𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 [ 𝐇𝐏 ] - 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳

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On the next days onwards, the Golden Trio all sent suspicious looks at Atlas, which didn't please Eclair a bit. Atlas however, didn't appear to be affected one bit. He was already used to all those looks, besides, he couldn't really blame them, he was the niece of the mass murder for Salazar's sake, everyone was bounded to doubt him.

" Artie, you know I'm your best friend," said Eclair, dragging the last word. Atlas noticed that she was fidgeting her sleeves, as if she was nervous about something.

" Acquaintance," said Atlas, making Eclair raise her eyebrows at him, confused, " you're my acquaintance." He stated, looking at her blankly. Eclair rolled her eyes in response,

" Right, ' acquaintance' or whatever. Anyways, I realised you never told me about where you live, is there a reason for that?" asked Eclair, stepping in front of Atlas, she crossed her arms. He did nothing but hum, making her irritated, " well?" She asked, tapping her foot on the floor impatiently.

" You never asked," said Atlas, shrugging. Her mouth parted and closed, feeling stupid, she cleared her throat and stepped back next to him, pretending the conversation never happened. Little did she know, Atlas was panicking internally right then. What would Eclair do if he had told her that he lived by himself? What would she think if she knew that he was a runaway orphan? Would she leave his side and stop being his friend? Would she understand and not judge him? Either way, Atlas was not going to risk losing his only friend, though he would never admit it out loud. The duo continued walking to the DADA class in silence, one lost in his thoughts, the other feeling embarrassed and awkward. 

As they walked around around the corners of the hallway, they unfortunately bumped into the last people they wanted to meet- The Golden Trio themselves.

" Oh- sorry. I didn't see you there," said Eclair, not sounding sorry at all as she glared at them. It didn't help at all when Hermione glared right back at her. Behind her, Atlas cleared his throat in attempt to clear the uneasy tension, but immediately regretted it as all the attention turned to him.

" Erm, we should get going, c'mon." he said, trying to drag Eclair away from the hallway. She didn't budge and continued to glare at them, storming forwards until she was face to face with Hermione,

" Listen here, Granger. My best friend isn't a murderer, so stop sneaking glances at him when you think we're not looking, honestly, it's getting annoying. Aren't you supposed to be the smart one here?" said Eclair, a dangerous shadow loomed over her face as she glared at her. Hermione gulped, stepping back.

" How do you know? How do you know he's not a murderer? How do you know that you can trust him? Are you sure he's even your friend? " asked Hermione in return, causing to Eclair to sneer at her. The boys behind the girls look awkwardly at each other, not sure whether to break them up or let them continue.

" I don't know," said Eclair, a smug smirk formed on Hermione's face as she believed she had won, " But he's my friend, and I trust him with my life. So why don't you stop being so nosy for once?" Eclair continued, the smirk left Hermione's lips and became a frown. The others were busy focusing on the argument that they didn't notice the bewildered expression on Atlas' face as she said the sentence. 

" Hermione! Let's go, we're already late." said Ron, not wanting the girls to cause anymore drama. Hermione cast one more glare to Eclair before following Ron unwillingly. Harry lingered back behind for a moment before following his friends .

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I'm sorry this ended so abruptly but I have no idea how to continue this lmao