𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫: 22

"I'm sorry that you don't like me like this"

TALKS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS &ABUSE

Before you start this chapter in no way am I trying to romanticize mental illnesses or abuse. Please keep that in mind.

DRACO MALFOY

SHE'S SOBBING HER HEART out to me. She has hair stuck to her damp face and she's gripping the ends of her dress. I place my palm on her cheek. "Is it happening again?" I ask.

She only nods in response. She sniffles a bit before wiping her face off the sleeves of her jacket.

"Why haven't you talked to a psychiatrist-"

She brushed my hand away from her face. "God Draco why can't you just help me yourself!" She shouted. "I am trying to help-"

"No your not!" She snapped. "Did you even know I was diagnosed with a bipolar disorder at the age of 14?" She asked. I raised my eyebrows In shock, the situation is escalating. "Pansy talked about it once." She continued.

"And where the hell were you?"

How did I not know. I'm supposed to know everything about her. I have a box full of her shit, boxes full of them.

A copy of her birth certificate, clothes, hell just a bunch of her stuff.

"Are you lost?" She asked. She got up on her knees to reach my height. She moved her face closer to mine. "Were you fucking Edelyn? Or maybe another one of your sluts" She whispered.

"Were you being a slut yourself Malfoy?"

My heart pounded fast, I felt my hands begin to grow hot. I began to grow hot. I'm angry. I'm angry with my darling Sage. "I could hurt you right now" I snap. "Why don't you? Hurt me" She asked.

"Are you trying to provoke me?" I snap. She looked away from me. "Now why would I want to do that?" She asked.

"Because it's what you fucking do"

Kiss her.

Fuck the shit out of her.

I need to kiss her.

She looked back up to me, looking at me in the eyes. "I don't want you to touc-" I cut her off with a deep kiss. She falls back onto the wall as she pushes her hands onto my chest. She's pushing me away. Why?

I pull away from her and she looks at me when confusion. "What—fuck" She mumbles. "You can't just kiss me" She says. I sigh. "Honestly Draco, I just want to have a conversation with you without getting intimate"

I scoff at her. "No—no. You do not get to disagree" She declared. "When was the last time we had sex after an argument? Hm?"

I chuckled. "Please—really, you're taking this too seriously"

"No I'm not. I don't want to be like one of those people who get manipulated over and over again. It's like running a never ending marathon" She sighed. Manipulating. Where does she even get the fact that I manipulate her?

Is she trying to run out of this relationship. Hell, I love her. Does she not love me? Why won't you love me Sage?

"You think I'm manipulating you?" I ask trembling.

"No...I never said that I said—"

"But I fucking want you!" I cried out.

"It's exactly what you are saying Sage!" I shouted.

"Don't raise your voice at me—"

"Or what? Hm? What exactly will you do? You don't have the emotional support you need from anyone else besides me! Edelyn isn't your friend—hell she'd never even be your friend. Blaise and Pansy have their own problems so where exactly would you go and what would you do?"

"Malfoy, we weren't in a relationship before do you know how easy it is for me to walk right out of your room?" She asked.

"Then why the hell haven't you packed your shit before?" I ask.

"You are just in need of a man because you are a dependent little girl who has nothing for herself" I snap.

I watch as her eyes begin to glisten and tears start to form, her lips tremble, aching to get something out but all that comes out is a slap.

I feel the tingling sensation of something—a hand swiping me across my face. Then it starts to sting.

I'm pissed.

So bloody pissed.

I could kill someone right now.

I look down at her with pure rage. She's frightened but doesn't flinch. She's angry too. We could both choke each other to death right now.

Without thinking I swipe my hand across her cheek. It's only fair, she did it to me first.

She gasps in shock. And when she finally looks at me, she looks like a predator. Tears are running down her face and her lips are violently trembling. Her hands shake a bit and her face is filled with pure rage.

I get taken by surprise when she jumps on top of me, her legs wrapped around my waist, except this time we aren't about to kiss or fuck.

She's sobbing and punching my chest, doing anything she can to hurt me. "I could—fucking—kill you Malfoy!" She sobs out.

Her shout is powerful and loud, I know for sure everyone can hear our arguing, shouts, moaning.

Arguing.

Shouts.

Moaning.

She slaps me again, punches my chest again and again and again. "Sage!" I shout. I try to get ahold of her wrists but she doesn't let me.

Tears are rolling down her face, some falling onto my pants and she's crying her eyes out. "Fuck you! Fuck you! Fuck you!" She yells.

"Calm down!" I shout.

"You aren't going to do this to me!" She sobs.

"You're going to drive yourself mad shut the fuck up!" I yell.

She tries to punch my chest one last time but all she gets out is a helpless sob. She pushes my chest away and grabs both of my shoulders with her hand for support. Her head falls in between her arms and so I can't see her cry.

Her loud cries and heavy breathing fills up the room. I pity her.

She has no other way to handle her emotions and neither do I. I slowly wrap my arms around her back, pulling her close to me and she gives in. She's wrapping hers around mine and putting her head against my beaten chest.

Her tears stain my shirt and her sobs are now muffled. All I can do is hold her tight against me.

Because we are both tainted and abused.

Abused and guilty, and it's our own fault.

Fixing you only ruined me in the process.

Vote or I'll put sand on your shoes.

Hello! Please understand that abuse is not cute or the love that you want and that it will not come from only Draco in the story. I think it's better to understand where both characters are coming from in this story and that Sage is not innocent and neither is Draco. They are both struggling with things and they have no clue on how to handle their emotions without getting violent or sexual because they were never taught on what to do. Two abusers in the relationship will be hard to mend to and will need help if they want to continue.

Thank you have a nice day!