(y/n) - your name

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"You're not wearing your glasses." Draco realises as he leads (y/n) through the Great Hall, looking at her and clearly seeing her eyes as she chuckles.

"I'm wearing prescription contacts. I can still see obviously so don't worry about me fumbling into things." The boy was intrigued by the muggle item, holding his Puffs chin to see the contacts. There was a faint blue outline but her doe eyes were brighter and warmer as she smiled at him.

"How many fingers am I holding up?" he grins, holding up three fingers.

"Three." she rolls her eyes but the Slytherin quickly changes it to two.

"Are you sure you can see? Clearly, I'm holding up two." he snickers, the Hufflepuff smacking his arm playfully.

The Great Hall was filled with glowing bluish-white light, glimmering with mistletoes and icicles. Snow and snowflakes were floating down from the ceiling, blue snowflake lace decorating the pillars on the sides of the halls. The house tables have vanished and were replaced with smaller round glass tables, each one decorated by a glowing lantern. The tables surrounded the large dance floor, and at the end of the hall stood three Christmas trees shining bright with lights and tinsel. It was truly a winter wonderland in the Great Hall.

Draco led (y/n) to line up with him and the other students, moving to hold her waist as the Great Hall doors open once the orchestra starts playing. Everyone clapped for the champions as they walked down path, the Hufflepuff clapping hard for her friends and waving at them excitedly. Hermione beams happily, waving to her friend before she turned to Harry who looked nervous.

"You'll do fine Harry." (y/n) whispers to him as she walks past, giving him a thumbs up and he smiles anxiously. Draco and her turned to face the dance floor together, Flitwicks baton freezes midair to bring the Hall to a hush before he conducts a string quartet to play. "Poor boy looks terrified." The Hufflepuff whispers to her date as he nods, standing close to her and pulling her close to him to avoid other people bumping into her.

"Bet you he makes an embarrassing mistake." he snickers, watching as Harry's partner had to force him to put his hands on her waist before they stumbled into a dance when the music filled the air. "Potter's being led by the girl!" he smirks.

"He's just nervous Draco. I sure am..." (y/n) says but Draco holds her hand, giving it a squeeze.

"You'll do wonderfully (y/n)."  The music swells and the professors move to take a dance as the students clapped at the elegant scene. It seemed as if the students were terrified of stepping onto the dance floor first but Neville broke that and brought Ginny to the floor to dance with her, (y/n) waving to the young Weasley who smiled happily. Draco turned to face (y/n), standing in front of her with a soft smile. "Will you have this dance with me?" he was like a true prince, chivalrous and patient in his black suit robes while holding a hand out to his Puff. He knew she was terrified but she held his hand gently with a shy smile, letting him pull her onto the dance floor not without a gentle kiss to the back of her hand. "Just look at me, I'll take care of you, ok princess?" the Slytherin leaned down to kiss his Puffs forehead, moving to hold her waist with one hand and the other holding one of her hands that didn't hold his shoulder. He pulled her flush to his chest, hearing the slight hitch in her breath as her cheeks flushed before he moved them along with the music and gliding elegantly with the other students.

She truly was a princess in his arms as she smiled at him, glowing from the lights as she spun beneath his arms. His heart swelled with happiness hearing her laugh happily when he picked her up by her waist to spin her around, her hair waving around her and her dress floating along the floor before he set her down on the floor. He couldn't help the big smile on his face, just feeling so happy at the moment being with his Puff. To be able to hold her and admire her, to be the one to dance with beautifully in the gorgeous dress that spun around her.

This was his fairytale dream come true and he wanted this moment to last forever.

The dance went on until the professors stepped to the side, introducing a band that they knew the students were going to enjoy as Flitwick announced the musicians. (y/n) and Draco was at the front of the stage, holding hands tightly as the other students surrounded them in excitement and screams.

"All right, Hogwarts! Are you ready for some real music!?" Everyone clapped their hands to the sky as the music ricochets around the Hall making the room shake from the rock and roll. Everyone jumped to the music, singing along and (y/n) laughed happily while dancing with Draco who pulled some wacky moves with her. He spun her around, holding her close in front of him so no one would rub up against her while the two watched in amusement as Flitwick was suddenly picked up by the students and surfed over them. Hermione and Ginny found (y/n), the girls dancing together and jumping to the music while the boys stood behind them to look after them. The girls all screamed out, cheering for the band while Harry, Ron and Draco looked at them in surprise at the amount of energy they had.

"How are you dancing all night (y/n)!?" Ginny yells out over the music, her friend lifting her dress to reveal her boots.

"Comfort over style girls! There's no way I'm going to be sitting out!"

"Well, I think I need something to drink!" Hermione yells out and the girls nod, shoving through the crowd to get some punch that certain twins may or may not have spiked. Harry and Ron went to sit down with their partners, Draco staying close by to (y/n) as he followed the girls to the buffet table. 

She gives them all a glass of the punch, and all of them taking a drink. "This is actually really good!" the Hufflepuff says, the Slytherin nodding at the sweet cooling refreshment and pouring more into his cup as his Puff does the same. Ginny got taken by Neville for another dance, the three 4th years calming their breath until Hermione got taken by Krum to dance. (y/n) leaned her head against Draco's shoulder as she finished her drink and watched the students dance like crazy, eating some small snacks as he leans his head on top of hers. "Thank you Draco, for tonight, the dress for everything." she whispers, looking up at him and he smiles down at her softly, reaching up to brush his fingers against her pink cheeks.

"Always, for you." a surge of heat and energy rushes through him and he steps back, pulling his Puff with him back to the dance floor. "But the night isn't over yet!" he grins, holding both her hands and spinning her around as they stood next to Hermione and Krum who were dancing. The Gryffindor girl smiles brightly seeing how happy her friend was with the platinum blonde-haired boy, a loving smile on his face as he spun her around under his arms.

The night drawled on as the hall became less filled with students when some of them left to do whatever they wanted, the others slow dancing to the soft music on the dance floor. (y/n) and Draco were one of these students, the girl looping her arms around his neck and rested her head against his chest as his arms held her close around her waist. His chin leaned on top of her head, the two swaying side by side while they both succumbed to the slight fuzzy heated drowsiness that made them high on the happiness of the moment.

She felt so warm in his arms, fitting so perfectly with him and he never wanted to let her go. Draco's head swarmed in drunken thoughts over how beautiful she was, of how sweet she smelled and how she just had this glow about her that made him so warm. His heart raced as he leaned back to look down at her when she looked up at him with her innocent doe eyes drawing him back in further. They both were just in their own bubble world together, just being together and it was true as (y/n) unknowingly surrounded them in an invisibility dome in her slightly drunken haze.

Her heart raced as Draco held her tightly, leaning his forehead on hers for a moment before she suddenly felt something soft on her lips. His lips moved to kiss hers gently, the boy shuddering against their pillow softness beneath the snowflakes that fell around the couple. Before (y/n) could kiss him back, Draco had stepped back, a look of regret and sadness in his eyes when he didn't feel her kiss him back.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-fuck I'm sorry (y/n). I should've known you didn't like me like that." the girl couldn't stop him when he ran off out of the Great Hall, her body frozen in shock as she tried to process the moment. Her fingers touched her lips as they tingled and her cheeks flared red, eyes wide realising what the Slytherin had just said.

He likes me... the same as I like him...