The information struck Draco deeply, and a resultant wave of guilt throbbed at his temples. Had Parvati stayed with him, he would have most likely demanded she not finish her training. Or start it, really. And yet, hearing she had completed medical school made him presently proud of her. Sitting in the dark pub, he couldn't remember why he had been so against it before.
"Not particularly constructive of me?" Draco's eyes narrowed a little bit. Miserable as he was, he wasn't a doormat yet. "Merlin forbid that a man drink after a bad day at work." Was that almost a drawl? "This isn't a spiral," he added, feeling that familiarly defensive sensation enter his blood. "It's blowing off steam." He relented though, when he recognized she was (in her way) trying to be nice. Taking a pen from his brief case, he began to idly doodle on the liquor soaked bar napkins. Anything to keep his focus reigned in.
"You don't need to rationalize for me, Parvati," he said, glancing up at her. His pen dented angry strokes of blue onto the soggy napkin paper. Indeed, this would have been a good time for her food to arrive, and for her to say her goodbye. But Parvati's take away was nowhere in sight, and an awkward silence stretched out.