Draco's P.O.V
He waited until he was too far into the dungeon before he broke into a run.
He had totally shocked himself back there, for once, he wasn't in control of his own body. It both scared him and angered him.
Luna had made him weak to himself, no one had ever done that before. He couldn't let it happen anymore, but...he wanted it to happen again.
He stopped running to lean against the wall head first and slam his fist against it. What was happening?
His rage was cut short by a voice.
"What are you doing down here Mr Malfoy?" The voice belonged to Professor Snape.
"Oh, nothing Sir, I was just-"
"Get back to your common room Malfoy." The professor interrupted.
"Yes sir." He nodded and hurried back to his common room.
Luna's P.O.V
A few uneventful days passed and Luna's mind kept skipping back to the kiss. She hadn't told anyone yet, and didn't really plan to. She felt like it was something Draco would want to keep secret. Especially as he hadn't said anything to her since, it seemed like he was avoiding her.
For probably the 15th time today, she let out a heavy sigh.
"Something on your mind?" Hermione asked.
They were at their usual table in the library, though, suprisingly, joined by Harry.
"No..." Luna sighed again "Just a bit slow, isn't it?"
"I hear that" Harry added "At least there's no more of that 'business' with Malfoy."
Luna tensed up at the mention of his name and she could feel her cheeks burning.
Harry, being a boy, didn't notice the subtle hints from Luna that something was up, but ever observant Hermione shot her a look.
She stood up and grabbed Luna's arm, dragging her outside mumbling something like. "We're having a talk Luna."
Luna tried not to break under Hermione's stare.
"What happened with Malfoy the other night Luna?" she asked, giving Luna her best intimidating look.
"Well...he...kissed me-" Luna began.
Hermione's jaw dropped.
"Then he...left, and I haven't spoken with him since." She finished, her face drooping just remembering it.
Hermione placed a hand on her arm, "It's okay Luna, at least you got through to him...that's what you really wanted, right?"
Luna could feel the tears bubbling in her eyes. "Well, I thought that was it..."
She didn't even need to go on before Hermione cottoned on and pulled her into a tight hug, causing Luna to burst out in tears.
"I told you to be careful Luna" Hermione sighed, pulling out of the hug but keeping her hands on Luna's arms.
Christmas morning came all too soon and, like most christmases, Luna came into the Gryffindor common room.
"Merry Christmas Harry" she smiled as she noticed him sitting on the sofa, wearing one of Mrs Weasley's jumpers.
"Merry Christmas" he reciprocated, giving her a warm smile.
"Luna, how are you feeling?" Hermione asked as she came into the common room from her dormitory.
"Better, I had an idea last night."
"Luna." Hermione shot her a look.
"I just need to talk to him one more time, then I'm done, besides, he can't spent christmas alone."
"Yeah he can, he deserves it" Harry moaned.
"Harry. Stop it." Luna answered, quite aggressively.
"What, are you like in love with him or something?" Harry laughed.
Luna stood up and stormed out of the common room.
"Oh...well, I didn't expect that" Harry added, staring at the door.
"No, you didn't did you Harry" Hermione shot the same look at Harry.
Luna found herself maybe regretting her previous decision as she arrived at the Slytherin common room.
She whispered the password that she probably shouldn't know and the portrait swung open.
"Draco?" She asked, her eyes scanning the deathly quiet common room.
He descended the stairs from his dormitory and stopped when he saw her.
"Oh, Luna." he ran down the rest of the stairs and strided across the common room until they were relatively close together.
"I owe you another apology" he smirked
"No time, I have something to show you" she kept her face straight.
"What is it?" he asked
"Well, you showed me the dark side of the castle...so I wanted to show you a lighter side." she couldn't help but smile.
"Where?" he asked again.
"I'll show you"
After about 10 minutes of walking they ended up outside.
"You wanted to show me outside?" Draco chuckled.
"Yes...is there a problem?" she smiled.
"Other than the fact that it's freezing?" he replied
"I didn't think dark wizards got cold." she laughed.
He shared the laugh with her before turning serious.
"I honestly do want to apologise for the other night, I...well, I've never felt like that."
"But, what about Daphne?" Luna asked, standing still and looking at him.
"That was...never serious, well...Luna, you care about me, and no one's ever done that. It...makes me happy" he stuttered over his words again.
Luna pulled him into a hug, though this time, he reciprocated it.
The hug lasted about a minute before Luna pulled away and kissed his cheek.
Draco leant in to kiss her and she stepped back, he gave her a confused look and she stepped towards him again.
"You won't run away this time will you?" she asked, her eyes begging him.
"No...this time...I know what I'm feeling" he smiled, placing his hands on her shoulders.
She smiled back at him and kissed him deeply.
"Let's make this a regular thing" she chuckled, pulling away.
"That sounds great" he laughed pulling her close in a hug.
"Do I trace a hint of commitment from you?" she teased.
"Maybe" he tilted his head down until it met with hers. "Happy christmas." he smiled.
Draco's P.O.V
Draco smiled as he relived Christmas day in his head.
It felt good for him to finally open up to somebody, and someone that understood as much as her, was just a bonus.
His stomach tied up in knots as he thought about what was happening tonight, New Years Eve.
Himself and Luna had decided for the first few days to keep everything a secret, but tonight they were going public about being together.
The exciting part was, Luna knew nothing of the plan.