**I do not own song or the pictures I used for the one shot cover**
HP=Harry Potter
NOTE: THE THINGS I PUT IN THIS ONE SHOT ARE NOT TRUE ABOUT YOU SINCE THIS INVOLVES SELF-HATE AND OTHER THINGS. IF ANY OF THESE TOPICS YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO, THEN DON'T READ:
SELF-HARM
BULLYING
SELF-HATE
ETC.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
ALSO, IF YOU ARE HAVING ANY ISSUES WITH BULLYING, SELF-ABUSE, OR ANY OF THESE THINGS, GET HELP IMMEDIATELY. I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL THESE THINGS OR DO THEM.
Okay, now that that's out of the way, enjoy the story!~
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Reader Info:
~in the Ravenclaw house
~is bullied by most group members, some from Slytherin, but none from Gryffindor or Hufflepuff
~is shy, smart, agile (from being chased by bullies), learn the rest of personality later
~has EC eyes, HL HC hair, is 5'9 tall (2 inches shorter than Draco), wears the Ravenclaw robes
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EC-Eye Color
HL-Hair Length
HC-Hair Color
YN-Your Name
LN-Your Last Name
FC-Favorite Color
Draco calls you Dove because he thinks you are beautiful, graceful, and fragile like one
Steph calls you Amity and is said so and why in the story
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Reader POV
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**In reader pov, it will be in first person**

I have woken up from sleeping a few minutes ago. I share my dorm room with a friend of mine. She's the only friend I have, along with three others, really. Her name is Stephane Herring, but I call her Steph for short.

{Pronounced Stef-a-nie Hair-ing}

Steph calls me Amity because it means "friendship, harmony," since I am her best friend.

My name is YN LN, a Ravenclaw top student. My grades are above average, but I don't really care. I mean, sure, I'm glad I have great grades, but they don't mean everything to me like they do for Hermione Granger.

Hermione Granger, Ronald (aka Ron) Weasley, and Harry Potter are all friends of mine and Steph.

The Golden Trio and Stephane are the only close friends I have.

They are a few of the students who don't bully me.

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that, didn't I? Sorry.

I get bullied because they think that I think that I'm "perfect," when I'm not, because of my above average grades. I also get bullied because I'm different than everyone else, but I don't see how. Many other students are shy, smart, and fast runners, too.

I'm very agile because of my bullies chasing me 24/7. This was also happening before I came to Hogwarts.

I usually stayed away from crowds while others would dive in head first; be alone most of the time while everyone else would hang out in big groups. Yeah, let's just say I didn't have any long-lasting friends back home.

My parents were both humans, meaning, I'm a Muggle, or Muggle-Born, like Harry and Hermione. We all get called 'Mudbloods' a lot, me more so than them sometimes since I am an 'easier target' for them. However, Harry is actually a half-blood due to his inheritance from other family members, if I remember correctly.

Basically, Hermione and I get called 'Mudbloods' the most.

Harry, Hermione, and Ron would always fight back, and I would too, but when I'm alone, that's a different story.

Steph is a pure-blood, but she doesn't care about blood status.

I've heard from the Golden Trio and Steph that Draco Malfoy is a pure-blood and hates muggle-borns like Hermione and I.

I've seen him around before, and I'm sure he's noticed me as well, but we've never properly met. All I know is that all of my friends hate him, but the weird thing is, I don't. And Steph only hates him when he's rude to us.

To me, Draco is just misunderstood. He's putting up an act for some reason, and he's quite believable too. Although, I can see right through his little act. I think Draco can be an amazing friend if someone just gave him a chance and got to know him more as a person.

I don't know if I'm going to be that person or not.

I can barely talk to people as it is, so how am I expected to talk to someone with a bad reputation like his? Especially since my friends all despise him. What if he really is like this all the time? He would probably just be another bully of mine added onto the list. Maybe I'll talk to him, we'll see.

Anyways, enough of my blabbering, back to the story.

I already put on my Ravenclaw robes, shoes, and brushed my hair and teeth, also flossing my teeth, obviously. I leave my HL hair down, letting it flow down my back *if you have short hair, just imagine it the way you look like. I'm going to be writing this as if you have long hair*.

Steph is snoring softly, and I chuckle at seeing her position.

She is laying on her stomach, right arm on the pillow next to where her face lays, the left arm down on her side laying straight(ish), with her legs lying straight on the bed as well. Her face is facing the direction of our dorm room, and it seems that she may be drooling.

My right side stings as I laugh quietly, so I quickly stop laughing and hold my side to help ease the pain. Yesterday night, some Ravenclaw students had given me a harsh beating while Stephane was asleep upstairs (aka in the dorm room you guys share). A main area they were aiming for was my stomach and sides, along with my face and shins. I can barely walk now, but I'll manage.

Steph, Harry, Ron, and Hermione all don't know about me being bullied this badly. They are only around for the name-calling, mostly.

However, they have noticed me having more wounds each day, and that I am getting worse by the second. I refuse to go to the Hospital Wing, and refuse telling my friends what's going on. They seem to be watching me more closely lately, clearly worried about my well being.

I pull my robe sleeve up on my left forearm to reveal my wrist *you're right handed in this* and look at all of my scabs from cutting myself. I want to stop this, really, I do, but this is now a bad habit of mine. I tried throwing the razor blade away, but I just grabbed it back and cut some more, hating my life of bullying and myself.

I pick at one of the newer scabs and it bleeds, dripping down my arm and onto the floor.

I grab a nearby towel and clean up the blood on the floor and my arm, before grabbing my razor out of my desk drawer where I hid it. I really need a better hiding place for it. I rush into our bathroom, knowing we've got about thirty minutes before classes start.

I sit on the cold tiles of the bathroom with my towel and the white bandages to cover my cuts and stop the bleeding for the most part. Blood is dripping out of the scab I picked at a minute ago and I watch it roll down my arm and onto the tile floor, before cutting my wrist again, holding in my cries of pain.

After about five minutes of this, I get up and wash my left forearm, drying it with my towel before cleaning the floor and razor. My wrist starts bleeding again so I wash it once more.

I should've wrapped it up sooner.

The water burns my skin from the open wounds, but I ignore it as best as I can.

I dry it again gently before wrapping the bandages around my forearm, covering my cuts once more.

**This is what the gauze looks like, sorry about the quality or whatever, I took it on my phone from a picture on my PC and this is the outcome**

Hopefully it doesn't bleed through, if it does, I will have to change the bandages.

I'll bring extras, just in case. *Extra gauze*

I hide the gauze in one of my robe pockets and pull my sleeve back down over my left arm, ignoring the burning and tingling feeling from where I had just cut myself.

I look at myself in the mirror, making sure you couldn't tell that I was crying. You can't. My EC eyes aren't red and puffy, but they are a dull version of my regular eye color.

When I had first arrived here at Hogwarts, my eyes shined a bright EC since I was happy to be away from my old bullies, but it soon faded after the bullying started here too.

I still hadn't told my parents yet..but they are getting suspicious, I'll tell you that.

Steph and the Golden Trio noticed my eyes going dull and asked me if I was okay, I lied and said I was fine, just that studying was getting the best of me. They believed it.

However, I used that line so many times now, they already know that it's a lie. And yet, here I am, still using that same old excuse.

When they ask about me being hurt in the mornings or whenever they see me, I reply with a quick, 'I'm fine, it's nothing.' before walking away or just stop answering their following questions about it.

I still hang out with them, but I just hope my bullies don't do the same thing to them as they do to me. I don't want to see them hurt like me. Broken like me.

I want them to be happy. Whenever they get bullied and I see it from a distance, I step in and forget about my shyness to protect them, despite me knowing that I will get a beating for it later.

I exit the bathroom and see Stephane tying her shoe laces before standing up and looking at me, smiling brightly. I hide my razor in my pocket so she can't see it. I don't want her to worry about me. I send her a small smile back. I never really smile too often anymore, and my friends noticed it, so they try and make me smile and laugh more often.

Sometimes it works extremely well, but most of the time I just let out a small smile and slight chuckle. However, my friends aren't the types to just give up on someone. They've never given up on me, ever since our first year here. We are currently in our third year here, and we are all fourteen since we had started Hogwarts at age eleven. *Draco is also 14*

"Hey there, Amity! You ready for classes?" Steph asked me excitedly, to which I just nod in response.

We grab our books and head to our first class, which we had with Harry, Hermione, and Ron. *I'm making up the schedule here to make the fanfic work*

As we walk, the Golden Trio catch up with us.

"Hi guys!~" Stephane cheered, making them laugh and me smile.

"Hey." I said quietly, and my friends smile bigger, knowing I don't always talk much.

"Hello YN and Stephane!" Hermione greeted, sending a small wave to us.

We sent it back.

"Hey guys!" Harry added.

"Hi!" Ron exclaimed happily.

"Hello." Steph and I replied in unison.

They've gotten used to Steph's and I's synchronization after first year. Steph and I are very close, always have been since we met, and we now somehow have the ability to speak in unison. Almost like we are twins, right? We just kinda..clicked.

She has red hair, but is shorter than me by a few inches in the height factor. Steph is 5'6 tall. She also has striking emerald green eyes.

We could honestly be twins and we wouldn't even know it! (Like, fraternal twins if you don't look exactly like her or something.)

I wouldn't mind, but we are like polar opposites. She is outgoing, I'm shy. She likes sports, I don't. The only 'sport' I like is Quidditch, but I will never play it. Steph would, though, if she could.

She didn't make it on the team, however.

Harry made it into the Gryffindor team as their Seeker in first year, thanks to Malfoy, and is still their #1 Seeker. Whenever they have a match, Steph and I cheer for them, not so much for our house. Sometimes we get called 'traitors' for that, but hey! We just wanna support our friends!

Besides, they don't care about us. Or, more specifically, me.

As we are all walking to class, Hermione, Ron, and Stephane are chatting away while Harry and I talk amongst ourselves.

"So, are you feeling alright this morning, YN?" Harry asks me, sounding slightly concerned.

Harry is honestly like a big brother to me, and I, his little sister to him. However, I'm not gonna rank my friends on how close they are to me.

I glance at him from the corner of my eye, since he is walking on my left, and see that he is already looking at me, worriedly. I fully look over at him and nod once, sending a tiny smile that only eagle eye viewers, like my friends, will notice.

"Yes, thank you, Harry." I reply, and a look of relief washes over his features, but he still holds some concern in his face, knowing I might just be lying.

I know he won't push it, though.

He never has.

And he only will if it gets too serious, I know that much.

"If you say so." He states, making me laugh quietly.

Stephane, Ron, and Hermione glance at us and smile wider, realizing that Harry got me to laugh.

They know we don't have crushes on each other, though. It's like a brother-sister thing, ya know? If you're close to your siblings? Or if you don't have siblings, like myself, an extremely close friend? That's the way it is between Harry and I. Extremely close friends.

As we make it to our first class, we step inside and sit down. Mione *Hermione* next to Ron and Steph next to a Slytherin girl. Her name is Lucy, I believe. *Made up character* She's one of the few who don't bully me. Harry and I sit next to each other and wait for our teacher to enter class.

Harry sits next to me for most classes, while others I sit with Steph, Mione, or Ron. This class, however, we do change seats every once and a while.

The teachers name is Professor Parkson *made up, sorry*. He teaches us about Muggle-born's and their lifestyle.

I quite enjoy this class, since I was a muggle myself a few years back. Well, I've always been a witch, but I never knew it. Although, I can get quite bored in this class since I pretty much know everything from experience, but that doesn't happen often.

Professor Parkson enters the class and walks to the front and faces us. All of the students are here.

"Ah, hello class, and welcome back! Today, I have an assignment for you all that must be completed in a few weeks. You and a partner are going to make a project about something that we have learned or not learned in this class about Muggles. I will be choosing your partners, and you shall sit with them until the project is over, so then you can go back to sitting with whomever you choose. Understood?" He explained, and everyone nods.

"Alrighty then! Everyone gather your things and line up along the wall please and wait for further instructions. Go."

Harry and I gather our books and stuff and walk to the side wall, him and I standing next to one another. Ron stands by his side with Hermione, while Steph stands on my other side.

Hermione has a crush on Ron, if you didn't know.

Ron likes her back, he told Harry, Steph, and I.

Off topic.

Everyone lines up against the wall with us and a familiar pair of grey eyes meet mine for a split second.

Draco Malfoy.

His gaze softened as it meets mine, and I grow confused.

He was snapped out of it by his friends, Crabbe and Goyle. Draco walks with his friends to the wall as well, his gaze returning to its cold stare wherever he looked.

Why did his gaze soften when it met mine?

Steph nudges my arm lightly and giggles, making me blush.

"W-What..?" I whisper softly to her, and she only giggles more.

"The way Draco's gaze softened when it met yours was absolutely ADORABLE." Steph mutters to me, almost attracting attention to us at the end.

I shush her.

"Oops! Sorry."

"I-It's fine..but don't b-bring that back up a-again, Steph. It meant nothing.." I stuttered quietly, and she huffed.

"As if! He's totally crushing on yooouuu!!~~" Steph sings under her breath so others won't hear.

I roll my eyes playfully.

"Mhm..sure. Whatever." I reply sarcastically, and she chuckles.

I look back at the Professor as he speaks again..

"Okay. When I call your name, come sit down at a table. Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley, you're partners." Professor Parkson stated, pointing to a table.

Ron and Mione stepped out of the line and sat down, blushing.

"Stephane Herring and Lucy Williams, you're partners."

They sat down. I zoned out until I heard Harry's name..

"Harry Potter and Zander Mallins, partners."

Zander Mallins is another Griffindor, he's actually quite nice, along with Lucy.

*Zander is made up too*

I then zoned out until my name was called...

"YN LN and Draco Malfoy, you are partners." Professor Parkson stated, motioning towards another table, one of the only few left.

I sit at the table with Draco, him on my right, and glance at my friends who are all giving me worried and 'Good Luck' sort of faces. I just send them a reassuring smile, which is still small, but whatever.

They send smiles back and go back to watching the other students get sorted.

I could feel Draco's stare at the side of my face, so I glance at him from the corner of my eye, like I had done with Harry earlier. And he is, in fact, staring at me.

I start to feel uncomfortable, but ignore that feeling and looked at him fully.

His face heats up as he realizes what he was doing, and he looks away quickly.

My lips twitch upwards in a small smile, never seeing this side of him before. I like it. My cheeks are dusted with a light pink as I look away.

Draco looks back at me and sees the small smile that has formed on my lips through my hair, and he ends up having a small smile himself. Seeing his smile made me smile a tad bit bigger.

I meet his gaze again and keep it, neither of us backing down yet.

His stunning grey eyes stare deeply into mine as if he can read my soul and life story with one single glance. I stare back. He smiles bigger slightly, and seeing that made me blush harder.

I practically had to force myself to look away so he won't see my flushed face.

I notice Steph staring at me with Lucy, they are giving me knowing looks. I ignore them and stare at my hands on the table, playing around with my fingers while waiting for the teacher to be done.

What is taking him so long, anyway?

I look back up to see that the last of our classmates have been paired up and are sat down in the matter of seconds.

Professor Parkson begins to speak once more..

"Now that that's over with, you and your partner may begin on your project now." Professor ordered, and everyone got to work straight away.

I look at Draco to see that he's already looking at me.

I blush but try to control it.

"Hello there, my name is Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. And you are?" Draco introduced, despite us already knowing each other from being partnered up.

I don't mind this, though. Just go with it.

"H-Hey, I'm YN LN, p-pleasure to meet you, M-Malfoy.." I stutter quietly, and he smiles again.

I can tell he knows that I'm a naturally quiet person.

He holds his hand out, supposedly for a hand shake, and I hesitate to take it due to me already being bullied, making me have trust issues. I take his hand anyway, offering him a chance. I give him a small smile.

Instead of us shaking hands like I expected, he gently brought my hand up to his lips and kissed my knuckles carefully, as if I would break if he pressed his lips to them any harder. My eyes widen slightly in shock, a blush creeping its way onto both of our faces.

He holds his lips there for a few seconds longer than needed, not that I mind, before pulling away, but still holding my hand in his.

"Pleasure is mine, LN. And just call me Draco, alright?" Draco insisted, making me even more shocked.

Nobody, and I mean nobody, can call him by his name. Not even Pansy Parkinson. *Is that how you spell it?*

Draco held a devilish smirk gracing his lips, which I thought was pretty cute, and waited for my quick response.

"F-Fine..only if you c-call me YN in return." I retort, and he looked shocked at hearing me talking slightly louder and having the courage to speak like this to him, but regained his composure swiftly.

"Alright. Works for me, YN. Now let's get started, shall we?" Draco suggested, and I nod.

"We shall, Draco." I responded, more confidently than before, making him smile a genuine smile.

Not a smirk.

Not a half smile.

A real smile.

One of his rarest Malfoy smiles.

We laugh and begin to work, us reluctantly letting each other's hand go.

I'm smiling bigger than I ever had in a while.

Who knew a Malfoy could make me smile so big?

The only people who noticed us laughing together were Stephane, Lucy, and Pansy.

Pansy was sending me harsh glares at the back of my head, which I could feel but ignored, while Steph and Lucy are smiling greatly, knowing this has never happened in quite a while.

Very few can make me smile big and laugh so quickly, which not even my closest friends could do often.

Since my laugh was very quiet, along with Draco's, not many heard us, hence why Harry, Ron, Zander, and Hermione didn't hear us.

They would have flipped too if they heard me laughing. In a good way.

But in a bad way if they knew I was having fun with their enemy, Draco Malfoy.

*TIMESKIP*
~End Of Class~

As class drew to a close, everyone started packing up their things.

Professor Parkson let us go a few minutes early for getting much progress done on our projects.

After the majority of the class left, including my friends who would be waiting outside for me, Draco and I were the only few left.

Before I could leave, I felt someone gently grab my right wrist, thankfully, and I turned around to see who it was, even though I had a feeling it was Draco.

I trailed up their arm and to their face to see that I was correct, it was indeed Draco Malfoy.

He was smiling, and I am too, one of the big ones.

"Yes?" I ask him, and his face flushes slightly, I wonder why..?

"Well, I was wondering if you'd like to meet me at the Astronomy Tower tonight to work on our project more?" Draco inquires, and I blush lightly before nodding.

"Okay, what time should I be there?"

"10:30 tonight, don't be late.~" He teased with a playful smirk, to which I smirked back.

"Right back at you, Draco.~ See you later." I reply nicely, and he lets go of my arm with a huge smile.

I smile back and head out of the classroom.

My friends are waiting by the wall near the classroom door with Zander and Lucy.

"Hey, YN! What's-WOAH!" Ron exclaimed, making Mione, Ron, Harry, and Zander notice my huge smile.

"What..?" I question, and Hermione points at my face.

"You have a huge smile!! We haven't seen that in, like, FOREVER!!~~" Hermione squealed.

Steph and Lucy smirk knowingly again, but aren't saying anything about the matter, which I'm thankful for.

"Yeah!!" Harry yelled excitedly, drawing little attention to us, but we ignore it.

"Speaking of which, how'd that happen?" Zander asked, and they looked at me for an answer.

"Weren't you paired with Malfoy for the project?" Mione added, and I nod slowly.

"Is he the one that made you smile that big?" Ron inquired softly.

I didn't respond. My smile has disappeared and turned back into my regular face. Pretty much emotionless.

"Why?" I retort quietly.

"I dunno, just asking." Ron replied, shrugging.

"Would you be mad if he was?" I asked louder so they could hear me.

"I don't think so." Harry stated.

"Why's that?" Lucy said, watching Harry as he chooses his next words.

"Well, because it's amazing if she's smiling again. We know we all love seeing her happy." Harry reasoned, to which everyone but me nodded.

"True." Stephane says, sending me a smile.

I send a small one back.

"Anyways, let's go to our next class, guys." I state, and we all head to our next class.

The next class I have with the Golden Trio, Steph, and Zander. Lucy has to go to her next class with the Slytherins since we don't have the next class with her.

Our first class was a combined class of all four houses:

Slytherin

Ravenclaw

Hufflepuff

Gryffindor.

That's why we all had our classes together.

I'm in Ravenclaw with Stephane, the Golden Trio and Zander are Gryffindors, while Lucy and Draco are Slytherins. I didn't know anyone from Hufflepuff in that class, though.

"Hey! You didn't answer my question!" Ron whines playfully, making us laugh.

I laugh like I used to when I wasn't bullied, which makes everyone smile bigger.

"About what?" I question, already forgetting what it was about.

Something about Draco?

"Was Malfoy the one that made you smile as big as you are now?" Ron repeated.

"Oh, well, who cares if he was? That doesn't matter right now. What matters is class." I reply, and everyone chuckles.

"Oh geez, now you sound like Hermione." Zander teased, mostly Mione.

We all laugh, even Hermione.

"Hey!" She exclaims, smacking Zander's arm playfully.

The bickering goes on as we walk to our next class. I just listened while laughing quietly with Harry, Stephane, and Ron.

*TIMESKIP*
~After All Classes~

10:30 I have to meet Draco at the Astronomy Tower. It is currently 8:20, so that means I have two hours and forty minutes left.

I have our project, so that's good.

He has a few Muggle books and is bringing them when we meet up.

Just have to make sure I have everything ready for when we do meet up later.

Project-Check!
Quills with ink-Check!
Notes-Check!

Draco has the rest, which are the muggle books, more quills with ink, and his notes.

Alright. I finished my homework during last class since there was free time for everyone. I had that class with the Hufflepuff house, so I had no one to talk to that I know besides Steph.

What should I do?

I have everything for the project packed in a small backpack of mine.

Stephane is hanging out with Zander and Lucy right now, Draco is probably hanging with Crabbe and Goyle. I have no idea what the Trio are doing, maybe studying since Hermione likes to be ready for upcoming tests, whether they are far away or not.

I don't really wanna bother them if that's what they're doing.

I'm by myself for two hours and thirty five minutes, it looks like.

Did checking and packing all of the stuff for the project only take five minutes? Wow! Record!

I better keep all of the project stuff with me, since all of my Ravenclaw housemates, besides Steph, hate me. For the most part. Also some from Slytherin.

I don't want anyone to sabotage our project because of me leaving it behind in Steph's and I's dorm room.

I'll just have a bit of a walk around.

I strap the project bag around my right shoulder and hold onto the strap as I exit my shared dorm room.

I see a few of my Ravenclaw bullies hanging in the common room, so I quickly rush out of the room as silently as possible.

I enter the halls and run, hearing their shouts at me and their rushing footsteps trying to catch me.

I have more stamina than them and am faster. They should get tired pretty quickly.

I round a corner and bump into someone, causing them to fall while I catch my balance.

I look down and see Draco laying there, my eyes widen.

"S-Sorry Draco!" I exclaim quietly, and snap out of it when I hear the footsteps catching up to me.

"Shoot! I-I gotta go! Sorry again, D-Draco!" I stuttered, scared.

He looks worried and confused, but before he could say anything, I run off past him, leaving him sitting on the floor.

The footsteps are still coming, but I don't look back. Already knowing who they belong to.

Three voices shout my name, but I ignore them.

The voices belong to Evan, Kyle, and Max. Three of my Ravenclaw house bullies.

I sprint faster, and they do too.

Since when did they get faster?!

I can tell they are panting, so they don't have much stamina as I do.

I round another corner and bust open the front doors of Hogwarts, heading anywhere but there.

They still follow me.

I somehow end up at the Black Lake, and I'm panting, but I don't dare stop. Instead, I run around the Black Lake, trying to tire my pursuers.

It works, for the most part.

I'm not only tiring them, but I'm also tiring myself.

I then run back towards Hogwarts, not stopping no matter how much my lungs and legs burn from running nonstop.

I enter Hogwarts again and start rounding many corners, trying to lose my bullies.

As I'm running down a hallway, the collar of my Ravenclaw robes get grabbed from behind me, and yank me back, making me lose my balance. I regain my equilibrium and look behind me to see that the person who had caught me was Max.

He must've taken a short cut to catch me!

Evan and Kyle catch up, all of us panting.

Max throws me against the wall and I drop my project bag next to me. They don't pay attention to that, just me.

All three of them start punching and kicking me for a good hour, with surprisingly no one walking by.

I have one hour left until I have to meet Draco at the Astronomy Tower.

Evan, Max, and Kyle all left me sitting here, leaning against the wall, snickering and high-fiving each other.

I shakily stood up, ignoring the pain that's striking throughout my entire body. My right side is gonna have a huge bruise, as well as my left shin, right shoulder, and I'm gonna have a black eye on my left eye. I can barely see through it, so I keep it closed.

I grab my project bag and stumble my way to the Hospital Wing to ask for an eyepatch.

I pass many students, but hide my eye from them with my hand.

I soon make it to the Hospital Wing and ask for an eyepatch. They give it to me and ask what happened. I just say I fell and hit my eye on a sharp edge.

They seem to believe it as I leave.

I put the eyepatch on over my left eye, glancing at my watch to see that I only have thirty minutes left until I have to meet Draco.

I hope he understands that I'm gonna have to be a bit late, due to me having trouble walking.

I start making my way to the Astronomy Tower with my project bag, trying my best to avoid any students I know are my bullies, and my close friends, not wanting them to find out just yet. I'd rather not worry them.

I make it to the top of the Astronomy Tower, surprisingly on time.

I see that Draco hasn't arrived yet, so I just sit down and lean my back against the railing which is a half wall.

I wait for about three minutes for Draco to come.

I look at my watch.

10:33.

"You're late, Draco." I tease, hiding my eyepatch from him with my hand, smirking.

He laughs, causing me to give a small smile.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Anywa-" Draco cut himself off as he saw me covering my eye, looking confused and slightly worried.

He stares at me while I shift a bit, suddenly uncomfortable under his gaze. He's never stared at me this intense before..

I finally get the courage to speak up after a minute or two.

"What is it?" I ask, sounding slightly harsh.

Draco doesn't seem affected by my slight harsh tone. Instead, he just walks over and kneels on my left, where I can't see him. I turn my head so that I can see him through my right eye, still keeping my left eyepatch hidden. He looks worried.

"Why are you covering your eye? Are you okay?" He questions, looking me straight in my right eye.

"I'm fine. It's nothing." I reassure, but he doesn't take none of it.

Draco bring his hand up and gently moves my left hand away from my eye, revealing an eyepatch, I let him do it. His eyes widen.

"What happened to you?! Are you okay, YN?!" He exclaims, and I look away from him.

"It doesn't matter what happened to me. I'm fine. Just drop it, Draco." I reply quietly, looking back at him.

He looks mad, worried, and confused all at the same time. He also looks kinda...protective? What?

"No, it's not okay! I will not drop it! And you're clearly not fine, YN! Tell me what happened." Draco demanded, and I gave him a small glare.

He seems to be slightly taken aback by this, never seeing me glare before, whether it's small or not.

"Don't boss me around. You don't control me. I have the right to not tell you anything if I don't want to, and you're not gonna force me to say nothing." I growled, standing up and walking away from him, limping, but staying on the tower.

I've never had the guts to stand up to someone by myself before, unless it was for my friends..this is new. I guess I've just...had enough of people bossing me around all the time.

I'm in standing in front of a wall right now by the door, glaring at it while I think. I clench my fists and use my right hand to hit the wall, leaning my arm where I hit, then resting my head on my arm, eyes squeezed shut. I'm breathing deeply, trying not to break down.

Not in front of Draco Malfoy.

I hear footsteps coming up behind me and Draco sets a hand on my shoulder, making my tensed shoulders relax. My eyes aren't squeezed shut anymore, but are just closed. My arm is throbbing a bit, along with my right shoulder, left shin, and right side. My black eye also hurts from being tightly shut while being behind my eyepatch.

"Hey..I'm sorry, YN..I shouldn't be demanding you to tell me things you don't want to tell me. I'm just...concerned, for you. That's all." Draco explained, and I'm not too mad anymore.

I push myself off of the wall and turn around, leaning my back against the wall while facing him. He's giving me a worried look. My gaze turns softer, me no longer glaring. I shake my head no.

"No..I'm sorry. I shouldn't of snapped at you for being concerned. It's just...I've had enough of others thinking they can just..shove me around like I'm not even there.. If you really want to know, you can remove my eyepatch and see for yourself, Draco.." I trail off, and he nods slowly.

"I understand what you're saying. And there's no need to be sorry. Also, are you sure I can take your eyepatch off? You're comfortable with it?" Draco inquired, and I nod once.

"Yes, you can. I'm okay with it." I respond, and he nods once again.

Draco reaches his hand up and carefully grabs the patch, gently removing it from my head. Once he sees my black eye, he gasps.

I look back up at him into his grey eyes, and he stares back into my EC eye.

"Someone...punched you?!" Draco proclaimed quietly, not wanting to attract any attention to us.

I nodded slowly, looking away.

"Yeah..my life is an absolute wreck right now, Draco. You wouldn't understand.." I mutter faintly, but he heard it.

He set his hand under my chin softly, making me look up at him.

"Then make me understand." Draco murmured to me.

I nod and whisper, "Okay."

We sit down by the railing again near our project stuff, us leaning against the half wall as I begin to explain everything that's happened and is happening to me right now. From the bullying before I came to Hogwarts, to the bullying now in Hogwarts, leaving out the names of my bullies. I then explained what happened before I came here after I bumped into Draco in the halls.

"So..those three guys who were chasing you did this to you?!" Draco practically yelled, but I shushed him.

"Shhh! Yes, but they're not the only ones who do this to me, alright? Pretty much everyone in the Ravenclaw house and the Slytherin house to do to me as well. Only the Trio, Zander, Lucy, Stephane, and you and your friends, Crabbe and Goyle, don't bully me." I clarify, and Draco looks furious.

I know he's not mad at me, but at everyone who is doing this to me.

"Who are the main bullies?" He asks.

"The ones who chased me earlier before and after I bumped into you." I state.

"What are their names?" He questions again, and I raise an eyebrow at him.

"Why?"

"I want to get them to stop, once and for all, as well as everyone else who hurts you." Draco says, and I blush a scarlet color and turn away, hiding my blush from him.

He's sitting on my right so that I can see him, my eyepatch back on my left eye.

Draco sets his hand under my chin again and has me look over at him, he's smirking.

Gosh, why is he so cute?!

Wait...what?! Why did I think that?! Why did I blush?! Wait-

"Don't hide your blush, you look cute." He flirts, resulting in me blushing more.

He seems to be blushing too.

"I-I..uhh...th-thanks?" I stutter, sounding slightly like a question more than a statement.

"No problem. Now, what are their names?" Draco questions, going back to being serious.

He drops his hand from my chin and down to my hand, setting his over mine and tracing circles on the back of my hand with his thumb. I hold his four fingers that are holding onto my hand. He doesn't stop with the circular motions. It is surprisingly calming to me, and I think he can tell.

I sigh and stare at my lap.

"The leader is Max, with his two followers, Evan and Kyle." I tell him, and he nods.

I look back up at him.

He's already staring at me.

"Okay. I'm going to try and help you with them when I can, alright?" Draco assures, and I nod, smiling.

Not a small smile.

Not a half smile.

A big smile.

At which he returns it.

"Thank you, Draco. I really appreciate it." I say gratefully, and he shakes his head.

"No need to thank me. I've noticed for quite some time that you've been hurt and never really smiled often before we met. I just want to help you smile again." He explains, blushing hardcore.

I am too.

He's noticed me too..?

"Just being your friend has helped me smile bigger than I ever had in a while, Draco. Helping me is extra." I retort, and he chuckles.

"Well, whatever." He states, making me laugh.

It is 11:15.

"..Hey, uhh, can I ask you something?" I ask nervously, and Draco smirks.

"You just did, but okay." He replies, earning a small giggle from me.

"Ha ha, very funny, Draco. Anyways, um, during school hours...are you.....putting up an act?" I question carefully, dropping my smile, and he looks confused.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I mean..when you're with me, you seem comfortable and happy, but when we are in classes or in the hallways during school, you bully others, including my friends. Is that an act? Bullying others who aren't pure-bloods? Or is that the real you..?" I inquire, not looking at him.

He sighs.

"Yes, it is an act." Draco answers, and I grow confused.

"Why do you do it? And do you enjoy it..?"

"No, I don't enjoy it. I do it for my father, though. You see, my family is supposed to hate Muggle-borns, basically students with muggle parents." He explains, and I get nervous again.

"So, you're saying that...you're supposed to hate..me?" I challenge softly, and he seems surprised, looking over at me.

Shock is clearly written on his features.

"What? Why do you say that?"

I sigh nervously.

"I say that because...I'm Muggle-born, Draco.." I reveal, and he gasps lightly.

"You..are?" Draco questions, making sure he heard me right.

I nod slowly.

"Why do you think I went to a Muggle school before I came here? How else would I get bullied if I didn't get exposure to other kids?" I deadpan, staring at my lap as Draco continues to stare at me.

I can see him out of the corner of my right eye.

"I..don't know..." He trailed off.

"Exactly. Now, answer my question, Draco. Does that mean you're gonna hate me now that you know? Bully me like pretty much everyone else? Huh? What's your answer, Draco?" I state, deliberately pressuring him into saying how he truly feels.

I need the truth.

Before he could answer, I cut him off, "Don't lie to me. I want-and need-the truth from you."

"My answer is no. I'm not gonna hate you for being Muggle-born. I'm not gonna bully you. I am still going to help you, no matter what blood status you are." Draco answers, showing no signs of lying or hesitation.

I look back at him, seeing that he has been watching me the entire time. I try to calm the blush forming on my cheeks, but it's no use.

"..." I stay silent, and he sends me a small smile.

"I'm telling the truth, Dove."

"Dove?" I question, a small smile playing on my lips, and he smiles bigger.

"Yeah, you mind if I call you that?" He asks, and I shake my head, smiling bigger.

"No, I don't mind. But why do you wanna call me Dove?"

"Because you're beautiful, graceful, and fragile like one." He explains, and I blush.

"Why do you say that..? There's nothing beautiful or graceful about me." I chuckle, not believing his words.

Besides fragile. That one I believe.

I look away again, leaning my head on the wall railing.

Draco tightens his grip on my hand after he adjusts our hands to be holding each others' fully, our fingers intertwined.

He uses his other hand to make me look at him again, for like, the third time tonight, and we stare into each others' eyes. Well, eye for him to look at.

"Don't say that. Everything about you is beautiful and graceful, Dove. And don't you ever forget that." Draco states sternly, yet softly.

"Alright..fine, you win." I give up, and he smiles.

I smile back as he drops his hand again.

It is 11:49.

"Oh! We better get going, Draco. It's 11:49 and we have to be back to our common rooms by midnight. We can just meet back up here tomorrow to continue our project if needed, alright?" I suggest, and he nods, looking slightly disappointed that we have to leave.

We stand up, grab our bags, and head out of the Astronomy Tower together, still holding hands.

*TIMESKIP*
~In Dorm Room~-With YN-

"So, what happened?!~" Stephane squealed, wanting to hear what had happened tonight between Draco and I.

It is 11:56 right now. Draco had walked me back to the Ravenclaw common room before heading back to the Slytherin one. Hopefully he gets back on time. He only has four minutes to get there.

I'm sure he can pull it off.

I'm snapped out of my thoughts by Stephane when she waves her hand in front of my face, calling my name.

"Amity?~ Amiiityyyy??~~ YN?~ YYYYNNNN!~ You there? Earth to YN!" Stephane calls, and I shake my head free of my thoughts.

Steph smirks a knowing smirk. Oh no..

"You were thinking about Draco, weren't you?~" Steph teases, making my face flush.

"Maybe..~" I reply, and she squeals again.

We hear someone yell from a girls room across from us..

"SHUT UP! WE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!"

Steph laughs and yells back, "SORRY!"

She then turns back to me.

"Okay, so, tell me everything." Steph demands childishly, sitting on my right side.

I had told her about what had happened to me for the eyepatch thing already. Let's just say she wasn't too happy about that, but I told her I was getting help from someone, so she calmed down after that.

"Well.." I recall all of tonight's events.

I remember Draco telling me something on the way back to my common room..

-/-/-Flashback-/-/-

"Hey, by the way, you can tell your friends about the me putting up an act thing if you want." Draco states, squeezing my hand gently.

I smile and reply, "Okay, good, because I was just about to ask about that."

We laugh and continue walking, cracking jokes here and there along the way.

-/-/-Flashback END-/-/-

"While I was at the Astronomy Tower, Draco found out about what happened to me in the halls after I had bumped into him. We got into a mini fight, but we made up pretty fast. And then I asked him if he was putting up an act during school hours; aka if he was acting when bullying others, and he said yes because of his father. I then questioned him about if he has to hate muggle-borns, then does he have to hate and bully me. He said no and that he is still gonna help me with my bullying problem." I explain, and Steph squeals quietly.

I wait for her to stop before continuing.

"Draco had flirted with me a couple times," Steph fangirls again, I continue, "which I actually didn't mind. We had zero time to work on our project after we had finished talking. So, he offered to walk me back to our common room, so I reluctantly agreed, since he also has to get back to his common room before midnight. Once we made it here, I kissed his cheek and thanked him before heading inside and up here. That's it."

"Oohhhhhhh myyyyyyy GOOOSSHHH!~~ I SHIP IT!!~~" Steph whisper-yelled, not wanting to wake anybody up.

It's already midnight.

I blush hard again.

"Anyways, let's go to sleep." I state, and she nods.

She lays in her bed and I tuck her in, knowing she likes when I do this since I act kind of like a mom, apparently. I dunno, ask her. She's the one who said it.

After I tuck her in, she falls asleep almost immediately. I chuckle and pat her head gently before heading over to the bathroom.

I grab my razor and stare at it. I don't think I will have the feeling of needing to cut anymore, so I'm gonna throw this away.

I haven't told Steph yet about me cutting, but I will tomorrow.

I brush my teeth and floss, comb my hair and hide my razor in a drawer under some towels.

I take the bandages off of my arm and clean my cuts again, throwing the bloody bandages away and replacing them with clean, new ones.

Starting tonight, I will not cut any longer.

After I finished wrapping my arm in clean bandages, I took my robe off and changed into pjs, then laid in my bed, falling asleep immediately.

~~~~AFTER SLEEP~~~~

I woke up to Stephane screaming in the morning, so I bolt up and run into the bathroom where she was.

She was holding bloody bandages and my razor in her hands.

"IS EVERYTHING OKAY?!" Someone shouted, and I replied.

"YEAH! WE'RE FINE!" I yell back.

Stephane turns to me, looking shocked, sad, and mad.

"WHY ARE THESE IN HERE?!" She exclaims to me, and I sigh.

"Follow me and I'll explain." I say, and she follows, sitting on her bed as I sit next to her.

"Why is your arm wrapped up?! Did you-?!" Steph asks, but I cut her off.

"Yes, I did. You see, yesterday morning I had cut myself while you were asleep in bed. I have always hated my life because of bullying and myself. But now, I don't feel that way. Now that Draco's helping me, my life is gonna turn around. For the better. I was gonna tell you about it today. What I was thinking was that after we tell the Trio, Zander, Lucy, and Draco with Crabbe and Goyle, we could all destroy that razor. Marking that as the official day that I stop cutting. What do you say?" I offer, and she smiles brightly before dropping the bloody bandages and the razor and giving me a tight hug, which I return.

"That sounds amazing!! But never do that again! I don't wanna lose my best friend." Steph exclaims, and I laugh as we pull apart.

"Hey, I was only cutting myself, not trying to kill me. I was never gonna do anything like that." I state, and she sighs in relief.

"Good. Now, let's get ready and throw these bandages away, you keep the razor on you, and we'll tell everyone about today. Alright?" Steph suggests, and I nod.

We change, do our hygiene things, and I grab the razor and set it in one of my pockets. Steph and I grab our books and head off to our first class, Muggle Class that Professor Parkson teaches.

Steph knows who my bullies are now, and makes sure to keep them away from me as well. I have such great friends.

As we're walking to our class, the Trio and Zander and Lucy catch up to us again.

"Hey guys!" They all say at the same time.

Stephane and I smile.

"Hiya!" Steph exclaims.

"Hey!" I proclaim, and the Trio look at me, smiling brightly, pleasantly surprised.

"By the way, guys, YN and I have something to tell you all. Follow us." Stephane states, and they look confused but follow us anyways.

Steph and I lead them to an empty classroom.

"What are we doing here?" Hermione asks.

"Nevermind that, what do you want to talk to us about?" Ron questions.

"Yeah?" Harry adds.

"You take over, YN." Steph says, looking at me.

"Gee, thanks for the support." I reply sarcastically.

She winks, "You're welcome."

We all laugh quietly, and then I start explaining, taking out my razor and showing it to them.

"A razor?" Harry inquires.

"Why do you have a razor?" Ron asks.

Mione and Lucy gasp.

"Do you-?!" I cut them off.

"Yes, Hermione and Lucy, I did. Not do. Today is the day I'm ending cutting." I explain, and they all look shocked.

"YOU CUT?!" They all yell, and Steph and I quiet them down.

"SHUSH!" We exclaim, and they shut up.

"Okay, yes, I cut. I mean, I did. Yesterday morning, I had cut myself because of me hating my life of bullying and myself, but now that I'm getting help from Draco for that problem, I don't have the feeling of needed to cut anymore."

"Malfoy is helping you?!"

"He prefers Draco, guys." I state.

"Sorry." They reply.

"Anyways, yeah, Draco said he would help me with my bullying problem while we were at the Astronomy Tower yesterday night to work on our project." I explain.

"Hold up for one second..why do you have an eyepatch?!" Zander questions.

I explain to them about my bullying before and during Hogwarts, the cutting, and everything that had happened last night between Draco and I. I also told them that Draco is putting up an act when he's bullying others. Basically, everything I told Stephane this morning and last night.

"Wow.." They all breathed, stunned.

"Sorry about that, but why didn't you tell us? We would've helped you too." Lucy states.

"Well, I didn't want anything that's happening to me to be happening you guys as well. I also thought I would be a burden if I told anyone, even though, now I realize, that I'm not." I say, and they all nod in understanding.

They tackle me in a group hug, including Steph, and I hug back.

We then make our way to our class.

The Trio are fine with Draco and his two friends coming to the event of me ending my cutting now that they know the full story. Now to tell Draco.

I spot him right ahead of us so I excuse myself from my friends and run up to Draco. My friends know what I'm doing.

Draco is with Crabbe and Goyle, perfect.

He seems to hear me coming because he stops and turns around. His friends do too.

I stop right in front of them as they all send me smiles.

"Hey, Dove. What's up?" Draco asks, and I smile at all of them.

"Well, I've got a few things to tell you three." I start, and then begin explaining everything I had told the others, except for what had happened last night between Draco and I besides him helping me.

"So, are you guys in?" I question, my friends standing behind me for support.

"HECK YEA WE'RE IN!" They all shout, and we laugh.

"Cool!" My friends and I exclaim.

Draco then walks up to the Trio and does something incredible.

"Hey, I'm sorry for bullying you all, I never really meant it." He apologizes, and they forgive him.

"We forgive you!" They all say at once.

"YN has told us about you and your father. We understand." Hermione states, and Draco faces me, smiling.

I smile sheepishly.

"You did?" He asks, and I nod.

"Yeah, I did." I reply, and he hugs me, leaving everyone here shocked but me.

I hug back.

"Thanks, Dove." He whispers to me.

"No problem." I whisper back.

We part and all of us head to class.

Throughout the entire day, none of my bullies had bothered me due to Draco confronting all of them. He even went as far as to speak in front of the classes we were in together about it. I don't know about his other classes, but he probably did there too just to get his point across.

*TIMESKIP*
~End Of Classes~~Outside at Hagrid's~

We are all gathered outside of Hagrid's hut to destroy this razor and celebrate me not cutting anymore. Of course, I had to explain everything to Hagrid, and he agreed completely to do this there.

Doing it here was Harry's suggestion.

All of my friends are here:

Harry
Hermione
Ron
Zander
Lucy
Stephane
Crabbe
Goyle

And my crush...

Draco Malfoy.

We all decided to dress in party wear for this. Today is Friday, so that's good.

Other teachers are here as well, such as:

Professor Parkson
Professor Dumbledore
And Professor McGonagall.

They are the only ones who could come, the rest are either busy or evil. You know, same old, same old.

I had explained everything to them as well.

I wore a (Long/Short) flowy dress that's FC, with matching FC flats, a blue ankle bracelet to represent Ravenclaw with a matching headband. I also did a natural looking makeup, with the help of Stephane. I don't normally do makeup, so I had her help me out. My hair looks like this:

Long Hair:

Short Hair:

This is my outfit:

*just change the color of the dresses and shoes, and make them look however you want! And headband is optional*

This is what Stephane is wearing:

Hermione:

Lucy:

I'm pretty sure you don't need to know what the guys look like since all they're wearing are tuxedos.

Harry, Ron, and Zander are wearing Gryffindor ties as well, while Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle are wearing Slytherin ties.

The male Professors are also wearing tuxedos while Professor McGonagall is wearing a simple white dress with white heels, earrings, and necklace. She's not dressing for houses.

"Alright! Who's ready to get started?!" Hagrid calls out, and everyone cheers.

We gather in a circle and Stephane hands me the razor, which I take. Dumbledore hands me a hammer that I can use to destroy the razor while Professor McGonagall puts goggles on me to protect me from any fly away parts.

(Your black eye healed pretty fast; enough to where you can open it and see.)

Everyone stands back as I set the razor on the ground and kneel next to it.

Everyone starts cheering as I slam the hammer down on the razor, it breaking in half.

I then take the goggles off and hand them to Steph as she takes a swing at the razor too.

We decided everyone would get a chance to destroy it, but me being first since I'm the one overcoming it.

After everyone is done swinging at it, Hagrid throws it away and turns on some music for us all to party.

My cuts on my left wrist have healed pretty fast, so I took the bandages off. They aren't bleeding, and I'm not gonna pick on them. I have someone who is gonna make sure of that.

Draco Malfoy.

Speaking of Draco, he walks up to me and gives me a big hug, which I return.

"Great job, Dove!" He congratulates happily, letting me go, but holding my hands.

We both have huge smiles on our faces.

"Thanks, Dray!" I reply, and he smiles wider, if possible.

"Dray?" Draco questions, and I nod.

"Yeah, do you mind if I call you that?"

"I don't mind at all." He responds.

We hug again and we hear many awwwww's coming from everyone else, resulting in us blushing.

We pull away and everyone else gives me separate hugs, before everyone-including Draco-gives me a big group hug.

We are laughing and smiling.

Nothing can ruin tonight.

Everyone goes off around Hagrid's place to party, staying nearby everyone else, of course.

Draco stays with me.

He gently takes my left wrist and carefully runs his fingers over my scars.

"Don't ever do this again, promise?" Draco says, staring deeply into my eyes.

I smile and reply, "Promise."

He smiles back and gives me one last hug.

A slow dance comes on and people start dancing.

Ron asked Hermione, Zander asked Lucy, Harry asked Stephane, and the Professors just watch and talk amongst themselves. Crabbe and Goyle also hang out with each other.

Draco holds his hand out and asks politely, "Care to dance, mademoiselle?"

I giggle and take his hand, "Of course, kind sir."

We laugh as we start dancing with our friends.

He snakes his hands around my waist as I wrap my arms around his neck. Before we start, I tell him something..

"Just so you know, I've never slow danced before. Just a warning." I state, and he chuckles.

"No worries, Dove. The man leads anyways." He responds, and I nod, giggling.

"Okay, good." I say, and this time he chuckles.

We start dancing and he leads, having us spin in slow circles every now and again, if not going in circles, then side to side.

Draco is staring into my eyes again, and I'm staring back. It's like we're in our own little world, away from everybody else. Just us two and the music. Nothing to worry about, nothing to be afraid of.

Our breathing matches each others' and our hearts beating at the same pace; slightly fast, getting faster.

He slowly starts leaning in, and I do too. And before I know it, our lips are almost touching. He's giving me a chance to pull away if I'd like. But guess what? NOPE!

I bring him in by pulling his neck since my hands are wrapped around his neck, and our lips collide.

Our eyes flutter shut, and our lips move in sync.

THIS IS MY FIRST KISS!!! YAASSS! And I'm SOOO glad it's with Draco, my crush!!~ EEKK!~ I'M DYING INSIDE!!~~ <333

We stopped dancing, only focusing on each other and our kiss. There is cheering in the background from everyone else, but we ignore them.

It feels like fireworks are erupting inside of me, electric current rushing through my body every time our lips meets again. I feel weak in the knees and Draco seems to notice.

He tightly-but not enough to hurt me-holds onto my waist, not letting me fall. Also while doing this, he's bringing me closer to him, if that's even possible.

I feel as if we could never be close enough, but I suppose that's how it always feels, huh? Haha!~ I'M KISSING MY CRUSH!~

I'm waaayyyy to excited about that. Actually no, I'm allowed and PROUD to be thinking this way!

I play with his platinum blonde locks, gently tugging on them. We both smile into the kiss more. Draco traces circles on my lower back, reminding me of how he did it to my hand last night, making me smile more.

Our kiss ended a minute later due to the need of air becoming to great.

We are panting as we rest our foreheads against one another's, still smiling like idiots.

"You know.. *pant* even though we officially.. *pant* met only yesterday.. *pant* I still feel like and know.. *pant* that I.. *pant* love you." Draco whispers in between panting, and I giggle.

"I.. *pant* love you.. *pant* too, Draco.." I whisper back, and he smiles more.

Once we catch our breaths, we can talk fully.

"I feel the same way about you, Draco. I mean, I've seen you in the halls over the years and felt drawn to you for some reason. I wanted to get to know you more. Be your friend. But now I see, that I want to be more than friends with you.." I explain, and he blushes.

"Me too, YN. Ever since I first saw you here at Hogwarts, I knew there was something different about you that I liked. I just couldn't put my finger on it. I've wanted to meet you for years, but I've never had the courage to do so until this year due to us being partners. And then it became clear to me, that the different thing I liked about you, was that you are unique. You have your own style, own flair, everything. Ever since we met in class officially, I knew I loved you." Draco rants, and I blush harder than I ever had before.

"Same here." I state, giggling.

Draco chuckles too.

"YN? Will you be my girlfriend?" Draco asks.

"YES! Of course I will!!" I exclaim, kissing him again, feeling the same electric feeling throughout my body every time our lips touch.

I suppose he feels the same way since he wants to date me! Hah! Take THAT world! I dunno what I said that for, but whatever!

I finally have the boy of my dreams!!
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Heyyyy guys! I hope you enjoyed this LOOOOONGG chapter I made!

Sorry it took FOREVER to come out, but hey, there are over 10,800 words in this chapter! Give me a break! XD

Hope ya have a great day/night!

Baiiii!~

-CastrarWolf