January Event: Dudley Dursley/Cho Chang (Hard Pairing)
Hopscotch: Friendship (genre), "I'm a lesbian." (dialogue), tomato (word)
Gringotts Prompt Bank:
"I just can't see a way out. I can't see any way out." / "Of what?" / "Of being me." (My Mad Fat Diary)
"Have you got one of those mobile telephones?" (My Mad Fat Diary)
"I'm a lesbian," Cho sighed into her tomato-coloured, but not flavoured, drink when yet another bloke sat down next to her. "So you can leave now."
"I'm a muggle," the nameless bloke countered, causing her eyes to widen in shock. "So you can obliviate me and leave now." She slowly put her drink down and turned to face her companion. He smiled softly at her, his eyes flickering to her wand that was poking out the top of her boots before picking up his beer and taking a sip. "The name's Dudley," he offered, noticing her stare.
"Cho," she replied. "So, you know more than you should and yet you still know. What's that story about?" He shrugged and she could see his discomfort and she decided, right there, that the look on his face was one that he was awfully familiar with wearing that expression. "Nevermind. Buy me a drink and we can be friends."
He raised an eyebrow and when she only smirked at him, he shrugged. What did he have to lose?
"Have you got one of those mobile telephones?" Cho asked curiously, having become curious with muggle technology due to her recent adventures into their world but not having the guts to talk to anyone about it since it seemed everyone knew how to use one. "I think they're cool! If I had one, we could talk all over the world!"
Dudley nodded, chuckling at her expression of pure awe. It was sweet, seeing that kind of innocence on someone's face.
"I do," he admitted. "Maybe I'll teach you how to use it when you're sober. Who knows what your magic would do to it in this state."
"Great!"
"I just can't see a way out. I can't see any way out." Dudley looked at his companion curiously. As the hours had passed and more drinks had been consumed, she'd gone unusually morose.
"Of what?"
"Of being me."
Dudley gaped at her. "Why would you want to find a way to stop being you? To get out of your life?" She shrugged, her lower lip hinting to her sadness.
"I had a boyfriend," she blurted. "He was killed in the war, the first casualty. I drew away from everyone and then realised, I was a lesbian. My parents and friends presumed it was a phase and are refusing to give me any time of day until I get 'back to normal'. Maybe I should just pretend."
"Stop thinking like that. You are now my friend, due to the numerous drinks we've brought each other. We will remain friends as we get you out of this funk and then we'll remain friends until we die. We will remain friends, known as the lesbian witch and the muggle witch. Okay?"
"Okay."