Warning : plz look at chap 1..
New chap, new chap, new chap. Enjoy!
Poppy stand up and offer her hand to the handsome man whose been courting her so called son. "I'm Pomfey, Poppy Pomfey. Severus healer and colleage, and you are-" Poppy asked nicely as she tilted her head slightly in curiousity.
"Seth Grandcester, it's a honor to meet you, Mrs. Pomfey." Seth twinkling and warm eyes pulls her into smile.
"The honor is mine, Mr. Grandcester." Poppy grinned playfully as she quirk her eyebrow at the black hair man. "It's always a nice occation to meet a handsome man." Seth laugh freely, making the rigid atmosphere in the room turn into ease.
"Just Seth, please." He enveloped Poppy's hand into his strong grasp as he shakes her hands firmly. "And I could never resist a beautiful woman such as you." He sigh loudly, his smile scretch lazily at his lips.
"Ohhh, such a charmer." Poppy gigling into her free hand gleefully as she playing along with the younger man. Severus rolls his eyes at their antics. "Oh, hush you Severus, let this old woman have their fun for awhile." She wink at her young colleage before she took her hand back.
"I like you already, Mrs. Pomfey." Seth lips stretch widely but his arm never left its place around Severus' waist.
"Just Poppy's alright and please do sit down, Seth." Poppy smile softly, watching how ease the two men within each other presence. Severus sit at the long couch, pulling Seth along beside him as Poppy sit back onto her own seat and fussing around the table. "Tea, Seth?" Poppy asked as she offer him a nicely smell tea in a beautiful cup.
"Thank you, Poppy, I would love to." He said as he took the offering cup with a slight nod. She beams at his politeness and offer the other cup to Severus who took the offered cup gratefully. Severus sighs heavilly as he sip a mouthfull warm tea to sooths his nervousness though he didn't know why he got so nervous so suddenly.
Poppy pour her own tea and sit back comfortably on her seat before she look at the man before him who already put his cup down after took a sip with a delight expression, cleary liking the tea he drank. 'Such an amusing person he is.' Poppy thought amused as she watch him shift his body slightly, unconciously makes Severus' side fall onto his chest in comfortable manner before Seth drapped his arm behind the back rest, hugging Severus close without him noticing it. 'And clearly a sly man too' she snort softly when Seth cocked his head innocently as she quirk her brow at him, knowing what he attempting to do.
And seeing Severus, whose still sipping his warm tea happily, not knowing his 'boyfriend' already arranging him into his possessive hold in sly manner. Poppy rolls her eyes as she heard the said man sighs happily the moment Severus secured in his arms. He never left his gaze from Poppy's own, challenging her to say something about his action before his lips stretched back into lazy smile when she said nothing at all.
"So, Poppy, what did you want to ask me?" Seth asked so suddenly and straight into the point, making Severus starled in surprise. He choked into his tea as Poppy quirk her brow highly. Seth rolls his eyes as Poppy giving him an innocent blink. "You don't have to beat around the buss with me. And I would appreciate it if you asks me anything you want to know from me. If I don't want to answer your question I would tell you myself." Seth said calmly. "You don't have to be afraid to offend me or something. In contrary, I would be so offend if you pretending around me especially because you're important to Severus. I don't need any ass kissing in family." Seth grumbles as he murmur 'like I don't have to dealt with ass kissing people everyday' "and please don't be offend if sometimes I got so brass. Just tell me to fuck off and I'll be backing off." He says as his playfull manners back on.
Poppy chuckles lightly with the brass the younger man gave her but she approved it because she doesn't like any sucking ass too. "As your wish, Seth." She smile motherly at him. He nodded at her as Severus gapped at the two of them in disbelieved, clearly loss his word with the exchanged between his mother figure and his soon to be boyfriend. Or boyfriend already?
"Your intent with my boy?" she asked in stern manner.
"I would marry him if he wish it right here and right now." He said confidently. Severus squaking in surprise at his bold answer, making him blush so fiercely. Poppy hummed happily, definitely satisfied with his answer, like Severus need any permission from her if he wish to get married. 'Did he?' he thought unsure as sweatdropped began to form at his temple.
"Why?" Poppy asked consideringly, eyes squinting at the taller man.
"Why what?" Seth asking back, his head cocked slightly, clearly not understand what's Poppy been asking him.
"Why did you want to marry him?" she asked him. "What did you see from him? He's not good looking, no money and no body. He's just a man with a good potion skill, he's useless for you and definitely not good for you?" Poppy asked carelessly, but her eyes watching Seth body reaction intently.
Seth glares at the older woman before him as he felt Severus' body stiffened beside him. "He maybe not the most handsome man, but he definitely the most beautiful soul that I ever seen. He maybe had no money but I got all the money in the whole world so, who cares? He's good at potion making, that's great skill and I respect him for it." Seth hisses at her poisonously, his arms circling Severus' shoulder in protective manner.
Poppy Pomfey looked at him intently. His face calm but his jaw square stubbornly. His eyes burning with anger, not for her accusation to him but for the insult she throwed at what Severus been lacking. His weakness. Poppy felt her heart melt and warming, she know now that her boy would be taken care and cherish for all of his life and she's gratefull to every holy being for that.
Severus heart hurt when he heard what Poppy said about him. That's true, all of it. He's ugly, poor and nasty. The only thing good about him was his making potion skill. It hurt like hell when he heard it from Poppy's mouth though he knowed Poppy doesn't mean it at all. Still, it stabbed his heart deeply. But when he heard Seth's word, it's like a balm to his tattered soul. His heart warming and he took a shuddering breath as he look up into the taller man whose still glaring coldly at the woman before him.
"So, he didn't have any use for you at all. Why bother to marry him?" Poppy asked with pursed lips, her manner in disdain, to anyone who doesn't know the matron they would believe her acted but not Severus. Without Seth knowing, Severus smiles softly. He definitely knows what the matron aiming for. The truth for Severus' doubt of Seth intention and Severus love her for it.
Seth squint his eyes lightly. His mind circling and he smiles at her softly. "I know, Poppy. I just love him like this." Seth sighs loudly as Poppy smile softly at him. "I met so many handsome men and beautiful women all of my life but I hardly met a beautiful soul until I met Severus. Cheesy may it be, but I'm falling in love in the first sight the moment he snarled at me." Seth chuckles loudly at the memories. His eyes softened as he replayed the cherised memory in his mind.
Poppy felt her eyes moistened at the blatant love that shine in the man's eyes. "Look can be deceiving," Seth says as he looked at Severus warmly, "I might be handsome but my soul definitely not as good as you." Seth looked back into Poppy's. "I do admit it. I grown up in the world full of deception and I strife to survive. To be the best so no one could destroy me. But, after all this time, I begun to wary with the world." Seth's brows furrowed deeply in thought. "I begun to think what the purpose I strife in the world with no good at all, just a clown in the stages that called earth where everybody played their part, smiling when they stabbing you in the back, loving you when you have money and fame but kicking you when everything goes down. Everything begin to blur in my sight. I lost my way, Poppy, and I begun to hate everything."
Seth sighs wearyly. "That is until I met him." Seth grinning widely. "He snapped at me when I bumped into him at Diagon Alley. 'Watch your way, this ingredients worth millions than you.'" Seth laughs loudly, making Severus blush heavily when he recites the first time they met.
"Trust me, Poppy, no body in the world ever said that to me and then left me behind without looking back. That, Poppy, was the first time I ever got bruised ego and it's like I got some fresh air to breath again." Seth throws his head back as he laughs, making Poppy laugh along with him. Severus felt his cheeks would forever burn with shame as he glare at the man beside him.
"That's your bruise ego telling you, not falling in love, boy." The matron chidded at Seth.
"No, I got my first bruise ego and I definitely fallen in love with him that day. But as I said before, I'm already became a weary man. At first, I do believe he'd done that to make me noticed him, so I decided to investigated him before I do something drastic, like destroying his whole life for trying to deceiving me." Seth shrugged in apologetic manner when Sev look at him in disbelieve.
"Why did I need you to notice me?" Severus sneer at him in disdain.
"That's why I love you, dear heart. You expected nothing from me and I could become myself with you." Seth rolls his eyes with smile.
"You make no sense." Severus brows furrow in thought. "You could found someone else for that. Not everybody are a deceiving bastard, you know. And I know several good people if you want." Severus told him in uncertain manner.
"And you asked me why should I fall in love with you?" Seth asked back. Severus look blandly at him, not understanding what Seth trying to said. Seth sighs loudly as Poppy giggled at her hand. "Dear heart," Seth says as he turn to Severus, "you always taking care of everbody you love but asking nothing in return. You even asking me if I need to meet some good people without thinking how much it would hurt you instead. Why shouldn't I love you for that?" Seth says softly as his finger cares Severus soft cheeck.
"Whose said I would get hurt if you choose someone else?" Severus frown at him though his heart clench tightly.
"Why indeed." Seth tugging his hair lightly, smile never left his lips. Severus blush deeply as Seth kiss the corner of his mouth softly.
"Nobody ever choose me for anything." Severus whispered so soflty that Seth would miss it if he didn't sat so close to Severus.
"Their loss, my gain." Seth whispered in front of Severus' lips before kissing him softly but firm.
Poppy rose carefully the moment both man begin to whispering to each other and made herself scare away from the two love bird. Giving them a chance to 'clear the air' around them. She already got what she's been after and she satisfied with the answer she got.
The end ?
A/N : please bear with me. New chapter, finally. Yayyy... Sorry for the looonnnnggg up date.