Sweet, sweet love
“Mate, there’s a Hogsmeade trip this weekend”, Niall said to Harry. “Is there?” he mumbled, not at all interested. Hogsmeade didn’t interest him in the slightest. Only the Butterbeer at the Three Broomsticks was nice. Niall sighed and sat down next to his best mate at the Hufflepuff table. “There’s a cute guy working at Honeydukes.” “Good for him.” “He’s also bi and single.” Niall was wiggling his eyebrows. “How do you know?” Niall shrugged.
“I think Lavender asked. I mean, Weasley broke up with her and you know how much she dislikes being single.” Harry snorted. “Tell me about it. She even tried with me and I vaguely remember my wand vomiting liquid rainbows all over her robes. It took Madam Pomfrey hours to figure out how to get the colours off her skin. Turned out the liquid had spelled ‘He’s gay’ on her back. The twins laughed about it for ages.” Niall was full-on laughing by now.
“Liquid rainbows”, he hiccupped. Harry shrugged. “I don’t know man, but I rather like whatever spell my wand used.” Niall had calmed down by now. “So, are you coming then? Come on, Haz, he’s really cute. I’ve seen him last time. Nice ass too.” Harry gave him a pointed look. “You know I go for personality and eyes, not ass and dick.” “I’m sure he has a nice personality”, the blonde Hufflepuff said dismissively.
“I’ll go write our names on the list.” And he disappeared into a group of third years entering the Great Hall. “Niall! Get back here!” But Niall was gone. That bastard….
“Hello Harry”, Luna said serenely. “Hey Luna”, Harry mumbled back. She sat down next to him. “Why so gloomy?” “Niall. He’s dragging me to Hogsmeade this weekend”, the curly-haired boy grumbled. “Hogsmeade is not that bad. Besides, Ginny told me the twins will be there too. According to her, they’re thinking about buying Zonko’s and make it into a second location. They do some really good business and their Pygmy Puffs are too adorable”, Luna told him.
Harry brightened up a little. “Oh, good. Those bastards haven’t written me once since I stayed over at the Burrow during the summer holidays.” “That’s not very nice of them”, Luna said. Harry shrugged once again. “I guess they’re busy.” Luna nodded thoughtfully. “They probably are, yeah. Oh, and there’s a nice guy working at Honeydukes. I think he’s precisely your type.” Harry groaned loudly. “Not you too.” Luna cocked her head to the side.
“That bloke was basically the reason Niall is dragging me to Hogsmeade this weekend. Apparently he has a nice ass.” Luna chuckled. “If Niall says so.” Harry grabbed a piece of toast and started nibbling on it. “Come on, we have to go to Potions. Slughorn really dislikes it when we’re late.” “But I haven’t finished my breakfast yet!”
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“Get up, sleepyhead! It’s Saturday and you’re gonna meet the love of your life in a few hours!” a very annoying, Irish voice sing-songed in Harry’s ear. “I’ve got a DADA essay to write. You know how much Snape dislikes me already”, Harry mumbled, still half asleep. “Oi! Haz, up!” Harry shot up immediately, knocking heads with the blonde boy. “Ouch!” they both exclaimed. “Breakfast time, come on!”
Harry dragged himself out of bed as Niall left the boys’ dorm. The younger boy mumbled grumpily to himself as he looked for his jeans. They were always allowed to wear ‘normal’ clothing on weekends, but most students were too used to their uniform robes to actually like wearing Muggle clothing, as most students called it. But not Harry. Harry loved his jeans, beanies and sweaters.
He slowly put on his clothes and stuffed his wand in his pocket, even though they were not allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts while under the age of seventeen. He then proceeded to leave the Hufflepuff common room and went to the Great Hall. “And he’s up!” Niall exclaimed. “Niall, shut up or I’m not coming”, Harry grumbled. “Aw, is little Harry grumpy?” Niall cooed in a baby voice. “Shut up.”
