SpellBound

(3rd P.O.V)

It was New Year's Day and Shizuo was excited. Extremely excited. His family were coming to Hogwarts for the day and the blonde couldn't wait to meet them. He was also going to introduce Izaya, who only found out around thirty minutes ago.

Now, if you're wondering how they spent Christmas, it isn't exactly romantic. After waking up and remembering that Shizuo was naked and still hugging him, Izaya had let out a high-pitched squeak, causing Shizuo to wake up. The blonde had kissed the ravenette good morning and boldly dressed in front of Izaya, showing off his whole body.

The raven had not stopped blushing until they had left The Room Of Requirement.

Unfortunately, they had just picked the wrong time to leave as Pansy, Erika and a group of other girls sighted them coming out. The pair soon figured out who the other girls were, as they all chased after them, screaming nonsense that made them both wince and blush.

Fangirls are scary, you know?

The couple had then been separated, Shizuo being chased to the astronomy tower and Izaya down to the dungeons, which was a lucky break for him. His boyfriend, however, was not so lucky, and had been completely bombarded with the most ridiculous and embarrassing questions.

Izaya had nearly died at some of the questions that Shizuo had repeated back to him.

But now, six days later, stood the couple at the Entrance Gate, Izaya slightly annoyed that he'd only been notified this morning. The taller male was smiling happily, not worried in the slightest that his parents wouldn't approve. Moreover, he really wanted to see his family.

"Nē Shizu-chan, how did you forget about your family coming here?" Izaya asked, latching onto one of the mocha-eyed teen's arms. Shizuo smiled sheepishly and shrugged, not sure how he'd forgotten. The blonde decided to just pull the ravenette into a hug.

"Hush you~" Shizuo cooed, being the first reply to come to mind. Izaya blushed slightly and attempted to cross his arms, which didn't work since they were being pinned to his sides by the hug.

"I... Think I can see their carriage!" Shizuo exclaimed, hugging the auburn-eyed teen tighter. Izaya squinted, trying to make out the tiny, black blob that was approaching the couple.

After a few more minutes, the carriage pulled up in front of the gate, Shizuo buzzing with anticipation and waving at the three people in the vehicle. Izaya watched as they waved back, one of them looking quite emotionless. The ravenette figured this was the brother that Shizuo loved to talk about.

"Shizuo!" the woman who had arrived shouted, stepping out of the carriage. "How is my wolfie~?"

"Hey mom." the blonde greeted happily, releasing Izaya so he could hug his mother instead. "And I told you not to call not that."

"I can call you whatever I want, wolfie woo."

"Mooom!"

"Aha! How is my son?"

A cheerful, deep voice cut into the conversation, earning a grin from Shizuo.

"I'm doing good, Dad." the blonde said as his father and brother joined the hug. The reunited family stayed in each other's embrace for a while before letting go.

"So Onii-san, do you like Hogwarts?" Kasuka questioned, blinking. Shizuo smiled fondly at his younger brother.

"I do. It's a pretty cool place." he replied.

Izaya felt a bit out of place in this situation, but stayed silent and started kicking a small pebble on the ground. He was happy that Shizuo was overjoyed with his family, but he felt like he was intruding somehow.

"Onii-san, who is the boy with you?"

Kasuka's voice made Izaya look back to the family, who were now looking at him. Shizuo had walked back to the raven and wrapped his arms around the other's waist, beaming.

"Oh right! Mom, Dad, Nii-san. This is flea- Sorry, I mean Izaya." The raven rolled his eyes and looked up at Shizuo.

"Really Shizu-chan?"

The older male stuck his tongue out at the ravenette and looked back to his family.

"This is Izaya, he's my boyfriend~." Shizuo stated, the ravenette blushing at the tone the blonde had used. Shizuo's parents were smiling widely and Kasuka had the slightest smile on his lips, but his eyes shone with delight.

"Congratulations, Onii-san."

"Welcome to the family Izaya!" the mother gushed. "I'm Namiko and my husband is called Kirchirou!"

"Welcome to the family, love?" Kirchirou raised an eyebrow. "It's a bit early for that."

"Ssh, he will join~!" the woman giggled.

Izaya was amazed at how quickly his lover's parents approved. If it were his, well, his father might agree but his mother? It would be near impossible to convince her. The raven smiled, feeling elated.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, I do hope we can get along."

"Us too. Tell me, Izaya, where do you live? You seem to have a Japanese accent while speaking." Namiko pointed out. "You wouldn't happen to live near Ikebukuro?"

"I do. I live in Shinjuku." Izaya answered politely. The raven was enjoying the company of Shizuo's family. They were nice.

"Oh that's great, then! You'll be able to meet up over the summer!" Shizuo's mother said.

"Oh Shizuo, Hachiko is missing you." Kirchirou told his son. "He's constantly whining and staying in a corner."

"Hachiko?" Izaya questioned. The younger male was confused. Who was Hachiko?

"Oh yeah, Hachiko is our dog, who is a hachiko." Shizuo explained, ruffling Izaya's hair. "He's always mopey when he has no company... I'm thinking of getting another... "

"Shizuo Raikantorōpu Heiwajima! We are not getting another pet!" Namiko sternly denied, turning to Izaya. "I swear, our house would be full of animals if you left Shizuo alone for five minutes! I warn you, if you're going to live together, be prepared for Noah's Ark to be your home!"

"I'm not that bad, Mom." the blonde protested. "I'm not likethat, flea. Don't listen to her." Shizuo kissed the younger male, making him turn red. The mocha-eyed teen smirked.

"Okay, now we can show you around Hogwarts!" Shizuo said brightly and started leading them into the castle, holding Izaya's hand.

"Onii-san, we've been here before. Remember the Triwizard Tournament?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that..."

"I didn't even see you there!" Izaya spluttered out.

The group continued to talk as Shizuo and Izaya showed the most of the school. They had number into The Golden Trio, who held a quick conversation with them before departing.

"So, you two. What did you do for New Year's Eve?" Kirchirou asked, a mischievous glint in his eye. "You didn't have too much fun now, did you~?"

The couple's faces flushed brilliant shades of red, both adverting there gazes. Namiko's eyes widened. "You didn't have sex, did you?!"

"M-Mom! We wouldn't do that..! Yet..." the taller of the two said, the ravenette agreeing with Shizuo.

"Oh good, I wouldn't want you to be doing it too soon, now." Shizuo's mom sighed.

"But you did do something~. Otherwise your faces wouldn't have flushed like that~." Kirchirou teased. The couple smartly decided to say nothing.

"Raikantorōpu... " Kasuka murmured, making Shizuo give him a look of confusion.

The group shortly finished their tour of the school and decided to go to Hogsmeade. They ran into Malfoy and his gang. As they were chatting to the Slytherin group Akabayashi just happened to show up, Shiki nowhere in sight.

"Oh. Hey Aka..." Blaise greeted reluctantly. "...How's it been?"

"Meh, okay, I guess." the red-head replied, than looking over to Namiko, Kirchirou and Kasuka, Namiko seeming shocked.

"Look at this, Shizuo's family is here, even the little brother." The Red Demon smirked, which urged the blonde to take on a more protective stance, Izaya glaring at Akabayashi. The raven didn't quite get why Shizuo tended to tense up around the red-haired Sixth-year, but he assumed it was just because of their past in Ikebukuro.

'And today was meant to be a happy day...' Izaya thought, irritated.

"Uh, Akabayashi, where is Shiki?" Malfoy cut in, turning the older's gaze to himself.

"He's off at a Prefect meeting... Speaking of, aren't you a Prefect?"

Draco's eyes bugged out of his skull as he recalled getting told about the meeting yesterday.

"Oh crap! That explains why Pansy is missing! I gotta go!" And with that said, he dashed off.

"We told him this morning..." Goyle sighed.

"Twice. Three times, counting Pansy." Crabbe added. "And here I thought third time's the charm..."

"Shizuo dear, can I talk to you?" Namiko spoke, her son turning to face her. "Alone, if you will." she said.

"Oh right..." the tall male gently pushed Izaya's arm off his own. "Sorry flea, I'll be right back."

"Okay Shizu-chan." The raven stood on his tip toes to give Shizuo a kiss on the cheek before smiling, making a light pink tint appear on the Gryffindor's cheeks.

"Thank you, Izaya." the blonde's mother said, bringing Shizuo into a walk. "Now Shizuo, about..."

"Dating a monster, I see." Akabayashi voiced, causing a glare to be shot at him from Izaya.

"Shizu-chan isn't a monster or a beast. Please kindly keep those thoughts to yourself."

The Red Demon snorted. "Try telling that to the people he's injured. Tell that to the people who really know him."

What surprised Izaya was that neither Kasuka or Kirchirou jumped to Shizuo's defence. While he could sort of understand why Kasuka didn't because of his quiet nature, which is still not a good reason, he didn't get why the father hadn't said a word.

"Onii-san... He's a good person..." the youngest defended, his quiet sentence barely making an input to the conversation.

"Yeah, and I'm the Minister of Magic." the read-head drawled.

"What do you have against Shizuo?" Crabbe asked. "You're the one who picks the fights."

"Tch... I may pick them, but he-"

"Aka, stop antagonizing them." Shiki's hand suddenly clapped down on his fellow Sixth-year's shoulder, making Akabayashi sigh.

"Fine... But they were curious." The red-haired male put on an innocent look... As innocent as he could get, that is. Shiki sighed and turned his gaze to Kirchirou and apologized, then leading his friend away before he could cause any more ruckus.

"Weird... I'll never understand what Aka has against Shizuo...Until he explains what." Blaise said, shaking his head.

"You wouldn't understand if he did explain." Goyle joked, nudging Crabbe, who smirked.

"Hey!"

As the trio bickered Izaya was lost in thought. Well, anger, wanting to kill, and annoyance, all directed at Akabayashi. What was his deal? It was like watching a seven year old who was a sore loser and trying to-Argh! No, he wouldn't think about it anymore.

"So, what did I miss?"

Shizuo and his mother were back, the blonde curious on what had happened. Izaya smiled and walked over to meet them, glancing back at the arguing Slytherins. "You didn't miss much."

"Aka was 'talking' about me, wasn't he?" Shizuo guessed. "Things never change..." The blonde let out a small laugh.

"Mmn, I remember you coming home with so many injuries from your bouts." Namiko said in a stern tone. "You worried me sick. Imagine one day every week your son comes home looking like he's been hit by a truck."

"I did not look like that." Shizuo stated indignant. "I only had a few scratches-"

"-along with bruises, broken bones, pulled muscles and cuts." Kirchirou finished, Izaya now staring at his boyfriend.

"I knew it was bad, but what?" the ravenette exclaimed. Kirchirou nodded and Shizuo just turned his gaze to a wall.

"One time, we were on a family day out, and Akabayashi appeared to fight... I snapped and threw a vending machine at him... Which resulted in a broken arm..." The blonde sweat dropped as Namiko gave him a look.

"Now, he can still break bones... Lucky that his father is a wizard, otherwise we wouldn't have any money to live on." she mentioned.

"Excuse me, Izaya, but have you ever been attacked by any magical creature or a half-breed?" Kirchirou suddenly asked. "Your name sounds familiar, somehow."

The question took a while to sink in. It made the raven tense slightly. He didn't exactly like to remember that particular time.

"Ah, that's right. Izaya Orihara, family attacked by a rouge werewolf... You are Izaya Orihara, right?"

"Yes, I am." The raven felt uncomfortable and didn't like how this was progressing. He also didn't like the expression Namiko had on her face. His boyfriend noticed his discomfort and clasped the younger's hand, squeezing it softly.

~'Dad never mentioned this case to us...'~

Izaya could've sworn he'd heard Shizuo just now, but when he turned to the blonde, all he did was give him a questioning look.

~'Weird... I thought I just...'~

Now it was Shizuo's turn to be confused. Was he that crazy over Izaya to be able to hear the auburn-eyed teen in his head?
"Now, that's enough of that." Namiko announced, clapping her hands together. The couple looked over to her, as did Kasuka and Kirchirou. "Shizuo dear, I'm afraid we're going to be leaving in two hours or so. Do you think you could show us a place to grab a bite?"

"Sure I can." the blonde replied, flashing a smile. "I could bring you to a restaurant in Hogsmeade, or we could eat here."

"Eating here would be lovely, thank you." the woman chirped.

"Okay, I'll just tell Dumbledore. He probably expected this, knowing him."

The group bid there farewells to the remaining part of Draco's gang, who were too busy throwing playful insults at each other. When Shizuo came back from telling the Headmaster, the blonde led them to a room, which was prepared for the group. They all ate happily, laughing and messing around. Izaya even cracked a few jokes, which was unusual for the quiet teen. Aside from the question Kirchirou had asked previously, the ravenette felt comfortable with Shizuo's family. They were all so kind and friendly. For half of the meal Izaya was not only teased by his boyfriend, but by Namiko as well. Shizuo also got his fair share of embarrassment, his family telling all kinds of stories about his younger years.

Alas, the time flew by and soon, Shizuo's family had to leave. The couple led them out to the Entrance Gate, their carriage already waiting outside. The pair bid them adieu as they climbed into the vehicle, wishing them a Happy New Year. The family retuned the sentiment, waving goodbye and inviting Izaya over during the summer.

"Well, that's that." the mocha-eyed teen began as the carriage pulled out of sight. "What did you think of them?"

"They were nice." Izaya answered sincerely. "I really enjoyed their company." Shizuo smiled at this, pulling Izaya into a loving embrace.

"I'm glad." Shizuo said, the younger teen feeling the radiating relief and happiness coming from his boyfriend.

"Well, we should get back inside. It's around seven, right?" Izaya nodded, pulling no away slightly to look up at the taller male.

The couple walked back inside, content with how the day turned out. They wandered around the castle for a bit, enjoying each other's presence. After a while Shizuo walked Izaya back to the Slytherin dorms, giving him a long, sweet kiss and hugging him.

"Happy New Year, flea." the blonde murmured, stoking the raven's hair softly.

"Happy New Year, Shizu-chan." Izaya returned, smiling and leaning into the touch.

Shizuo left a chaste kiss on the raven's cheek before saying his goodbyes. Izaya blushed at the kiss before uttering a small 'See you tomorrow' and entering the Slytherin Common Room. He quickly head up to his dorm, wanting to get to sleep before anyone could invite him to the New Year party going on. He quickly changed into his night attire and climbed into bed, snuggling under the covers.

'Man... if only my parents would be that accepting...' the teen thought, yawning. A bang resounded from the Common Room, startling the ravenette. He huffed, annoyed, shoving his head into the pillow.

'And if only getting sleep tonight was a possibility.'

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