I Don't Love You

Draco's POV

Draco's heart was beating rapidly. He was finally going to see Harry after so long. Staring into the mirror, he patted his hair down nervously, hoping to let Harry see that he had changed. But how to you show one that you've change? Glancing again at the mirror, making sure that his suit was immaculate, he left his place.

At the restaurant...

“Reservations by Mr. Harry Potter?”

Draco was led to a table with three seats, and was startled.

“I thought the reservations was made for two?” Draco asked.

“I called and changed it.”

Draco turned his head slowly around, rejoicing in the sound of his lover's voice. Or... ex-lover, looking the couple holding hands in front of him.

“Draco, meet Will. Will, this is Draco, my... ex.”

Will smiled pleasantly at him and held his hand out, waiting for a handshake.

Draco stood there, eyes fixed on Harry. His eyes pleaded with Harry, asking him to refute the possibility that Harry had moved on. But it seemed unlikely, with how Harry gently took Will's hand and led him to the table, whispering softly in his ear. Draco's heart gave a painful clench.

“Hey, don't mind Draco. He's just the way he is, and don't actually mean to be rude...” Harry whispered into Will's ear.

“I'm fine... Used to this sort of behaviour, especially once others realize I'm gay. But Draco seems to have a problem seeing me with you... Are you sure you want me to stay?”

Harry nodded and pecked him lightly on the cheek. Unknowing to him, every action between him and Will was twisting the knife in Draco's chest deeper. Harry may not have noticed, but Will realized what Draco was feeling. Not one to rub salt into wounds, he smiled softly at Harry and turn to the menu.

After ordering their food, Harry started the conversation.

“So... Draco. You said you wanted to see me. Now what?”

“Harry. I... There's so many things that I want to say. But... This may be asking too much, but I would like to talk to you alone, and in a place less crowded. There's so many things that I want to tell you. And I can't. Not like this.”

“You should have said them when you had the chance. You lost the chance yourself.”

“I understand. I know what I did was wrong. But Harry, I still want to talk to you. To explain. To find forgiveness.” And a new beginning, he thought silently. That didn't seem likely now, but he wasn't Draco Malfoy for nothing. He vowed silently to win Harry's heart back, if possible.

He watched with jealous eyes as Will talked quietly with Harry. Perhaps, he would not have felt as bad if he had known the contents of the discussion between the both of them.

“Harry, I think you should talk to him alone. It's quite obvious that he wants to, and wouldn't it be good to have a proper ending for your relationship. You call him your ex, but it's clear that he hasn't been able to give you up yet.”

“But I don't want to see him. There's a few things I haven't told you yet. One would be that sitting across you is the bastard who cheated on me and broke my heart. Why would I want to sit through all his apologies and explanations and be reminded to the hurt he made me feel?”

“Oh. I didn't know that the two of you ended this way... But Harry. I still think you should listen to him. He doesn't seem like one to give up so easily. If you ignore him this time, he'll probably try to find another chance.”

“I don't care. He can talk to the rubbish dump, if he wants to. I'm not obliged to listen to him.”

“Harry...”

“Fine! I'll go. But don't blame me if I come back to your place and start breaking your stuff. Since you're the one who is forcing me to listen to him and piss the hell out of me.”

Grinning, Will said, “Break all you want. I'm sure, with our combined fortunes, we can easily afford more.” And earned a light smack on his thigh for that.

Draco's heart burned, seeing the proceedings in front of him. To him, it was as though Will was trying to rub it in his face, that he was the one with Harry's heart, openly flirting with Harry. Oh, how he longed to rip away the hand lying on Harry's chair, to punch the guy's face until it was a bloody mess... but no. He was here to show Harry that he had changed. That he wasn't the thoughtless idiot from before, only caring about himself. He wanted to let Harry see that he could be trusted again, especially with Harry's heart. But how to go about doing that, when Harry's heart was now trusted with another?

“Mal- Draco. Fine. There's a park down the street of this place. We'll talk.”

Draco cheered up slightly at that. If he was given a chance to explain, he might get Harry back. Possibly. Maybe...

Draco felt like crying by the end of the dinner. He had to witness every intimacy between Harry and Will, each being magnified in his mind. An innocuous touch was seen as a prelude to something more. Every word exchanged between the two was believed to be an insult to him. At least... the dinner was ending. He'll have his chance.

Glaring at Will as Harry gave him a peck on the lips, Draco walked slightly further ahead of the couple and stood there, trying to listen in onto their conversation.

“Would you like to wait for me? I don't think I'll take long...”

“Nah... Don't think so. I don't want to be a distraction. Draco will probably hate me for that.”

“It isn't important what Draco thinks. But if you're fine with it... I guess I'll find you at your place later?”

With a nod and a light kiss, Will left Harry behind to face Draco.

YAY i'm faster this time. but i also had this chapter in my hard disk already. and for people who read my fic in fanfiction.net would already have read this too. oh btw, the next chapter is up on ff.net actually. so you can go there if you want to read the next chapter. and like i said, i'm going to post two different versions of the story. soo... after chapter 7 the story on the two sites may start differing. and i'm not going to tell you how the story is going to end in each site. but it would be fairly obvious once the chapters start differing. :D

enjoy!