For you
The group had dinner in the great hall and acted as if nothing was different. Barty and Evan were red in the eyes, Evan looked as if he hadn't slept a wink in over 2 days and Barty didn't look that much better, Barty looked more tired than he was as he never let his hair be flat, so between the two of them it was rather concerning but they were masters at pretending to not even know what crying is so anyone's curiosity was dismissed with the likelihood of allergies and the two sneaking off to some pollen filled area of the grounds all day as no one had seen them in lessons.
Barty stared at Evan with the most love filled eyes from across the table, you'd swear Evan held up the sky, you'd swear had been gone for a year not a day. Evan, however, avoided looking in Barty's direction at all costs.
Pandora was late to dinner having gotten distracted talking to Remus and when she sat down she put a hand on Evan's back before saying "I hope you're okay." She took a parcel out of her bag. "You know whenever my brother isn't feeling great, he likes to have some muggle chocolate and so when I'm not feeling great he likes to give me some, I never understood it but the gesture always makes me feel a little better so I thoug-" Pandora didn't realise that the moment 'brother' left her mouth he had tensed and with the word 'muggle' he had started to get up and leave.
Barty quickly got up and followed Evan out of the great hall while Regulus and Dorcas told Pandora how sweet she was being and how Evan is just feeling too funny to understand, though that only made it worse for her. "If he's so bad then what happened? He was only gone for a night!" Pandora was trying not to make a scene but it was difficult when she was so worried for her friend. "Pandora he'll explain to you once he's ready and you'll understand and you two will make up and it'll be fine if you just give him a minute." Regulus said reassuringly. Dorcas eyed Regulus suspiciously "So he told you? And we can't know?"
"Let's not do this right now." Pandora eyed Dorcas looking on the verge of tears if another one of her friends gets upset. "You're right Reg, we're here to support not pressure him and claim favourites." Pandora hugged Dorcas and they all carried on with their meal with tension but no more words on the topic that was Evan Rosier.
"Ev, talk to me please." Evan turned into the library as Barty tried desperately to get him to communicate what was wrong now. "I thought you were okay? Or not okay but you know what I mean." Evan found a secluded spot behind a bookshelf were no one would see him, not like there were more than 5 people in there at this time anyway. "Amore, plea-"
"Don't call me that." The whole walk Barty had been trying to get him to talk and this was what got him to?
"I thought you loved me calling yo-"
"Not anymore Crouch, okay? Am I allowed to change?"
Barty was taken aback. "Of course I'll lo-" Barty remembered he was in public "I'll care for you anyway always, you're one of my best friends, but is there a problem between us we need to discuss or is the-"
"There is no us." Evan picked out a book from the shelve and opened it to start studying.
Barty didn't know what to do or say. "Of course there is Ev" Barty wondered if his parents had input some insecurity into Evan to make him doubt their relationship because surely he wouldn't randomly be breaking up with him now.
"No, Crouch, there isn't, now I have to study and require silence."
Barty wondered if he was hearing wrong, if he was having some kind of nightmare or being played a prank on, that was it, it was probably one of those stupid 7th year Griffendors pretending to be his rose, it was the only logical explanation. "You always study in noise, you said you love my brainless nonsense and with that 6 year old brother of-"
"Felix is 8."
"Course but you love my noise so why do you suddenly not?" No response, the only time he talked was to correct on his brother's age, it was hard to except but maybe this was Evan. "Ev you know this is one shitty prank." Still nothing but this time Barty noticed the flinch on the nickname.
"Evan Rosier, please talk to me and tell me if I've done something and I'll do anything to make it right." Barty ment anything and Evan knew that, it killed him that Barty blamed himself for this, he wanted to explain why this was how it had to be but he knew Barty would challenge it and things would go wrong. It was easier on everyone this way, it may be hard at first but Evan knew this was the best course of action, no more nice, no false hope, no reason for Barty to think he's good enough to try and save. Barty was pleeding with him as much as he could in a place anyone could enter and it took everything in Evan to not cave in. Barty took a piece of parchment and a quill that someone had left out and dipped it in some random person's ink he used without asking, not really caring. He wrote something on it, folded it and placed it infront of Evan before leaving the library and joining the rest back in the hall not answering any questions of what happened.
Evan tried to study and ignore the paper but it was impossible. He caved, it wasn't like Barty would see him looking at it. He opened it and realised it was in Italian, 'sai che ti amerò per sempre' it read, again Evan tried to fight his urges but instead found an Italian dictionary and translated it word by word.
Sai-You know
Che-That
Ti-You
Amerò-I will love
At this point Evan knew what it said but still translated each word fighting back the urge to run into the great hall, apologise and kiss Barty infront of everyone.
Per-For
Sempre-Always
Evan really didn't care that friends of his parents' would be in the hall as every little thing inside of him was screaming for Barty, screaming to feel his lips on his one last time. Evan knew that he wouldn't get that last kiss and never would he have guessed how much that would rip him up inside, he was torn over a kiss from fucking Barty Crouch Jr, the joke of all jokes, but he was so perfect, Evan was destroyed and all he needed was his joke, his Barty.