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Colonello was getting sick and tired of the looks he kept getting from the teachers. Was it really that bad that Lilac trusted him enough to let her more vulnerable side show? Exactly how much of a 'demon' was she that they started freaking out by her acting any other girl he knew?

Even Fleur was baffled by their behavior. She had expected to have trouble with the Englishmen because of her allure, only for the one with complete control to be targeted because he had a girlfriend!

Finally Colonello had enough of the teacher's suspicious looks, and did something his grandmother would have slapped him for.

He let his allure go. Not all of it, but enough to prove a point when there were at least five other girls other than Lilac around. Two of the Hogwarts teachers, specifically Flitwick and Pomphrey who were planning to take her aside to test for potions and the like, witnessed the entire event.

The effect was immediate, and rather humiliating if the teachers hadn't been so quick to stun the other girls.

Lilac looked absolutely furious with him.

Without even a second's hesitation, she stormed up to Colonello and decked him so hard that he fell flat on his ass and his allure cut off immediately. He looked at her in absolute shock.

"You complete bastard! Do you really think you need your damn allure to earn my affections?!" she snapped.

Lilac stormed off, completely furious with him. Meanwhile Flitwick and Pomphrey were busy handling the aftermath.

"May I ask what that was about?" demanded Flitwick. He was very unhappy seeing his student behave like sex-crazed idiots determined to assualt a foreign student.

"I was proving a damn point! I was sick and tired of the suspicious looks and the fact all the Hogwarts teachers seemed to think I had Lilac under a spell or potion because of my bloodline!" said Colonello irate, rubbing the spot Lilac had punched him. "Is it really that hard to believe she trusted me enough to let her defenses down and let her actual feeling show, rather than the hard-ass version you've been dealing with?"

It's like the teachers here had never encountered a tsundere before!

Colonello was irritated beyond belief, and couldn't give a single damn about the earful Madame Maxime gave him when she was told of the incident. At least the teachers quit giving him suspicious looks about whether he was using his allure on the girls, if letting even a fraction of it loose caused them to try and rip his clothes off.

Fleur had to explain to Flitwick and the school nurse the difference between male and female veela, and how Colonello almost never used his allure because he hated the way girls acted when he did. He only ever loosened his control over it around his own family, who were immune to it to begin with.

That did not stop her from cornering him once Madame Maxime finally let him off detention.

"Mind explaining why you really did that?" demanded Fleur. "I'm the one who has to explain this to the Matriarch later."

"I'm sick of the teachers thinking I had Lilac under my spell because of our bloodline," said Colonello crossly. "Honestly, it's like they've never encountered a tsundere before."

Fleur blinked.

"What."

"Lilac is a total tsundere, I'm sure of it. She comes off as the sort of hard ass you'd come across in the military, but in reality she's just lonely and wants someone who would be willing to put her first and love her for who she is, not what they expect her to be. Her act is like the bitch face you put on, ramped up to a hundred at least," said Colonello. "And now thanks to them, my girlfriend is pissed at me."

"How did she react to the allure?" asked Fleur with sympathy. That couldn't have been easy for her cousin, seeing her react to it.

"She got pissed and decked me," said Colonello. "The hit shocked me enough that I put my allure back under control."

Dead silence.

"Could you repeat that?" said Fleur in shock.

"Lilac realized what I was doing, and decked me hard enough that I put my allure back under control. She was pretty pissed and demanded to know why I thought I needed it to earn her affection," repeated Colonello. And then what he just said hit him like a brick.

Fleur was in absolute shock. The odds of finding someone immune to the allure was rare, but not unheard of...if you were a normal veela that is.

But for a male to find someone immune to them that wasn't family... that was very big. Their allure was so strong that they were always born with complete control over it, otherwise they would be forced into isolation to avoid being attacked.

For Lilac Potter to punch him, rather than try to rip his clothes off despite being in close proximity to it... she was a very rare find indeed.

Did not change the fact she was royally pissed at him right now though.

Lal POV

Lal wanted to rage. Instead she went straight to the Room of Requirement...and cried.

Why? Why did Colonello feel like he needed his allure to earn her love? Did he really feel that insecure about their relationship that he used something like that around other girls?

Lal clutched the necklace he had given her. She would give him a chance to explain himself, but right now she just wanted to scream.

He deserved better that to have her jealousy rear it's ugly head and possibly ruin what they might have.

Then again, maybe it was better this way. If she broke it off with him, then he wouldn't follow her to that damn mountain and end up cursed. He could have a normal life, grow old with someone else and have a family. He could be happy, and she could finally resign herself to the fate of being alone for the rest of her life.

After all, a freak like her deserved it.

Warm arms wrapped themselves around her, and she registered the comforting presence of Luna.

"Shhh...it's okay big sister. I have you. Just let it out," said Luna soothingly.

Lal just cried until she had no more tears left to shed. She wrapped her arms around Luna and passed out from emotional exhaustion.

Luna was on a mission. Lilac was safe from everyone else at the moment, but she wanted to have a word with the instigators of this incident.

"Ms. Lovegood, do you need something?" asked Professor Flitwick.

"Professor, I was wondering why you went out of your way to upset big sister so much."

Flitwick blinked.

"It was not our intention to upset Ms. Potter, but we were highly concerned about her behavior."

"Did it never occur to you to ask where she might have met Colonello in the first place? After all, when he first ran into her at the school the first thing she called him was 'Cole'. She was highly surprised he was even here, much less that he had magic as well," said Luna.

That got Flitwick's attention.

"Are you saying they met in a purely muggle environment?" he said baffled.

Luna merely smiled at him, but the way she did it made Flitwick feel like a fool.

None of the teachers knew exactly how Lilac Potter had met this "Colonello", or why she permitted him liberties on her person that would have gotten other boys slapped. She did not tolerate people in her personal space, save for a select few. And even then, she didn't like being touched.

Colonello on the other hand, went right past those barriers from the very beginning and even had the daring to kiss her in full view of others, and she would merely blush about it. That had been the main issue and the root of why they suspected the older boy was using his allure, considering his heritage.

Flitwick resolved to have a word with the boy first, since according to Ms. Lovegood, Lilac was quite upset at the fact Colonello had used his allure around her. With how the other females in the room reacted to his allure, he could understand why.

A few hours later...

"Where did I meet Lilac?" said Colonello baffled.

He wondered what this was about, and why the obvious half-goblin wanted to know where he had met his fierce angel.

Colonello scratched his head in confusion.

"I met her during summer camp. I wanted to get away from my crazy female relatives who seemed to make it their mission to match me up with another veela from a different branch of the Sisterhood since the odds of finding someone outside it were pretty slim, never mind the restrictions placed on the guys. She never told me her full name, just told me to call her Lilac. I honestly had no idea she was a witch until I ran into her here," said Colonello.

"I can confirm that. Everyone thought the girl he had fallen into a summer romance with was a muggle," said Fleur. "He never bothered to get any information that could lead us to her because the Sisterhood would have tracked her down without a second thought to find her out her intentions for him."

Flitwick had the feeling they had blown things far out of proportion. Clearly Lilac had fallen for him during the summer months, when she wasn't feeling pressured by the weight of expectations on her for being the 'girl-who-lived'. And since they had met during a muggle camp, it was obvious she had no idea he was a veela and was never subjected to his allure before now.

It would seem they owed the young man a great apology.

The first thing Colonello did when he finally tracked Lilac down was to kiss her and apologize profusely.

"I am so sorry babe... I was just sick of everyone assuming I was using my allure on you because no one knows what a tsundere is," said Colonello. "Apparently it never occurred to the teachers we ran into each other in a purely muggle setting."

Lal froze.

"What did you just call me?" said Lal in a far too calm voice.

"A tsundere. It was pretty obvious you were one of those harsh outside, total softie inside types. I've been around them often enough with my cousins, especially during that time of the month," said Colonello grimacing.

Words could not describe how much he loathed the 'time of the month'. The raging bitchfest he had to deal with just plain sucked.

Lal vibrated with fury.

"How dare you call me a tsundere!" she growled.

Colonello just grinned. Tsundere hated being called on their behavior, which made poking at them all the more fun.

He let her beat him up a little, since he knew she needed to vent some of her rage at his behavior earlier.

"Wait...what do you mean it never occurred to them we met in a muggle setting?"

"Apparently they were under the impression we ran into each other in a magical alley or something, not at a muggle summer camp where I would naturally have to keep my allure in check," said Colonello. "That tiny teacher of yours was surprised we had been meeting up during the summers, unaware that the other party had magic in the first place."

Lal twitched.

"You mean to tell me this entire fiasco could have been avoided...if they had known we had met during summer camp of all things?" she said twitching.

"Yep."

"Gods, I hate wizarding logic," said Lal tired.

"So... are we okay now?"

"Oh, I'm still pissed you used your allure without warning me first or telling me what you were planning, but I'm not going to hex you over it like I was originally planning."

Colonello felt relief.

"Does this mean I can ask you out to Hogsmeade this weekend?" he asked hopefully.

"It means you might get a kiss after, so long as you don't piss me off further," she said flatly.

It was clear she was still mad about it, but at least she wasn't dumping him outright. He'd take what he could get.

Lal was bored, but at least she had made up with Colonello, which was why she was discreetly snuggled up against him.

He was rather understanding about the fact that she wanted nothing to do with celebrating a holiday that happened on the exact date her parents were murdered. Which meant that she was once again in the room of requirement, which was currently looking like a copy of the Italian countryside.

They were on top of a picnic blanket, leaning against a tree with a rather large feast having been mostly consumed between the two of them. He was even more surprised when she brought out the bottle of real Italian wine.

Since they were alone, Colonello let his allure out... but he made a point to warn her first just in case she took it badly.

At least she didn't deck him for it like last time.

It was almost a shame when they had to end their quiet date. He found it rather enjoyable, just being able to relax and not have to hide anything from her.

And then their mellow had to come crashing down when someone rather rudely demanded to know where Lal was the night before, because her name had come out of the damn cup.

"What," said Lal, her very tone icy and full of rage.

"Where were you last night, Ms. Potter, when the selection of the champions was taking place?" demanded McGonagall.

"I was with my boyfriend, avoiding the entire headache because I hate Halloween and anything to do with the date in question. Like I do every year," said Lal, not backing down. "In case you haven't noticed, I've been more interested in solidifying my relationship with Colonello and have made it abudantly clear I wanted nothing to do with this nonsense ever since it was announced."

McGonagall's eyes narrowed.

"Are you certain you didn't ask one of the older students to drop your name in for you?"

"One, I'm already famous for something I hate being reminded of... I have absolutely no need for a temporary fame for winning a competition. Two, I don't actually need the thousand galleon prize. And three, I have been working my ass off to pass my O.W.L.'s a year early...why would I waste all that effort just for a competition I could care less about?" demanded Lal flatly.

McGonagall broke the glaring contest between them first. However it was clear she was not happy about this at all.

Thankfully the Ravenclaws were all logic-driven enough to believe Lal when she said she never entered, nor did she care to join the competition in the first place.

The Hufflepuffs were still pissed she stole their glory.