How Could You?

by The Torn Apart Paper Yoyo

DISCLAIMER- If I owned it, this is exactly how it would have gone. *Sigh* Instead they are straight and dead.

PROLOGUE

Draco Malfoy slammed the door behind him as he entered the apartment he shared with his boyfriend of eight years, Neville Longbottom. He was sure that his two-timing excuse for a boyfriend would be there. He nearly turned the whole apartment upside down looking for him. After about an hour of looking, he stretched out down in the bed and let his desolation annex him.

An hour later, Neville arrived home. He'd seen the look of hatred and betrayal on his boyfriends face and decided to leave him to cool down and clear his head a bit. He was shocked to find their shared apartment in ruins. His first thought was that some of the remaining Death Eaters had broken in and hurt Draco. However, when he checked the magical signature, he found that Draco was responsible for their apartment looking as if a bomb had hit it.

Nothing could have prepared Neville for the sight that he saw when he entered their bedroom. Draco curled up into a little ball on the bed. Looking as pasty faced and vulnerable as ever having obviously cried himself to sleep. He decided that since it was getting late and Draco had probably not eaten, he would cook Draco's favourite to make up for what he'd done.

When he had finished cooking the Sheppard's Pie, Neville went back into their room to wake Draco.

"Dray..." he said quietly from the door, moving further into the room when Draco didn't even stir. "Dray, honey, it's time to wake up..." he whispered, shaking his boyfriends' arm lightly to wake him up. Draco rolled over mumbling under his breath about how Neville should leave. "Dray, wake up, dinner's ready" he told him, "come have something to eat." Draco sat up, saying that he'd be out soon and that Neville should go and dish up dinner.

When Draco went out for dinner, he couldn't even bear to look at Neville after what he'd seen at the restraint earlier. It was evident to Draco that Neville had cleaned up the apartment after his temper tantrum. However, he didn't speak of it. In fact, he didn't speak at all. He just sat there, staring at his plate and ate. As soon as Draco had finished eating, he got up and washed his dishes before returning to their bedroom.

Once Neville had finished eating, he followed Draco to their room to talk about what had happened at lunchtime only to find Draco packing his trunk.

"Dray, wh... what are you doing?" Neville asked slightly baffled.

"I'm packing Neville." Draco told him coldly, "what does it look like?"

"I can see that Draco," Neville snapped back, "why?"

"Did you honestly expect me not to?" Draco yelled, "After you embarrassed me in front of my boss. After you publicly cheated on me with Harry Bloody Potter. After everything we've been through together, you couldn't even bother to pick up the phone and break up with me."

"Draco!" Neville yelled interrupting his boyfriend "Do you honestly think so little of me? Do you honestly think I'd cheat on you? Especially with a friend who is engaged...?"

"I don't know what to think anymore Neville!" Draco bellowed slamming his trunk lid shut. "I'm going to be at Malfoy Manor with mother for the next few days, after that I don't know. But give me a few days to cool down after this betrayal."

"Dray, we can talk about this." Neville yelled going after him as he moved towards the door,.

"No Neville, we can't." Draco told him, "I... I... I need to go." He said aparating home to Malfoy Manor.

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AUTHORS NOTE- Please Review because this is my first SLASH story.

The Torn Apart Paper Yoyo.