A Study in Emerald: Silver Linings
(100 PROMPTS)
Summary: "People don't get pauses like these very often. Some people never receive them at all...I did." Kagome looked at Draco, her cheeks flushed as she smiled up at him, the cold air was nipping painfully at her nose, but she didn't care. If there had been a clock nearby, it would have stopped. Occasionally, there were minutes that got extra seconds. Moments so precious the universe stretches to make additional room for them...these moments were hers.
Anime/Book/Movie: InuYasha/Harry Potter
Pairing: Draco/Kagome
Genre: Romance/Adventure
Rated: M for Mature Content
A/N: I've never written a PROMT piece...but...well, here I am, here you are, let's all be nice and get along well. This will be 100 chapters exactly...I hope. Now...shall we begin~?
R.I.P – Alan Rickman
(Severus Snape)
Remember
The Half-Blood Prince
~ALWAYS~
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(1. Letter)
'I know I shouldn't...but...' Kagome stared blankly at the envelope in her hand. She was seated in the Slytherin common room, her hand limply holding a letter that had been left at the table after the mail had come. She had seen it shift beneath a bowl while its recipient had been goofing off with his friends. Not that she cared, but in his distraction, he'd stood up and forgotten the letter beneath the bowl. "I should have left it...he's still out wandering." She looked to a clock and frowned, it was well passed curfew, and she knew if she left to find him, she'd most probably get caught. "I could leave it out for him..." she laid back and lifted the letter up, squinting before rolling over. Her eyes widened as the fire lit the missive inside up and she was able to make out the neatly scrawled script. She dropped the letter and sat up quickly, "no, no, no! That's a huge invasion of privacy!" She felt her cheeks flush in shame as she picked the letter back up. "I am far above that..."
"Far above what?"
Her hair whipped around her face as she turned in a fright to see the very person she'd been waiting for standing at the entrance of the Slytherin Common room, the portrait closing softly behind him. "Malfoy!"
"...Higurashi!" He copied her shocked cry before he raised a brow at the girl, "what has you so jumpy? You're being suspicious."
"N-no, no I'm not! I was waiting up for you!" She blushed as he raised a brow at her forwardness, "I mean, well, no I was waiting, you left this...at lunch." She held the letter out and he walked over to where she was standing. Taking the letter from her, she watched him open the letter and a small smile lit up across his face. This...took her by surprise. She'd seen him smirk, and the cruel smile he'd give when tormenting Potter, Weasel and the Mudblood, but she'd not once seen him genuinely smile. The three weeks they'd been at school, this soft, and innocent smile was... 'cute.' She blushed and turned away quickly as he read the letter. Her eyes settling on the flames as she tried to calm her heart. It was just a smile, after all. "Must be someone pretty amazing..."
"Hm? What was that?"
She cringed, not meaning to be heard, she sighed, "the person who wrote that letter, must be pretty amazing to make you smile like that."
"Ah..." he chuckled, "mum was writing to check in on me."
She watched how he folded the letter with care and placed it back in the envelope. 'She must be something else...'
"I'm off to bed, night, Higurashi!"
"...night..." her voice barely above a whisper as she watched the Malfoy heir run upstairs with an added skip to his step, the letter in hand. 'Is that what he looks like at home? The kids here...really are different than what they portray, I guess. I wonder what the letter said.'
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Draco placed a small box in his trunk, inside, another letter that he stored away as a precious reminder that there was someone who had his back. He laid back in bed and stared up at the green drapes on his bed as he reread the letter in his head.
My Little Dragon,
I received your last missive and I am pleased to hear school is treating you well. It's lonely at home without the joy you bring, Draco. I look forward to your letters and always worry whether the others are treating you in kind. I wonder constantly what it is you are doing at school, and hope you are staying out of trouble.
I hope that there is a special person, a nice friend that you can find while there. Could you possibly understand how hard it is for me to let you grow? The day I watched you board the Hogwarts Express, that was by far the hardest day of my life. My heart broke, for that was the first step in letting my Little Dragon go.
There is no greater joy in a mother's life, than to see you succeed in all your future endeavors, and to be a part of all your important milestones in life. I only want the best for my son, because you deserve it, you deserve the world. My precious son, study hard, and succeed.
Love Always,
Mom
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Me: Here is the first Prompt, LETTER. I hope I'm doing this right. I assume that it's a themed chapter, not just...placing the word in the chapter? Well, anyways, review and let me know what you think.