Remus opened the door to reveal a secret garden. Irene's eyes lit up in amazement that Remus smiled looking at her with adoration.
"Remus, is this a secret garden?"
She gasped, astonished as they walked through the door, meeting with a huge spell binding garden. Remus nodded, and he could not farbear a smile when he saw the gleam in her eyes. She was exhilarated and she almost jumped on her feet as she saw how beautiful the flowers in the garden were.
She could not describe with words as the beauty of the garden was pulling her towards it, and it made her feel as if she was never wanting to leave it again. Surly it was not an ordinary garden, but it's existence was extremely breathtaking.
"This feels so magical. But why is it a secret?"
She asked, wondering how could someone keep such a beauty from the rest of the world. Remus looked at her shimmering lavender eyes, his smile dropped from his face.
"Sometimes we have to keep something beautiful away from others, if we do not want anyone to taint it.."
He said, watching as she ran her fingers on the delicate petals of the flowers. She truly had no idea how gorgeous she was to him, and if she looked up. She would see the adoration in his eyes.
"But I think no one would taint this garden. They would be too captivated with it's beauty that they would not even think of it."
Remus chuckled at her words, realizing how kind she was, and it almost made him afraid of how soft her heart was in this cruel world.
"It's true , Irene. But sometimes such beauty is too much to be handled by someone who has never been Passionate."
His silvery voice sent as smile upon her face, and she moved her eyes from the bewitching flowers towards Remus. She could see something flashed in his eyes, but she could not tell what it was, and it felt so wrong, to know about it.
"Your so beautiful, Irene..."
He blurted out, stepping closer to her, she chuckled heartily, thinking that he was only teasing her like he did once before. But when his smile did not break into a laughter, her heart spiralled in a kaleidoscope of feelings, as she realized her hand was still in his, and she was so close to his chest that she could hear his heart beating in his chest in silence.
"No one knows about this place but us..."
Remus bit the insides of his cheeks, contemplating to ask her about Severus, or not, but he knew he would not be able to sleep peacefully if he did not.
"What is your relationship with Severus Snape?"
She was confused at his question, but she masked it with a smile on her face. She was not sure if Severus wanted people to know who she was to him, and as much as she wanted to tell the world that he was her soulmate, she thought Severus would not like it.
"Severus is my best friend."
She said, and she swore his smile widen upon hearing it. The time went by and neither of them realized how late it was until they walked out the secret garden no longer hearing the music from the great hall.
"Thank you for showing me the secret garden. I promise I will keep it a secret."
She beamed at him, and Remus returned his smile the smile, deciding to walk her back to her room. She laughed at something he said when a familiar figure walked towards her from the hall. And she recognized him right away as he stoped Infront of her.
"Severus!"
She said, unable to hide how overjoyed she was to see him. However, her grin faltered when she noticed Severus was staring at Remus, who had a smug smile on his face.
"Lupin..."
"Professor..."
Remus replied with a smirk on his face. Severus eyed him carefully, wondering why she would be walking in the dark with him, and holding his hand.
"Well, lupin...out for a little walk...in the moonlight, are we?"
Severus' heart longed for hers, and everything she did was mesmerizing him, he knew he was in love with her.
"I'll be sure to see you tomorrow miss Irene."
Remus said, letting go of her hand and placed it on the small of her back giving her a warm smile. It was enough to send jealousy burning in his chest. Before he could stop himself, he already walked over to her, dismissing the bitter look on lupins face when he came.
"Severus, what are you doing?"
Her voice dripped with worry when he grabbed her wrist, almost dragging her to his office. She had never seen him so furious before, and it scared her as he followed him, trying to match his pace.
She flinched when Severus slammed his office door, taking her by surprise. He was still holding her wrist as she backed up against the wall leaving only a few inches between them. He could see the shock and fear in her eyes, and guilt washed over him as he loosened his grip on her wrist.
"Let go, Severus..."
She said sternly, he quickly let go of her wrist as he turned his gaze away from her, cursing himself for letting his fooling feelings take over himself.
"I'm sorry.."
He muttered under his breath, she shook her head, wanting to know what was upsetting himself so much.
"If this is about Remus, I assure you there is nothing for you to be worried about"
She thought he was worried about her safety around him because he was a werewolf, but when he looked at her with devastation in his eyes, she knew it was more than that.
"How would you feel if you saw your soulmate had another man in her bed...?"
"I was helping him, Severus"
"He's my friend, I needed to help him."
"Freind? Are you that naive not to see how he feels for you?"
He gritted his teeth. Anger was burning in their chests.
"Am I not allowed to have friends?"
She crossed her arms against her chest, holding back her anger before one of them would say something they would regret later.
"I never said that, Irene"
"Then what are you implying?"
She hated to argue with him as it reminded her of the past.
"Lupin doesn't see you as a friend"
He reassured, his heart was beating rapidly against his chest when he saw the frustration in her eyes.
"Why do you care so much about how he feels towards me? You did not want me as your soulmate."
Severus cleanched his fists till his knuckles turned white, he couldn't hold it back any more.
"Becouse I love you, Irene!"
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Shattered hearts (Severus Snape)
Romance"how could you Severus!? I trusted you!" "I'm sorry..."
