RECONVENE! (fred weasley)

xvi. forgiveness

on her way back to her room, maeve couldn't help but hearing a sniffling sound from a room that she knew nobody stayed in. maybe she shouldn't have checked because there was a war going on and for all she knew, someone could have been spying on the,, about to kidnap her but she did anyway.

despite being a ravenclaw, maeve held one particularly 'hufflepuff' trait- her compassion. since the house was full with people that had just learnt that their dad had been attacked, she assumed that the sniffling was just one of them crying.

maeve knocked one the door lightly and enter the room. it was like all of  the rooms in the house- drab, dark and full of pureblood related items, or slytherin related items.

in the middle of the room was a weasley twin, crying in a foetus shape on the floor. when the twin looked, up she realised that it was fred.

memories of their fight flashed through her mind and for a few moments, she wanted fred to feel the hurt that she had felt. she wanted to leave him there crying. but, her hufflepuff compassion shone through overall, as she betrayed herself for ever wishing any type of hurt on a human, especially a human that she knew as well as fred.

she knelt next to him and gently gathered him into a hug. even though she had been the person sobbing into someone's arms moments before, she did her best to just be there for him, to let him know that her wasn't alone and that he never would be.

she felt his tears seep through the material of her cardigan and gripped onto him even tighter, whispering and telling him to let it all out. her right hand was wrapped around his waist and her left hand found its way up into his hair, trying to massage his head to calm him down. it reminded her of how they had been when fred had learned that ginny laid in the chamber of secrets, left to die, all the way back in their fourth year. she had had to comfort him then as well and they had been in this position almost exactly.

after minutes of them staying like this, fred let go of maeves body. she reciprocated the action, not wanting to push any boundaries.

"i'm sorry," he said to her, his voice hoarse.

"don't apologise, freddie." she told him, "you're allowed to be sad about your dad being in st mungos."

"i was apologising for our fight, actually," he said.

she was taken aback, "oh- well, i mean that's fine, fred. it was both of our faults, really,"

"that's not true, though, is it?" fred asked her, "i'm the one that snapped and caused it. and our break up was my fault as well, it's just- i missed us. like our relationship- i just miss that feeling you know? not the you part- i'm not saying-"

maeve stopped his rambling, "i get it- it's fine." she said shortly, slightly offended about the 'not you' part of his argument.

"but- anyway," he started crying again, "oh god, my dads going to die isnt he? i'm never going to see him again!"

"hey, shut up. you'll see your dad again, dipshit." maeve told him.

fred didn't seem to agree, as he fell back onto the floor with a slight bang, hurting himself on the wooden floor.

"i'm being serious, fred. st mungo's has all of the best healers in the world and your dad is a fighter- he's not going to let some random snake kill him, is he?" maeve said, trying to make him smile.

"i guess... it just... what if people didn't get there in time?" fred asked.

"dumbledore knew immediately and he sent people to find him as soon as he could." maeve said sensibly, "look, they knew where your dad was and they know that they need to find him, thanks to harry. he's going to be perfectly fine, i promise you!"

fred looked at maeve and nodded.

"yeah, he will be, won't he," he reassured himself, "dads a fighter,"

"exactly," maeve told him.

the two of them say in silence for a few more minutes. these minutes were spent by maeve trying her best to not fall asleep- it was already three o'clock in the morning, she was exhausted. she had been awoken by professor mcgonagall and wanted more than to sleep. well, and she wanted mr weasley to be ok.

maeve smiled at fred when she realised that they had nothing more to talk about and started to stand up.

fred had other ideas.

he grabbed maeves wrist and pulled himself up from the ground. he caressed the side of her face lightly as he pulled her in. after what felt like hours, their lips touched and they were kissing.

the kiss seemed to last forever, despite it only actually last for a few seconds. in the seconds that their lips were touching, they were transported back into memories of their past.

memories of their first kiss, the one they had shared behind the greenhouses in their fourth year, the two of them deciding to kiss just so that they could get it out of the way.

memories of all of the kisses in between. when fred had said yes to being her boyfriend, or when ireland had won the quidditch world cup. the kiss they had shared when maeve thought harry would die in the triwizard tournaments first task and he didn't.

memories of the kiss they had shared in their last moments in a relationship. kisses during the yule ball, when never of them could believe how lucky they were, or when fred was amazed at how incredible maeve looked in her floor length green dress.

these memories vanished when they broke apart, neither knowing what to say. each of their minds flooded with thoughts.

maeve felt guilty. she had taken advantage of fred while he was crying his eyes out.

fred felt relieved. he had finally realised the feeling he had had in his chest since summer, when he had seen maeve again for the first time since their break up.

maeve ran out of the room to her bedroom, thinking about how she was an awful person.

fred walked slowly back to his bedroom, finally realising that his feelings for maeve had never vanished.

both of their hearts raced, for different reasons but also for one very similar one.

keira's note!
so that happened
dw i'm aware that it's super awkward
can u tell i've never kissed anyone?
n e wayz, hope you enjoyed!
today was supposed to be my first day back at school but it had to shut cuz so many teachers have corona so i'm updating instead!!