Pairing - Cho/Luna
Prompt - Green
Word Count - 373
Forgiveness
"I don't know what I did to deserve you, Luna, but I thank Merlin for it everyday," Cho muttered as the young couple sat atop the Astronomy tower. They came up there often, to get away from the stares, the sniggering, the nastiness that seems to generate anywhere that teenagers congregate.
They had been together for three months, openly for a little over a month. Cho loved Luna, but she knew she didn't deserve her, not after the way she had bullied Luna to make herself look 'cool', to her friends. She knew that, and yet every time she told her girlfriend that, Luna laughed.
"You did nothing but decide to be yourself Cho, you don't need to thank Merlin for that."
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Luna was used to the stares, the giggles and name calling. It didn't bother her anymore, not like it once had anyway. Luna was comfortable and confident in herself. She knew who she was and she was happy. She had friends, the best friends she could ever ask for, and she had Cho, a girl who she loved, who loved her back in equal amounts.
Luna knew that Cho struggled with not being 'popular', anymore, but she didn't know how to help. She didn't know how to make Cho see that being herself was the only way to make real friends. Luna's friends had been happy for her, and had even told her to invite Cho with her when they got together, but Cho refused.
"I don't want your friends to feel obligated to be nice to me for you," she said, everytime Luna asked her to join them. And so, they went to the astronomy tower, where they would sit in the moonlight, and talk, or kiss, or be silent. As long as they were together.
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As Luna's dad walked her down the aisle towards the girl of her dreams, Luna knew the nargles had been right all those years ago. Cho was worthy of forgiveness. She was someone Luna wanted to know. She was someone Luna could love unconditionally, and she was someone who would return the feeling. Cho's green eyes glowed happily as they said their vows, and to Luna, she had never looked more beautiful.