5 December -
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5 December -
When Harry hears the knock on his office door he doesn’t even look up, already knowing who is on the other side.
“Hi Ron, you can come in.”
“How did you know it was me?” Ron laughs, pushing the door open, before shutting it behind him.
“I’m all powerful remember.” Ron snorts in disbelief. “Or Hermione might have also owled me five minutes ago saying you were stopping by with something from the joke shop you needed me to look at,” Harry admits. “Something wrong? You never come by the office.”
Ron rubs his face, then shoves his hands in his pockets and rocks on his feet. It reminds Harry of the way Ron had looked a few months after the war, right before he had asked Hermione to move in with him. Harry can remember the dull ache at the thought that he might be left out from whatever adventure they would go on next, might be left behind; left alone.
“No fucking way!” Harry shouts suddenly, pushing his sad thoughts away as he stands abruptly, knocking his chair over in the process.
“Hey, I didn’t even say what I was here for!”
“Come off it, Ron. I’m your best friend! Like you need to tell me.”
Some of the nervousness seems to dissipate as Ron moves to clap Harry on the back, hugging him tightly. “I’m doing it tomorrow, mate. I wanted to show you first, but don’t tell Hermione. She’ll kill me if she finds out you knew before her.”
It’s on the tip of his tongue to remind Ron that Hermione knows perfectly well he and Ron have never had secrets, but he stops himself. “Alright so empty your pockets, Weasley. Let’s see it then.”
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