INTERMISSION (slytherin boys imagines)

Iris~ MR

YALL LISTEN TO THE SONG IVE LINKED. Iris by The Goo Goo Dolls

The Christmas decorations seemed to appear overnight as December 1st arrives. Christmas is my favorite holiday at Hogwarts, maybe because I've romanticized it in my head every year or maybe because I like the feeling of a cool winter breeze hitting my face, making my nose red from the cold. Having no family to go back to during break definitely sucks but I much rather spend my time with the family I've created here.

"Hey! I'm sorry for telling you so late but Mums been bugging me to come back home for break this year and I promised her I would. You're free join us if you want, Dad's been asking for you." Ginny sits next to me in the great hall as I study for our lasts exams before break. Ginny has been one of my closest friends since second year being as she is a year younger than me; hearing that she's going home for break makes me a little sad because she's not the only one in our friend group leaving. In fact, everyone's going home for break this year. Everyone except me.

"You don't have to apologize, Ginny. I completely understand; I would join you but I promised Hagrid that I would help him with Grawp over break." I didn't really promise Hagrid anything, in reality I don't want to seem like a burden to her and her family. They're all nice people and I'm sure they just feel bad for me since my family disowned me for being sorted in Gryffindor instead of the family tradition of Ravenclaw.

"Are you sure you can't come? Harry's and Hermione are coming too." She knows that I'm bluffing but I really don't want to interrupt the swing of her family. Harry and Hermione are different. Those two are basically part of the family where I just tag along sometimes. "I'm sure, don't worry about me. As long as you promise to write me, I'll send your presents over there so I know you won't open hem early." I grin at her and she slaps my arm. "Hey! are you insinuating something?" She fakes being hurt as she pouts her lips. "No, never."

2 WEEKS LATER

It's finally the day before break, the last class of the day has just been dismissed and everyone going home for break are currently piled up in the front entrance. "Promise me that you won't stay huddle in that Library." Seamus points a finger at me and lectures me like he's my mother. "I really wished you would've taken up my proposal of coming home with me and being my fake girlfriend so my Mum can quit asking about when I'm going to get one." I roll my eyes and give him a last hug. "Yes mother I won't stay in the Library all break and absolutely not. Your mother knows I have standards." I laugh as he gasps bloody murder and put a hand to his heart. "I'm very offended." I laugh again and shoo him off. "Go before the train leaves you, again." He glares at me and says goodbye as he hops onto the train with all our friends already on board.

The loneliness settles in as the train leave my line of sight. I walk back into the castle and settle myself in my favorite corner in the library. Being in the library surrounded by books just brings me a sense of comfort that cannot be compared to anything else.

"Do you ever go home?" The most infuriating voice to exist interrupts my comfort. "What do you want, Riddle?" I roll my eyes but refuse to look at him. "You know what I want. Just admit it, love." This absolute idiot has gotten it into his thick head that I fancy him, which I do not.

"Riddle, are you really that dense? I. Don't. Want. You." I close my book and look up at him. I've never realize how beautiful his eyes are, maybe i've spent too much time hating him but, his eyes are almost black; the shape of them makes him have natural puppy eyes.

"What ever you say, love. Just for next time, if you want to sound convincing, don't look at me like you want to devour me." He's smiling so hard that his dimples pop out. "Oh fuck off, Riddle. I was looking at you in hatred not lust." I open my book again and lean into my chair, looking for the comfort that was stolen from me. "Either way, it turned me on." Mattheo whispered into my ear. Before I could fully grasp what he had said, he was gone.