropping in front of you. you look at it confused, who could've sent this?

but before you can pick it up, another one drops... and another, a few more, and another. Everyone in the room is now looking at you with confused faces. "christ! that's a lot of letters y/n" Ron exclaims. you stare at the group of letters and pick them all up, counting how many there are.

"there's 7..." you whisper. "who from?" Ron asks as everyone goes back to normal, no one staring at you anymore except your 3 friends beside you. "um..." you begin opening them to see who they were sent by. "Cedric Diggory..." "lucky girl" Hermione laughs, making Ron look at her confused.

"Seamus Finnigan" "oh he's always staring at you so i'm not surprised" Harry says. "Neville..." you smile, knowing Neville is sweet but extremely shy, so it would've been difficult for him to send this out. "Luna, saying she sent it incase i don't get any" "how nice of her" Hermione smiles. "Blaine Zabini..." "hes a slytherin" says Ron.

you look over at the Slyherin table and see who Ron points to, you recognise him from hanging around Draco. "weird that he sent me one..." "well who are the other two?" Harry asks. "um, this one is... oh you're not gonna like this Ron" you giggle. Hermione gets up from her seat and comes over to see who it is, laughing with you. "well quit laughing, who is it?" Ron asks worried.

you laugh a bit more then go quiet. "it's Fred... Weasley" Ron groans in disgust, "Fred sent you one? it has to be a joke" "i don't know... these words seem pretty sincere" Hermione laughs as she hands him the note to read for himself. "he's never even met you" "well... i've talked to him a few times" "you have?" Ron asks while groaning again.

"who's the last one?" Harry asks softly. "i don't know... it's signed as anonymous" "that's weird... maybe they didn't want you to know it's them" Hermione suggests. "but then why send it? if i'm not even going to know who you are why bother?" they all just shrug, Ron still reading the letter Fred sent and groaning every second.

you were definitely not expecting 7 letters, let alone 1. you take the letter off of Ron and put them all in your pocket to read later. you really want to know who the anonymous one is from... you begin reading it in the middle of the day, just before you need to head to potions class. you sit outside and open it.

"dear y/n y/l/n,

it's valentine's day so i'm going to spill my true thoughts and feelings of you on this page without letting you know who i am.

i think you're an incredibly sophisticated and talented girl. since i first laid eyes on you i knew something about you was different, i just couldn't figure out what.

everyone here is boring but you bring some entertainment to my days, you bring smiles to peoples faces and i admire that.

your sophistication makes you stand out so well in a crowd of people here at hogwarts. although we are all different in our own way, you stand out much more than the rest and much brighter.

your beauty is divine, something i have never seen before at hogwarts or in the muggle world. i hope you know your own beauty and worth for you are the most unique person i've ever seen, and i mean that in the best way.

watching you learn new spells, or take notes in class makes my day a whole lot better, as your concentration and intelligence makes you that much more beautiful.

if i were to let you know who i am, it would ruin the surprise and fun of writing you this letter. i don't plan on letting you know who i am, but if you find out i wouldn't be surprised... you're just that smart.

from, anonymous."

you smile at the letter, you've never been called sophisticated before. you just wish you knew who wrote it, the writing is super unique, cursive? not many people can be bothered to write in cursive, and their words are so wisely chosen, they sound almost like a poet.

you wonder who this could be the entire time you begin walking to class, and it distracts you so much that you can't see the person about to walk right into you. you collide into them and fall back onto the ground, hearing them gasp loudly and laugh a little. "are you okay?" they ask. -

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aa. okay y/n i see you getting all the boys and gals 😳