is going to dance with her or get her a drink or do anything that a date is supposed to do but he can't answer her. His eyes focus on the pretty outfit she's wearing, one artfully chosen to complement her twin's and vice versa while still retaining its own unique style, and the mixture of anger and - ThreadSky

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is going to dance with her or get her a drink or do anything that a date is supposed to do but he can't answer her. His eyes focus on the pretty outfit she's wearing, one artfully chosen to complement her twin's and vice versa while still retaining its own unique style, and the mixture of anger and

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mnstrcutie.bsky.social•1 day ago

disappointment on her face. He opens his mouth, fails to find the right words, and closes it. He manages a shrug, which makes her huff and stomp away, somehow graceful in spite of his nonsense. She deserved better. He thinks he recalls that she wanted to go with some Hufflepuff boy and hopes that

mnstrcutie.bsky.social•1 day ago

she finds him in the sea of students. Hopes he tells her what Ron didn't have the nerve to say—that she was too pretty and kind to waste her night on a broken-hearted loser in ancient robes.

There's a brief time when Harry and Ron are seated side by side, people-watching in silence. Ron almost

mnstrcutie.bsky.social•1 day ago

says it then, that he has some feelings he wants to talk about with Harry. But his best friend looks over at Diggory and Cho with a look on his face that says he's lonely and Ron's chest burns. He turns his anger again toward Krum, inexplicably. Or maybe it can be explained. Because Krum is a big

mnstrcutie.bsky.social•1 day ago

strong guy who has everything he could want and that's much easier to get pissed off at some girl he hardly knows who chose Diggory over Harry and doesn't even care how it might make Harry feel. And he can't turn his anger to 'Mione or Harry either, because they don't deserve his ire and to hate

mnstrcutie.bsky.social•1 day ago

them even in the privacy of his own mind for a single second feels like drinking knives and chasing it down with a cocktail of acid and salt.

So he tips back his drink with a growl, eager to fight someone or something soon, ignores Harry when he reaches out with a question in his eyes and a gentle

mnstrcutie.bsky.social•1 day ago

voice. He needs to put some distance between them. He doesn't want Harry to see him like this, bitter and sad and in love and miserable. He flees. He's getting better at running away these days.

And it's a mess, the next two months. He's angry and alone and he misses the past. Misses his two best

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