An Overheard Conversation Chapter 20:
Arthur was taking a stroll after the memorable Halloween dinner, searching for a place he could study without being disturbed. Normally for a Hogwarts student, a disturb-free study place would mean the Library. Unfortunately, his brothers thought it was fun to annoy him to no end, by disturbing him, in a way that would ensure that Madam Pince didn't throw them out, in his studies. Which also ruled out the Slytherin Common Room.
When he thought he had found the place, he sat down. He was a little disappointed though, when it turned out that someone else was close by. He was about to find another place to sit, when a sentence rang out that caught his attention,
'Haven't you noticed how there's always girls hovering around you?' That was Gilbert Beilschmidt, he sounded disbelievingly.
Hm, he must be talking about,
'I thought they were just being friendly.' Francis Bonnefoy whom sounded odd, odd because he was talking in an embarrassed tone. Really? He hadn't noticed that they were more than friendly?
'Just friendly?' Gilbert said, as an echo of Arthur's thoughts. 'Francis, Antonio is just friendly, those girls are hovering.'
'Like your Gregson?'
Ah, yes. Rachel Gregson. Arthur contemplated her; she'd been pining after Gilbert ever since she got Sorted into Slytherin after him.
Arthur thought she made quite the fool of herself with her endless flirting and complimenting. He'd never seen anyone making themselves as much a fool as she did; and he'd seen the girls crushing on his brothers make fools of themselves.
And not only because they were crushing on his brothers.
Thinking about this, Arthur almost missed the growling sound, and, because he only heard the end of it, he didn't realize right away what or who had made the sound, before,
'Scheibe, Eliza. I knew you were a werewolf, but still, growling? That's almost taking it a little too far.' He heard Gilbert say in a joking manner.
Though werewolves had long since been an integral part of the society, there were still prejudices connected to them. Even with the incredibly good work and efforts of S.Q.U.A.D. But he supposed that there would always be idiots.
So, it was good that Elizaveta was a member of the Hetalia club, not just because it proved that werewolves were human. But also, because the club consisted of members who were old and mature enough to treat her that way. Not to mention that Elizaveta had someone to rely on if the prejudices turned to bullying, especially that she'd those three boys to rely on was good.
Author's notes:
This chapter was initially longer, but I decided to divy it up (that's how you say it right?)
I don't own S.Q.U.A.D., that honour goes to The Mischief Managers, a Group on Youtube whom makes amazing videos (seriously, check them out), and they have been kind enough to let me use it.
I don't own Hetalia
In the next chapter:
By this point, Arthur had completely abandoned all thoughts about leaving. He'd plenty of excuses, but the truth was that he was enthralled with the conversation.