This is Magic: Ereri Harry Potter AU! Fanfiction

Chapter 12: The Remainder

It was crazy how the rest of the year seemed to fly by. Eren felt like someone had pressed a fast-forward button. Gryffindor’s three other Quidditch games were finished by March. Although they played hard, they lost to Slytherin and Ravenclaw just by bad luck. In their final match for 3rd place, the team easily beat Hufflepuff again, but Eren and Levi were still disheartened. It was disconcerting to get 3rd place in their first year of playing. Still, Eren’s positive attitude shone through the next morning.

“Next year, we’ll definitely win,” the brunet declared as he stuffed his face with bread. “I can just feel it. We’ll demolish Ravenclaw and Slytherin!”

Levi said nothing, opting instead to eat his breakfast silently and watch Eren’s eyes shimmer with determination. The raven had always admired Eren’s spirit and positive attitude.

Eren continued his ranting throughout the day. He was completely fired up, and nothing could calm him down. That was, until Professor Dita informed his class that finals were coming in less than two months.

In a desperate effort to somehow salvage their grades, the boys threw themselves into studying. Not that Levi needed to study, however. The raven excelled in all of his classes and was sure to pass every one of them. The reason why he studied with Eren was to try and help the boy’s mediocre grades. Levi was getting annoyed by how many times he had to tell Eren to pay attention. Even though the brunet was ridiculously driven, he was having trouble understanding potion formulas and his transfiguration skills were shaky at best.

They spent practically every afternoon in the library, holed up in a corner and poring over their textbooks. Levi was endlessly quizzing Eren, desperately trying to get Eren to understand basic concepts.

“So, when you mix an infusion of wormswart with powdered root of asphodel, you get…,” Levi trailed off, looking at Eren expectantly. The brunet tilted his head to the side an furrowed his brow. Levi definitely didn’t think that he looked cute.

“Um…felix felicis?” Eren tried, looking at Levi hopefully. The raven sighed heavily and leaned back in his chair, trying to will his headache away.

“It’s gonna be a long month…”

 

It was 2:30 in the afternoon. Levi had just finished his last exam and was patiently waiting outside of the Great Hall for Eren to finish his own test. The brunet was probably the last one in the testing room, aside from Connie, but Levi expected no different. Now, all he had to do was wait for his companion to finish the transfiguration portion of his exam.

As Levi waited, he swished his wand lazily in the air, creating small trails of light to quell his growing boredom.

“I wish Eren was here,” Levi mumbled. “I wish he was done with his test already. He just has to take a shitload of time. Damn brat.”

As he was speaking to himself, Levi felt a sudden weight at his right side and a voice right next to his ear.

“Aww, did you miss me, Leeevi?” Eren laughed, circling his arms around the smaller boy’s waist.

“Tch. I don’t know what you’re talking about, shitty brat,” Levi muttered, looking away from Eren and huffing in mock annoyance. Eren giggled and squeezed him tightly before letting go. The boys headed down the hall to the Gryffindor tower.

“So, how do you think you did?” Eren asked, shooting a side glance at the raven beside him. Levi shrugged.

“I think it went extremely well for me. I’m more worried about you, to be honest,” Levi responded critically.

“How rude!” Eren scoffed. “I’ll have you know that I probably aced the entire exam!” Levi just shot the boy a skeptical look and kept walking. Eren puffed out his cheeks, but dropped the subject there.

The last week of school was a rush for Eren. The professors were still trying to cram knowledge into the students’ brains, even though they were already practically shut down. Eren constantly thought of the summer. It would be weird living with Levi, but the teal-eyed boy was determined to be polite and gratuitous.

Eren felt butterflies in his stomach the entire train ride home, but he kept them at bay by chatting with Mikasa and Armin. The trio had barely seen each other the whole year, since they were in separate houses, but they still kept in touch and were great friends.

By the time the Hogwarts Express arrived at Platform 9 & 3/4, Eren had practically forgotten his nerves. However, when Levi stuck his head into the compartment and motioned to Eren, the brunet had to swallow down the building anxiety.

The boys quickly fetched their belongings, including their cats, who had shared a large carrier because they had refused to be separated. Levi weaved through the crowds of mothers and fathers who were desperate to see their children. Eren followed behind the black-haired boy as best as he could while pushing his heavy cart.

Levi easily led them through the brick wall, back into King’s Cross Station, and started walking off towards the front of the station. Not a word was spoken between him and Eren, yet the brunet kept up with relative ease.

Levi broke the silence between the two. “There’s our ride,” he pointed to a black Lexus with tinted windows that was parked outside of the station. “Come on, we don’t want to keep him waiting.” Eren nodded and the two boys approached the car.

The hood was popped when they got closer, and Levi motioned for Eren to start loading their stuff into the car. When that was done, Levi opened the back door and slid in. Eren followed, albeit clumsily, and clicked on his seatbelt. Then, he turned his attention to the man sitting at the driver’s seat. Levi had mentioned his father’s name…What was it again? Kyle? Kent?

“Hello, Kaney,” Levi’s cold tone of voice cut through the atmosphere of the car. Eren could practically feel the tension rise and shifted in his seat uncomfortably.

Levi’s father turned his head, allowing Eren to get a glimpse of a long face with dark hair, and nodded his head. “Hello, son. Son’s friend.”

Eren stuttered a bit. “A-ah, um, hello sir! Thank you very much for allowing me to stay with you!” His response might’ve been a bit too enthusiastic, but Eren really wanted to let the man know how grateful he was for being given a temporary home.

Kaney grunted and turned back around, starting the car and pulling into the traffic with ease. Eren glanced at Levi and saw the raven’s face stormy with displeasure. Hesitantly, the brunet reached over and covered Levi’s hand with his own. Levi’s silver eyes locked with Eren’s teal, then looked at their hands.

He didn’t bother to move them the whole drive home.