A Starting Social Media War
Covering half of her face with the back of her hand, Hermione yawned and made for the kitchen. As soon as she passed through the door, she saw a mess of red hair a yard away from her. One of her bridesmaids, Ginny Weasley, is already busily eating her breakfast. Blaise Zabini is also in the kitchen with her, but he seems to be asleep on the table.
"What are you eating?" She asked. She was right. He is asleep. She need not look, she can hear him softly snoring.
"BTS meal." Ginny responded turning to where her friend is, looking for something in the refrigerator. "I am glad we're in the Bahamas!"
"Eew~" Hermione replied with a scrunch of her nose. She was almost too late to realize how her answer would be received as she saw her friend opening her mouth to retaliate.
"Don't go there okay!" She immediately warned, a slice of wheat bread pointed at her friend. "I don't mean them. I meant the food. You know I don't like chicken nuggets!" She said in quick succession. Almost too loud in fact, that it woke Blaise.
At her disclaim, Ginny found herself laughing. "Right, right. I know that." The red head said in between giggles. "Borahae."
"I don't know what that means, but saranghaja." Hermione responded as she took her seat next to Ginny. "I'm sorry I woke you up." She added addressing Blaise next. He sat opposite Ginny on the table, rubbing his eyes off of sleep.
"These things sell out fast. You have no idea how many times we attempted to buy them." Blaise said before shoving two chicken nuggets in his mouth.
"Gross." Ginny commented without thinking twice. "You just rubbed sleep off your eyes, bother washing hands first before eating?"
Blaise chuckled at her words. "Since when were you a police on hygiene?" He asked. His girlfriend just had to roll her eyes at his question. "Since forever, you vagrant. I mean no offense to them. But I suppose you get the message."
"I'm actually not surprised." Hermione, who just finished making her sandwich, interrupted. Her friends turned to her at the same time.
"Of what? Of my boyfriend's inability to be sanitary or of the meals selling fast?" Ginny asked. Hermione wouldn't say it but she's in awe at how fierce the red head could be in the morning.
"Which is the safe answer? The meals or both? Because I meant both." Hermione responded earning a hearty laugh from one Draco Malfoy who just joined them on the table. He sat next to Blaise.
"Thank Merlin you're here! They're speaking elven. I've no idea what they are talking about." Blaise relayed, looking at Draco as if he is in dire need of help.
Chuckling, Draco stood up, leaned across the table and kissed the top of Hermione's head. He realized he forgot to greet her good morning. "You mean Korean?" He asked as he sat back to his seat.
"If that word, what's that again...?" Blaise said, gesturing for Hermione to supply the rest. "Saranghaja?" She unsurely answered. "Yes! If that isn't elven then yes, I meant Korean." Blaise clapped a hand on the table.
"And you think you were already suffering? Ask me who woke up during the wee hours after hearing someone sobbing over a song she can't even understand." Draco challenged. "You?" Blaise answered.
"Tell me sweetheart, were you sobbing because you couldn't understand the song?" Draco threw Hermione the question. Ginny was not able to stop herself from laughing.
"It had subs you prat." Hermione responded throwing her fiancé a death glare.
"Pardon my ignorance. It was an innocent question." Draco resigned. At least that's what he hoped it looks to them.
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After a week in the Bahamas, their stress-free getaway trip as per Ginny Weasley, the preparations for the wedding immediately started. For the most part, it has been easy for the soon-to-be-wed couple to organize what needs to be arranged. They almost always agreed with each other about this and that. Just as they have always been in sync even at school.
"Isn't this too much?" Draco asked as he turned in front of his fiancé to show her what he's wearing. The Malfoy matriarch, Narcissa, made sure to choose the best material out there for her son's suit. However, she didn't have the time to design the clothing herself.
Where are the Black sisters when you need them anyway?
"Oh, Draco! You look like a peacock." Hermione said not even bothering to hide her amusement. She placed her phone on her seat and joined her fiancé where he stood in front of the mirror.
"Thank Salazar! I thought I was the only one thinking it looks silly." Draco said with a sigh of relief. A sigh that, to his chagrin, was loud enough, for the person who just entered the room, to hear.
"Let me see it mate." Theodore Nott, one of the groomsmen, said as soon as he passed through the door. He was buttoning up his own suit as he walked to where the couple is.
"Shit!" Draco hissed under his breath. Hermione was sure there were other expletives waiting to come out of his mouth and she can understand why. Her soon to be husband wasn't one to be a subject of embarrassment for anyone but her.
With her quick thinking, she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him to the fitting room, pushed him in, and closed the curtains behind her. "Come out once you've changed. I'll take care of Theo." She whispered.
"Where's D? I haven't checked what he looks like yet." Theo asked, looking behind Hermione, in search of one of his best friends.
"Changing. The size was a tad bigger than it should be. He'll show you next time." Hermione answered. "Why was he in a hurry though? It's not like the design would change just because it's the wrong size."
"You know Draco. He can't be seen unpolished." Hermione said in her fiancé's defense. And we're going to change the design. "Agreed." Theo said in resignation. "How do I look?" He added.
"You look dapper Theo." Hermione truthfully commented. There wasn't a time anything didn't look good on Theodore Nott. Except maybe that peacock suit if he dared to wear it.
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Pparkinson: Lol! You look like crap Draco. What ever happened to you? Didn't you just come back from a vacation?
Dmalfoy: I can't tell you how glad I am you noticed.
Pparkinson: You're talking with THE Pansy Parkinson are you not?
Dmalfoy: Well, unless Potter's responding, then yes, I sure hope this is Pansy.
Pparkinson: Since when have I failed to notice something strange where you are concerned?
Dmalfoy: Never.
Pparkinson: Exactly. So? Why do you look like shit? Wedding preparations getting to you?
Dmalfoy: Not really. But between the two of us, I'm either waking up to sobbing or squealing more often recently. There's no in between. And always during the wee hours.
Pparkinson: Do tell me more.
Dmalfoy: I'm afraid to wake up the next day not knowing how to communicate with her anymore. She's starting to speak in Korean.
Pparkinson: Hahahaha. Omfg!
Dmalfoy: Help me out here Pans.
Pparkinson: Alright! I'll teach you Korean. 😂
Dmalfoy: Pans, I AM SERIOUS.
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Hermione Granger
"25 days and I already miss you."
17 hearts 2 haha 1 angry
Lavender Brown Aren't you with Draco?
Pansy Parkinson Yes she is. Lol! She isn't talking about him.
Luna Lovegood Pray tell.
Pansy Parkinson @Hermione do you want me to tell them or you would?
Hermione Granger I was talking about Byun Baekhyun.
Lavender Brown Who?
Ginevra Weasley @Lavender You are so going to have to visit the burrow soon. You have a lot to learn. 😂
Lavender Brown Okay. I'll come I guess.
Pansy Parkinson I'll mentor @Luna. 😂
Cho Chang @Pansy Please count me in.
Draco Malfoy You're seriously missing somebody else and posting it here?
Pansy Parkinson Where else will she post it?
Draco Malfoy Pans, you are not helping.
Hermione Granger Tell me this is not you acting jealous.
"Are you really going to be salty right now?" Hermione asked as she forked the cake sample on her plate. She couldn't understand why Draco had to comment on her post when they are literally just next to each other. And how would she look like to people if he's commenting like that?
"I am not salty. It's an innocent question." Draco responded before tasting the sample on his own plate. "And you want me to believe that?" Hermione asked once more. It didn't sit well with her how he reacted to her post. He was the only one who gave her an angry emoji too. And she wouldn't be Hermione Granger if she's going to let his behavior slide.
"I hope so, yes. Since I'm your fiancé and I trust that you believe me." The Malfoy heir casually answered. The attempt to divert from the discussion wasn't lost on Hermione however. "I can't believe Draco Lucius Malfoy is jealous of someone who's enlisted in the military."
"And what do you mean by that? Did you mean I should not cause he's in the military but I should if he isn't?" Draco said, his tone a tad darker than he intended. He has no idea what got to him but it already came out like that.
"Are we doing semantics now?" Hermione hissed, placing her plate on the table. She won't deny Draco asked the right question but she won't admit to it. Her statement really would elicit such inquiry.
Harry Potter and Ron Weasley exchanged glances as they both set their plates on the table. It isn't really typical for the groom's man nor best man to do food tasting for the occasion but it's the only available schedule they have to help with the preparations. It was already uncomfortable as it is, despite food being Ron's second love after Lavender. Seeing the soon-to-be wed couple subtly argue makes the air around them more tense.
"Shouldn't we do something about it?" Ron managed to whisper. "Are you Hermione's best friend or are you not?" Harry threw back a question in response. Ron had to nod to that.
"And can you even tell how Malfoy would react? For the life of me, I never thought I'd be afraid of him but Hermione must have done something that's worth Malfoy getting out of his element like that." Harry added.
Ron looked at his best mate funny. "Am I even talking to Harry Potter right now?" He genuinely asked. "You're talking about Malfoy being out of his element like you've secretly followed him in the shadows for a long time."
Harry sniggered at Ron's dramatic response. "We did follow him to the Slytherin's dorm in second year." He reminded. "Godric! Why did I even agree to be here?" The ginger said as he shook his head, disbelieving the situation.
"I am done with this conversation." They heard Hermione say. Both Harry and Ron didn't even realize the four of them are just about to exit the place. They were just following the couple while having a conversation themselves.
"Good. I thought you wouldn't drop it." Draco retorted, making sure he had the last say about the damned chit chat.
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🎶I hate you woo naega michyeo (going crazy)🎶
Eyebrows meeting at what he heard, Draco Malfoy stopped on his tracks and dropped the call he was making. He just got in the kitchen of their future home to check on the progress of wall painting and supervise its completion - once the workers arrive - when he decided to reach Hermione. He thought she will be with Pansy, Luna and Cho but he found her phone sitting on the countertop.
Not only was he sure it's her phone which just rang. He was also sure he heard the ringtone right. But just to be certain about the exact lyrics he heard, he decided to give it a ring again.
🎶I hate you woo naega michyeo🎶
Now, even if they didn't really see eye to eye yesterday, that doesn't mean she has to be so spiteful as to change his ringtone to that right? Or it could be a default ringtone she uses since she likes the song. But then again, it's the first time he's hearing it.
Was she really that mad?
"Okay, be rational Draco." He uttered to himself. Shaking his head, disbelieving what he's about to do next, Draco sent Pansy a message. It didn't take long before Pansy did what he asked.
🎶Seollenda (Fluttering heart) me likey, me likey, likey, likey🎶
Okay, so the first one isn't a default song.
Hemione Granger actually used a hate song as his ringtone!
"You scared me!" Hermione said, clapping a hand on her fiancé's back. She just came back from the pool area where she was, taking note of the things that need to be improved.
"Ow!" Draco exclaimed. "That really hurt." He added, looking over his shoulder to find his future wife staring back at him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." She said before planting a kiss on his back where she hit him.
"What are you doing here?" He asked as he turned to face her. He knows he was supposed to confront her but his plan went down the drain when she apologized. She didn't seem to be mad at him at all. There was no need for him to make her.
"Well, since we're going to get married and we're going to live in this house, I figured it's not right for me to make you do this alone." Hermione answered. Merlin! How he could ever manage to read her mind and not read her mind at the same time is beyond him.
"What about Pansy? And the other girls?" He asked, not only putting his confrontation at the back burner, but completely deciding against it. "They can do their stuff without me. I already am educated about EXO." She responded, wrapping her arms around his waist.
Sighing in resignation -- he will have to deal with EXO after all of these -- Draco closed his hands on her cheeks. "Silly me, huh?" He said, giving her a small smile before kissing her on the forehead. "Yesterday?" She started and paused. "Yes."
"But today...I've yet to see." Hermione finished, giving him a cheeky smile. She then unwrapped herself from him and went to get her phone where she left it.
"You called?" She asked, seeing two missed calls from Draco. "Un. I was calling to tell you I'm already at the house to check the..." He responded but stopped as Hermione held her palm up to signal him to pause.
"Hi Pans! What's up?" Hermione asked. She also missed a call from Pansy and decided to return it. "He asked you to call me?" She followed with another question, her eyes making contact with Draco's. The latter can only swallow hearing where the conversation is going.
Shit!
"You weren't answering so I asked her to check on you when she told me you aren't together. Right Pans?!" Draco almost scrambled with his words. He made sure it was loud enough for Pansy to hear. "Oh~ well, here I am!" Hermione said in between giggles.
"Will catch up with you later Pans. Bye!"
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The succeeding days we're not as grueling as the first week into the preparation. They somehow managed to breeze through them as a matter of fact. But just as fast as they were in provisions, Hermione's actions are getting into Draco's nerves fast too.
While Draco isn't really an early riser, he's finding he's sleeping in more and more. And he had a good reason. He thought them being apart before the big day would be helpful in terms of his peace of mind -- Salazar knows he barely slept during the vacation because of a certain Kpop group --- but he soon realized how very wrong he was for assuming he'll get some sleep after she agreed with his proposal of not living together until they married.
It disturbed him so to wake up and see Hermione's social media posts first thing in the morning. No, it's not as disturbing as that movie Saw. Yet, it irked him that a soon-to-be-married woman wasn't even posting anything about the wedding preparations. Instead, her Facebook wall is flooded of pictures and videos of men he barely cared about in the beginning, but very steadily finding their way to his bad side. He couldn't sleep a wink for days just thinking about it.
"What in the actual fuck is EXO?" He asked Blaise as soon as he saw him at the foyer of the Malfoy Manor. "Mate, you did not!" Blaise responded feigning outrage.
He put an arm around Draco as soon as the Malfoy scion reached the bottom of the stairs. "You remember that time I said I got a bruise from bumping onto the edge of a table? It was really a product of pinching by Ginny." Blaise shared.
"What did you do exactly?" Draco asked although he does not believe Blaise even a bit. "Asked what the fuck is BTS because she changed her display picture with a shield logo and the letters BTS." Blaise immediately answered.
"So, what is it?" Draco asked, although it wasn't really that hard to guess since he knew what EXO is and he assumed BTS to be the same. He just asked for the sake of sarcasm. "It's not a shield mate. It's a fucking bullet proof vest. And boy did I wish I was wearing one before I asked the question."
"Ginevra didn't pinch you though, did she?" Draco asked. He might have believed most of what Blaise relayed but not all of them. "No she didn't. It was really the table. But I wished she did pinch me. So I'd have a case against BTS at least. And I could use that to blackmail her into treating me more nicely."
"That aside, I'm the first to arrive?" Blaise asked as he looked around. "Yes. Theo should be here soon." Draco responded as he started to walk to the living room, Blaise on his tail.
"You look like crap mate. Is that what EXO did to you?" Blaise threw another question, trying to make conversation. "10 points to Slytherin!" Draco exclaimed, pointing a finger in the air.
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It was supposed to be just the three of them. Draco Malfoy and his two male bestfriends. Yet one of his best mates thought it would be fun to have other people tag along. And so Draco Malfoy opened his parents' house to two more people.
"Potter." Draco said, acknowledging the presence of his best man. "Weasley." He added, giving the red head a curt nod.
"You should really start calling me just Harry." Harry Potter grinned in response. "Alright, just Harry, I hope you're going to help me with your bestfriend because I sure as hell am in need of some peace of mind." Draco replied. "And Weasley, if you have any suggestions, please, I am all ears." He finished, gesturing for his visitors to sit.
The five of them gathered in the sunroom to share grievances and light alcoholic drinks. At least for Blaise and Ron. Theo opted for a cup of tea, Harry drank coffee, and Draco chose lemonade.
Draco relayed what's currently going on between him and Hermione and everyone listened. They chip-in into the discussion once in a while, either to show agreement or give him a view of different perspectives over the matter. Blaise was the most understanding. Or at least it was Blaise who could relate to him the most.
He wasn't surprised at all however. Considering Blaise might have had the same problem even when they were in the Bahamas. Theo and Ron are in for trouble soon. It wasn't really a secret the ladies talked about educating and mentoring on Facebook.
Everyone laughed when he told them about the lyrics of the music Hermione used as ringtone. "That wasn't even the highlight of it all." Draco cut through the laughter. "I mean, I had to give her the benefit of the doubt. Like maybe she was using it as default for all the calls, because she likes the song perhaps."
"So what did you do?" Ron asked. He's not really close with the Malfoy heir but his interest is at its peak at this point that he had to throw a question. "Asked Pansy to give Hermione a ring." Draco immediately responded. Somehow, the talk they are having is giving him a chance to actually have a proper discussion with Ron.
Theo was the first to laugh. And he didn't laugh having the same reason as the others did. They laughed at Draco's actions. Theo's reason was different. "Let me guess. Pans was assigned a different ringtone, am I right?" He asked in between chuckles.
"Fifty points to Slytherin!" Draco yelled, eliciting more laughter from the group. "That 'me likey likey' was the bullet to the head. I'm betting my inheritance my fiancé assigned ringtones according to how she feels towards that person and not on her understanding of their character."
"You're going to love Twice." Harry interrupted as he placed his cup of coffee on the table like he meant business. "What do you mean? I only loved once. And I'm still at it. Merlin knows it's hard to keep at it recently but I'm still going." Draco responded as the laughter died down.
"Well, thank you for assuring me my bestfriend chose the right man. But I meant Twice as in the Kpop group."