All for Her - Hermione Granger
"Raven, listen! Listen to me! We can still fix this, just... don't go yet, okay? Let me help you, love. Please, Raven! I love you!"
Raven did not turn around to face Hermione. Instead, she looked straight ahead, her hand that was gripping her wand burned from her nails clawing into her palm. She couldn't dare turn her back to look at Hermione, knowing that once those tearful eyes locked with her own... She'd return into her loving embrace without a second thought and everything she had done up until this point would have been for nothing.
And despite how much she never wanted it to come to this, despite how her own heart beats for Hermione Granger and her alone, she knew what she had to do.
"Then, you're even more pathetic than I thought." Raven forced her voice to remain steady. Emotionless, as she broke two hearts in that moment. "How could you ever believe that I would love a filthy Mudblood like you?"
And with that, Raven walked out of the empty classroom, shutting the door behind her. She stayed frozen there for a moment, listening to the gasping sobs that escaped Hermione's lips from behind the door. The lip that she had been biting had long since drew blood trying to contain her own burning lump in her throat.
"I'm sorry, Darling." Raven whispered under her own breath. "Forgive me."
And as soon as the first tear fell from her own eyes, she walked away from the door, so Hermione wouldn't hear her own sobs escaping her as she walked towards the uncertain future, longing for Hermione's sweet embrace with every step she took.
