the fabian and lunar eclipse.

chapter 27: have to take a shit

"oh just great, they are sitting in two different poles of the table" hermione said to luna upon entering the great hall for breakfast the morning after. harry was sitting alone and chewing on a piece of toast while staring at his shoes while ron was amicably talking to dean and seamus on the other side, occasionally glancing towards harry.

"uh let's sit with harry? ron seems to have company already." luna said irritatedly and went and occupied the space next to harry, hermione hesitated for a while until she too chose to accompany harry.

ron seemingly having noticed the scene felt a lump of hurt inside his stomach having seen 2 of his best friends choose harry over him.

'just like everyone else, they too choose him over me'

harry on the other hand was pleasantly surprised, not expecting his friends to sit with him since he was unaware of their opinion towards the situation.

"hi harry" hermione said, almost too casually

"hi?" harry asked confused

"mione' you've never once said 'hi' to any of us in the morning, he probably thinks you're gonna tell him you're pregnant or something now" luna huffed while lathering chocolate spread over a piece of toast

"well, congrats on the baby hermione" harry said sarcastically, feeling a lot better knowing atleast 2 of his friends were talking to him without taunting

"thank you very much, luna's the father"

"oh! congrats to you too luna! you'll be a great father, im sure" harry gave luna's shoulder a pat

"thanks, im hoping for a girl. you see, i've always wanted a daughter." the trio then fell into a comfortable silence for a few seconds until harry blurted out

"so you guys don't hate me?" 

"debatable."

"kind of" the girls chorused, only for hermione to continue

"you seriously think we are dumb enough to believe you put your name in the tournament"

"well the entire school does so, what do i know?" harry said in a salty tone

"we figured you'd be a dumbass to add your name in. we of all people know how much you loveeeee the attention you get every year, hence it seems very likely that you'd DEFINITELY add your name in" luna said

"so- you guys believe me?"

"ofcourse harry, don't be daft"

"oh that's such a relief, ive been added to this death game without my consent, on top of it all my best friends hate my guts. i might've just actually not survived even till the days that lead to the first task"

the 3 friends continued their conversation, harry catching them up on all that went down and them providing their insights. needless to say harry truly felt a lot better, although the same could not be said about ron who felt miserable seeing his 3 best friends sitting and laughing without him. he wanted to go and sit over to them, dean and seamus were nice but it just wasn't the same. yet, he went against his better judgement and let his ego win and go back to being annoyed at harry.

just then the twins along with lee and angelina walked into the great hall, luna was yet to notice but hermione did and immediatly got reminded of the conversation she and luna had the previous night before falling asleep. she gave luna a kick under the table to get her attention-

"owh what the fuc- oh." luna stopped herself upon noticing hermione's gaze to the door where george was standing, laughing a bit too much at something lee had said.