a sprinkle of rainbow • Completed

slytherins are sly (1/3)

Summary: Gryffindors are known to be brave. Kongpob, as a Gryffindor, has shown this many times. Except when the Slytherin Prince is there.

prompt by: bookloveforever15

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A few days ago, the representatives of Durmstrang and Beauxbatons have arrived at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament. Everyone was ecstatic, after almost 50 years of being discontinued back in 1792 due to drastic deaths, Triwizard Tournament is back hosted by Hogwarts with severe limitations imposed to prevent deaths. Hogwarts' champion came from the hardworking house of Hufflepuffs.

Kongpob Suthilak, 6th year Gryffindor, is too but not as ecstatic as he's supposed to be. He's more elated at the idea of the Yule ball. Ever since the night Professor Dumbledore announced the champion for each school, the formal dance talk had been broken out in the open and ever since then, everyone was in a hurry to ask out their crushes but he can't just easily ask out the one he wants because out of all the people in the Hogwarts, he really had to pick the most difficult guy, no other than the Slytherin Prince. Arthit Rojnapat, 6th year, the one he's always fighting with.

Kongpob looks outside the window and smiles, there, just beside the Great Lake is the man of his dreams laughing with his friends. Arthit stands in pride in his green billowy robe with a care-free smile on his face as he shows his friends some advanced spells. Frankly, Kongpob can easily ask out Arthit Rojnapat but what Kongpob's really afraid of is the rejection that comes thereafter. Arthit won't just reject him, that guy will curse him and worst, he'll ignore Kongpob for the rest of his stay at Hogwarts because it's an abomination to receive such proposition from a guy, from a guy he hates nevertheless. Or maybe he'll ask his buddies to bully Kongpob. Kongpob doesn't want to be prejudiced towards Arthit though Arthit came from one of the proud ancient pureblooded families, he knows Arthit is not a bigot but he also knows Arthit is not well-informed like Kongpob is, Arthit probably doesn't fully understand the whole attraction to guys but Kongpob knows he's accepting of the idea.

Brushing all off his one-sided love thoughts, he focuses on Arthit again. However, this time, he sees a beautiful 6th year Ravenclaw, Praepillin, one of his best friends, now talking to Arthit. Kongpob can't see the expression on Prae's face because she has her back against him but Kongpob can see the 6th year Slytherin clearly, he has a smirk on his face and it turns into a cheerful whoop when Praepillin walks away.

Kongpob sighs. Well, there goes his chance. Of course, Arthit already has a date, that's expected. Arthit is handsome so everyone will be lining up for him. There also goes the elation at the Yule ball. Know what, yule ball sucks.

He turns away from Arthit and sadly picks up a paper from his side, mutters "Avifors." and lets the now transformed bird fly by his side along with the birds he'd transformed earlier.

And that's how his friends see him, gloomy, with birds flying around him as if sympathizing with him.

Aim has a bright smile on his face when he steps in their dorm but turns into a frown almost immediately. "What happened Kong?"

"Nothing. What happened to you? You look so happy."

"Well, uhm, May agrees to be my date."

"That's good to hear! How about you three? Have you found your dates?"

Oak happily nods and summons his chocolate frogs from under his bed. "I got that cute Slytherin to go out with me. Tew has a date with that cute boy from Hufflepuff, and Wad decided to let his pride down and accepted Prem's invitation," Oak frowns when he got another Bertie Bott, that's his 24th Bertie Bott. "How about you Kong?"