Harry Potter Oneshots

forty nine-luna/ginny

ship: luna/ginny

prompt: I saw a thing on pinterest that was about "potential loves" it was cool.

category(?): fluff

warning/tags: fluff, cute, talk of multiple dimensions/universes/other worlds

notes: i actually really like this :)

words: 299

"You know," Luna said with the air of light conversation, "I think I could love you. In a romantic sense, that is."

Ginny, used to these out-of-the-blue confessions, simply turned to her best friend. "Oh really?"

"Yes, I think so." Luna peered at her owlishly.

She didn't elaborate, and Ginny was curious.

"What do you mean, Luna? Isn't it you love someone or you don't?"

Luna shook her head. "I hold a deep, platonic love for you, Ginny. But I don't feel the need to snog or shag with you."

Ginny felt herself blushing to her ears.

"But I believe under different circumstances, in another life, I could easily love you in the romantic and-slash-or sexual sense."

Ginny blinked at her. Of course Luna has no qualms talking about sex. Most thirteen year old would be mortified, but not Luna.

"It's like a . . . ooh! It's like the sun on a cloudy day. You know it could be sunny, but there's a veil of cloudiness shielding you from sunshine. The sun is my possible romantic and-slash-or sexual love for you, and the clouds are the 'veil' between the two universes. I could easily peel the veil away and cross into the other dimension, but I'm perfectly happy in this universe, do you know why?"

Ginny shook her head. "Because you don't want to, er, shag me?"

"No -- well yes -- but no. Because in some awful universe, you might have called me Loony, instead of becoming my friend."

Ginny smiled at her sadly. "Oh, Luna. I could never live in that universe! You'll always be my best friend slash possible-lover-in-a-different-universe."

Luna smiled a brilliant smile, and Ginny realized: maybe this is the universe behind the veil, because she kind of wanted to kiss her best friend.