A Nice and Long Bath

[narcissa callidora black]

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Tag: Lucius Words: 541 Lyrics: Rockstar - Prima J
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Narcissa Callidora Black missed all her classes last Friday. Of course, Narcissa was never the type of student who ditched classes as she had always been responsible and sensible. In fact, it was why she was prefect. Her absence was simple because something that occurred on the early hours of Friday instigated an asthma attack severe enough for the school nurse to make her spend her whole Friday and half of Saturday morning in the Hospital Wing. And no, patrolling with Lucius went surprisingly well. It was caused by her talk with Rupert.

The Young Black spent her Saturday inside the library, evading everyone and catching up on all of yesterday’s missed classes. Thanks to Melanie, her best study buddy and friend who took notes for her, she was able to catch up a lot easier than it would have been without her help. By sun down, she was extremely tired and quite hungry. Not wanting to listen to Roxanne’s gossips or react to them like usual in the Slytherin table, she decided against going to the great hall to join the rest of the school for Saturday evening’s supper. She managed to evade everyone and eat a peaceful dinner inside the kitchens. However, despite her success in trying to push all of the truth about Rupert out of her mind all day, she found that sitting inside the very room where he came clean to her just almost two days ago was not exactly the most conducive atmosphere to forget about him and what he said. By the time she finished dinner, she realized she was even more tired and stressed than before she entered the kitchen.

Her stress led her to her decision to take a rather long and hot bath to release all the tension in her mind, heart and body. Narcissa slinked in to the Slytherin Girls’ Dormitory while everyone was at dinner to grab her swim wear and silk bathrobe. Her mother packed them this year because she knew that Narcissa’s Prefect’s Badge came with the privilege of using the Prefects’ Bathroom. After fishing some of her toiletries from her bag and placing them in her brown satchel, she snuck out and left the dormitory for the Prefect’s Bathroom.

It took her around fifteen minutes to get to the fifth floor and into the Prefect’s Bathroom without being seen because she had to take unusual and long routes. She took in the appearance of the bathroom and could not help but smile. It was magnificent. Her eyes drank in the taps, the bubbles, the pool, the ceiling, the stained glass windows and the bathroom stalls the lined the walls while her nose was quite intoxicated with the scent of lavender and with subtle hints of jasmine and roses. Narcissa noticed the she was alone and smiled even more. A beautiful long bath on the fragrant, hot and bubbly pool in private was a dream come true. She made her way to the stalls and changed into her swim wear. She came out of her stall and sat by the pool, lowered her legs into the water and let out a sigh of contentment, her her eyes focused on nowhere in particular, her mind elsewhere once more.

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It was a rare occurrence for Narcissa Black to miss class and if Lucius Malfoy didn’t know any better, he would have thought it was because she didn’t want to face him or Rupert after the patrol Thursday night. He thought it had gone fairly well, at least until they had gotten to the kitchen and they had run into Rupert. She didn’t seem pleased to see the other boy and he could tell that she wasn’t trying to get rid of him nor did she know he was going to be there. But the fact that she wasn’t in class was rather worrisome but he didn’t worry about it too much. He did want to go see if she was alright but he didn’t think she would appreciate his nosiness in her health or anything.

Of course, she was on his mind for most of the time since their patrol together and he found that the presence of all the girls that hung-out around to be highly annoying. He had sent them off with slight testiness but he was still polite. Of course, Saturday had been a game and although Slytherin won the game, his Captain had decided to try having a practice that same evening, which meant he had miss dinner and was hot and sweat, and frankly rather sore. So he figured that having a bath in the Prefect Bathroom would be a grand idea. Hopefully it would ease his muscles.

So he had grabbed his swimming trunks and a towel and robe before heading to the fifth floor, giving the password to the bathroom. Of course, before he could get very far he noticed that he wasn’t alone and started when he saw Narcissa Black. Although he blushed when he noticed her, embarrassed to bother her, he couldn’t help but notice what her swimsuit did for her. But he realized he was staring a bit longer than he likely should have and his gaze went to the floor. "I'm sorry, Narcissa. I didn’t realize that anyone else was in here." He wasn’t sure if he should offer to leave or talk to her or what so he stood there slightly awkwardly, not quite sure what to do or really where to look.

[narcissa callidora black]

A PRETTY LITTLE PROBLEM
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A lot was on Narcissa’s mind as she stared at the bubbles. Andromeda’s words about Rupert haunted her. Her sister could not have been more right about him and she realized it after her most recent conversation with him. Then there was Rupert coming clean and she ending up having an attack after it. Of course, she would not admit it to anyone. On top of all things Rupert, she also did not know how to face Lucius Malfoy after inviting him for a snack and telling him she changed her mind a minute later. And as if these were not enough, Sirius boggled Narcissa’s mind because he decided to visit her in the hospital wing when he heard about her attack.

Narcissa had no idea how long she had been sitting on the pool's edge and staring off into the thick bubbles ahead of her, lost in thoughts about Rupert, Lucius, Andromeda and Sirius, when a voice reached her ears. Instinctively, she turned her head toward the sound. Her eyes found Malfoy standing ten feet or so away from her, staring at the floor. From where she was, she could see his blush and Narcissa found him cute. However, before she could even as much as smile after that assessment, she realized she was in a two piece in front of Malfoy, and not to mention she had never seen him since the last time they patrolled… the night when she invited him for some snacks and changed her mind about it within the minute at the sight of Rupert.

The one thing about blushes that she hated was the fact that it was involuntary. She internally berated herself for being so out of focus she did not hear anyone come in. She looked at the bubbles again, her cheeks hot, and swallowed. “It’s quite alright, Lucius.” She said after awhile, looking anywhere but at Malfoy after remembering Malfoy’s apology. Slowly and as poised as possible, she lowered herself into the pool and was covered by the thick foam of bubbles up to her neck. “It’s your bathroom too as much as it is mine.” She added, trying to push past the awkward moment already because she just wanted to relax.

She looked at the bubbles for a while again, wondering if he was mad or annoyed with her after what she did to him at the end of their patrol. If only she was not so proud, she would have apologized right there and then. She fixed her eyes on him and realized he seemed quite tired. “You seem tired, Lucius. I hope everything is well.” She threw him a concerned look. Internally, she chastised herself for not at least bringing up what she did last time they were together.

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Lucius glanced up at her, noticing for the first time that she was wearing a two piece swimming suit and he admittedly stared at her in slight appreciation. She blushed but he didn’t think that it was because of his staring at her, shaking his head slightly to clear his thoughts. She seemed alright with him being in here but he wasn’t sure if she'd be OK with him going into the poll with her. "Can I join you?" He was extremely unsure if she would hex him or not and figured that the best thing was for him to ask. And try not to stare too much at her, though that was hard when she lowered herself into the pool.

He was touched when she asked if he was alright and that he looked tired. "Yeah, I'm alright. We had a Quidditch match this afternoon and then our bloody brilliant Captain decided that we should have practice this evening, despite the fact that we won the bloody game." He shook his head again, not entirely upset considering the fact that it let him see Narcissa again. Not that he was stalking her but she seemed OK after having missed classes yesterday.

Lucius watched her again. "You OK? I didn’t see you in class all of yesterday." He softly added, "I was worried about you. It's not like you to miss class." He didn’t really want to say what he had thought, however briefly, that he was the cause of her skipping class so she could avoid him, either that or she was avoiding Rupert, though that seemed quite likely. He ran a hand through his hair, though more out of habit rather than out of nervousness. Of course, perhaps he was a bit nervous since he wasn’t sure if she was unhappy to see him and simply being polite or not.

[narcissa callidora black]

A PRETTY LITTLE PROBLEM
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Narcissa did not have to look at Malfoy to know that he was uncertain if he could join her as she could her it in his tone. For a moment she wondered what he was thinking at that time. Despite her blush she managed to look at Malfoy. “Of course you can, Lucius.” She said softly, managing a small quite guilty smile. The truth was, seeing him become uncertain around her made her feel guilty. From what she heard about Rupert, she could not have been more wrong about him. “As I’ve said, this is your bathroom too as much as it is mine. And it’s not like the pool is small. I’m fairly certain it can accommodate all of us prefects if, by some chance, we all decided to bathe together.” She finished and relaxed at the feeling of warm water and bubbles all over her body.

At the mention of the quidditch match, Narcissa blinked. It had completely slipped her mind. The unusual absence of people in the library earlier that day made sense to her all of a sudden. Narcissa was not a big Quidditch fan but she appreciated it when Slytherin won against any of the three houses. She grinned when she heard that they won and let out a classy feminine laugh when Lucius complained about practice. “Don’t mind your captain, Lucius. Even non-players like me know how uptight he gets when it came to practices.” Narcissa laughed again and shook her head. “Anyway, congratulations! You caught the snitch again, haven’t you? You really are quite a talented seeker, Lucius.” She gave him a warm smile, being uncharacteristically friendly with him and feeling so guilty about her past actions.

Narcissa was touched and blushed a bit when he said he was worried about her. Thinking that her rudeness before was making him nervous around her, she felt a little guiltier when she saw him run a hand through his hair. “I am well now, Lucius. Thank you for asking.” She flashed him a small smile, leaned casually on the pool’s edge, near one of the golden taps, and chewed on her lip, looking pensive. She took her time in thinking before speaking as usual because the last thing she wanted was for him to connect her attack to Rupert. “I had an asthma attack Friday morning. You know the school matron. She’s always blowing things out of proportion. Made me stay all day yesterday. I just got out this morning.” She shook her head, her tone a bit whiny. She intentionally downplayed her attack and not mentioned Rupert, not wanting to seem a weakling.

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When she said that he could join her, Lucius let out a breath he hadn’t even known he was holding, grinning a bit at her. Her comment about it being big enough to hold all the prefects if need be made him give a chuckle. "It likely could, couldn’t it. Plus, I'm sure that it might be enchanted to change size as need be." He had no idea if it really was but it wouldn’t have surprised him if that were the case. They were after all at Hogwarts, a school to learn about magic. There were very few things that were probably not enchanted around the school.

With her assurance that he could indeed join her, he headed into a stall and quickly changed into his own bathing suit. He slipped into the warm water not far from her but still a respectable distance between them. He didn’t want to shout at her but he also didn’t want to make her uncomfortable. She grinned when he mentioned that they had won the game and he tried to pout at her when she laughed at him, which was hard since he was grinning at the same time. He gave chuckle. "He's uptight about everything." Which was highly true. That man needed to relax more often. He nodded at her question about if he had caught the snitch and blushed when she complimented his playing ability. "Thank you, Narcissa. I did catch it." Why was she being so nice to him?

She blushed at his concern and he smiled at her warmly, thinking that she was rather cute when she blushed, though he wouldn’t admit that out loud to her, or really anyone. "You're welcome. I have my notes from classes if you want to look over them?" Most people likely thought that he was not a very good student due to his looks and such but he was usually one of the top students in his classes. She explained that she had an asthma attack yesterday, the day after their patrol, and he wondered if he had caused it. "Did I have anything to do with it?" He was worried that his honest talk with her hadn’t caused it. Of course the other person who might have done it was Rupert. His voice became a bit more concerned as well as unsure. "Or was it Rupert?" He hoped he hadn’t overstepped anything in asking her that question.

[narcissa callidora black]

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If Narcissa’s pride was any less than it actually was, her guilt would have been enough to make her apologize to Malfoy right there and then because the youngest Black sister knew that an apology was in order after hearing Rupert’s side of the story. The problem was, apologies never came out of the youngest Black sister’s mouth easily as her pride always disabled her from opening her lips and saying the words: I am sorry. Narcissa smiled upon hearing him chuckle and nodded in agreement. “I didn’t think of it that way but I think you might be right. If you ask me this castle is almost alive with all the magic.” She said casually and flashed him a small smile.

Her eyes followed Lucius as he went in to the stall. She had been staring at him for a while before she realized what she was doing. Quickly, she averted her gaze. Feeling her cheeks grow hot, she turned her back from the general direction of the stall just to prevent Malfoy from catching a glimpse of her blush. What would Malfoy think if he saw her all red in the face as he changed? Narcissa found the idea of the pool swallowing her whole more appealing than letting Malfoy know, after everything that happened last year, that she fancied him. As soon as her brain came up with the word fancy, a lot of voices started arguments all over the area in her brain that was responsible for her rationality. Frustration. Denial. Irritation. More denial. Realization. Even more denial. “Alright. Maybe I do like him.” She muttered under her breath and almost jumped out of her own skin when she saw Malfoy join her on her peripheral. She wondered whether he caught what she just said and blushed. Luckily, Lucius started talking again so she was able to recover quickly. When he said that their captain was uptight about everything, Narcissa laughed.

She regarded Lucius neutrally after responding to his question and smiled back when he smiled at her. She hoped with all her heart that Malfoy would not connect the attack to anyone, especially Rupert. Her smile grew warmer when he offered to let her borrow his notes. “That’s nice of you Lucius. Thank you. But this time it is no longer necessary since I have already borrowed Melanie’s notes and was able to catch up with everything earlier today.” She reached for her wand and tapped one of the golden taps. After about half a second, more bubbles started to flow from it into the pool. What he said next made her gape at him for a few seconds before letting out a chuckle. “No, of course you had nothing to do with it. Why would you think that?” She asked in a light tone, amusement in her eyes. The look left her face at what he said next. Upon hearing it, she knew her expression said ‘yes it was Rupert’ quite clearly so she did not bother denying it. “Rupert might have contributed to it.” She said in an unusually quiet voice. “Not him as a person though. I think it’s some of the things we tackled that night.” She said truthfully, not knowing why she was opening up to him but it felt right at the moment.

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[lucius abraxas malfoy]

Lucius knew that Narcissa didn’t often, if ever, apologize, something he figured might be a Black trait since he couldn’t think of any of them that readily apologized for things, except maybe Andromeda. Of course, not many Pureblood Slytherins apologized either, especially not with words. His words about the bathtub likely being able to change size as needed caused her to smile and he returned her smile with one of his own. A smile that widened at her words of agreement. "If I did ask you and you said that, I would agree with you." He kept his tone light and teasing, not wanting her to think he was trying to insult her or be cruel to her.

The Malfoy heir could feel her eyes on his back as he headed into the stall to change and had to wonder if that meant anything. He would certainly like it if she continued warming up to him and possibly even start liking him. As he approached the side after he changed, he could hear her mutter something but couldn’t make out what it was and decided that it was none of his business what she was saying. If she didn’t say it loud enough for him to hear, then it wasn’t for him to know, despite how curious he was. He did give her a brief curious look to see if she would let him know, though he wasn’t going to ask or push her for the information. He did grin at her laugh about his comments about his captain.

He was rather enthralled by the fact that his offer of help was received so warmly, even when she explained that she had it covered already. So he nodded at the news before he offered, "Well, if you ever need notes, feel free to ask me." His question of if he had caused her asthma attack made her gape at him before she laughed, reassuring that he wasn’t the cause, which made him very relieved. "Good. I had thought that with all that we discussed between us, our talk might have caused your troubles." His question about if Rupert caused it made the amusement from his worries about him causing her attack fall from her face and he could tell just by the look on her face that her ex had indeed been the source. He gave a slight scowl. "Bloody idiot that one." He gave her a look of soft concern. "Would talking about what the two of you discuss help? I've been told that I'm a fairly decent listener and my ears are always open to you, Cissa." He had to admit he was curious about what they had talked about but that was not the main reason he asked. He was truly concerned about her.

[narcissa callidora black]

A PRETTY LITTLE PROBLEM
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Narcissa felt her guilt decrease a bit when Malfoy’s smile widened at what she said regarding the magic in the castle. It honestly was not really much after every rude thing that she said to him and she knew that very well. But, there was something about his smile that made her feel like she if she managed to make him smile for a certain number of times, it would be like she apologized to him. It was kind of silly to think of it that way but at the back of her mind she knew it was her pathetic excuse to delight in seeing him smile. A few days ago, she just could not have cared any less if Malfoy smiled or cried but all of that changed now. Rupert straightened things out and told her everything. And somehow, now that she knew the truth, she did not only like Malfoy more, she also felt quite stupid and so humiliated deep within for being so horribly mistaken about him.

The experience of being so horribly wrong about Malfoy served as a lesson to Cissy. Although she will never admit it, she realized how narrow-minded and childish she was almost the whole year last year- at least when it came to Malfoy. Her behavior seemed laughable to her now. Along with getting a lesson, it was also quite a humbling experience for her. Making big mistakes was not exactly Narcissa’s cup of tea for she had Slytherin in her blood. She was not like a Gryffindor who stupidly rushed into things blindly. She took careful and calculated actions. So far, the only thing she was not able to calculate well was believing in Rupert. Upon admitting to herself loudly that she did like Lucius the way she liked her ex, she could not help but feel like she was about a step away from making the same mistake all over again. To her immense relief, judging from the curious look he gave her, Malfoy did not hear what she just said.

His offer to lend Narcissa notes caused her to smile at him warmly. Despite being touched at Malfoy’s offer, Narcissa was quite surprised when Malfoy offered to lend his notes. It was not like she thought he was stupid. It was not that at all. He just was not the first person she would think of if she wanted to borrow notes. Upon seeing him looked rather relieved about not being the cause of her attack, she could not help but chew on her lip to prevent herself from grinning uncharacteristically wide. Lucius Malfoy was beautiful. Even his scowl was attractive. “You could not be more right about that.” She muttered, sighed and gracefully leaned on the side of the pool nearest her when he said that her ex was and idiot. “I heard from Roxanne that you are quite a listener.” She nodded slightly and smiled upon noticing mild concern in his tone. It took her a while before speaking again. “I honestly don't know where to begin." She sighed and looked at him as if he held the answer to that. She knew it was probably the time to apologize. "He told me all I needed to know. Finally. You were right. You did not do anything to break us up. Turns out... he did it all by himself." She admitted he was right instead of apologizing, turning away slightly from Lucius because opening up to him just opened up her tear glands too. 

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[lucius abraxas malfoy]

She didn’t seem terribly upset with his teasing nor was she avoiding his gaze or blushing after he teased her, which he took to be a very good sign of her warming up to him. He wasn’t entirely focused on her becoming his girlfriend, though he hoped it would happen, but instead simply to get her to not hate him and maybe become his friend, both of which seemed to slowly be happening, though friendship seemed to be going slower.

Narcissa didn’t reply to his unasked question and he let the matter lie. If she didn’t want to tell him, then she didn’t have to, no matter how much he was hoping that she would. She did seem relieved by him not saying anything which led him to believe that it was either embarrassing, had to do with him, or both. But he didn’t ask her about, preferring to let her tell him if she felt like it, or not if she didn’t.

When he offered to let her borrow his notes when need be made her grin warmly at him and yet she seemed a bit surprised by his offer. He might not be the smartest person in school or the most helpful, he was more intelligent than his prettyboy persona let on and was willing to help those he cared for, which he did in regards to Narcissa. She didn’t say anything in regards to his offer but she seemed pleased by it and it seemed that she willing to keep him on a mental list of people to borrow notes from, even if he was not the highest person on that list.

She was chewing her lips and it seemed to him that he was holding back a grin when he was relieved about not being the cause for her asthma attacks. But she agreed with him that Rupert was an idiot and he couldn’t help but admire her as she leaned against the side of the pool. The mention of Roxanne telling her that he was a good listener made him think for a bit. "You believe a lot of what she says about me, don't you?" His tone wasn’t accusing but more sad that everyone thought the worse of him. But she did smile at him and he cheered up slightly at the sight of her smile. She explained that she didn’t know where to begin and he sardonically said, "The beginning is usually a good place to start." It seemed that the prat had decided to not blame Lucius, or else Narcissa realized that he hadn’t, and she gave him the closest thing he was likely to get to an apology. Of course, she seemed teary and turned her face away. He bit his lip a moment, debating what to do, before he gently placed a hand on her arm. "Hey, it'll be alright. He was fool for pulling away from you. Any guy would be lucky to have you and should bloody well treat you right, the way you deserve." He wondered momentarily if she would let him kiss her but he would do that and take advantage of her weakened state, no matter how much he was wanting to kiss her.

[narcissa callidora black]

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Narcissa heard the sadness in Malfoy’s tone and contemplated his words about her and Roxanne. It was true. She did listen to Roxanne a lot. It was not like she had much of a choice. The tall blonde just would not quit talking, as gossiping was as natural as breathing to the girl. However, the way Lucius put it, she could not help but mull over it for sometime because he definitely had a point- a huge one. Despite knowing that gossips were hardly anywhere near the facts more often than not, Narcissa always took all the bad things Roxanne told her about Malfoy like it were facts. The horrible things gave her more reason to hate him. But, now that she felt ridiculous for harboring so much hate for him, she could not help but reexamine the rumors she previously just oh so conveniently believed.

After a few moments of silence, Narcissa looked him in the eyes. “I guess so.” She frowned, her tone tinged with regret. If only it were possible to start again with Malfoy, preferably with an ultra clean slate, she would be more than willing and very happy to do so. However, it all was not easy. Nothing ever was.

Narcissa’s guilt was starting to eat her up again when Malfoy told her sarcastically that the beginning was a good place to start. His tone earned him a glare from the blonde girl. Not wanting to start being rude to him again, she just looked away and let out an exasperated sigh. She could not believe Malfoy was so insensitive. If it were as easy as he made it sound, Narcissa would have let it all out by now. However, much as she wanted to express her annoyance, she knew he was right. Where else would she begin? But at that moment, despite his advise, she just could not voice it all out. So, she went for a brief and straight to the point approach on things.

When Narcissa felt tears at the back of her eyes, she looked away from him. However, when she felt his gentle hand on her arm, she automatically found herself looking at his hand on her arm and then at his face. Upon hearing his chivalrous words, which she found rather uncharacteristic of him, she was honestly a bit surprised and a whole lot more touched by it. Slowly, she found herself looking fixedly and searchingly in to his eyes, her own showed how touched she was. And suddenly, they were closer than they had ever been since the last time they shared a kiss. Narcissa felt Lucius’ breathing and she moved away a bit, heart hammering fast, looking uncomfortable and embarrassed.

Narcissa, blushing, decided to start talking to get over her discomfort. “It all started when we were in second year. Rupert’s jealousy I meant. He said he had been admiring me ever since we were twelve. He said he envied every member of the opposite sex who I spent time with at the time. But, none of them like he did you… You and I were group mates back then so naturally I spent a lot of time with you. From then on, he said he just never got over being jealous of you. So when we got together, Rupert and I I mean, he was always paranoid about you. He was always suspicious that I liked you better than him… that we were seeing each other secretly. So, when you started asking me out, he took it as the confirmation that I had been cheating on him. So…he just lost it and well… he started evading me…” She trailed off, swallowed the lump in her throat and looked at him, trying to gage his expression and wondering if she was doing the right thing talking to him. It felt wrong to be talking to him about Rupert’s jealousy of him. At a lost, Narcissa buried her face in her hands and then looked at him as if his face held the answer to her unspoken doubts of whether to continue talking or not.

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[lucius abraxas malfoy]

It seemed that she was considering his words about her friend. He generally hated gossip, especially when it was about him, and he didn’t really care for those that gossiped. Lucius let Narcissa think over his words and allowed himself to admire her some more, though a bit more discreetly than usual. They were no longer enemies but he didn’t want to break this fragile place they were by her noticing him staring at her. She looked him in the eyes and semi-agreed with his words, and he could tell that she was remorseful from her tone of voice, and he gave her a small grin despite their conversation.

He gave an embarrassed blush at her glare. He could be so stupid sometimes, being so sarcastic to a girl that he happened to rather like. Yet she seemed to be contemplating where to begin and he let her consider how to explain to him about her and Rupert. She turned her face away from him until he gently placed a hand on her arm and she first looked at his hand before looking into his eyes and he let his concern and admiration for her show in his eyes. He was rather enthralled by her blue eyes and almost wanted to lean in to kiss her but held back since he doubted that she would approve of it right now. So he was very glad that she moved away from him, apparently embarrassed by something.

Narcissa then talked about how Rupert's jealousy started and he listened intently, face neutral as he listened to her, nodding encouragingly in the appropriate places. Lucius considered her words, mulling over them in his mind. "So, I didn't entirely pull you apart? He was just a jealous prat looking for a reason to assume the worse of you?" He scowled but at Rupert not her. He looked away briefly to calm down slightly, eyes softer when he returned his gaze to her. He reached up impulsively and gently cupped her cheek. "I'm sorry that he was such a prat and that you had to get hurt by his actions. I'm also sorry for my part, even if it is really small, Cissa." His thumb stroked her cheekbone absently.

[narcissa callidora black]

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Narcissa Black regarded Lucius levelly, wondering what he was thinking. It was not long before he gave her a piece of his thoughts. At the sight of his scowl, she could not help but feel her him grow on her. She nodded her head in response to his inquiries. "You are right on both accounts." She looked him in the eyes and stifled a sigh. When he looked away, she looked down at the thick foam-like bubbles on the surface of the tub and silently mulled over what to say to Lucius. Just as she was about to continue talking about Rupert, she felt his warm palm on one of her cheeks. His gesture made her avert her eyes from the bubbles to look him in the face.

The warmth of his hand on her face sent warmth all over her body. His touched was something comforting and warming and at the same time almost electric- the type that made her heart beat faster. Upon hearing his words, she gave him the minutest of nods and instinctively she leaned on his hand a bit and closed her eyes as she felt his fingers caress her porcelain cheeks gently. She stayed like that only for a few seconds.

Her blue eyes, now open, were fixed on Lucius’ face. Color rose on her cheeks as she realized how she had reacted at his touch and looked down for a while. She worried her lower lip as she contemplated on how to best put what she had in mind in words. “I… you should not have apologized, Lucius… Between the two of us I should be the one who’s doing that.” She found herself saying sincerely and looking him in the eyes again. “I’ve been incredibly rude to you ever since last year. I thought the worst of you. I believed all the bad things I hear about you just to have more reason to dislike you. I guess… maybe I did deserve what I got…” She trailed off and felt the heaviness on her chest that caused her to have an attack the night before last night return on full force.

She casted her eyes down again, unable to look at him. The heaviness was somewhat paralyzing her, just like it did the night she spoke with Rupert. “I still can’t believe it, Lucius. My own best friend.” She shook her head slightly and let out a chuckle that was a hybrid of derision and hysteria before looking back at him, hurt obvious in her eyes. “Last Christmas, after we kissed under the mistletoe… Rupert decided to get back at me. He cheated on me. He did not do it with the foreigner he now claims to be his fiancé because he never had any fiancé. What he did was the worst thing imaginable. He slept with Cathia numerous times behind my back.” The heaviness in her chest became too much for her to bear so she let it all out without reservations. "I guess it's karma being a total bitch. It got me for being horrible to you. I... I'm so sorry Lucius." She looked up at him and looked uncharacteristically broken, a sob escaped her lips before she even had the chance to try to stifle it.

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[lucius abraxas malfoy]

He did give a sigh when she affirmed that he was right that he wasn’t the only reason they pulled apart, though he did likely place a small part, and that Rupert was jealous and was looking for a reason to think she was cheating on him. "I don't want to be right for those reasons." She had looked away when he did and it took his hand on her cheek to look back at him. He regarded her seriously, pleased that she didn’t pull away or even seem angry at him touching her, which he took to be a good sign.

He took it as an even better sign when she leaned into his touch, something that surprised him but definitely pleased him. Lucius smiled when he noticed her reaction but it wasn’t smug nor was it even amused. It was a soft, affectionate smile that brought out slight dimples in his cheeks. She nodded at his words about being sorry on behalf of her ex and also apologizing for himself. He really shouldn’t be apologizing for Rupert. "Did he ever apologize to you?" If not, he would hunt the prat down and make sure he did apologize to Narcissa.

He listened with serious eyes as she explained that she should be the one to apologize to him and he softly shook his head, silently telling her that it was not necessary but he still let her go on. "You don't deserve to get your heart broken by some idiot who apparently didn’t know how bloody lucky he was to be with you." There was perhaps a hint of a promise that he wouldn’t be like Rupert but it was only a hint. She might be warming up to him but he doubted she would be receptive to that sort of promise.

She looked down and he dropped his hand back into the water. He was concerned by her laugh, which seemed a bit hysterical to him, but let her talk it out, listening and not judging her for what she said. She said that she was sorry and then let out a sob, something uncharacteristic for the youngest Black sister, and Lucius debated whether or not to comfort her. He decided to give in and he pulled her into a gentle hug. "It's alright, Cissa. I forgive you." He pressed a soft kiss to her hair. "Let it out."

[narcissa callidora black]

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Narcissa nodded slightly when Lucius’ words about not wanting to be right at the time reached her ears. Inside, she could not help but feel slightly better. Lucius did not tell her I told you so nor did he dance in her guilt. Instead, the Slytherin boy was good enough to cup her cheek. His gesture touched Narcissa not just physically and literally but also emotionally. She was quite embarrassed by her reaction to his touch but when he asked if Rupert ever apologized, she automatically looked back at his face.

Her heart melted at the sight of Lucius smiling like that. She had never seen his face looking so affectionate and so sweet- oh so gentle and nice. His beautiful dimples temporarily robbed her of her ability to express herself verbally. “He never did. I asked him why in Merlin’s name was he sounding proud and not ashamed or remorseful about what he had done. He said he was not sorry at all because I deserved it for being a cheater and a…” She straightened up and composed herself. “…a slut." She paused and let out a breath. "Yes, he called me that.” She massaged her temple and let out a sigh. It was obvious in her tone that she was more exasperated than offended by what Rupert said. At first she had been offended but now she just felt tired when it came to Rupert. The ordeal already gave her an asthma attack and if she did not know any better she would take the slight pain she was starting to feel on her forehead as telltale sign of an upcoming migraine.

Despite catching a glimpse of Lucius’ head shake, she could not help but be unable to look at him. She watched his hand fall back into the water with a soft splashing sound and kept her gaze down. The pain in her chest felt raw once more, now that she had opened up to him. She listened to him in silence. It was the second time tonight that he said he found idiotic Rupert was for letting her go and how much her ex did not appreciate her at all. His words touched and comforted her. It made her want to cry even more so she just nodded enough for him to see that she heard him but kept her face down as she hanged on to the last thread of emotional control she had. Her still dry hair acting as a curtain on the sides of her face, concealing her expression from certain angles.

She did not telling twice about letting it all out because she lost all her self-control when Lucius hugged and kissed her hair. She leaned on him and buried her face on his shoulder. She had never been this close to him when he was fully clothed and definitely have not been when they were both clad in swimming wear but at that time she could not care less. As she let it out, she suppressed any sound by biting her lip. She did cry however and wet Lucius’ shoulder with her tears. After about fifteen minutes, which seemed like forever to her, she sniffed and calmed down and slowly moved her face away from his shoulder to look up at his face. She felt better now that she had let it out- not entirely but close. “Thank you.” She whispered, her gaze told him silently how grateful she was far more beyond her words, her face so close to his she could feel his breath on her face.

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