Theodores pov
“Ok, lovelies and loveliers,” Pansy says as she stands, eyeing YN at lovelies and eyeing me, Lorenzo and Mattheo at loveliers.
“I fear I'm drained right now and I'm going to have to take YN with me to our dorm, don't hate me too much for taking her from you guys!” She continues as she grabs YN by the hand and practically drags her through the hall and out the doors. I keep my eyes on her until the last second and as I look at the table I see almost everyone else doing the same. After a minute Lorenzo and Blaise are deep in conversation about their dorms and me and Mattheo are left in awkward silence. I finished eating a while ago so I rise off the bench to leave and go to my dorm. At the last possible second I think of Mattheo and how we were in the same dorm.
“Hey, i'm off to bed too, Mattheo if you're done wanna come to the dorms with me?” I ask him and I take his standing up and starting to walk already as a yes. I speed over to him, waving at Lorenze and Blaise. We walk for a minute in silence, he's not a talker it seems. Earlier today when everyone was crowding him and asking questions about his dad he was quiet too, I thought he'd be bragging about his dad but it seems like everytime he's brought up Mattheo kind of shrinks away or deflects. It's good information to know, don't bring up his dad in conversations.
“So… How have you liked Hogwarts so far?” I ask him as we make our way through the slytherin common room, he looks back to the girls dorms before looking back at me.
“It's alright.” He replies null of emotion. We reach our dorm and he goes onto his bed silently and just sits there playing with a loose string in his cloaks.
“Look, I want to be your friend but that's not going to work if you don't actually have a conversation with me so either ask me something now or tell me not to bother with you.” I huff to him in a peak of annoyance. He starts tilting his head up to look at me in what I'm assuming as annoyance but actually comes out as a smirk.
“What'd you think about that Pansy girl?” He asks, the olive branch has been passed it seems.
“I don't know, she seemed cool but man, she was all over you. What do you think about her? Do you like her?” I ask, trying to extend the olive branch even further and wrangle a discussion out of him, even if I have to pry his mouth open myself to get the words flowing.
“She's alright, but I'm almost 100% sure Blaise is in love with her so…” He replies with a smile and a shrug of his shoulders. He then stands up and walks over to his dresser which he filled with his robes last night. He grabs a sketchbook and pencils and brings his way back to his bed. Then he says something even I had not predicted.
“Her friend, YN tho, I think I like her. I met her on the train to hogwarts.” He explains a bit and opens his book and shows me a drawing that could be YNs carbon copy. He even somehow got her eyes just right.
“Wow! You can really draw.” I exclaim focusing on that and not on the fact that we both have a crush on the same girl. After I say this though he immediately snatches back his notebook and shuts it closed. He then stands up again and shoves it back in his dresser. He whips around locking eyes with me, his looking wide with both anger and … fear?
“You don't tell anyone ok? I will not be seen as any less than people think I am, as far as everyone at this school knows I'm a detached, unempathetic, unfeeling cruel person just like my father. I wanna keep it that way, understand?” He asks, his voice dropping from wild and crazed to more calm and in control. I'm lowkey scared shitless so all i do is nod as he grabs his towel and bathroom stuff.
“Good, I'm off to the showers.” He says as he walks out the room, slamming the door shut behind him. I look out my window and see that it's already pitch black outside, the only light coming from the moon. The alarm clock on my bedside says it's only 9:00. As I look back out the window I can see the roof beneath curving out creating something that could almost be used as a pathway, I look around before stepping outside and on the roof. I walk along the roof until I see a balcony ledge and climb myself up onto it. It's the astronomy tower. I sit at the edge and let my feet dangle off the edge as I play with my lighter, producing a little light for me to see.
My dad gave me this lighter, said it could ward off the untoward and bring good things. Then again my dad is heavily delirious and cryptic when he's drunk so he was probably just spouting something to make himself feel better. I continue flicking the lighter on and off, less for light and more for relaxation. It's almost soothing watching myself strike something that could burn down this whole castle if I let it go wild but instead I keep it contained, the power of it in my hands.
My head shoots up as I hear something clatter and fall off the roof. I start swerving my head from side to side scared a professor caught me. As I look at the path I came from I can see a vague silhouette balancing there looking at me as they start backtracking towards the Slytherin dorms, they probably think i'm a professor. Let's play with them. I clear my throat, deeping it to sound like Snape.
“And what are you doing here so late at night?” I mimic Snape's accent and can see the moment the person realizes I'm talking to them. They immediately straighten up and look down.
“I'm sorry professor Snape, I was just here to see the stars, it's a part of my astrology homework and i thought i would get it done now.” The mysterious figure is a girl it seems, and I know there's no astrology homework. I just had that class this afternoon. All we did was find our rising planet or sign thingy, I can't even remember which one.
“Well miss, curfews at 9 pm sharp.” I say with a sharp edge to my tone, OMG shes shaking, i have to hold in a cackle.
“You're Slytherin correct?” I ask her and I can see faintly in the darkness as she nods her head. I calm down my face and continue speaking.
“Ugh, my own house, how disgraceful. 50 points from Slytherin and if you don't leave right now and go back to your bed I'll make it 100.” I snap at her and can hear her squeak as she immediately runs back to the roof's path. The minute I think she's out of hearing distance I absolutely break down. Laughing so hard I'm worried the real professor Snape will come and take house points. I jump off the balcony and walk down the path and back into my dorms and see Mattheo lying on his bed.
“You won't believe what just happened.” I laugh and explain what happened.
— — — — — — — — — — — — YNS POV— — — — — — — — — — — —
I run across the roof and back to my dorm where I immediately jump through my window and onto my bed, hyperventilating. Pansy who was sitting on her bed instantly stands up concerned. After she relentlessly insisted and I told her about Enzo, Theo and Mattheo she said she needed to use the bathrooms and shower and I went outside to look at the stars. She must've just gotten back because her hair is still damp and it looks like she just got in the room.
“What happened, are you ok?” She says, sounding scared. I start laughing because I know if I don't I'll start crying. I look up to see her looking at me strangely and I start laughing even harder. Sooner or later both of us are laughing with tears rolling down our faces as I tell her what happened.
“OMG YN, Hogwarts is never going to be uneventful as long as you're here.” She says between giggles.