There's No Point Pretending (H.G. X Reader)

I Hate Stairs

Merlin's beard I hate stairs. Those god forsaken steps that can only lead to disaster.

And then they had to go and make them MOVE?!

Needless to say, I hate traveling around this school.

I like to think my hatred is well placed, as I've had many bad experiences on stairs. Mostly consisting of me missing the bottom step and slamming my knee or elbow into the ground.

But those didn't MOVE.

Anyway, I was late to my first class of the day. I had overslept about 20-25 minutes so now I rushed through the halls on my own. Then, as I was making my way down the last flight of stairs, it moved.

The movement threw me off balance and in the next moment I was tumbling down the steps. I had started falling near the top, and I hit every step on the way down. When I reached the bottom, staring at the ceiling spinning above me, I could only lay there for a moment, catching my breathe, and waiting for the pain the register in my brain. It only took a few seconds.

The pain caused tears to prick in my eyes. The first thing I noticed was the pounding in my head, I don't think I hit it on the way down though. It could be from the sudden and uncomfortable disorientation or something, I'm not sure. Next, I noticed my back, particularly the area between the shoulder blades. If I remember correctly, that's what first hit the stairs on my sudden (and unwanted) decent. Besides that there were little aches and pains all over, bruises on my arms and legs, pain in my lower back, and soreness in my joints.

When I finally stood after what felt like years (but was really only 5 minutes) I felt stiff and my right leg hurt to put weight on. I hissed in pain but I continued to pick up my things anyway and hobble my way to the classroom.

Now almost 45 minutes late to class I finally opened the door to the transfiguration classroom. McGonagall was not impressed, but upon seeing my disheveled and slightly pained expression she let it go and told me to take my seat and see her after class.

I limped over to Hermione and I's shared table. Before I could even sit down properly she started asking about what happened to me.

"Merlin, you look terrible. What happened to you? Why can you hardly walk? Are you okay? Do you-" I held up a finger to shush her as I focused on sitting in a position that didn't hurt, finding a few more bruises in the process. When I was finally able to settle, I turned my attention back to the girl sitting next to me.

"One question, that's all my headache will permit at the moment." I stated as I began rubbing my head to help sooth the throbbing.

"Okay then. What happened?" She asked after only a moment of thought.

I looked away in embarrassment and covered my face a little more with my hand, mumbling my answer into it.

"Sorry? I didn't quite catch that." She asked in a half polite, half amused tone.

I looked at her almost laughing face, having a feeling that she knew what I had said.

I sighed, " I fell down the stairs." Frowning a little at the end.

She giggled a little, "Are you okay?"

And even though she was laughing at me I could hear the caring tone in her voice that let me know she was being sincere.

"A little banged up and bruised but I should be fine in a few days" I answered truthfully.

"Well I'm glad you're okay." She said with a small smile, leaning in and kissing my forehead. "Now, copy these notes so you can study them later." She commanded, sliding her notes over to me, "Then I'll help you get started on your paper."

Yes, I 100% based this off of one of the many times I fell down the stairs. The main differences being that I did it at home, not school, and the stairs were wet, not moving.

I just really hate stairs, man.

WARNING: SAPPY SHIT AHEAD

Hey guys, I just wanted to say thank you so much for your continued support of this book. It's crazy to think that I've gotten almost 60k reads on it, even though I suck at updating in a timely manner. And not only that, but you guys are just so nice, to each other and to me. I never really thought my writing was all that great, I just wanted to do it for fun. When I decided to post it I only expected a few people to see it, obviously you guys shattered that expectation. I think one of the weirdest things to happen is when my own book popped up in my recommended 😂 It's not like I even looked up Hermione x reader, it was one of my top picks on my home page. Idk I thought it was funny.

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