We Belong Together || Draco Malfoy X Reader

56| Welcome to D.A.

Y/N POV

I thought Hermione was the kind of person who would come earlier than everyone in a rendezvous, turned out I was totally wrong. I had waited for more than 30 minutes in the prefects' bathroom and Hermione was nowhere to be spotted. Luckily, I brought some sweets with me, at least I was able to chew something while waiting for the Miss Genius to finally show up.

Anyway, it looked like Draco's anxiety attack had gotten a lot better but it was still there. He had allowed me to go anywhere alone after I gained his trust again. Also, I believed that being a prefect had kept him busy for a while that we didn't have much private time to spend together except for the nights. We always had the whole night to ourselves.

Another 30 minutes passed and there was still no sign of Hermione. I was starting to doubt my decision to join this so-called secret study group. Did she just ditch on me?

Times passed slowly and unfortunately, it had been 3 hours. 3 bloody hours in a bathroom for me.

"Hey Y/N! Sorry, I'm late, I have to organise something earlier," she called, finally showing up 3 hours later than our meeting time. And she called it late? That wasn't just late, she was trying to kill me with the wait. I could've had a nice nap in my room if I didn't agree on this crap.

"Not a problem. It isn't like I've been waiting for 3 hours in a girls' bathroom reserved for the prefects only which is good. If that's what makes you apologise, don't worry. It surely isn't a big deal for me who could've spent a little time with my sweet boyfriend or maybe a nap sounds good."

"I'm really sorry Y/N, I meant it. I just have to sort things out with the fellow members. Some of them are against the idea of a Slytherin joining the organisation," she explained.

Wow, people really hate Slytherin that much, eh?

"Honestly, what's so bad about being a Slytherin? Just because one person from my house, someway somehow, turned out to be the greatest dark wizard of all time doesn't mean all Slytherins are bad," I protested.

"You're right, but not all people have an open-minded way of thinking like me, Ron and also Harry," she groaned.

"Let me beat the crap out of them. Who are those half-witted people anyway?"

"That would just worsen the circumstances," she sighed heavily. "Let's just act cool and greet them in a friendly manner, okay?"

"I'm not the best at play pretend, but I'll try," I replied. "Halfheartedly."

Hermione led me to a corridor wall. A bloody wall in the hallway. I waited for 3 hours to be taken to a wall. I didn't know if I should be mad or speechless, it just didn't make any sense whatsoever.

"Let me make this clear Hermione. This is a wall and you said the room is behind this thing. Do you expect me to pass through this bloody wall?" I asked impatiently. "I'm not a ghost yet. You sure you aren't going nut?"

Suddenly the bloody wall started to morphed into a tall black door slowly. This better be good cause I was starting to lose my mind. Hermione pushed the door, revealing a huge room with some people already inside. She pulled my wrist to enter the room. I was completely dumbfounded, no one ever told me there was a secret room in Hogwarts and now I was in it.

"Welcome to Dumbledore's Army," Hermione exclaimed. I saw some excited faces from the trio, obviously, and some Gryffindors including Neville and the other Weasleys. The others sent me a disapproving look instead. Funny how being sorted to a different house got me to be assumed as a bad person here.

Harry was more than happy to have me here. We talked a lot about what I should learn first and it was more relaxing than our usual talk. He didn't glare at anyone or send a sad look at me during our chit chat. Maybe because Draco wasn't here so he was able to act more casually. I told him that I actually had mastered some basic spell for DADA since I used to practice a lot with Draco before we were busy being the prefects of Slytherin. His expression changed within a second after I mentioned Draco's name in our chinwag.

"Uh...yeah, is he a good teacher?" He asked curiously.

"He's quite helpful and you know, he's a sweet guy to me, so he's good," I replied shyly.

"Frankly, why is Malfoy's girlfriend here when she could've just practised with the bully instead?" A Ravenclaw girl intervened.

"Is my presence here bothering you?" I questioned. I tried so hard to keep my voice low when I said this to her.

"I'm sorry. She didn't mean what she was saying," Cho, Cedric's last girlfriend, apologised, defending the girl and pulled her away from my sight.

Hermione, being the nice girl she had always been, tried making the mood better and thank Lord it worked. I should've known that the moment I signed up for this, I would get weird stares and possibly insults too. However, this wouldn't make me stop from joining. I should bear with it.

The reason I told everyone about me joining D.A. was for the O.W.L. test. Not utterly a lie, but the real reason was to get more skill to protect me. Draco wouldn't always be around and even if he would, I didn't want to be a burden for him. I had to learn how to protect myself seriously if I wanted to find the murderers of my parents.

•••

I had been going to D.A. a few times and it was fun. People started to accept me but sadly, I didn't learn much from joining this secret organisation. I had mastered most of the spell that Harry taught there. Speaking of Harry, we had gotten closer as friends. We told each other about our family and I found out that Harry wasn't in a good term with his muggle relatives.

"Cousins are the worst," I chuckled.

"You won't believe me if I told you Hagrid grew a pigtail on Dudley 4 years ago," he laughed.

"Oh Lord, really? That must be hilarious."

We talked about how evil Umbridge was. He kept asking me if my hand was okay, did it hurt badly, when the detention would be over and some other similar questions. To be honest, this surprised me. I knew Harry cared about his friends but I didn't expect he would also care about me this much. I assured him that everything was under control and I had gotten used to the pain.

"Anyway, Cho is looking at you constantly. I think she likes you, Harry," I whispered. He smiled awkwardly in response.

"Oh right, Valentine's day is next week. I think she would like it if you asked her out," I blurted.

"Actually, I did ask her and she agreed but I'm still confused about my feeling," he replied. "What about you Y/N?"

"Are you really asking me that Harry? Draco will obviously arrange a date without asking me first, but that's what makes him special. He always prepares things in advance, at least for me," I spoke. He mumbled an oh, not so excited about it. Couldn't blame him though, Draco was more like an enemy to him.

"You can always ask me for dating advice Harry. I'm proud to say that I might have been an expert."

"Where do you usually go on a date?" He asked nervously.

Aw, little Potter finally thought about preparing a date for Cho.

"Madam Puddifoot. But trust me, he actually dislikes the place yet he's willing to go there for me. It's so girly but the cakes are really good."

"So you like cakes?" He questioned curiously.

"Everyone likes cakes, I bet Cho would love to go there with you."

He sat quietly while staring blankly at the ground. Things got awkward again. Lucky for me, Hermione called and asked me to join her talk with Luna and some other girls including Cho. I love having girls talk with these people. Well, not much of a choice when my main gang consisted of males only.