coconuts and strawberries | draco malfoy

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you've spent the last few days practicing some fighting spells, Harry keeps telling you to just use Experlliarmus but that's boring. you wonder if you could ever have the courage to Avada Kedavra someone, you doubt it though, unless it was Voldemort.

you're in the room of requirement practicing with everyone, but Ginny hasn't joined yet which is odd for her. "good job everyone, keep practicing!" Harry shouts, before everyone is startled by the sound of the wall behind them coming down. you jump back with the rest of the group, noticing the lady in all pink.

you see Crabbe, Goyle and Blaise behind her, and spot Draco walking in, pulling someone by their uniform.

The girl he's pulling is Ginny, so that's why she's late. "what do we have here?" Umbridge asks, Draco looking right at you and smirking. you roll your eyes at him, wondering what's going to happen now that Umbridge knows what you've been doing.

Umbridge decides to interrogate everyone one by one, pulling you in after a few students. you sit down in a chair while she stands in front of you, you wonder why Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Blaise have to watch this.

"now tell me... what is it you were all doing in the room of requirement?" she smiles. "hm... gossiping" "young lady... don't lie" "you know pink is a very tacky colour... very overrated" She looks down at her uniform then laughs, but you can tell it's a fake laugh.

"why are they here?" you ask, looking over at Draco who smiles at you. "nevermind why they are here, tell me... what were you all doing in there?" "having tea and talking about future?" draco snickers, before covering his mouth and looking serious. "you're being smart" "i am a little smart, yeah... not ravenclaw smart though"

"tell me what it is you were doing in there, were you using magic?" "you know this is a school for learning magic right? like i'm just asking if you're intelligent enough to know that-" and before you can finish what you're saying, everyone in the room is gasping at the sound and sight of Umbridge slapping you in the face.

you hold your cheek and look up at her with a shocked expression, seeing Draco, and the boys with their jaws dropped stop the floor. "now, tell me..." umbridge smiles, trying to keep her cool. you rub your cheek for a second before dropping your hand, inhaling deeply. "practicing"

"practicing what?" "how to engage in social skills, what do you think?" "so... you were using magic, when i specifically said not to?" "yeah, i guess so" "what spells were you practicing?"

you look at Draco for no reason at all, just that your eyes were drawn there. He's watching you, thinking about how much he wants you back, but you think he's happy about what umbridge did to you for some reason. "the patronus charm..." "why would you be needing to cast your patronus?" "for fun? i don't know..."

"alright... we're done with this conversation, you may exit" you watch her for a moment before getting up off the chair, looking over at the boys before leaving the room. "what happened to your face?" Hermione asks concerned, noticing the red mark on your cheek. "Umbridge didn't like my sarcastic comebacks"

"that's totally barbaric... what did you tell her anyway?" "i said we were casting our patronus, that's all. so just roll with that story" "alright..." Hermione, Ron and Harry are called in together, you're not sure why you were alone for your interrogation.

you meet with Harry, Hermione and Ron later that night, they didn't come back for a bit after they were interrogated, you just spent your time studying with Neville. They enter the common room in a hurry, "hey... where were you guys? what happened with Umbridge?" "Umbridge is uh... she's gone, she won't be at school anymore"

"what?" you and Neville ask together, "what happened?" "i'll tell you later" Ron whispers. "okay..." "oh uh, Malfoy is out there waiting for you" "oh..." you get up from where you're sitting, fixing your hair without realising before walking out. "draco?" you ask, him turning around at the sound of your voice.

"hey... are you okay? she shouldn't have hit you" you laugh at this, crossing your arms. "i thought you enjoyed the show" "of course not, i enjoyed your sassy comebacks but..." "what is it you need?" "i just wanted to talk to you" "okay..."

"i'm going to have to do something... bad soon" "bad?" "yeah... something you may never forgive me for, but i can't tell you what" you walk closer to him, "what is it?" you whisper, noticing how worried he looks.

"i can't say, i'll be in danger if i do" "oh..." he looks at you for a moment, before unexpectedly grabbing your waist and pulling you close to him. you feel your stomach fill with butterflies, looking up at him to see him smiling. "draco..." "come on, i see the way you keep looking at me" he teases.

"i know you regret your decision" "i don't regret it... you're a death eater" "but before that i was your boyfriend, and i know you liked me a lot so..." you stare him in the eyes, before realising what you're doing and looking down. it's not long before he lifts your chin up, so you're looking at him again.

"i can't be with you when you're loyal to him..." you whisper, your voice sounding sad. you turn away from him, your back facing his way. it's true, you are sad. you wish you could be with him, but if he's loyal to the person trying to harm you... you can't do it.

"i know, i don't mean any harm on you, you know..." "i do know that, i know you don't really have a choice" "the thing i have to do... you're not going to forgive me. so before i completely lose you... can i atleast get a proper goodbye?" he asks, walking closer to you. he's now standing right behind you, his body actually pressing against yours.

you're more nervous than anything, being that close to him, you can feel his breath on your neck. "yeah..." you turn around quickly, leaning up to kiss him. He very happily cooperates, and the kiss lasts a healthy amount of time.

you pull away knowing he's smiling, smiling back at him. "goodbye malfoy..." "goodbye y/l/n..." he says softly, pulling away from you and walking down the hall. you watch him walk away, sighing deeply before you walk back into the common room.