Bashful
A HariPo freeverse piece
by mew-tsubaki
Note: The Harry Potter characters belong to J.K. Rowling, not to me. This pairing is a Mew and Mor's Weird Pairing, which you may find in the M&MWP forum (see my profile for details). Check out and join the forum FUN! Read, review, and enjoy! Originally written for Aiiimy. Happy Christmas '10, luv! Read, review, and enjoy! *Note: The lyrics (the whole lines of bold and italics) used are from Meg and Dia's "Don't Be Careful."
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·Don't be careful with me·
You took my hand
as though it were a delicate, b/r/e/a/k/a/b/l/e
SugarQuill
& you patted away the dirt
(haha, there wasn't any dirt until your worked hands
covered mine)
A healthy blush
d*u*s*t*e*d
my cheeks
&, for once, I was glad that my hair
was a softer red, so it didn't
horribly clash with my flush
Your brown eyes met mine and—
you
h
a
l
t
e
d
.
·I'm not so delicate·
Why the
falter?
Aren't you
SURE
of your feelings?
Forget
all outside o-p-i-n-i-o-n-s
(^minor details^)
I *sighed*
& let you walk me back up
to the castle
Dirt & sun
will only damage a
fair f~l~o~w~e~r
(ah, the only flower is my mother)
·I gave you my heart·
Remember
when I
bItChEd
about Lily&&Teddy to you,
on that ever-so-lonely
winter's day?
It wasn't that
I had to talk about [him]
It was that I
had
to see
Y_O_U
I don't think you ever understood
that you'd been my
R.O.C.K.
for a l·o·n·g while
before there'd no longer been a
Teddy&&me
·I know the chance I'm taking·
I know
I know your
—past—
—hurt—
—pain—
—burdened s o u l—
(how else would we find each other?)
I know she hurt you
I know you'd only found friendship with me before
I know you'll probably never m-a-r-r-y again (er, hope it's not the case…)
SURPRISE!
I'm a rare, smart Ravenclaw
*snicker*
Neville, when will you learn
that I
k;n;o;w what I'm doing?
·Don't hesitate in love·
I once heard…
from a redheaded aunt of mine…
that you
D
O
U
B
T
yourself
Oh, luv, she needn't have told me
And sure as I walk these stones in this vestibule,
I'm sure you dawdled and dragged your feet
wanting to escape(!)
a castle full of people
who…didn't hate you
(dislike is just a form of jealousy)
You lived here,
not really l…i…v…i…n…g at all
Not really knowing…
that plenty of people loved you
& still DO
(and…
more
love you still yet)
·It can leave your soul undone·
M-e-m-o-r-i-e-s
I know you have them…
them…
she was your only One
Never
Saw
Another
(and you didn't bother to look)
But it's why…it's why I'm by your side
T:R:U:S:T!
me
You'll never be hurt again
Just listen to my
p*l*e*a
Don't—Don't
come
a–p–a–r–t
because love left you
sCaRrEd
once-upon-a-time
·You can't stick your toes in the water·
I won't stick around here
as you dawdle
You're the Head of the
BRAVE
not the guide of the
Huffs
(hmm, don't mesh with Huffs…
foreboding, much?)
Once, you found the courage
to pick up a
s-w-o-r-d
& help bring our side
one. step. closer.
to the END!
of a —war—
Now, pick up your manly parts
& t_e_l_l me
what I already know…
what I'm
y·e·a·r·n·i·n·g
to hear
·You gotta jump and finally go underwater·
Well, all right then.
I…need to eat lunch now…
It's fine—I had to learn rejection at some point, no?
Don't bother dragging me off to the side, Neville
And don't shush me—!
"I…I can't listen to naysayers & think about expectations
a.n.y.m.o.r.e —
Victoire Weasley, I~l*o*v*e~y_o_u"
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XD Five pages! Five pages of pure Vicnev goodness! I love 'em…and now we have the "confession"! So sweet, rather melodramatic, but amazing nonetheless. Obviously, Vic wouldn't have turned him down after that.
Thanks for reading, and please review!
-mew-tsubaki XDDD
2017 note: Prolly set sometime during Vic's final yr. ;] Neville, brave bloke, admits to his feelings at last. XD It's funny, tho. This piece is from 2010, and I do think I'd write them a bit differently these days…but not by that much. :3