taking on tokyo

a/n: hi my loves! this takes place right after chapter 45 of meaning of life! we are revisiting my four and a half-year baby (if there are still any lingering readers left, lol). this can be read as a draco/oc standalone, but barely. their characterizations, references, and attitudes towards each other will definitely make much more sense if you've read the love and hate's daughter trilogy. i tRIED to be as real about tokyo as possible via tripadvisor but if some things are inaccurate im sorry lmao.

for lily! who has been there for me since the series debuted in 2014, and continues to be there long after it's finished, even after my many, many fanfic phases where people have come and gone. cheers to nearly half a decade (wow we're old sdhfbjsjksdh) of friendship!

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Lina

A knock sounds on the door of my small cottage, and I take a breath, rubbing my head a bit. The hangover that was a result of the huge graduation party from last night was definitely still there, and part of me resents Draco for even daring to make the vacation the day right after it.

I make my way to the door, opening it to reveal my boyfriend, who was smirking for some reason.

"What're you smirking at, ferret?" I ask him, narrowing my eyes.

"You really have no idea what happened last night, do you flower?" asks Draco, raising an eyebrow, before bursting into laughter.

"What on earth are you going on about?" I hiss.

"You got up on top of a table in the Three Broomsticks," he deadpans, "And declared your ever undying love for me in a song."

I look at him for a moment, and my eyes widen in horror. "I - I would never do such a thing!" I exclaim in fury, "You're just making shit up now!"

"I swear on the River Styx that you did it. You just couldn't resist me," he adds smugly, and I scream in fury, Accio-ing my cell phone and flipping it open to dial Hermione's number.

"Oh hey, love, have you guys reached Tokyo yet?" Hermione's voice comes out from the phone.

"Mione, did I sing undying love for Draco Malfoy in the Three Broomsticks last night?"

The laughter from Hermione's end said it all, and I take a breath, counting to three.

"Why didn't you stop me?" I ask her.

"Erm...oops? Oh, Harry and Ron wanted to," she says. "But I stopped them. It was downright hilarious, and -"

"I'm going to hang up on you." I cut her off by clicking the end call button, and turn to Draco, who was practically on my floor laughing.

"Fuck you," I say bluntly, before grabbing my packed suitcase from two days before. "I should cancel this whole thing."

When we Apparate over together, we land in an abandoned alley, and it looked to be nighttime. "Weird area," I comment. "You chose this of all places to Apparate us to?"

"How'd it look to muggles if I just Apparated us in the middle of a busy Tokyo street?" he retorts.

I open my mouth to ask where the fuck are we, but all that came out was vomit, straight in the middle of a weird as hell alley. That Apparition teacher from sixth year had a point; Apparating, especially to far distances, should not be done during a hangover.

Draco rubs my back as I continue the painful process. "I warned you not to drink too much last night, flower," he sighs.

"Since when did I actually ever listen to you?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

He sighs. "What will I do with you, Lina?"

I smile sweetly and shrug. With a flick of my wand, I clean up the vomit. We leave the alley and walk into a busy Tokyo sidewalk, and I marvel at all the large buildings.

"It's beautiful," I gush, my eyes wide.

"More beautiful than me?" he teases.

"Are you kidding? I'd trade you for these buildings at any moment," I say cheerfully, as I was beginning to skip down the sidewalk.

He chuckles, before he catches up to me. "Flower, according to this map, the hotel we're staying in? It's the other way."

My face turns red, before I immediately turn around. "I knew that," I say.

He snorts with skepticism.

The two of us keep walking, bickering, and exploring the city, when I notice this group of Japanese girls outright staring at Draco with longing and whispering rapidly amongst themselves. As one of them was about to approach him, I reach for his hand and cast her a terrifying glare that made her quickly retreat to her friend group.

"So you do have undying love for me," he smirks, raising an eyebrow.

"You wish," I hiss. "I just didn't like them."

"Sure you didn't," he scoffs. I reach over to punch him in the arm, which he dodges.

We continue walking along the streets, and this Japanese guy starts giving me the longing look. Draco's response was to pull me close and start kissing me passionately, and after we pull away, he did his signature eyebrow raise at the guy, who turned away immediately.

"You call me the jealous one," I scoff. "All that to just scare off one guy."

"Well I have to protect what's mine, after all," he says, squeezing my hand.

"Smooth," I note simply as we continue walking.

"Welcome to Aman Tokyo!" a bellhop immediately greets us. You could easily tell that English was his second language due to how shaky the English was. "How may I help you two?"

"We have a reservation," I say, handing him our reservation card.

He takes it and scans it. "Ah yes…" He then gives us a skeptical look. "You know, this hotel is...expensive. Are you sure that you two will be able to afford the price demands?"

"Why wouldn't we be able to afford the price demands?" asks Draco.

He hesitates. "I don't know…" he trails off, clearly uncomfortable. "The both of you look a little...young."

"Do you want our money or not?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

"Of course, of course…" I quickly pull out the yen we gathered together a couple days ago to give to the bellhop.

"Thank you, ma'am. Why don't you two go up and see if the room's to your liking?" says the bellhop. "Oh, and there may be a problem with - nevermind, go and enjoy."

"A problem with what exactly?" asks Draco, raising an eyebrow. "We don't want unpleasant surprises."

"A problem with the juice dispenser," he finishes off, giving us a strained smile. "It'll all be right-as-rain tomorrow. Go and enjoy."

We give each other odd looks before walking to the elevators.

It was 3am, and I was listening to some Japanese romcom with English subtitles while Draco was sound asleep beside me. The main guy in this romcom was apparently involved with...twenty women?

"The mice…they're coming for me…they want to eat me..." I snort and turn to where Draco was talking in his sleep, moving restlessly.

"Just keep running," I tell him, turning my attention back to the romcom. "You'll escape from them eventually."

"But my flower, if I continue running, there'll be a cliff!" he exclaims desperately.

"Well, a cliff is less dangerous," I advise. He rolls straight off the bed, and I wince, crawling on the bed to peer down at him. He was still snoring, so I shrug and turn back to the romcom to see what was happening.

"Why was I on the floor last night?" fumes Draco, as I groggily sit up in bed the next morning.

"You were talking in your sleep. Saying how mice were going to come and eat you," I deadpan. "You said the other option was a cliff, and I said that was better than getting eaten. Then you just rolled straight off the bed."

"And you didn't think about...oh, I don't know...getting me off the floor?" he hisses.

"I mean, it was 3am, and you were sleeping pretty peacefully," I say cheerfully, "I wouldn't want to interrupt it."

"What the fuck were you even doing up at 3am?" he wonders.

"Love, they have really interesting romcoms in Japan," I say emphatically, and he rolls his eyes at me. "I should tell Hermione and Blaise about the mice thing."

His eyes glint as he looks at me. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, flower, because I have things about you at night that'd make anybody squirm."

My mouth opens wide as he heads for the bathroom to take a shower. "Fuck," I say breathlessly.

"Are you sure taking a muggle tour bus is a good idea?" Draco hisses. "We could just Apparate to all the must-sees."

"We don't know all the possible alleys in Tokyo to Apparate to," I hiss back. We'd just finished breakfast - not that we had any idea how to work any of the breakfast machines, it would've been a disaster if it weren't for this nice lady. "This place is huge. Plus, it wouldn't be as scenic."

"Welcome to Japan Panoramic Tours!" the driver says, interrupting our argument. "Enjoy a scenic view of the entire city, complete with explanations of how they originated."

More people were coming on the bus, and we were joined by a cheerful looking young couple who were both blonde. They were both smiling. They looked a bit older than us, but not by much. A five-year gap at the largest.

"Hi!" says the blonde woman cheerfully. "My name's Sally, and this is my fiance, Billy. We're here on vacation to tour everything Tokyo has to offer! We have two cats, a dog, and a baby on the way. She smiles at us, and Billy waves at us, also smiling. "Who are you? What are your names? I want to learn all about you!"

"We're in love," adds Billy, smiling like an idiot.

"So in love," agrees Sally sweetly, as they kissed.

Draco and I look at each other, and back at the overly cheesy couple, silently wondering if it'd be too rude to put the headphones for the tour on and ignore them.

"I'm Lina, that's my boyfriend Draco," I say flatly.

"What unusual names," frowns Sally.

Draco scowls at her. "At least our names don't sound like a nursery rhyme."

I was on high alert; who knows? The Wizarding World is a barrier from monsters. I'm not in it anymore…

"Isn't he delightful?" I say sarcastically, giving them a small smile and a little laugh. "Anyways, you guys should enjoy your time, not deal with his sour mood. We should be going now," I say, grabbing his arm and moving us to different seats just as the bus starts moving.

"We're no longer in the Wizarding World," I say lowly to Draco. "Making me fair game to monster attacks. You can see through the mist, right? Don't those people look and sound weird? Look, they're still staring at us." Billy and Sally were indeed looking at me. Hungrily.

"I'm noticing it. The very first stop, love, we're going to get off," he says, calmly. "And we're going to Disapparate to the second stop and get back on. They won't be able to do Apparating."

I love how innocent he sounded. The git had no idea how monsters worked, did he? He thought he could easily protect me from them. Oh well. I'll go along with him until I eventually have to confront them.

We distract ourselves by looking at all the pretty scenery Tokyo had to offer, before we decide to get off at an exquisite shopping mall. Billy and Sally got off there too. For a split second I stare at the mall longingly, before Draco roughly grabs my arm to snap me out of it. "Lina! We don't have time to go shopping!" he snaps.

We grab hands and walk off, watching Billy and Sally walking innocently behind us, acting as if they were normal tourists. Then we duck into an alley, and I flick my wand, issuing a nonverbal Protego.

We quickly look at our Tokyo map and Disapparate, landing in an different alley. We were about to leave the alley, but we were stopped. Billy and Sally had somehow followed us here.

"You think you and your boyfriend can run away from us with your petty magic?" Sally smiles.

"We're so friendly," adds Billy, looking offended. "I don't know why you would ever want to do such a thing, Alina."

"Do whatever you want with me, but leave my boyfriend alone, he only wanted to take me on a vacation," I say, my voice shaking.

Billy and Sally laugh, before their laughs grew lower and lower. Together, the two of them made a full empousa.

"How do we fight the thing?" asks Draco.

"Shoot harmful spells at it," I say, my voice trembling. "I'm going to sneak behind as quick as I can and stab the thing."

The first spell he shot at the empousa was Crucio. Clearly it had the same effect on monsters as well as humans, because the empousa screamed in pain. I quickly went for the stab, and it went to dust.

"I'm so sorry," I whisper, sobbing. "I...I haven't had a monster attack in years. I thought it'd all be fine and well. I ruined our vacation!"

"You didn't ruin anything," he soothes, hugging me. "Besides, we made a pretty good team in getting rid of the thing, didn't we?"

I take a breath. "I suppose, but...you do realize what you signed up for when you decided to go out with me, right? I don't want to put you in unnecessary dangers."

He takes me and pulls me into a kiss. "Of course I did. I love you, Lina, and always will. Now...how about that shopping trip?"

Being the shopaholics we are, we were carrying numerous shopping and souvenir bags each as we finally step into the Aman Tokyo and to the elevators to get back into our suite.

"What was our floor number again?" I yawn.

"11, I think," says Draco.

"You think?" I ask, before I press the 11 button. We watch the windows as the elevator goes up, and then it stops. Suddenly, all the buttons went dark.

"That's...that's not good," I say softly, my face paling.

Draco pulls out his wand. "Alohomora." The elevator opens, and instead of a hotel floor, all we see is blackness. "Fuck."

We look at each other in panic, before we run to the other side of the elevator, pounding on the glass and hoping somebody at the lobby looks up. "HELP US!" Nobody was listening to us. Draco continues trying to get help while I pull out my cell.

"Hi, Mione, I'm just leaving a message on here, I know it's still pretty early back in the UK. I would just like to let you know, that I might not come back. You're my dear friend, and I love you very much. I'm going to be stuck in an elevator my whole life, and I'll be stuck with Draco of all people while I do so. Also, since there's no food and drink in here, my 'whole life' will probably be three days. We're -"

Draco took the phone from me, despite my protests. "Yes, hello Granger," he says. "Ignore her, we'll be fine. Bye. We're not going to be stuck here for eternity," he adds to me.

"Have anyone from the lobby even noticed we were there?" I ask him, sighing.

"No," he says in resignation, "But I'm sure they'll notice one of their elevators stuck eventually."

"Eventually?" I shriek, desperately pounding on the door. "You know what, I'll make them listen to us!" I grab a piece of paper and a pen from my bag, and write in big letters,

IF YOU DON'T GET US OUT OF HERE, I'M GOING TO SUE THIS ENTIRE PLACE FOR ONE MILLION DOLLARS.

"It's literally only been three minutes," says Draco.

"Three very long minutes," I say emphatically. "But I'll only put this up when we get really desperate."

We sat down for five minutes. I yawn again. "I'm so tired…"

"No wonder," he says sarcastically. "You were up until 3am last night apparently, watching Japanese romcoms and telling me to jump off cliffs."

"It was a good romcom," I pout. "I asked you at eleven if you wanted to watch it with me, but you told me to 'fuck off and get some sleep for once, Lina' and went to sleep on me."

"That's because you never sleep unless we're between the hours of 3:30am in the morning and 2pm in the afternoon," he says through gritted teeth.

We glare at each other for a moment, before we realize that there's no way we can be trapped here together any longer. We both grab the million dollar sign and pound the door one more time.

The bellhop finally saw us, and his eyes widened. He made a gesture, probably that he was going to get help. Hopefully. Twenty minutes of agony later, and he finally opened the door.

"So sorry for the inconvenience," says the bellhop, wincing.

"Inconvenience?" I hiss. "We were stuck in an elevator for half-an-hour! Do we know whether something like this will happen again?"

"This elevator will be put as out of order," he says, "So we know for sure that your stay will be far more pleasant than this."

"No. I'm not done with you yet! We have to get some sort of compensation for this," argues Draco, me nodding in agreement.

"I'm not afraid to sue this place," I add darkly.

"Uhh…" the bellhop says, at a loss for words. "You two can have...free breakfast for the rest of the stay, I'll take that part off your bill."

"Today's been far better than yesterday," I sigh, as we sit in Narisawa, which is said to be a really good restaurant. "There's been no weird monsters following us as we toured."

"There's been no elevator issues," Draco adds, and I chuckle.

"There's that," I chuckle, before I narrow my eyes. "Don't jinx it. We still haven't gotten back to the hotel yet, who knows…"

"Food," says the young waiter, interrupting us, placing a large plate of chicken teriyaki, sushi, pasta, and salad on the table for us, giving us two smaller plates to share them on. "Hope enjoy," he says, in a strong Japanese accent.

"Thank you," I say politely, as the waiter gives a bow. He then lingers, looking at me intently. He clears his throat, before turning to Draco. "Uh...he only friend, or…?'

Draco cuts him off. "No. He boyfriend. Back off."

The waiter bows, and leaves. "That must've been the three-hundredth waiter that has hit on me ever since I've been old enough to be hit on," I roll my eyes.

"Well, I'll just have to let them all know that you're taken, won't I?" he says dryly. He hesitates a moment. "...Was that guy in Bulgaria…?"

"A waiter," I ask acidly, taking a bite of the pasta. "Mm-hmm."

The 'romantic' dinner was a little, no a lot tense after that. Mostly because Draco thought it'd be nice to glare at almost every waiter that passed by our table, causing me to glare at him in annoyance.

The next day, we'd gotten a taxi driver to drive us around the countryside, which was beyond beautiful. What we didn't know, was that the taxi driver was a total pervert. He kept talking about various types of porn to us. It was downright creepy, but we mostly ignored him.

Now, we were waiting in line to go see the Skytree, which is apparently the tallest building in the world.

"This line is ridiculously long," I comment. We'd only been waiting for five minutes or so, but the line of people looked endless. And we were in the express line. Looking at the normal one makes me wince. "We're definitely going to be here awhile…"

"Great," says Draco, sarcasm dripping in his voice.

"Might as well try and pass the time," I comment, before adding, "I've received an owl midday regarding how I'm to spend my time in Aurors training next year."

"And how might that be?" he asks.

I grin, "Harry, Ron, and I all are going to spend our practical experiences requirement hours with Sirius!"

"So...what I'm hearing is that you're all going to die early?" he snorts, raising an eyebrow.

I elbow him so hard that he nearly falls over. "Don't insult Sirius Black in front of me," I hiss, my eyes narrowed.

"You can't deny he's a little bit reckless. And so are you. And Potter. And the Weasel," points out Draco, but I had my arms crossed and staring in the other direction. He sighs in annoyance as the line moves considerably quickly, before halting suddenly. "How long are you going to ignore me for?"

I still didn't say anything, and he sighs in resignation. I continue to ignore him for the next fifteen and so minutes.

"If I give you chocolate, would you consider talking to me again?"

"I'll consider it," I say evenly.

We were finally able to go up to the tower via an elevator, and there were like a hundred people in the elevator. We were all squashed on top of each other. I furrow my brow. "Exactly how much cologne did you put on today?" I question Draco.

"I could definitely ask the same with you and your perfume," he retorts back at me. When we finally get out of the tower, I was breathless. The sight of the entire city of Tokyo was staring down below at us, and it was beautiful. No, it was beyond beautiful. I voice my thoughts aloud as I walk closer and closer towards the window.

"It really is beautiful," he agrees, before smirking, "But not as beautiful as you."

"You're seriously trying to make me forget that I'm still pissed at you," I say, trying to hide the blush on my face. "It's a miracle that we're almost through with the vacation and we're still both in one piece."

"We did it," he says sardonically. "We almost made it through one whole trip without killing each other."

"Who's to say we can't make it through one whole relationship?" I add, as our lips collide.

a/n: i'm bad at fluff but i tried lmao. i hope you loved it, love 3

hogwarts prompts

writing club -

assorted appreciation - 29. write about an important moment in someone's life

liza's loves - 1. write about a slytherin

angel's arcade - 4. harley quinn - (dialogue) "i'm not done with you yet!"

bex's basement - 2. where you gonna run to? i really wanna follow you.

film festival - 12. (action) hiding from someone

seasonal -

feb 14 - write a romance, the fluffier the better

birthstones - turquoise - (dialogue) "erm...oops?"

christmas cake - write fluff

please r&r :)

-ana