Rosekiller

Fourth Year|Eleven|POV Changes

I don't give a fuck about your man, he a moron
Couple drinks down, by now you're taking more off
Said she wanna party so I took her to the rooftop
Guess she not shy
Shoulda seen her take her socks off

Thursday, May 8th, 1975

Evan's POV
Evan had noticed Barty was disappearing more. Instead of them hanging around each other, Evan found himself alone.

He didn't know where Barty went when he disappeared, he sorta just left and didn't come back for a half hour, sometimes longer.

Evan started to get worried. Exams were coming up, and everyone was stressed. Exams always brought stress.

Maybe he's just studying, Evan thought to himself once when Barty disappeared, yeah. Maybe he's studying by himself.

A tiny voice in his said started saying nasty things. Things like or maybe he just hates you now, and, maybe he doesn't want to be your friend anymore. He tried to shove those thoughts and feelings away, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't.

Once or twice, when Barty had disappeared, his hands got all shaky and his breathing went rigid. He didn't know what it was, but he certainly didn't like that feeling.

Tuesday, May 13th, 1975

Barty's POV
Barty left his dorm, attempting to sneak away quietly. It was 3:32am. He might've heard Evan shuffling around, but he wasn't sure. Regulus was awake, but his curtains were drawn and he was silently reading a book.

He lightly walked out of the Slytherin boy's dorms, and out the common room. He made his way out of the dungeons and to the agreed upon corridor.

Barty looked around in the dark. He pulled his wand out, and was about to cast lumos when he felt a hand wrap around his arm, yanking him into a broom cupboard.

"Hey" he said with a soft smile. "Hi" the other boy said. He pushed Barty against the stone wall behind him and slammed his lips onto Barty's.

They stayed like that for a while, swallowing each other's faces. When one of them finally pulled away, Barty said "how do you always seem to make it better every time?".

The other boy smirked and shrugged. His wand was lit, and sitting on a small shelf. Just light enough so they could see each other.

Barty looked at the boy fondly. He traced Remus's scars with his finger.

"Why are we even doing this?" Barty asked another question.

"You ask me that every time, yet, I never have an answer, and you never have any objections to anything" Remus answered.

"Mhm" Barty chuckled and kissed Lupin again.

Monday, May 19th, 1975

Evan's POV
Barty was gone all day. Evan didn't know where he was, or what he was doing, or if he was with someone, or if he was safe.

When he finally came back to their dorm, it was 12:53am.

He closed the dorm door quietly and walked over to his bed.

"Where were you?" Evan asked. "Uhm..studying" Barty replied.

"Barty. We both know that's a lie. Where were you?"

"I was studying, I promise"

"Bullshit"

"I was! I swear!"

He stayed silent for a moment."Okay. Fine"

"Thank you" Barty climbed in bed and drew his curtains. Evan sat on his bed, still not believing his friend.

He stood up, pulled his pack of cigarettes out of his night stand drawer, and entered the bathroom.

He took a cigarette out of the tin box, and lit it with his wand. He took a drag as he thought out the possibilities of where Barty could've been.

One, he could've actually been studying, so probably in the library.

Two, he was sneaking off to meet with some girl.

Three, both.

Evan figured it was probably the second one. Barty didn't really study, but he did often flirt with girls. It was only a matter of time before one of them succumbed to his charms.

Just like he did. Oh Merlin, Evan thought. It hurt to think about Barty going off to see a girl in the middle of the night. Especially since Barty was aware that Evan had feelings for him.

Barty's POV
Barty laid there, listening to Evan's breaths as he smoked in the bathroom.

He hadn't told Evan or Regulus about Remus. He wasn't ready to come out to them. Regulus knew about the night at the Gryffindor party, of course, but he denied remembering it.

Reg asked about it the morning after, and Barty just played it off as a drunken blackout. He had a strong feeling that Regulus didn't believe that one bit, but he didn't ask any further questions.

Barty stared up at the ceiling, and tried to fall asleep.

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FINALLY GOT A CHAPTER OUT ON TIME!!!!!

Just a filler/info chapter? Idk, but Remus and Barty are having a lil fling. I hc that Barty's gay awakening was Remus, so yeah, there's that. I wasn't sure how to write the stuff with Barty and Remus, so I hope I did okay.

The song at the beginning is Rich Boy by payton :)