Hope you enjoy! This Drabble/One-shot is for the Guilty Pleasure Challenge for the HPFC forum.
"Sooo, this is your bedroom." Neville said nervously as he entered. He had been over to Luna Lovegood's house a lot over the summer, but they always seemed to end up doing outdoorsy types of stuff. Like last time, Luna helped Neville plant some flowers, citrine yellow sunflowers and ruby red tulips, to brighten up the outside of her garden.
Luna's bedroom seemed to be neat and organised, which was a stark contrast to her ever thinking mind. The thought made Neville smile. Luna was still a Ravenclaw, and they all believed in the organised space, organised mind motto. The walls were a plain cream white, while the carpet was a pale blue.
"Nothing in here is going to bite you Neville."Luna teased, opening her wardrobe. "Though, that plant over be the window sill moves occasionally."
"What are you getting out of there?" Neville asked. Luna's head was firmly in the wardrobe and she freely tossed everything out over her head.
"It's a surprise Neville," Luna replied, "can you move some stuff off that desk please?" She pointed at a small desk near her bed. Neville made his way as across the room, ducking from the randomly flug items.
Most of the papers on the desk were full of detailed pictures and descriptions of magical beasts. Some of the pictures were so amazing, he stood gazing at them for ages.
"Aha!" Neville quickly collected the papers and put them into a relatively neat pile, making way for Luna and her gigantic box.
Luna proudly dropped the black box with a thump and looked at Neville to gauge his reaction.
"Umm, what is it?" Neville said, rubbing the back of his neck. Luna gave a sigh, which sounded like one Ginny Weasley would produce and unlatched two silver latches.
There were so many. Neville couldn't believe his eyes at first. Luna was already gathering a couple of them up, looking at them longingly.
"Nail polish!" Neville finally exclaimed. The box was full of them, all different colours and sizes. The was a deep blue nail polish, in a tall bottle. It seemed to be filled with glitter. And then there was a tiny, golden one, with flecks of silver in.
The smell was another thing altogether. The toxic scent was so overpowering, Neville was tempted to close the box and lock it up again.
"Yes, nail polish! Marvellous, don't you think? I began to collect them in fourth year when Ginny gave me a blue one in Transfiguration."
"Wow. Luna Lovegood, addicted to nail polish."
"I'm not addicted! These Muggles know their colours well. And Daddy says that nail polish might attract Nargles!" she exclaimed excitedly.
"And it is not for personal gain." Neville grabbed Luna's hand and examined the many colours she had on her fingertips. He didn't realise it before, but now the Neville thought of it, he realised that every time he saw Luna, she had a different nail polish on.
"Wait a minute." Neville said going through the pile of paper he collected up. The pulled out a beautiful drawing of a Phoenix. Only this Phoenix had rainbow coloured feathers, which seemed to be painted out of-
"Nail polish paint, really Luna." Neville said, examining the picture closely.
'Yep, they are great at painting with you know." Luna said dreamily, looking at a turquoise nail polish.
"Okay, okay, why did you call me over anyway Luna."
"Well...you need to pose for a picture I am painting. I have finally found the best blue colour for your eyes. Cornflower blue."
Neville could of put up a fight and left the blonde to her own devices, but somewhere deep inside he knew that he should do this for his friend.
"So?"
"What are friends for, right?" Neville replied, as he started stripping his jacket. Luna's smile could have brightened up the whole universe.
"Thank you, Neville."
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