(y/n) - your name

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(y/n) gasps loudly and ran out of the Great Hall to go after Draco but she stops short seeing Hermione crying on the steps. "Hey, hey, what's wrong? What happened? Did Krum do something!?"

"No... it's not him, it's Ron! Why did he have to ruin everything!? Why couldn't he have asked me to the ball!?" the Hufflepuff tried to understand, the cogs in her drunken mind finally working and she got what her friend was talking about.

"You like Ron!" Hermione nods and (y/n) frowns, moving to wipe her tears away. "Boys are idiots, especially Ron and Harry. They don't understand or even pick up on the hints that a girl likes them. They're too dumb." the Gryffindor laughs out, looking at her friend. "This night is not about him, it's about you ok. You should be enjoying your night." she pulled her up by her hands, helping the sniffling girl on her bare feet and (y/n) uses her powers to have her wear comfortable fluffy slippers.

"Thank you (y/n)..." Hermione says as she snaps her fingers to put her heels back in her room, (y/n) pulling her back towards the Great Hall for one final dance with her friend. The Gryffindor laughs happily as the Hufflepuff spins her beneath her hands, taking her to a clumsy waltz before the two of them spun around. Ginny soon joined in, all three of them spinning together happily until Hermione was smiling again.

"There's that smile. No more tears now ok." Hermione nods, beaming at her friend before jumping to hug her.

"Thank you for everything (y/n)."

"What are friends for?" (y/n) grins, pulling Ginny into the hug as well as she smiles happily, the girls stepping back until Hermione looked around in confusion.

"Where's Draco? I thought he would still be with you?"

"He... he uh, left..." the Hufflepuff winces, remembering what happened as she rubbed her neck.

"What why!?" Ginny asks, interested in what was happening.

"He may or may not have kissed me..."

"WHAT!?" Ginny and Hermione scream out, (y/n) shushing them quickly.

"He thought I didn't like him and he apologised for kissing me before running away-"

"-go after him you fool!" Hermione screams out, shoving her friend out of the Great Hall. "Go!" the Hufflepuff blinks at her in shock and nods, dashing up the stairs and turning into a dark corridor to turn invisible before flying up to the astronomy tower where she knew he would be.

"Draco!" she gasps out, dropping her powers as she stood at the top of the steps, finding him with his head in his hands as he sat on the bench with his tie loosened and his blazer resting next to him.

"(y/n)... please just go-"

"-I like you too! Like, as in like like!" she gasps out, the boy looking up but with a frown on his face.

"Don't just say that if you don't mean it-"

"-I do!" (y/n) says as she walks towards Draco. "This is going to be so fucking embarrassing, but I didn't kiss you back because I don't know how-besides the point, I've liked you since last year. I've... these feelings are new to me Draco and I was terrified to tell you but I enjoy being with you and spending time with you and-" the girl gets cut off when the boy rushes over to kiss her again, holding her cheeks in his hands and pulling her close to him.

Draco's emotions were all over the place, his body shaking with happiness at the news that (y/n) felt the same way as him. He pulls back smiling, seeing her eyes flutter open with her cheeks pink as she held his hands tightly.

"I've liked you since year 3 too... or maybe before then even, I don't know... These emotions are new to me (y/n) and I'm struggling to understand them, struggling to understand why I'm feeling them but I know that I want to be with you." he breathes out shakily, leaning his forehead on his Puff's. "You are everything to me (y/n), you make me so happy and safe with you, like nothing bad would ever happen as long as you're with me."

"Draco..." (y/n) breathes out, a smile on her face as her heart swells from his words. Draco couldn't help the pounding in his chest hearing the best news ever, slowly leading her with him to the bench for both of them to sit down. He didn't want to let his eyes wander away from his Puff, taking in her bright smile as he brushed her hair away to see her clearly.

He couldn't express how jittery and how happy he was at this moment "I like you so much (y/n)..."

"I like you a lot too Draco..." the girl giggles lightly, the Slytherin pulling her flush against his chest by her hips, holding her cheek but holding himself back to kiss her again.

"Can I kiss you... Please...?" he breathes out, his Puff nodding with a blush and he moves to kiss her sweetly, letting her kiss him back. Their first proper kiss was under the moonlight in the astronomy tower, the clock striking for Christmas Day. It was a clumsy kiss but it sent sparks through the both of them, happy smiles lingering on their lips before they pulled apart only a little to stay close to each other. Draco peppers kisses against (y/n)'s lips as he held her face, earning a sweet giggle that made his heart flip. "I think this is the best belated birthday gift I ever got."

"Mhm, definitely my favourite Birthday gift overall."

"Happy 15th birthday (y/n) and Happy Christmas."

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"Now you three behave ok. You can call me if anything happens but for the love of god, don't get in trouble or get yourselves killed." (y/n) sighs out as she leans out of the train, holding onto the ledge as the golden trio stood in front of her with big smiles.

"I promise to keep these two out of trouble." Hermione says, the boys rolling their eyes.

"We're not that bad." Ron whines out and the Hufflepuff raise a brow at him.

"Help Harry sort out the egg ok."

"I'm not helpless!" (y/n) doesn't say anything to Harry, stepping down to hug her friends tightly.

"I'll see you guys in a few weeks ok." they nod and their Hufflepuff friend steps back into the train as the conductor yells out the final calls before the train leaves.

"Bye (y/n)!" the golden trio call out as the doors close, them waving goodbye as (y/n) does the same, rushing to her compartment and peeking her head out the open window to wave goodbye to them as they ran down the platform.

"Come here princess." Draco pulls his Puff down to sit next to him, closing the compartment door to give them privacy as he holds her chin and leans down to kiss her. He hums softly as he leans back with a smile, pecking her once more before getting up to close the window to stop the cold breeze from freezing the compartment. "Don't worry, mother is going to love you." the Slytherin says, noticing the Hufflepuff looking nervous as she wrings her fingers together.

"I don't know Draco, I don't want to give her the wrong impression?" the girl suddenly changes through different outfits with her powers, trying to figure out what best to wear for meeting her boyfriend's parents-wait, were the couple even a couple?

"You'll be perfect." Draco holds (y/n)'s hand to stop her from changing outfits, having her stop at her simple black-knitted turtle neck and a red plaid skirt. "You're beautiful in anything you wear." he taps her chin up to see her smile, pressing a kiss against her jaw and pulling her legs to lay over his with an arm around her.

"Draco..." he hums out, letting his puff know he was listening as he leans his head against her shoulder. "Are we like... girlfriend and boyfriend...? What are we?" the Slytherin looks up with a raised brow, slightly hurt but he knew that they never clarified what they were after confessing to each other last night.

"I want us to be together if that's what you want..." the Hufflepuff nods and he kisses her cheek. "Then (y/n), will you be my girlfriend?"

"Yes Draco!" he grins, feeling euphoric now that they were finally actually exclusive.

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"Hey princess... we're here... wake up Puff..." (y/n) groans softly, nuzzling against Draco's chest as his hand rubbed her hip and kissed the top of her head. She looks up and rubs her eyes, yawning as he kissed the back of her shoulder before standing up and grabbing their bags. They walked out of the compartment and out of the train, the Slytherin holding his Hufflepuffs hand. He looked around and smiles, seeing his mother waiting for him with a beaming smile.

"Draco!" Narcissa walks over to her beloved son, the two of them pressing their cheeks together like a french greeting. "Oh, you must be (y/n)! My son has told me all about you!"

"Good things I hope." the girl looks at her boyfriend who shrugs but gasps when his mother pulls her into a tight hug.

"Oh, good things indeed! I have never seen him so happy before!" the mother pulls back, grabbing the kid's suitcases. "You must be tired you too. The rest of your belongings have already been taken by the house elves. Now hold onto me you two." the kids grab hold of the adult and they apparate away to the Malfoy Mano. (y/n) lurches forward, her stomach twisting from the sudden travel and Narcissa holds her as she groans out at the sick feeling. "Oh, I should've asked if it was your first time apparating. The first few travels are not easy."

"I'm... I'm ok. I've never done that before."

"I'll make you some tea before you both go to sleep." Narcissa says, Draco holding (y/n)'s hand as his mother leads them up to the front doors of the manor.

"Holy shit..." the Slytherin chuckles as he watches his Puff look up at the manor in awe, looking around the driveway to the front doors. The wide driveway led off the lane and the high hedge curved with them, running off into the distance beyond the pair of impressive wrought-iron gates. "You have peacocks!?" the girl whispers, looking at the pure-white peacocks, sturring majestically along the top of the hedge. The outside of the manor was grand and the land surrounding it was vast, filling many acres. Those acres contained numerous types of trees and various plants and perhaps other animal life.

"Don't worry, we have the entire break to explore it all princess."