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"But really, what are you doing here?" Ginny asked.

"Can't a guy come check out two of his best friends' new shop? I've been dying to get over here," Harry replied.

"Well, you're our first real visitor," Luna told him.

His gaped at them. "Seriously? How has no one been in here yet? People know how good Luna's paintings are. Surely someone wants would want to have a piece of her art permanently."

"You know how the magical world is about tattoos," Ginny said. "We didn't think we'd change any opinions over night, but I thought we'd at least get a few Muggleborns or a rebellious young guy or two. But nothing so far."

Harry appeared as though he wanted to console Ginny and Luna, but instead he looked around the shop, studying everything and avoiding their gazes.

Without warning, a mischievous grin spread across his face. "Luna, are you free this afternoon?"

Ginny x Luna.  When life hands you lemons, use them to practice your skills with a tattoo needle! In need of career changes, Ginny and Luna open magical Britain's first tattoo and piercing shop in Diagon Alley—but is the wizarding world ready? A series of interconnected, mostly chronological short stories. Will feature a large cast of supporting characters. TattooShop!AU.

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The idea for it all came to her as they lay in bed late one night.

“Hey Lu,” she whispered, tucking a piece of hair behind her girlfriend’s ear.

Luna flipped over to face her. “Hmmm?”

“How fun would it be to open a tattoo and piercing shop? Like the ones our catalogs are meant for.”

“That would be a nice break from reality. I’ll admit that painting nothing but stuffy rich people can be a bit creatively stifling.”

“Exactly. You’d be able to work on your own art, and I could do the piercings and the management stuff.”

“Hah. Maybe you could pierce Minister Shacklebolt’s nose, and I could offer to tattoo his approval rating to his arm for free!” Luna cackled loudly at her own silliness.

Ginny’s face fell at her laughter. “I’m being serious here, Lu. I know it’s not something that’s really caught on in the magical world yet and that everyone will probably think it’s terribly scandalous, but that just means we could be the ones to make it happen. You hate doing those portraits now, and I’ve got to find something to do with my life. I really think we should give having our our own shop a go.”

Luna opened her mouth to respond when her eyes glazed over and her entire body stilled. After a moment, she shook herself a bit.

“You Saw that decision, didn’t you?” Ginny whispered excitedly. “What do you think? Should we do this? What if—“

“I need to sleep on it,” Luna said firmly before flopping back over.

The next morning, she woke up full of enthusiasm and faith that this venture would be a great opportunity for them both professionally and emotionally. If Luna was all in, then so was Ginny.

After a three month whirlwind of Muggle post deliveries, mountains of legal paperwork, a thousand tears, and one relentless dream, Third Eye Tattoo had become a reality.