his eyes

Someone was running towards you. They were speaking to you, but no words were getting to you.

„Y/n, please.“ It sounded so far from you, even when they were kneeling in front of you. They were pleading for you to talk with them. The voice was so familiar, but you couldn’t really tell who was it. Your eyes were going normal, to which even the person noticed, that they were getting more clear.

„Can I touch you?“ the voice asked. Whoever they were, they sounded kind, so you just mustered all your strength and nodded your head. Immediately they put a piece of your hair behind your ear and caressed your head. And they were gentle too. You were lost as who this person is, but you were still too weak to think.

„Y/n, I am here for you, okay? So please, talk to me.“ They plead to you once again. You just murmured something, you yourself weren’t even sure what you wanted to say. So they just grabbed your chin, so gently as if you were to break with a gust of wind, and lifted your head up slowly. Your eyes met with icy gray ones. They were so pretty.

„I need you to breathe slowly for me okay?“ you just nodded, and trusted him with everything. He guided you with the breathing, counting for you. It was working, and now you could at least feel your hands, that you realized were digging into his.

„I am sorry.“ You said softly to him and relaxed your hands.

„Don’t apologize, love, I am glad that you are speaking now.“ You were sure you knew him but were still so out of it, you couldn’t tell who you were talking to right now.
He took your face into his hands and looked you straight into your eyes.

„Are you feeling better? And can you breathe just fine right now?“

„Yes, thank you.“

„Can you get up? So you don’t have to sit on the cold ground?“ he asked with concern.

„Mhh.“ You nodded your head as you scrambled yourself up.

„Good girl. And now, can you talk with me?“ now he was holding you up, with one hand around your waist and the other still holding your face.

„About what?“ you asked softly.

„About anything. I just need you to talk.“

„Okay, I just want to thank you.“

„There is no need, love.“ He caressed your cheek with his thumb. „Look at me please.“

You did as he asked and horror washed over you. The one who was holding you, and helping you calm down, was the one who you despised and was a part of why you were feeling like this right now, Draco Malfoy. You were mortified.

„D-Draco? What?“ you asked. You weren’t feeling the best, but now you were at least at your senses. If you could, you would push him away from you, but all you could do was to put your hands on his chest, and just lightly press against him.

„Please, I just want to help you, so don’t get mad at me.“ He told you. He really looked worried about you, so you didn’t even want to know how you looked. You looked away, not being able to hold the eye contact with him. You just wished this was a horrible nightmare and that this wasn’t really happening. There was no way that your sworn enemy was calming you down and holding you like a fragile rose. None of this made sense.

„Are you mad?“ he asked softly.

„No, but can we please act as if this didn’t happen?“ You looked back into his eyes, being more calm now.

„Yeah, of course.“ He replied hesitantly. „But are you sure that you are okay? You are still crying.“

You were confused as to what he meant, but then touched your cheek, which was completely wet because tears were streaming down your face. You have no idea when you started crying.

„Yeah, I am okay. Thank you, Draco, I mean it.“ You smiled faintly at him. He just watched you for a second before he hugged you and held you close to his chest. You were so exhausted that you just hugged him back. And now, you were standing there in an embrace, both silent and listening to each other's breaths. His hug was warm, and you felt safe there. Your fingers were digging into his back as if you thought that he would disappear any minute, while his were gently caressing you.

You had no idea how long you were like this, but after a while, you pulled yourself reluctantly back. And you regretted when you did because there was no coming back now. After you did so, you both just left, not even looking back and not saying a word. You hated yourself that you let Draco see you like this. You hated him for what he did, but now you were hugging him? What was wrong with you? Now you hated yourself even more. You needed to find Hermione now and tell her everything. Well, not everything, because even when you loved her, you couldn’t tell her this dark secret of yours. She had muggle parents, so there was no way that they were punishing her with spells. But at the same time, you just wanted to go to sleep. Thank god that you didn’t have any more classes today. You were walking along the hallways, not meeting a single soul. You just turned around the corner when you crashed into someone.

„Y/N!! I’ve been looking all around for you! Are you okay? What happened?“Hermione spluttered at you in a hurry, grabbing your hands. But before you could answer any of the questions, she hugged you tightly, embracing you in a familiar warm embrace.

„I was so worried when you got up and just left! I’ve called out for you but you didn’t even react, and with everything going out in the classroom… It was just horrible. One girl from Hufflepuff fainted when Moody used the Avada Kevadra on the poor spider.“ She almost whispered the last sentence. „Right after the lesson ended, everyone left as soon as possible. But poor Neville was so out of it, that Moody invited him for a warm cup of tea.“

„Don’t worry, I am okay. I just needed to leave, it was too much for me.“ You softly smiled at her.

„Ohh, y/n… I am so sorry. But you weren’t the only one. Surprisingly, Malfoy left too, not that long after you did actually. And I thought that I would leave too, but somehow I managed to stay, even though I was spaced out, so I had no idea what was happening.“

„Should we go to the library to sit and talk? I have so much to tell you.“ Hermione agreed with you, so you went there. It was actually really near to you, so you got there in under a minute. There, you sat on the green sofas and you started.

„Mione, I have like so much to tell you. Ever since Harry was chosen in the Goblet, I feel we didn’t have the time to properly talk,“ she just nodded eagerly, sharing the same opinion, „so I have no idea where to even start. So in short, I think someone is like stalking me, or something? And I’ve got few notes from that person that had a little drawing or just my name written in it. And this one cute guy is always smiling at me, whenever we meet, and like I don’t know, maybe we could start talking or something. Because, I don’t want to sound egoistical, but it's obvious that he likes me. And, when Draco left the classroom, he somehow found me and actually helped me to calm down, and like he hugged me and stuff? And he was so nice too, like what was up with him! And, I know Moody, like personally, we even write letters sometimes, and I am telling you, that person, who is teaching us, is not Moody! Like I am 99% sure.“ You reveal in a hurry, realizing that you said all of this in almost one breath. Hermione was just staring at you with her jaw on the floor.

„Girl, WHAT?“ Mione exclaimed loudly. Like really loudly. You got a bunch of nasty looks from the other students, but you didn’t care, because it was actually insane, with what was happening in our life. You just stared at Hermione, not sure what face to even make.

„What do you mean, that you have a stalker? And that our professor is someone else? And DRACO? As in Malfoy??? Like what is happening?!“ she tried to be as silent as possible, but given your situation, it was hard. You just nodded your head.

„I know! Like I have no idea what to do. And now, that our group is in shambles, it is even worse.“

„Exactly! Harry should just calm down! And Ron too. They are both just so childish, it's embarrassing for them. Oh y/n, you don’t even know how glad I am for you. But what are we going to do? Like what if that stalker wants to hurt you? Shouldn‘t we tell someone?“

„No, it’s okay. I know how to fight, and they don’t seem like they want to reveal themselves any time soon. So that isn’t that important right now.“ You replied.

„But what about Moody! We need to tell that to someone, like right now! Oh no, Neville is with him right now, what if he does something to him?“ Hermione said in horror.

„I don’t think that he wants to be as inconspicuous as he can, so he wouldn’t do something to him. But we can’t tell that to anyone right now, as long as we get better pieces of evidence. Now it’s pointless.“ Hermione was just listening to you in shock. You talked a bit more about Moody, so you told her about his sudden change in attitude, and you said what he wrote in his last letter to you. She listened to you, sometimes adding some details. But before you could get to Draco and that cute guy, Ron came up to both of you. You were quite surprised, but he sheepishly smiled at you.

„Um, hi.“