Draco Malfoy was a coward. He'd always run away from his problems instead of facing them head on. When it came to unfamiliar emotions, he'd do exactly that. These feelings were unwanted and unneeded. He didn't want to be in love with Hermione Granger. He didn't need to be in love with her, but there those feelings were and no matter how much he tried to ignore them they always caught up to him. He never asked to fall head-over-heels in love with the one girl he couldn't have. So he did the only thing he could. He ran away.