Rosekiller

Fifth Year|Sixteen|Makeup and Breakup

                            Everyone wants him
                              That was my crime
                          The wrong place at the
                                     Right time
                               And I break down
                          Then he's pullin' me in

Thursday, December 18th, 1975

November went by in a blur. The whole month felt unreal. Barty and Evan were on bad terms, and not even sleeping in the same room anymore. Him and Regulus were still keeping up the fake dating lie.

James had, on more than one occasion, burst into their dorm to beg Regulus to take him back. "Merlin, I wish you never told him the bloody password" Barty groaned when he'd finally gotten James out one time.

"Sorry" Regulus apologized and shrugged his shoulders.

A few days later, after dinner, Regulus nervously sat Barty down in the common room.

"So, uhm. I really appreciate you pretending to date me, but, uh, me and James are gonna get back together. So" He said.

Barty looked at him for a sec. "Oh, 'ight. I thought you were about to tell me I did somethin' wrong" Barty breathed with a smile.

As much as he enjoyed helping his friend, and boy was it fun, it was somewhat of a relief. His and Evan's friendship had been shattered, and now everybody in the castle new he was gay. And he didn't even know what his sexuality was!

"Alright. Good! There's one more thing" Regulus said. It was now clear why he seemed nervous to talk to Barty.

Evan walked up behind Regulus, his arms crossed and his head down. He was wearing a hoodie, and his hood was up.

"Talk. Please. You two are driving me crazy" Regulus whispered to Barty.

Barty was suddenly in a foul mood. He didn't want to talk to Evan of all people. But he decided he would for Reg's sake.

Evan sat down in front of Barty, him sitting on a sofa, and Barty sitting on the coffee table.

"Black wants us to talk and figure things out" Evan muttered. Regulus smiled and left the two alone.

"I'm aware" Barty said back. Unlike Evan, Barty was staring right at the boy across from him.

They sat in silence for a few minutes, until Barty spoke up again.

"Me and Reg broke up"

"Oh. Cool"

"Yeah. You wanna know a secret?"

"I guess"

"It was fake. The whole relationship. It was to make Potter jealous"

Evan finally looked up at Barty, his brows furrowed and his mouth slightly agape.

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"No, the whole thing was bullshit"

"Oh, fuck you! You could've let me know! We could have avoided all of this!"

"Sorry, I wanted to get a reaction out of you. Not the one you gave me though, your reaction sucked ass"

Evan grinned. "You're such a bloody git, y'know that?" He said.

"Yeah, and you're such a fucking prick" Barty replied, also grinning.

They stood up, and Barty engulfed Evan in a hug, taking in his scent. He smelled of coffee, strawberry, and mint.

"You smell good" Barty commented.

"Oh, do I?" Evan asked, smirking. They pulled away from each other and just looked at one another.

"We're such idiots" They said at the same time.

"Well, actually, you're an idiot. For being so over dramatic!" Barty said. "Hey, my being mad was perfectly reasonable!" Evan defended.

"Nuh uh, you caused all of this drama between us"

"Y'know, let's just forget about it! We got each other back now, right?"

"Yeah. Hey I got a question though" Barty said, the thought just popping into his head.

"Shoot" Evan replied, gesturing for him to continue.

"Do you still fancy me?"

"Oh, wouldn't you like to know"

"I would definitely like to know"

"Give me one good reason why I should tell you"

"Because I'm your best mate"

"Who said?"

"Me!"

"Makes sense," Evan was quiet for a sec, "yeah, I fancy you".

Barty grinned. "I shouldn't have said that" Evan groaned, seeing the look on Barty's face.

The common room had a bathroom near the back, so Barty grabbed Evan's wrist and pulled him to there (since the sofa they were at was close by).

They closed the door behind them, went into one of the stalls, locked it, and Barty connected his and Evan's lips.

After a second, Evan pulled away. He was a bit taller than Barty, so he had to look down to look into his eyes.

"What are we doing?" He asked. "What D'you mean?" Barty asked back. "I mean, what are we? What are we doing right now? I just wanna know" Evan elaborated.

"Y'know, we can figure that out later" Barty replied. With that, Evan clasped their lips together again.

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ANOTHER CHAPTER OUT ON TIME!! IM SO PROUD OF MYSELF

I'm not really sure what I'm doing next, I have some ideas, but I'm not quite sure where I want this to go. I have tons of ideas for sixth year now tho!

Dark Remus coming next chapter maybe??👀👀

The song at the beginning is "Slut!" By Taylor Swift!