With All My Heart, Forever.
PREFACE
'Please… Please… Draco, don't leave. DRACO!' Hermione pleaded, pouring her heart out, begging him to stay. If normal words were magical, if her pleas were turned into spells, he would turn back and maybe, just maybe, everything would be okay again. But those were just but if's. In their hearts they both knew that the situation was not even the slightest bit okay, and they were far from returning to where they started, far from being happy. Hermione knew that Draco would not turn back, that her grey-eyed lover would not glance at her direction once more, because the decision was harder for Draco to make than for Hermione to accept.
'DRACO I LOVE YOU!' Hermione finally spoke the words out. It had been ages and Draco had been waiting for her to say it even though they knew how they felt about each other, but now here she was, on her knees, using love as her final resort to make him stay. That was her last blow, the last bullet in a gun, the last live used in a video game. It was a gamble for Hermione to say it, but she did not care. She could not bear the sight of him leaving, especially when she knew the reason why.
Draco Malfoy stopped in his tracks. His heart stopped the second Hermione screamed it out, the very moment that she confessed her love for him. Every inch of him was aching to turn back, run to her, pick her up from the ground and hold her tight in his warm embrace. It was as if there was a vacuum in his gut, sucking every bit of him, leaving him in a trembling state.
'Granger,' he finally muttered out. He decided to keep his reply as cold as possible. Any slip of the tongue may cause him to give in to his desire to stay. Both sides knew that he didn't want to go, yet Draco made it seem as if he had been forced into the decision, which was completely false.
'If I ever had a heart to give,' he sighed. He was unable to do this, but he had to.
'That heart, would completely, and only, belong to you,' he took in a deep breath. His heart held heavy in his chest, but he willed himself not to let out a sniffle, nor a sob.
'Because from all of the days that I have lived' he shuddered when he exhaled.
'And all the days that I will live' he painfully spoken out.
'The only days I will hold on to'
'Will be the ones, which I had spent'
'With, you' and with that, he walked away quickly. Hermione broke into tears again.
I love you too, Hermione, with all my heart. Forever. He muttered to himself as he walked out, tears streaming down his face.