Chapter Ten - Half
It's been a week since he moved to his new home. Kagome had been a great help with her suggestions. Instead of a bed, he bought a single-sized futon, kotatsu, a heating table where he can also sleep under if he feel like it, a compact fridge and some food for the following days until his kitchen is fully furnished. He felt much more at home now.
He still needed to learn how to live by himself. His new super special friend took herself to cook for him and showed the location of common services, like laundry and local markets.
Now, George was at a local shopping district looking for Karaage with his new neighbor. When she said there was a vacant apartment next to hers, she didn't mention he would be her next door neighbour. He wasn't complaining, though. It's been awhile since he welcomed someone's company.
He felt the weight of people's stares and swipped his hand over his missing ear. His long hair covered it but he still felt self-conscious about the missing limb.
"Don't mind them. It's your hair color, not very usual around here."
"I'm just not used to be the center of attention anymore."
"Not used anymore? I bet the girls of your school used to throw themselves at your feet," she said with a smirk.
"Why?" It was not enterely true. It wasn't completely false either.
"Why? You are good looking, exotic I would say. Freckles, fiery hair, tall, well built, quite a catch, in my and, I guess, half the female population opinion."
George flushed a little, but it wasn't as if no one had complimented his looks before. It was just the first time someone looked only at him, not Fred AND George. Not the Weasley Twins, not the troublemakerS. Just Him, George Weasley. And he felt a warmth filling his chest that he understood as Fred's approval. Somewhere, his brother was giving him thumbs up to live his life and move on.
"Why only half?"