Harry Potter Characters X Reader

43: Prefects

TW: poor Sev :( Rating: pure as heck

"Hey, uh, I kinda hate to bother you, but could you take the sixteenth prefect rotation? James, Sirius, and I are-"

"Remus," I interrupted with a laugh. "You don't have to explain. I'll take your shift."

"Thanks," he sighed.

"No problem. You still on for the eleventh?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Cool. I think it'll be nice with you."

"Me too," he agreed with a smile before patting my shoulder and leaving to rejoin his three friends.

***

"Hey, Severus," I greeted as I approached.

"I'm supposed to be with you the twenty-seventh. Where's Lupin?" he replied, temper short.

"Remus asked me to take his patrol," I answered with a shrug.

"Why? He can't stand working with me for one night every four weeks?"

"I didn't ask," I dismissed with a shrug, leading him down the corridor.

"You just said yes?" he asked, seemingly surprised.

"Yeah. Why not? I don't mind patrol."

"Did you look at the schedule?" he asked bitterly.

"Nah, I knew I had two days before and after today." I could feel his eyes piercing the ground so sharply it was a wonder it didn't crack. I turned to him to see he was seemingly pissed. "What? Do you think I hate you or something?" I teased.

"Maybe," he answered without looking at me.

I rolled my eyes. "I barely know you, dude. Like seriously, why would I hate you?"

He gave me the side eye. "Everyone else does."

"Oh, so not true. But even if it were, I'm not everyone. And I'm definitely not normal."

"I knew that."

"I can't tell if you're playfully teasing or not," I sighed and turned so I was backwards, keeping my eyes on him.

He rolled his eyes.

"Whatever. Don't tell the troublemakers, but I may or may not find you significantly less annoying than James."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" he asked.

"Well... You could laugh at me calling James annoying. And take me liking you more than James as a compliment," I reasoned and turned back around. "Are you smiling?" I asked, looking down the corridor in front of us.

"No," he answered immediately.

I looked back to see a suppressed smile. "Liar," I teased. I stopped short and listened hard.

"What-"

"Shh." I heard footsteps and approached. I peeked around the corner to see my housemate, Pandora, sleepwalking. "It's Pandora. She sleepwalks. A lot."

I approached slowly and stood behind her. I followed her at the same pace. "What are you doing?"

"Stun her," I instructed, arms out and ready. "Involuntary trust fall," I explained.

He looked over me and sighed. "Have you done this before?"

"Nope. Just heard about it. Go ahead." He stunned her silently, and she fell in my arms. "Wake her." He did, and she woke in my arms peacefully. "Hello, Dora. Nice to see you. You should probably make your way to the dorm."