coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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you're in a particularly good mood today, after what happened lastnight. you have no idea what's going to happen from here on out, but you were told to not lose hope... so you're not going to.

"i told him" you whisper to Ron. he looks at you with a surprised expression, "wait you actually told him?" "yes... you told me to" "well i didn't think you'd actually do it bloody hell... how did it go?" "i don't really know... he said he had things to figure out before we ever tried anything... but he told me not to lose hope"

"well, as weird as this is for me, i'm happy for you" "thank you, and how are you feeling today Mr Weasley?" "i'm great, haven't slept well though" "oh? why's that?" "Harry keeps having nightmares that's wake us all up from all the screaming he does" "oh... is he okay?" "i think so, he's talking to dumbledore today about it" "okay good, i had no idea"

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Draco is currently sitting in his room knowing his father is visiting today, he waits anxiously, his hands fidgeting in his lap. He hears a knock at his door and inhales deeply as he gets up to open it, fixing his posture. "hello fath-" "Draco, how are things?" "um, good sir" he closes the door behind him after watching Lucius barge in.

"and the potter boy?" "i don't know, i haven't been paying attention to him" "didn't i specifically ask for you to do that one thing?" "yes sir but i've had my attention elsewhere" "and where might this be?" he goes silent, thinking. "um, the girl you met. Pansy... the slytherin"

"oh... her. lovely girl she seems to be" "mhm" Lucius stares at him for a moment, furrowing his brows in curiosity and confusion.

"you're not thinking of anything romantic now are you?" "what? no... of course not" "good, love is for the weak" "what about you and mother?" "that's different. you're a teenager, you have no time for relationships. you need to focus on being the best"

"right..." "since you failed to do the one and only thing i've asked of you, i'll give you one more chance to prove you're not completely useless". Draco nods slowly, "pardon?" "yes sir" he responds quickly. "good, well i guess there's no reason for me to be here any longer then i need to be, don't let me down" "i won't".

Lucius walks to the door, opening it and seeing, to his surprise, you. "oh Mr Malfoy, hi" "Parkinson was it?" "mhm" you smile, before seeing Draco's worried expression and dropping that smile. luckily, you aren't in your uniform yet, so he can't see your true house robe.

"and why are you here?" "Draco left a book in class, i was returning it" you lie. you watch Lucius turn to Draco, whispering "leaving books in class now? you can do better then this". he turns to you and fakes a smirk, "good to see you" "you too sir".

he walks away after giving Draco a side look, and once he's out of sight you smile at the boy standing before you. "hey" "hi..." "you okay?" "um, yeah what did you want?" "um... i wanted to see how you're doing" "oh, i'm fine. i just have somewhere to be" "oh cool..."

you feel a weird tension in the air. you feel like he's acting weird towards you, kinda cold.

"thank you for lying to him again" "that's okay but why does he favourite slytherin?" "he believes Slytherins are superior, which of course we are" "pfft, Gryffindor is clearly the superior house" you joke, the both of you laughing. "i have to go, anything else you came by for?" "no... just to see if you're okay" "alright"

he walks past you without saying goodbye, which is strange to you.

you watch him walk away and feel as though somethings wrong and he's not telling you, but it's bets not to pressure him into telling you.

you look to your left and see Pansy and Blaise hiding behind a wall, looking at you. as soon as you look, they rush behind the wall like they think you couldn't see them. "weird" you whisper as you walk away, letting them believe you didn't see them. you walk back to your room when you bump into George and Fred.

"hello ms y/l/n" they both say at the same time. "hey guys, how are you?" "we are great!" "that's great, do you guys need anything?" "we need a partner!" "in crime" Fred continues. "crime? that doesn't sound good" "not real crime y/n, we just want to play some pranks" "on who?" "some of the slytherins made fun of Ginny yesterday so we want to get them back"

"well i'd love to join you but unfortunately i have somewhere to be" "oh come on, don't let us down like that" "i apologise boys, ask Harry. i'm sure he'd love to join" "alright, later!" "later"

you walk into your room, finding Hermione and Luna aren't there. you wonder why Draco was acting weird, you don't know much about his family so you have no idea what went on before you showed up. you'd like to believe they had a nice conversation but from the look on Draco's face, you don't think so.