"Get me a bucket! Would you two take it somewhere else?!"
Lucius's contorted face made for a funny sight. Mixed with the indignant look that settled upon his pointy little face it was well.. even funnier. Severus's and Akira's fixation with each other seemed to be getting just a bit ridiculous, little did Lucius realise that when it wasn't for themselves that they did this, it was purely to spite him.
"Not-my-problem-Malfoy." Severus's strained reply came in between kisses he was sharing with Akira, from the activity they had engaged in only 10 minutes ago. Lucius grimaced going a light shade of pink, trying to avert his eyes from the pair.
"Of course it isn't. I bet you're enjoying it, perverse bastard."
Severus shrugged, pausing to talk to Malfoy. "Well wouldn't you..?"
"Well if the pair of you are getting married, you-" He pointed straight at Akira, who promptly pouted, "Should be more demure.. And you." He turned his accusing finger onto Severus. "I don't know.. you make me sick."
Akira turned from Severus, the awkwardness of the position making Severus wince in considerable pain, to glare at Lucius who looked distinctly put out to be made to feel awkward in his own common room. "I'm sure the feeling is mutual on Severus's part." She simpered pityingly at the raging Lucius. He turned abruptly on his heel and stalked out without collecting his things or anything. His 'dramatic' exit had made Akira snigger until Severus began to whimper. "Knee move, please- now, castration.. nasty."
Akira sighed and climbed off Severus and the sofa he had been seated on in a dignified manor before she had showed up, to back into one just across from him.
Severus pulled his robes back on over his uniform and straightened them as he cast a glance over to her, content with the respectable distance she had put between them.
"Okay, lets not do this.. here." He muttered lightly as he observed Morganna and a few of her friends entering the common room.
He avoided her eyes and didn't move to greet her, like he would have otherwise done, and pretended not to have noticed her at all. He realised as he looked back to Akira, who was paying her full attention to her lustrous red hair, that he hadn't told Morganna himself about his engagement to Akira. He supposed she had heard, and decided it wasn't essential to tell her at all, face to face. He didn't know why it felt so 'dirty' being engaged to Akira and not wanting to tell Morganna, but it was certainly unnatural. Lily knew but seemed to hate Severus now, though she had said things like 'Your fiancée is lovely,' but muttered things like '….. is better.' And '…how could you' as well as '..prat'.
Maybe it was because Akira had red hair like Lily, and she believed it to be some sick inner fantasy Severus had about her, which Severus didn't want anything thinking, let alone himself. It made him feel near sick to even consider having some fantasy about Lily, and hoped it wasn't his subconscious telling him something. She was after all a damned mudblood for god sake.
Either that or he'd missed something.
Which could have been easy. Since Akira and he had become engaged less than a week ago things had become rather strange. And Severus had been wandering around in his own mind, in his own solitude. Even with Akira by his side he was always alone somewhere, distant and far away. But, to her credit, Akira had her methods of getting Severus's full attention and focus on herself.
"What? Sorry Severus I missed that."
"I said, let's refrain from, ahrem, anything in the –common- room."
"What? That bathroom was every part your fault as it was mine. I didn't know there was any one else in there!"
Like such. And she was even better at distracting him from a distance. They seemed to be in some prenuptial bliss. And Akira had launched straight into planning, and was aiming for an autumn wedding after they left school. She'd picked venue, as well as flowers, and was busy putting her mind to what sort of dress she would wear, all in Charms and Transfiguration. Severus didn't mind. He wasn't terribly interested and felt he shouldn't take her thunder involving arrangements, seeing as though it was amusing her to no end. Their wedding would be safe in her hands, he was sure she was talented enough to pull it off.
Although Severus knew above all things Akira was rather ingenious with soap.
But he had other things to think about, forgetting his martial status. And his very enticing fiancée. He still had his final exams to sit for and the Potions Master was trying to push him onto the advanced unit ten. He didn't know what everyone thought he was some sort of adolescent prodigy. It wasn't like he had a better learning capacity than everyone else, just somehow his achievements in potions travelled past that subject and overflowed into all the others. He was loathing Transfigurations as he had little interest in turning objects with an original purpose into something else. Transfigurations were for poor wizards who couldn't afford things so they used the 20 in one approach. How about, buy one? From the very mind of a young man that would probably never be faced with the hardships of poverty in his life. And charms wasn't exactly the highlight of his day as he was a much more practical, "Why use Avada Kedrava when you could discreetly slip some deadly poison in someone's drink" person.
He was sneaky and cunning, not outright stupid.
Other subjects were a complete breeze though. It was just in the last week Severus seemed to slip dramatically behind. What didn't help much were the days he was sporadically taking out school, in the hospital wings or the dorms. The sort of days where a flight of stairs had him wishing for his bed again.
And then there was the estrangement that was growing between him and his friends. Lily was a Gryffindor, and the Gryffindor and Slytherin rivalry had become unhealthy of late and seriously dangerously. As the seniors it was their job to uphold the peace.
What a joke. The Seniors only seemed to be the ring leaders, Lucius and James in particular. Severus joined in from time to time, but only from his severe hate for James Potter. Which always got Black involved for his severe hate of the fact his sister was marrying in Severus's slippery serpentine family. Which got everyone involved, and then the pranks became messy and the joking unfriendly, leaving in their trail a bunch of younger casualties.
So Lily and Severus were drifting apart. Severus sensed there was another reason behind this too.
Severus clearly didn't have time for his Slytherin friends though, between school work and bonding with Akira.
And then there was Morganna, who he purpose moving away from, leaving a gap too big for her to possibly bridge across. He didn't know whether he felt clever because of this, or cruel. But he felt a desperate need to do it.
Akira, bounced her crossed leg so that it hit Severus knee softly.
"Severus, "She purred, loosening her hair about her shoulders absently, and sliding forward in her armchair. "I'm going to go do my home work.. then I might take a shower or something." She said casually, subtly hinting, rising. Severus felt she was as subtle as a brick through a glass window.
"Hm, I might.. see you around then.." Severus replied, in the same casual tone.
"Oh good."
And he did.
November the Give me a Break'th
Some days I get this dragging, 'Same shit, different day feeling.'
Today was one of those days.
I don't think I was alone either.
I had a late start this morning. Purely because I'm a very lazy lazy person at the best of times. No, actually, i suppose its just exhaustion. Not laziness. But I feel lazy, and lethargic. Heaven knows why.
I wish they'd pair the Slytherins with the Ravenclaws instead of the bloody Gryffindors. I don't think I can deal with much more idiocy from them. I don't mind that they want to fail and end up selling kebabs on the side of a muggle highway somewhere, but I certainly do not, ((not saying of course that if I failed I'd be selling kebabs on the side of a ..))
Bloody Gryffindors. And their stupid ghost.
Bloody Perfect Head Boy Potter and all the bloody rest of it. Well you can go die.
This has to be really rather unhealthy. Alright.
Anyway, classes the past week have been rather unproductive. Due to the Gryffindors. And I'll swear by that. The Slytherins did not cause the Charm's classroom wall incident. A wall was blown apart in the middle of an out of hand riot. I Still maintain it was Potter. Everything that goes on here has got.something.to.do.with.potter!
Stupid mangy twat that he is.
But every one seems to think it was Lancaster. Everyone is very quick to point fingers at Slytherins these days. Someone dies in China. OOooooh it was a Slytherin!
For Christs sake! Honestly, grow a brain.
Also, the Slytherins didn't break the bludger on Tuesday. Everyone seems to think we broke it while tampering with it. I certainly don't blame the team, it's their only fair chance against Gryffindor seeing as Potter is on some sort of Steroid.
If only I knew what it was I could get him expelled.
But anyway, I'm sure they weren't tampering with it. I'm sure its just Black or Potter trying to cover up the explicit activities they have going with Quidditch equipment because they can't get any back in the realm of the normal and non-perverse.
Alright I just flooded my mind with images I didn't need. At all. My arch enemies at it with-
Alright enough. I think I'll write about my attractive fiancée for a bit to get rid of said unwanted images.
Ahh Akira. Much better images.
I did end up proposing. Interesting reaction. I think I may have witnessed a once in a life time reaction. She is full of… surprises. My neck, its still rather sore. Which made the rest of the night rather awkward as I had to lean my neck on an angle. I think Akira pulled something during her ..affectionate.. strangling.
Lily somewhat pissed off with me for proposing. But what is that silly Gryffindor slut's opinion to me anyway?
Nothing.
Showering doesn't have to be lonely I've discovered. Akira is very inventive.
I also won't be able to look at soap in the same way again. Enough said.
I think there needs to be some bell at the bathroom door to warn occupants. I think that would be handy. Will mention it at next prefects meeting if I remember.
I missed this week's prefect meeting. I was lurking about the hospital wing waiting for Madam Pomfrey to dismiss me. I think she likes purposely irritating me. Because whenever I want to leave she'll move on to some other patient of the infirmary and take her bloody time about it. I went to get some potion off her because I think I did something in, in my back. Shower taps unpleasantly hard I discovered. The painful way.
She insisted proding around and listening to my breathing. My back is totally unrelated to my lungs, I hope she knows this. Or I really do think the school will be screwed in the health department if the nurse can't tell the damned difference. She assures me while I'm recovering, I'll probably relapse ((and die. How comforting and not morbid. She didn't actually say that. But way she made casual conversation about funeral songs was rather unnerving. Perhaps I shouldn't read into things. She might be a fan of .. depressing music.)). I don't know why she bothered to call it 'recovering' then. More like 'waiting to be sick again'. Once I clarified I was there for a potion for my back, she got a bit of a move on, but reminded me of the days off I'd had recently. Then the stupid idiot asked me if I wanted counselling. If she should ask Dumbledore. Well what the..?
Yes please I want counselling because I jammed a tap into my back accidentally and am going to pieces. I was waiting to be dismissed when she disappeared. And when she reappeared she asked the same stupid question about counselling.
Ah I found my calendar amongst a pile of smuggled in food. That is near decay might I add. I wonder who keeps bring this sort of crap in here. It certainly isn't me. If I could get my hands on decent food, I would eat it straight away.
It's the 8th.
-Severus Snape.
7:32pm