ethereal - draco malfoy

consequences

"So, you really refuse to have sex with him until you feel like he's earned it?" Daphne asked skeptically.

Daphne and I convinced Draco and Blaise to get their heads out of our arses long enough for us to spend some quality time together. I've been busy with the Vanishing Cabinet for the past two weeks, meanwhile, Daphne's still having petty fights with Astoria.

We sat in the library all day, reading, talking, whispering, laughing, getting in trouble for laughing, etc., and I had told Daphne about how I've refused to have sex with Draco for the past two weeks because I wasn't ready to fully forgive him yet.

"Mhm." I hummed in response, giving her a small grin.

She smiled and shook her head disapprovingly, "You're vile."

I smiled and nodded my head once, "I know."

Draco POV

"So, you guys haven't had sex in two weeks?" Blaise asked with raised eyebrows from the edge of my bed.

Rora's been... punishing me for my mistake. Little does she know, the second she says it's okay, I'm going to pound into her so violently, she won't be able to walk straight for however long she made me wait. Fucking bitch. My fucking bitch, though.

"Nope." I drawled, staring blankly into space. I felt Blaise shift at the end of my bed, his gaze burning into me. "Can I help you?" I blurted, still not looking away from the empty space.

"You love her, don't you?" Blaise accused, causing me to snap my attention to him. I felt the blood rush to my cheeks, and I looked away before he could see me blush.

"Is it-" I started.

"Yes. It's that obvious." he interrupted. I looked back over to him and swallowed the lump in my throat.

"And you don't want to tell her because she's Cynthia Morningstar and she doesn't love anyone and you don't want to scare her off." he added, raising an eyebrow.

"But, she loves you too, she just won't tell you because you're Draco Malfoy and you don't love anyone and she doesn't want to scare you off." he repeated. I search his face for any sign of a joke, or a lie; nothing.

"It's complicated." I snapped coldly, clenching my fists.

"No, it's not. You two are so alike it's insane. Everyone else can see it, except you two. Daph and I even made a bet on it." he said with a grin at the last sentence. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms across my chest. First our mothers, now our best mates. Bloody hell.

"How long has it been since we last saw them?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Well, we snuck into the library to spy on them at 3:00, and it's 3:17, so seventeen minutes." he responded.

Silence.

"Can we go back and talk to them now?" I questioned hopefully, bouncing my leg up and down anxiously.

"Yes, hurry, let's go." Blaise said quickly as he stood up. I shot up off of my bed and we bolted to the library.

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We got to the library and walked over to where we had seen them before; Rora had been laughing while Daphne was giggling. That's one of the many things I loved about Rora, she didn't fucking giggle.

We approached their table and I sat down next to Rora while Blaise sat down across from me, next to Daphne.

"Ladies." we say in unison, evil grins plastered on our faces.

Cynthia POV

I shared a look with Daphne before we both turned to the idiots beside us and started talking. "How did you know we were here?" I asked, eyeing him up and down.