Hufflepuff boy - Cedric Diggory x male oc x Viktor Krum

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Cayden and Cedric sit with Harry, Ron and Hermione the next day in the Great Hall. Harry, Ron and Hermione were confused when they kept seeing Cayden and Cedric sharing shy smiles.

"Hi, Cayden." The Patil's twins said, smiling at the Cayden as they passed by the table.

Cayden ignores them and looks at the Slytherin table where he can see Viktor looking at them with a knowing smirk, rolling his eyes when Draco starts talking again. Cayden snorts at the sight, turning to Cedric when he makes a questioning noise.

"Viktor is gonna punch Draco one of these day." Cayden said, making Cedric snorts as well.

"I'm not gonna be surprised." Cedric said, shaking his head.

"Why don't you tell him to join us?" Harry said, looking away from Henley to his twin brother, who raised his eyebrows knowingly at him making him blush at having been caught.

"Let's hope Boris won't be flirting with me." Cayden said, successfully getting Viktor's attention and pointed at the seat in front of him beside Ron.

"Me and Viktor will protect you, don't worry." Cedric said, pecking Cayden's cheek who returns the gesture as he looks up at him.

"My knights in shining armor." Cayden said, looking at Viktor and his friends who sat down with them.

"What are you two talking about?" Viktor asked, sitting down in front of Cayden.

"Talking about how we're gonna protect him against Boris." Cedric said, making Viktor smile in amusement.

"We will, Cayden." Viktor said, placing his hand on Cayden's hand that was placed on the table. "Congratulations on getting together, you two." He said, watching in amusement as both Cayden and Cedric blushed.

"You two are together!" Hermione whisper-shout, looking at the two with wide eyes. "And you two didn't tell us?"

"It was new!" Cayden retorted, pouting making Viktor smile at that. "We were gonna tell you later when there's no one around." He said, looking at Hermione with puppy-dog eyes.

"Oh, alright then." Hermione said, shaking her head with a smile.

"Ron, I'm surprised you're not going insane with Viktor sitting next to you." Harry said, looking at Ron who is talking with Nikola.

"I told him to hold himself back." Harper said, joining them and sit himself next to Hermione.

"I'm surprised he listens to you." Hermione said, smirking at the glare Ron sent towards her.

"I'm not." Cedric said, smirking.

Cayden shakes his head as a tiny first year boy comes dashing up with a floppy box. He looks at the boy with confusion, looking at Ron for an explanation.

"Parcel for you, Mr. Weasley." The boy said, holding out the box to Ron.

"Ah, thank you, Nigel." Ron said, revealing the boy's name to everyone at the table.

Nigel stares in jittery awe at Cayden and Harry.

"Do you want an autograph?" Cayden asks when he sees Ron about to wave the boy away.

"Please?" Nigel said, looking at Cayden with wide eyes.

Cayden rips the parchment from Ron's parcel, ignoring his protesting voice and signs on the parchment, giving it to Harry who did the same and gave it to Nigel who looks at it with wide eyes before looking up at Cayden and Harry.

"Thank you, Mr. Potter." Nigel said. Cayden smiles at him while Harry says 'you're welcome' to the boy who walks away from them with the parchment with their autograph.

"Hey look. Mum's sent me something... Mum's sent me a dress." Ron lifted a lace-trimmed gown from the box.

"Does match your eyes. Is there a bonnet?" Harry teased, taking the said thing from the box and put it in front of him, smiling.

"Nose out, Harry." Ron said, rolling his eyes with a smile on his face. "Hey, Ginny. This must be for you." He said, looking at his little sister who looked at what he was holding with horror.

"I'm not wearing that. It's ghastly." Ginny said, shaking her head.

Hermione, hand to her mouth, suppressing a laugh.

"What're you on about?" Ron asked, looking at her.

"They're not for Ginny. They're for you. Dress robes." Hermione said, chuckling.

"Dress robes? For what?" Ron asked.

"The Yule Ball, Mr. Weasley." Professor Sprout said, suddenly appearing behind him. "Which, if any of you don't mind, I'd like to speak to both of you, Mr. Potter and Mr. Diggory." She said, looking at Cayden and Cedric who nodded and stood up to follow her out of the Hall.

"The Yule Ball, Professor?" Cayden asked, looking at Professor Sprout.

"It's traditional during the Triwizard Tournament for the host school to put on a Christmas ball. It is also traditional for the three Champions-- or in this case four-- to be the first to dance." Professor Sprout said.

Cayden looks up at Cedric, who is already looking down at him with a smile. He looks back at Professor Sprout. "Is there a rule to go with a boy?" He asked, cocking his head.

"None, Mr. Potter." Professor Sprout said, smiling. "You can go with any gender that you wish." She said, looking at Cedric knowingly who smiles happily at her.

"Ced." Cayden dragged out his name, looking up at Cedric who is looking down at him with amusement and fondness.

"Yes?" Cedric asked, grinning.

"Will you go to the Yule Ball with me?" Cayden asked, turning his body to face Cedric.

"I would love to, Cayden." Cedric said, taking Cayden's hand and kisses it, smiling when the boy blushed at the action.

"Wonderful." Professor Sprout said, smiling. "I will see you soon at the dance class." She said, walking away after Cayden and Cedric nodded at her.

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A/N: That won't happen. The dance class. I have no idea how to do it.