Rosekiller

Fourth Year|Nine| 'Hey, Evvy, You Okay?'

                      We can talk it so good
We can talk it so divine
We can talk it good
How you wish it would be all the time

Wednesday, January 1st, 1975

The next morning, Barty didn't remember a thing from the previous night. Evan was distant all day, but Barty assumed that was because they were both battling a massive hangover.

They struggled to go down to the Great Hall for breakfast. And they struggled to get back to their dorm. On the way, a few first years were screaming and running around, and Barty flicked his wand towards them, stunning them.

Evan kept looking at Barty throughout the day, and every time Barty caught him staring, he'd look away. He started to think it weird.

By the end of the day, Evan was in bed, and Barty was writing an essay for History of Magic.

"Hey, Ev, you awake?" Barty asked, softly. Evan stayed quiet. "Ev?" Barty questioned, looking up from his parchment. He could see Evan was awake, staring intently at the floor.

"Evan?" Barty asked again. The other boy ignored him again. "You alright, mate?". Barty got up out of bed and walked over to Evan's.

He crouched down in front of the blond boy. "Ev. Are you okay?" He asked. "Leave me alone" Evan murmured quietly. He turned over and put his back toward Barty.

"Evan" Barty sat on the bed beside his best friend. "Just go away" Evan whispered. Barty eventually took the hint and left him alone.

Saturday, January 4th, 1975

Evan still hadn't gotten out of bed. Barty brought food up to their dorm for him, but he refused to eat and eventually his bedside table got covered in ceramic plates.

Barty didn't know what to do, or how to help. Regulus was due to come back the coming Monday, but that felt like forever away.

Monday, January 6th, 1975

"He's been like that since the 1st?" Regulus asked. As soon as he'd arrived back at school, Barty had dragged him to their dorm.

"Yeah. He won't eat, he won't get up, he won't shower. I dunno what to do" Barty said in response.

Regulus made a 'hmph' noise, and he stared intently at their sleeping friend.

"I don't know what to say, mate. It's weird he's being like this"

"Should we get Pomfrey?"

"No, she's incompetent when it comes to this kind of stuff"

"This kind of stuff?"

"Mental health stuff"

"Oh" Barty said quietly. He only just realized that maybe Evan wasn't okay mentally. He didn't think of that before.

Wednesday, January 15th, 1975

A week and a half past, and Evan still stayed in bed for the majority of the day. He started to get up to shower and started eating again, but he hardly spoke and didn't go to his classes.

Eventually, while Barty was sat on his bed reading and Regulus was off somewhere with Potter, Evan sat down beside him.

"Hey, Evvy. You okay?" He asked. "Yeah" Evan replied.

"Whatcha reading?" The boy asked. "It's a muggle book. 'Salems' lot" Barty replied.

"What's it about?"

"I'm honestly not sure, to be honest. I'm having a hard time paying attention"

"How come?"

"Well, there's a beautiful, sad boy being depressed in the bed across from mine" Barty said, turning his head to look at his friend.

"Wha-'' Evan started. He just stared wide eyed at Barty. "What?" Barty said, confused. "Uhm, could you repeat that?" Evan asked, his brows furrowed.

"There's a sad boy being depressed in the bed across from mine?" Barty said slowly, clearly very confused.

"You said something else too" Evan said, straightening his back.

"What'd I say?" Barty realized what he said, and held back a smirk. Evan's eyes were still wide and he was almost at a loss for words.

"Uh, it doesn't matter. Probably my imagination" Evan replied.

"Yeah, probably"

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SORRY AGAIN THIS TOOK SO LONG TO UPLOAD!!!
Writers block really sucks ass. And school is draining my energy rn😭

I'll try to start uploading chapters every Wednesday, like I promised previously. But this chapter is getting uploaded a day early cuz I need to get one out asap (I live in New Brunswick, Canada, so chapters will most likely be posted between 12:00am-8:00pm ATL)

ALSO! Most people headcannon that Barty is bipolar, but I imagine Evan would be the bipolar one. And I know people don't tend to show signs of bipolar disorder until they're like 15-17, but Evan's special, yk?

The song at the beginning is Ribs by Lorde <3