Rosekiller

Fifth Year|Seventeen|Lupin? Again?

                               I'm Mr Loverman
                       And I miss my lover, man
                              I'm Mr Loverman
                        Oh, and I miss my lover

Wednesday, December 31st, 1975

"Ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"Seven!"

"Six!"

"Five!"

"Four!"

"Three!"

"Two!"

"One!"

Just like the previous year, Barty pulled Evan in and kissed him deeply.

The two had been so affectionate toward each other in public after they'd made up, people started asking them if they were dating. Every time they'd say no, though there was a part of Barty that wanted to say yes.

"Alright, break it up, lovers!" Dorcas said, pulling them apart. "We aren't lovers! We're just mates!" Barty defended.

"Oh, you two are 'just mates'? Is that why your tongue was just down his throat?" Dorcas asked, raising a brow. Pandora giggled. Regulus wasn't with them because he was once again, snogging Potter or something.

Evan went behind Barty and wrapped his arms around his waist. He gave Barty little kisses on his neck and jaw, resting his head on the shorter boy's shoulder. "That's exactly why," Barty replied, "And also Evan is hammered".

"When is Evan not hammered these days" Pandora asked. "When he's sleeping?" Barty guessed. "Nah, it would be when he's in detention. He told me he doesn't drink before detention or sometimes even the day of detention because professors pay more attention to him then" Dorcas answered.

"Ding ding ding!" Evan said, giggling and pointing at Dorcas, his head still on Barty's shoulder.

"Hey, why don't we sit now, huh?" Barty asked lightly, taking note of the commotion happening around them from the party and Evan almost falling off him.

"Okay" Evan replied. Barty sat down on the nearest armchair, and Evan laid down on top of him, his legs going off one arm of the chair and his head hanging off the other.

"Comfy, Evvy?" Dorcas asked. "Uh huh" Evan replied. He started to close his eyes, and soon enough was sleeping on Barty's lap.

Tuesday, April 6th, 1976

Barty, Regulus, Dorcas, Evan, and Pandora were sitting in the Great Hall for breakfast, when none other than Remus Lupin came up and sat next to Barty.

"Uhm, hi" Barty said, startled. "Hey" Lupin said, darkly. He glared over at the Gryffindor table, and Barty followed his eyes. He was staring right at Sirius Black.

The black haired boy looked like he hadn't slept at all. His hair was tied back, and he had no makeup (eyeliner) on.

"What's with you?" Barty asked him. "I'll tell you later" Lupin replied. He didn't have his soft tone like he did the year previously. His voice was hard and monotone. Barty shared a confused/concerned look with Evan.

Remus, in fact, did not tell Barty later.

Thursday, April 15th, 1976 (POV change)

Remus had been hanging out with the Slytherins for just over a week. He thought about telling Barty what was wrong, but he didn't feel like telling him his biggest secret. It was Barty, after all. He wouldn't be able to keep something like that a secret.

Thursday, April 15th, 1976 (POV change)

Evan HATED Lupin's presence. He heard about what happened at a party the previous year, and had resented the scarred up boy since.

Lupin stood closer to Barty than he did any of the others. Even Pandora, who had sort of befriended him, hadn't been able to get as close as Barty did.

Evan had a feeling something else had happened between Loony Lupin and his friend. He could feel the tension between the two, and it was extremely awkward.

Thursday, April 15th, 1976 (POV change)

Regulus enjoyed watching Evan be jealous of Barty and Lupin. Remus had only been hanging out with them for a little over a week, and every time Evan saw the boy, he shot daggers into the side of his head.

"Hey, mate, you okay?" Regulus whispered to Evan one day. "Yeah, I'm fine. Just don't appreciate Loony over there weaseling his way into our group" Evan replied, continuing to glare at the boy.

Thursday, April 15th, 1976 (POV change)

Barty was spending a lot of his time with Lupin recently. It was weird, but strangely nostalgic (which was odd because they had broken up only a few months prior).

"Hey, mate, you okay?" Reg asked Evan once in the Great Hall. Evan replied with "Yeah, I'm fine. Just don't appreciate Loony over there weasleing his way into our group", and glared at Remus.

Thursday, April 22nd, 1976

It had been another week that Remus was hanging out with the Slytherins.

"Are you ever gonna tell me why you aren't hanging out with your friends?" Barty asked Remus at breakfast.

"Probably not" Remus replied, lathering butter on a piece of toast.

"Y'know, this is getting fucking ridiculous" Evan stood up. Regulus put his hand on Evan's shoulder and tried to push him back down. It was as if Regulus had been previously telling him not to do whatever he was about to do.

"What's getting ridiculous?" Remus asked. Putting his hands down and cocking his head sideways.

"You! You're getting ridiculous! You intrude on us, you basically hoard Barty, and you don't even give us an explanation!" Evan borderline shouted at him.

"You're unbelievable" Remus replied. "Ev, he's not 'hoarding' me. Relax" Barty said. He stood up as well, and grabbed Evan's arm. He pulled the blond boy out of the hall.

"You have to stop randomly getting into fights, Ev. You're gonna get in shit for it" Barty said, caressing his left arm. Evan looked down at that arm, and his body stiffened.

"The git just pisses me off" Evan replied, his tone softening.

"Just calm down, Evvy" Barty said. Evan glared at him and huffed.

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AYYYY EARLY CHAPTER BECAUSE 3000 READS!!! TY ALL SM!!!

Idek what this chapter is, but it's smth! And we got sorta dark Remus!

The song at the beginning is Mr Loverman by Rickey Montgomery!