falling ; hp

─── thirty three

It was Christmas morning. Willow and Harry were sleeping , ignoring all the excited shrills from downstairs. Willow's face was pressed against Harry's chest, and his arms were wrapped around Willow's waist.

Slowly, Willow opened her eyes to see Harry's sleepy face. She smiled softly as she admired his features. He looked beautiful in her eyes. Yeah, he had dark circles, and his hair was messy, but he looked beautiful. She kissed his forehead softly and got up from the bed, and wrapped the blanket around his body.

Then, she made her way towards the washroom and did her morning duties, and headed downstairs to see everyone wide awake.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS, WILLOW!" She chuckled excitedly and wished them back. But, her smile faded at the sight of Sirius, who was standing in front of the window and was looking outside. Heaving a sigh, she stood beside him and nudged his arm.

"Merry Christmas, Sirius, " He flinched a little and relaxed before smiling and wishing her back. He didn't talk, which was quite unusual.

"What's the matter, Sirius?" She asked as she watched Sirius heaving a sigh before clearing his throat.

"Yesterday. . . was my wife's birthday," That explains everything. Willow went silent as she looked at him with a sad gaze.

"She's. . . she was everything to me. . ." He said and chuckled dryly as he continued. "And, the last thing I told her was. . . I'll be back. . ." Willow saw how he gulped his saliva harshly as he continued.

"And, when Moony said that you were able to see. . . see them, I was speechless," Willow hummed in response. "How's she? Is she fine? How are James and Lily? Is my Ruby happy there? Is--"

"Sirius. . ." Willow heard Ruby's voice as she looked behind Sirius to see Ruby with a sad frown. How badly she wanted to hug her love forever.

"I'm fine, love," Ruby whispered as tears were stagnant in her eyes. Willow smiled a little and looked at Sirius, whose gaze was fixed on the snow.

"She's fine, Sirius. . ." Willow said as Sirius wiped his tears and chuckled without any humor. Willow slowly hugged him and patted his back gently.

"We're here for you, Sirius. . . You have everyone you love with you. . . Don't be sad," Sirius smiled softly as he smoothened her hair.

━。゜✿ฺ✿ฺ゜。━

Willow, Remus and Sirius were alone in her room as rest of the family members were celebrating christmas downstairs. And her ghost mates were also there in thr room.

"So. . ." She started off with an awkward chuckle. "Why did you guys kidnap me?"

"We didn't kidnap you, kid. You kidnapped us. This is your room. So-"

"Not the time, Padfoot," Remus chimed in as Sirius rolled his eyes which made Willow chuckle. "So, since when you got this ability to see them, Willy?" Remus asked after clearing his throat.

"For the past six months. . . At the beginning, it was only voices and whispers. . . And then, I got dreams which had them- in a terrible way, of course. Then, I started seeing them in person" Willow said.

"Then, why didn't you talk about it to me?" Remus asked in a disappointing tone. Willow frowned as she remained silent. He was right, Remus is her father after all. "I thought there must be no secrets between us. But--"

"I thought this power of mine would just go away, in few days. . . But, I was wrong," Remus heaved a sigh and pulled her in a side hug and rubbed her shoulder.