#slytherpuff

Hasta ahora los Hufflepuff habían sido el soporte emocional del Slytherin (siguiendo la tradición del legendario Monstruo de Hufflepuff):

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"Oh...I wasn't thinking about that when I chose this dress. Green is just my favorite color."

At his humorless face, she drops the smile. "Red is too--!"

"I can't believe you just said that," he groans, sliding off the bed.

"I was just kidding!" She laughs, trying to grab ahold of his arm. "I'm sorry."

He crosses his arms and looks away. Hufflepuff nestles up behind him and slides her arms over his shoulders. "Nick, don't be mad. I'll wear something red for tonight, okay?"

After a moment, Nicholas tilts his head up to meet her gaze. "Green isn't even that great, anyway."

She brushes their noses together and kisses him between the eyebrows. "You're real cute when you're jealous."

"I'm not jealous," he grumbles, sliding over to the trunk at the front of her bed. "C'mon, I'll help you pick something out."

"Okay," Hufflepuff perches forward against the footboard railing. "Hit me."

Nicholas adorns a furry scarf and drapes it dramatically over his shoulder. "This'd be perfect for the weather outside."

"Yes," she blows at the feathers, "if you want me to sweat to death."

He laughs and continues looking through her clothes, making small comments as he combs around.

His smile disappears.

"Did you find my ugly turtleneck," Hufflepuff asks. "You'd be surprised, it's actually really comfortable."

Nicholas wordlessly lifts up a green sweatshirt. His face is unreadable as he thumbs the tiny snake emblem on the hem. "Is...this Lestrange's?"

Hufflepuff's mouth goes dry as she stares at Slytherin's sweatshirt. She opens her mouth to speak, but nothing comes out.

Nicholas nods and stands up, tossing the sweatshirt over the bed railing. "Yeah," he chuckles humorlessly, turning away. "I thought so."

"I can explain," she follows him across the room and grabs his hand. "Nick, he just lended it to me when I was cold--"

"So explain why it's still here!" He wheels around and yanks away from Hufflepuff's grasp, his eyes fiery. "Explain why you still have it!"

"I..." When she doesn't finish her sentence, Nicholas shakes his head.

"You told me nothing's ever happened between you two, but be honest, Hufflepuff. Is that true?" Hufflepuff's eyebrows knit together as she looks down at her feet. "Hufflepuff..."

After a beat, she nods slowly. "We...kissed. But we were drunk, and it was a one-time thing, I promise!" Tears well up in her eyes. "I'm sorry I lied to you before, I didn't wanna lose you because I saw how upset you were when I was talking to Slytherin. But I promise we're only friends, nothing more. And I'm with you now, he knows that."

"And you?" Nick's eyes are cold. "Do you know that?"

"Nick...of course I do, what...--"

"I see how you look at him sometimes," he mutters, his fists balled. "And the way he looks at you. I know he has feelings for you, I can just feel it."

"That's not true--"

"How can I trust what you say," Nick explodes. "You lied to me, Hufflepuff."

"I know, I'm sorry." Her vision blurs as she looks up at him with pleading eyes. "It was really shitty of me to do, and I can't take that back now. I understand if you don't wanna be with me anymore...but please, if there's anything I can do to prove how sorry I am."

Her sniffles fill the silence when, at last, Nicholas gingerly wipes a tear away from her cheek. "I still want to be with you," he says quietly. "Just promise you'll never lie to me again."

"I promise." She wraps into his embrace, letting out the breath she was holding. "I'm sorry, Nicholas."

"I know," he murmurs. "You're with me now, and that's all that matters. But you have to promise me something else." He pulls back to look at her.

Hufflepuff wipes her face and nods, giving him a small smile.

"Anything."

Author's note:

happy six year (+ 1 day) anniversary of the slytherpuff series...don't hate me. it's gonna get real angsty...

more to come <3 reblogs are always appreciated! let me know what you think in the comments/asks!! wot do u predict is gonna happen in part 2... stay tuned ;)

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