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Saturday, the day of the first Quidditch match dawned sunny and bright. Haruhi really didn't want to get out of bed though. She couldn't believe what she and Scorpious had done the day before.
But she was forced from bed by the constant chattering of her dormmates.
Honestly, she didn't know why most girls felt the need to talk so much. Didn't they enjoy the beauty of silence sometimes? If they were quiet they'd be able to hear the wind whistling outside and the birds chirping, instead all they heard was their own chatter.
Grudgingly, Haruhi climbed out of bed, slipping on her robes.
"Hey! Haruhi! Did you really join the Host Club yesterday? Don't they realize you're a girl?" Jenna, one of her dormmates asked as she tied up her hair.
"Yeah, I am." Haruhi said simply. Her dormmates shook their heads in amazement. Personally, Haruhi didn't get what the big deal was, who cared what gender she was. Haruhi slipped through the common room and out into the corridor. She rounded a corner, lost in thought when she collided with someone solid.
"Oh, I'm sorry." She said politely as she pulled back to see who she had bumped into. The Hitachiin twins looked back her, matching Cheshire cat grins in place.
"Oh it's you!" They chorused. Haruhi stared at them blankly. "Where you off to?" The one on the right asked. "You're not on the way to the Quidditch game are you?" They shared a devious grin. "You should come with us!" Before Haruhi had time to reply she was being dragged by the armpits and down the hallway.
She couldn't even reach her wand, what with the way they were dragging her. Even in the great hall they kept her near them. Luckily, she loved food to much to pay them much attention while she ate. As they were dragging her down the pitch Scorpious came to her rescue.
"Everything alright here?" Scorpious drawled glancing the twins up and down lazily.
"Of course!" They chorused cheerfully while Haruhi rapidly shook her head in denial.
"Right," Scorpious rolled his eyes as he somehow managed to pry Haruhi away from the over eager twins.
The twins were still whining and trying to get her back when they joined Kyoya in the stands. They finally had to leave then. It wouldn't look good to have two Gryffindors among all the Slytherins. A Ravenclaw was one thing, Gryffindors were entirely different.
Haruhi sighed; somehow she'd still managed to end up at the match. On the other side of Scorpious, Kyoya adjusted his glasses which gleaming in the sun, "Something the matter, Haruhi?"
"I'm just not that big into sports. Especially ones I know nothing about." Haruhi said unemotionally as she got comfortable on the hard bench.
"Well," Kyoya smirked, "You might find this game isn't completely without benefit." Haruhi was opening her mouth to ask him what he meant when the crowd in red and gold erupted in cheers, the Gryffindor team was entering the stadium.
Haruhi was surprised to recognize three of seven people on the Gryffindor team. Kyoya began to explain the game. "Takashi Morinozuka there is the keeper, he's like a goalie in football. He keeps the other team from scoring. Michael Frank, James Potter, and Mark Pania are chasers. They use the quaffle, the big red ball, to score. Sally and Sam Booth are beaters; they use bats to hit the bludgers, hard black balls, at the opposite team. And our own Mitsukuni Haninozuka is the seeker, he tries to catch the little gold ball called the snitch. It's worth a hundred and fifty points and ends the game, the quaffle goals are worth ten. Got it?"
"Yeah, I think I do." Haruhi said in awe. just then there was another huge cheer that rippled through the crowd as the Hufflepuff team took the field.
The only one Haruhi recognized was Tamaki Suoh. "So, who are they?" She asked Kyoya casually. Getting him to explain these things alleviated her boredom some.
"The Hufflepuff team was basically the same as Gryffindor, with Tamaki Suoh as chaser being the major difference. Except that their beaters aren't played by twins. Oh, and every one of their players, even the captain, is fifteen or under." Kyoya said coolly as Madam Hooch blew the whistle.
It only took a minute for Haruhi to be caught up in the game. The commentary provided by the Gryffindor, Victorie Weasley, was hilarious and the action was amazing. She found herself gasping in shock and amazement with the rest of the crowd when Hunny caught the snitch after a fifty meter dive.
Haruhi joined a chattering crowd of Slytherins as they left the stadium; even Scorpious was talking a bit more animatedly than normally.
"That was amazing! I hope I'm as good as Hunny when I try out for the team next year. My father was on the Slytherin team. He always lost to Harry Potter, but he won against everyone else. Did you know that?" He said this so fast and excitedly that Haruhi and Kyoya were looking at him in mild shock.
Scorpious, noticing their sideways glances added calmly, "Of course you knew." he added smugly.
"Um…actually I had no clue. You know I'm muggle-born." Haruhi pointed out as they entered the entrance hall.
Scorpious blushed in embarrassment, "I knew that." he mumbled. Kyoya on his other side smirked, pushing the glasses up the bridge of his nose. For some reason that made Haruhi nervous.
They split ways after this. Haruhi went off to her tower, to join in the celebrations while Kyoya and Scorpious headed down to the dungeons. Before reaching their common room Kyoya pulled Scorpious into an empty room. "Scorpious, does your father know about Haruhi?"
Scorpious looked around as if he feared someone would over hear them. He scowled at Kyoya, "What do you think?" he retorted hotly.
"I'm supposing that you told them about her, but conveniently forgot to mention that she was a muggle born. Am I right?"
Scorpious was staring at the wall behind Kyoya as if it had become of intense interest. "Maybewhatsittoyou," he mumbled.
"You want to stay friends with her don't you?" Scorpious nodded numbly. "Well, I think it would be best if you told your parents now, before it got too late. Maybe in person?"
"You dont know what my father is like!" Scorpious said with clench fists. But there was truth in his words; he'd have to confess sometime.
"Scorpious, I may be muggle-born and only twelve, but I've done the research. Your father is much more understanding than your grandfather. He'll be more upset the longer you wait to tell him."
Scorpious sighed, "You're probably right."
"Of course I'm right. I don't say anything unless I know I'm going to be right. Don't you know that by now?" Kyoya said coolly.
Scorpious smirked, that's one of the reasons he looked up to the second year, not that he'd admit it aloud. "Of course," he inclined his head slightly.
"Good, now let's go to the common room. I'm sure there's a party going on in there. Gryffindor winning will mean our beating them will be all the sweeter later this year." Kyoya pulled open the door and headed out into the corridor, expecting Scorpious to follow him.
Scorpious hung back for a moment, and Kyoya paused in the doorway, "Something the matter," he asked coolly.
"it's just…How do you cope with being an obvious muggle-born in Slytherin? I know things aren't as bad as they used to be, but still…" Scorpious said this nervously, as if afraid of being yelled at or punished for asking.
Kyoya stared at him, accessing him for a moment, "I'd never really thought much about it. I suppose it's harder, but I never back down from a challenge." his glasses glinted dangerously as he said this.
Scorpious chuckled, "I guess you never do. Ok, I'm hungry now, let's go." He pushed past Kyoya and headed towards the Slytherin Common Room.
Scorpious followed Kyoya down to the Slytherin common room. Their conversation still ringing through his skull, maybe he should just bite the bullet and bring Haruhi home to meet his parents. Scorpious smirked, that's exactly what he'd do.
Author's Note: So, this was fun, hehe. We decided we'll be doing a time jump for the next chapter. We think we'll be covering all seven years in this story. Fun, right? :D Oh, for those that wonder - yes, Kyoya is smart, but he's more ambition than brains, studying is not his life, being on top is. So he's more Slytherin than Ravenclaw.
Thoughts from the Other Author: Thank you so much to everyone whose been reading, Your wonderful input is the light of my life.
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