it all ends with us: ruins

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Chapter Thirty-One:

"Darkness was the essence of who you are, I mean who you were."

Theo had dressed in an all-black outfit which had made Atlas gawk at him with no shame. Lorenzo had dressed in all white contrasting the difference between them. Even though the fight was nothing serious, they had wanted to make it as entertaining for everyone. Originally, it was only meant to be a show for their friends but Ren and Atlas' had spilled to the Weasley twins who then told Lee and Ajax. Atlas went ahead and told Aara and Kaia. Pansy invited Milly and Rory and Ren had invited the golden trio as well as Luna, Neville, Dean and Seamus. Soon the small crowd of people had gradually become bigger as everyone invited their friends.

Draco and Eli had been informed and soon everyone was excited. Kiera managed to sneak some butter beer and had poured them into cups. Pansy and Rory were passing them around the large group of students. Atlas sat squished between Ron and Fred while Ren sat near Ajax and Lee. None was sitting on the actual stands since it was a small gathering and no one wanted to be too far away from the action.

Lee stands up from his place and grabs a small microphone before heading to the centre of the circle of people. He looks around and spots both Theo and Lorenzo who are waiting for Lee to introduce them. The crowd go silent knowing what is about to come and they all look to the Gryffindor in anticipation.

"Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the fight of the century." Lee yells and the crowd roars in happiness.

"In the right corner we have Lorenzo Romano Sinclair." Lee screams. "In the left corner we have Theodore Grey Nott."

Atlas cheered along with the crowd who were all screaming and clapping for the boys. She however, did scream a little louder for Theo who sent her a wink in the direction she was sitting at. Atlas smiled at his goofy behaviour and watched as he held his hand up for the crowd. Lorenzo began taking his shirt off which caused a lot of people to drool and Theo followed shortly after. Both of the boys threw their shirts in Atlas' direction for her to give it back after the fight.

"Three, two, one." Lee screams out before sitting back in his original space.

Instead of going straight for each other like Atlas would've done, the two boys circle each other with childish grins on their faces. Neither look like they want to make the first move so they stare each other down trying to be intimidating. However, to everyone else they look as scary as a golden retriever. They circle each other for a while and Theo gets a little bored so he takes his eyes away from Lorenzo and gives his friends a wave.

The small moment gives Lorenzo a chance and before anyone knew it, he was tackling Theo down to the ground. From there they both scramble around trying to get up. Theo, who was a little larger than Lorenzo, had the upper hand. He held Lorenzo down in his signature choke hold while rubbing his hair. The crowd cheered in support of Theo which boosts his already large ego.

The first fight lasted ten minutes with Theo coming out as the winner. The next round was more intense than the first. Lorenzo put in twice as much energy and eventually he came out on top. He was able to keep Theo down long enough for Lee to call him the winner of that round. The third round was the longest out of the other two. Theo managed to tackle an unsuspecting Lorenzo and then sit on top of him crossed legged for five seconds.

"And the winner of round three is." Lee holds out suspense even though there's a clear winner. "Theo."

Atlas jumps up and starts clapping while the rest of the crowd cheer for the winner. Lorenzo jumped up and even though he had lost, he was still wearing the biggest smile on his face in support for his best friend. Theo soaks up the glory of his win and Atlas stares in admiration, she could admit that she had fallen for the boy more than she ever thought she would.