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"I love you, you damn Gryffindor. I do. And had we been in a different world, I would spend my entire life loving you. But we're enemies... in a war that needs to end. And it only ends when the other side loses."

Green eyes blur with barely restrained tears, its owner speechless. Silver-gray eyes close in pain, fists clenching, hands itching to reach out and hold and embrace and comfort and never, ever, ever let go.

"So, please. Forget me. And the next time we see each other, I… just… don't hesitate to kill me, Harry. Because I ca-an't…"the deep voice cracks. He breathes deeply. "…I won't hesitate either."

Draco Malfoy turned his back and walked away from the one and only person he ever loved…

…and one day soon, the one and only person he had to kill.

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