persuasive [t.r]

7

Y/N'S POV:

I headed down to dinner, I didn't even want to be near anyone right now but Draco would be wondering where I was at.

I soon sat down next to the platinum blonde boy, he could tell something was clearly on my mind.

"What's wrong princess?" Draco asked, he used that nickname whenever I was down, ever since first year. "Stupid Riddle, 'wear this', 'wear that', he acts like he's the boss of me and I'm sick of it," I scoffed. "What happened?" Draco asked calmly as he rubbed small circles on my back.

"I changed into some shorts and this shirt I'm wearing right now since I was uncomfortable in uniform, he was in the common room and asked what I was wearing," I started. "I then told him I was just wearing clothes and he got mad and told me not to speak to him like that and told me to go change, he grabbed me by my wrist really tight and now it hurts."

Draco looked at me with wide eyes, he knew Tom could get angry and demanding but never like that, especially towards a girl. "Let me see your wrist," Draco said. "Okay," I gave him my right wrist and he held it between both of his hands. "Merlin y/n, that's definitely going to leave a bruise," Draco sighed. "After dinner we're going to the hospital wing to get some ice for it."

"How are we going to explain what happened?" I asked, I really didn't want to be a snitch, Tom already hated me enough as it is, I didn't want him to hate me even more. "We tell them the truth y/n," Draco said like it was obvious. "We can't, if we do, Tom will just hurt me even more, we need to come up with something," I said, trying to think of an excuse. "You're right, maybe we could say you slept on it wrong? Like really wrong?" Draco suggested. "That sounds perfect," I smiled.

"Okay, tell them I slept on it wrong, got it," I said reassuringly as me and Draco walked down the corridors to the hospital wing after dinner. I thought I heard footsteps behind me and Draco, but whenever I looked behind us nobody was there, I guess it was just super echoey.

We soon arrived at the hospital wing and one of the nurses asked what we needed.

"Y/n needs ice for her wrist," Draco said, the nurse looked at my wrist and her eyes went wide. "Oh Merlin! What happened to you dear?" She asked, holding my wrist in her hands. "I just um, slept on it wrong," I lied, I hated lying, especially to people who were trying to help me.

"Oh yes, we've had a couple kids come in with the same thing, let's get that ice dear," The nurse said, grabbing some ice and wrapping it in cloth. "Here you go, if it gets worse just come back, have a good rest of your night you two." "Yeah, you too," Me and Draco smiled at her as we walked out.

"It worked," I grinned at Draco. "Yep, I'm a genius I know," Draco grinned back, we were about to leave when I heard someone call after me.

"Y/l/n!" Tom yelled out. I turned around to see him walking towards me and Draco at a fast pace. "What Riddle?" I scoffed, crossing my arms with the ice still on my wrist. "Did you snitch? Tell them I hurt you?" Tom asked furiously, he grabbed my forearms and pinned me to the wall, causing the cloth of ice to fall to the floor. "No, I didn't. I knew you would be pissed if I did, I just said I slept on my wrist wrong, you're fucking welcome," I scoffed once more, trying to push him off of me but he was too strong.

"Oh but you told Malfoy over here didn't you? Your little boyfriend?" Tom pushed me into the wall harder. "Yeah I did, and he's not my boyfriend," I rolled my eyes. "Come on Riddle, let her go, she doesn't like you touching her," Draco said, trying to step in. "I can touch her if I want Malfoy, shut your trap," Tom hissed.

"Now, if either of you tell anyone any of this happened I'll have you both killed in an instant, am I clear?" I didn't say anything, neither did Draco. "I said, am I clear?" Tom repeated himself. "Yes," Me and Draco said in unison. "Good," Tom grinned in some way that wasn't friendly.

He soon let go of me and I fell to the floor, the harder he pressed me into the wall the higher I would go up. Tom then walked away like it was nothing, like always.

"Are you okay?" Draco asked me as he ran over. "I'm fine, let's just go," I sighed. Draco then offered his hands to help me up and I took them into my own, he then helped me up. Draco picked up the cloth of ice and we started walking towards our common room after he handed it to me.

When we entered the common room we saw no one in there so we decided to sit on one of the couches. "He really is a piece of shit," Draco scoffed after a while of silence. "Yeah I know," I sighed. "What's on your mind princess?" Draco asked, how does he always know?

"I can't tell you, you'll think I'm bloody insane," I said, nobody could know what I was hiding. "Honestly I've always thought you were insane, but please tell me, I won't judge, I promise," Draco said. "Fine," I sighed, was I really going to tell him? "You can't tell anybody." "Okay, I wasn't planning on it anyways," Draco laughed. "Okay, here goes nothing," I started.

"I might fancy Riddle."

a/n: jesus I'm so sorry for posting late for the idk how many time in a row. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. -ace 🖤