Four
Pairing: Cedric Diggory & Viktor Krum
Word Count: 495
Summary: He almost feels guilty- as if telling Krum that Cho is his girlfriend would somehow upset him.
Author's Notes: Oh dear. This is the first time I've ever written slash- and boy was I dreading it. Don't get me wrong- I'm not prejudiced or anything but I literally just cannot write it. Still, I don't think I did too bad a job for my first attempt, even if it is shockingly bad. The pairing is Cedric/Krum from table F: Slash Pairings. I hope you enjoy it, and please review! Oh and lol, can you feel the sexual tension between them?
"Vot are you doing?"
The low, throaty whisper startles Cedric, who is leaning over a piece of parchment in the library writing a letter to Cho. He looks up to see Krum hovering over him like some sinister bird of prey. "I- I'm writing a letter."
"To whom?" Krum's gaze is quite penetrating- almost accusatory. He sits down beside Cedric as if trying to read the letter, so Cedric shifts it under his arm where it cannot be seen.
"My- a girl." Cedric blushes. He doesn't know why he refrained from mentioning that Cho is his girlfriend. He almost feels guilty- as if telling Krum that Cho is his girlfriend would somehow upset him.
"Vot about?" Krum shifts closer to Cedric, trying to read the letter, but Cedric's arm remains firmly in place on top of it.
Cedric sighs and wonders where Krum is heading with this interrogation. He doesn't know what to tell Krum- he looks down at the letter to remind himself of his contents. "I'm trying to tell her I love her." Somehow, it doesn't come out right- it doesn't sound like it's true.
"And vy vud you do that?" Krum puts his elbow on the table and makes a fist, leaning his head against it so that Cedric feels even more intimidated.
"Because I-" Krum's steady gaze is enough to make Cedric falter. Why is he trying to tell Cho he loves her, anyway? He starts again. "Because I- because I-"
"Hmm," Krum says, lifting his head from one fist and bringing it to lean on the other, even closer to Cedric's own head. Cedric can feel Krum's warm breath on his face. "Interesting."
Cedric frowns. His face and Krum's are so close together; Krum has a glint in his eye that Cedric can't quite place where he's seen it before.
"Vot if this girl vos no more?" Krum says, never taking his eyes away from Cedric's as he slides the letter from under his arm and, fluidly, into his robes without Cedric even noticing. "Vot if you love this girl no more?" He leans closer still, their eyes completely locked together. "Vot if you love some-von else instead?"
Before their lips can crash together some Hufflepuff first year skips round the corner and the moment is abruptly broken. Cedric stands quickly, almost knocking his chair to the floor and then, with a fleeting look at the Hufflepuff to check she didn't see anything and an apologetic half-nod in Krum's direction, he leaves, jogging through the aisles of the library as if he can't get away fast enough.
Krum watches him go, and when he can no longer see Cedric's tawny blonde head through the gaps in the shelves, he lets out the breath he's been holding.