coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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your eyes quickly open at the sound of Hermione shouting your name. you sit up in your bed and rub your eyes "what is it?" "we are going to be late" "for what?" "for class!" "i slept in again?" you ask as you jump out of bed, grabbing your uniform.

"yes, you did. it's a practical potions class. i hear we are doing Amortentia" "what the hell is Amortentia?" "it's the strongest love potion in the world y/n! it has a different smell for every person. it gives you the ability to smell what you're attracted to. to me i bet it will smell like new books" "do you smell people?"

"yes indeed! you smell the things that attract you most. so if you smell a person, you must have feelings for them or some kind of attraction towards them" "so yours will be new books and Ronald Weasley?" Hermione giggles but doesn't respond, grabbing her things. "lets get to that class!" "you seem excited" "i am, come on y/n!" she grabs your hand and drags you out the door.

you both run to your class, being some of the first ones there aside from Seamus, Dean, Draco, Blaise, Crabbe, Goyle, and two other students.

you see Draco turn around as you both run in the class laughing, you give him a small smile before Hermione drags you to a desk further away. you sit beside her and wait anxiously for the classroom to fill up. Hermione has gotten you excited for this lesson, you don't really know what attracts you most, so you're excited to find out.

when everyone is in the classroom, Slughorn gathers all the ingredients and asks everyone to open their books to the recipe. he advises to follow the rules very closely and to not drink it whatsoever.

at a table for four, you, Hermione, Ron and Harry all work with each other to grab the things you need. Harry is the first to finish, followed by Draco and Neville, then Hermione, you and Ron, then the rest of the class shortly after. "alright, anyone want to tell the class what this potion smells like to you?" Slughorn asks, Hermione slowly raises her hand.

"yes, ms Granger" "i can smell... fresh cut grass, new parchment, spearmint toothpaste... and Ron" she hesitates. a huge smile forms on Ron's face while the rest of the class smiles at how cute that is. "lovely, anyone else?" Harry raises his hand. "yes Harry!" "Treacle tart, a broomstick handle, and..." "and what else Harry?" "Ginny's perfume..." he mumbles.

"wh- what my sister Ginny?" Ron asks with his voice cracking, causing laughter in the classroom. a few more people volunteer to say theirs, but you are too nervous to see what yours is. while everyone is distracted, you take a whiff of yours. you smell the faint smell of snow. you've always had a connection to snow, whenever it used to snow, good things happened.

you got your hogwarts letter while it snowed.

you take another whiff and smell a flowery smell, which makes sense since you used to spend a lot of time in a florist. you were friends with the nice old lady who worked in there, you'd often go there to check up on her.

and the last two smells are very familiar... you feel a smile form on your face as you realise what they are. That damn coconut shampoo and that strong smelling cologne. "did you smell yours? what was it like?" Hermione whispers. "uh... snow and flowers" "oh cute, any person?" "no..."

you feel guilty for lying but if she knew you liked Malfoy, well you don't know how she would react... but you don't think it's good.

after class you're packing up your things. Harry, Hermione and Ron are on their way to get some food but, you had other plans. you exit the room when you hear your name called from behind you, you turn around and see malfoy walk towards you.

"hey Draco" "hey, i have something for you" "oh really?" "yeah... i draw people when i'm bored. i made a drawing of you yesterday" "you did?" "yeah, after we hung out when my father showed up. don't get like weirded out, i've drawn your friends out of boredom too" "i'm not weirded out... which friends?" "uh, i drew Lovegood reading a book and Granger and Weasley holding hands because they were doing that at the time"

"oh wow... anyone else?" "Longbottom making a potion, i also drew Crabbe and Goyle eating food because that's all they do" you laugh at that.

he pulls out a piece of paper from his pocket, handing it to you. you take it from his hand, causing him to get random nervousness when you accidentally touch his hand. his deprivation of touch makes him get nervous quickly when sudden displays of affection are shown, but they're only ever shown by you.

you unfold the paper and see such a beautifully drawn, incredibly detailed and accurate drawing of you. you cover your mouth with your hand, in complete shock. "is it good?" he asks nervously. "good? Draco you're so talented" "wh- oh... thank you" he smiles. "this is some serious talent, i love this" "really?" "yeah, I'm gonna hang this up in my room"

you see him smiling and his cheeks getting light pink.

"you should draw more often, or atleast show me some drawings" "oh... do you want to see them now?" "yes... if that's okay with you" "i wouldn't bring it up if it wasn't y/l/n" "right... okay" "come on" he leads you on the way to his room. you follow beside him, but you're both stopped by Blaise and Pansy.

"Malfoy... where are you going?" Blaise asks. "none of your business Blaise" "and what are you doing with her?" "once again, it doesn't worry you. now do you guys mind?" they hesitate on moving, but Draco just pushes past them, you watch pansy stare you down in a deadly way, but it just makes you smile. "something wrong?" you whisper to her as you walk past, following Draco.

you know that you've just made her furious, and Draco does too. "what did you say to her? she's as red as your tie" "nothing..." you respond mysteriously

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aa. just kiss already damn it 🙄