coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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you're walking with Ron to your first class of the morning.

"i can't believe you like Malfoy" he laughs. "shut up Ron it's not like i could control it" "out of all people, it's him you fall for? jeez you could've atleast tried to like Harry or something" "no! Harry is like that cousin you don't talk to all the time and aren't too close with but you know they're family" "how very descriptive" you both laugh.

"oh crap y/n don't look now but Cedric is coming over" "oh great" you sigh, knowing that there's no way to avoid it. "see you in class" Ron whispers as he walks away. Cedric approaches you without saying anything at first, you cross your arms and look up at him. "Cedric" "y/n... how are you doing?" "fine... what do you want?" "i wanted to check up on you" "i'm completely fine Cedric, no thanks to you"

"i'm sorry for what i did, truly" "okay well i have to get to class so please, if you could move" "i am not gonna move until you talk to me" "Cedric please just go" you try to walk past him but he grabs your arm, and not gently. "Diggory!" Malfoy shouts as he walks over, you try to hide the look of physical pain on your face.

Cedric lets go slowly and backs away, his hands in the air in surrender.

you sigh with relief, holding your wrist with your other hand. "haven't you done enough damage diggory?" "of course you would be here, you have to save her in order to get her to fall for you... right Malfoy?" "i don't know what you're talking about" he responds, his friends being beside him.

"alright both of you just stop, Cedric go!" he looks at you like he's in disbelief and scoffs. "looks like you've won Malfoy, you got exactly what you wanted" "you did this to yourself Diggory, i mean cheating? really?" Cedric begins walking away, giving Draco a look that you can see annoys him.

"are you okay?" Draco asks, looking down at your wrist that is red but slowly turning purple. "yeah... thank you" you continue to rub your wrist, waiting for someone to say something. "we should all probably get to class" you speak up, them all agreeing. "alright"

you begin walking off first, not wanting to walk with them because it would make you  feel awkward.

you faintly hear Draco tell his friends he will be right back and he runs up to you. "hey, i'm sorry for diggory. your wrist looks bad, you should get some ice on it" "i'm okay, really. it doesn't hurt that much anymore" "you should still take care of it,  can i help?" "help me take care of it?" "yeah i'll take you to the hospital wing"

"that's kind of you Draco but i'm alright really-" "okay so after class we will go?" you smile at his inability to take no for an answer, and nod. "okay fine, you can be such a gentleman and take me to the hospital wing after class" "on second thought i might just leave you in pain" "i was joking!" you laugh, grabbing his arm to stop him from walking away.

"you're totally not a gentleman" "hm... that's better" he looks down at your hand gripping his arm, and you let go quickly. "um, classroom, doors are open, we should... yeah" you stop embarrassing yourself further and just walk into the classroom at a fast pace, he follows behind you.

"i'm gonna sit with Neville" you whisper to Malfoy, seeing Neville alone. "you're sitting with longbottom?" "yeah, why?" "no reason" "is someone a bit jealous?" "no, not at all. i don't feel jealousy, go sit with him" "alright i will" you laugh, walking over to Neville's table and sitting beside him.

he notices it's you sitting beside him and instantly gets nervous.

"you alright Neville?" "mhm..." "okay... you sure?" "yeah, totally" "okay, good" you give him a warm smile before opening your books. you find yourself looking over to see who Draco is sitting with, and he's sitting with Pansy. She's putting her grubby hands all over him, and he looks so uninterested.

he sees you looking and mouths the words "save me", you smile but shake your head as in to say no, letting him deal with her for the rest of the class.

when class is over, Draco walks you out and begins guiding you to the hospitals wing. You have never been there so you don't know where it is.

"is it hurting?" he asks, sounding genuinely concerned. "um, a little" "that boy doesn't know what's coming for him" "i don't want you to do anything to him" "yeah, normally i'd listen but he physically hurt you this time" "Draco, please..." you whisper as you both arrive at the hospital wing.

"i'll wait out here, just go tell them what happened and show them. they'll help" "okay... you don't have to wait" "i'm waiting" "alright..."

you can't help but smile.

you start to walk in but turn around, walking towards Draco and hugging him. he doesn't hesitate to hug back this time unlike the night of the dance, but it's still very new to him.

you pull away and look at him, smiling. "thank you" you say while quickly brushing some of his hair out of his face. "it's okay, go get help" he responds, hiding how he truly feels about what you just did. you smile wider and rush inside to find someone to help with your wrist while Draco waits outside, butterflies in his stomach and an uncontrollable smile on his face.