Her eyes strayed once more to the young man once such a bitter rival of her brother-in-law. It was chance, really, that she saw him in Diagon Alley. She was supposed to be at the Manor today for lunch with her newlywed sister and her husband but had owled ahead late to acquire them another gift. She loved to spoil her little sister, after all. Passing by the Prophet, however, she couldn't help but notice the bright orange head paired with the black, laughter spilling gaily from their throats as they exited the building. She kept walking and her eyes remained guarded, but out of her peripheral vision she couldn't help but follow them.

Her brother-in-law would have walked from them with a ramrod straight back, she was well aware. The men had a cold, complicated history. Hell, she'd been witness to it in school. For six years they'd fought, competed against and despised one another. They were a contrast. He was the paragon of all that was light and her brother-in-law had himself entrenched so deeply he couldn't help but represent the opposite. But the brunette's adherence to all that was good despite it all had always moved her. She couldn't despise him, she didn't want to, and she knew her new family couldn't completely despise him anymore, either.

She noticed him and his wife disappear inside a store and couldn't help the sad feeling from entering her heart. Perhaps it was misplaced gratitude that left her with the faintest feelings of possessiveness when she saw the couple hold hands, but she didn't bother trying to squash it. Why did she even feel this possessiveness? She shook her blonde head; she didn't know. Maybe it was gratitude again, this time for her sister who married a better man because the other that had been responsible for most of his darkness was now dead at the wand of the paragon. She loved her sister and her sister loved her husband. Her husband still didn't like him, though.

But she did, even though she knew he loved another.


So last little mini was a Viktor Krum/Hermione Granger short. I hope you liked this one, though, and to give you a clue, it's one of the more popular pairings on here. The non-canon ones, that is. I wonder how much you liked this one. It was yet another requested by MrsMalfoy14. Let me know! Though I must say, I get so many hits on this. Care to show that in some more reviews? And until the next,

Hermitt

Remember to request a pairing if you have any in mind! Even if it's one that we've already had, I'm happy to give one more a go in a different scenario or from the other person's point of view :)