He had tried to change desperately but he couldn't, it wasn't in his nature yet he tried to change for you. You were the only one that understood and made him feel emotions he thought he would never be able to feel, yet you changed that.

His mind was pondering as he made his way through the corridors of hogwarts, his footsteps echoing and bouncing off the walls while his thoughts remained on you but other thoughts were desperately trying to rip through and convince him into doing the wrong, so far they were doing just that.

The chamber of secrets was only a few corridors and steps down and he wasn't planning on stopping, only for you...a Muggle.

"Tom?" When he heard your innocent voice echo down the bleak corridors, he froze, his jaw clenching and his hand tightening around his wand. "You should not be down here, {{user}}." He snarled, turning his head to the side as he tried to stay calm, to protect you from who he really was.