“Are you alright?” Jun asked as they walked up Diagon Alley. It seemed to have gotten busier while they were in the bank and Jun had to move closer to Nino to avoid losing him in the crush. Nino chewed on his lip his eyes glinting in a yellow, almost metallic way as he nodded, disturbing a host of feathers which rained around him and caused him more frustration.
“I’m fine, I’m just…I’m just trying to control myself, I know logically that there was nothing between you and that red-haired guy…But my stupid Veela is telling me…Urgh…I hate being like this, it can’t always be this difficult…” He growled causing a few of the British wizards to scatter as they marched through them heading to Malkin’s robes for all occasions.
“It will get easier, Nino, I’m sure all half-bloods go through it…At least the ones that do manage to do the full turn like you can. For the others it must be easier because they were born like it…Right?” Jun asked making sure that that information was correct, and Nino gave a nod. The half-Veela smiled at him his eyes losing some of their yellow as his fingers brushed gently over his knuckles
“Thanks, JayJay, why are you so perfect for me?”
“It’s you that’s perfect for me…Remember I have a feather fetish…Who else could be better for me?” Jun joked as nonchalantly as he could manage though his cheeks were burning a ruby red now and he was sure that everyone was looking at him and judging him for what he had said. Nino laughed happily, pinpricks of red in his own cheeks as he bit cutely on his lower lip and Jun was glad when they pushed through the last crowd of people and he could see Nino’s mother and his own standing outside of the building.
Kazuko had her arms gracefully folded over her chest as was leaning with her back against the window. A cluster of people, mostly men, were keeping a respectful distance but staring openly at her and Jun was sure that he even heard a few mutters that sounded suspiciously like;
“Can’t be human…”
It wasn’t the first time that Jun would have been convinced that it was Nino’s mother that was the Veela and not his father but he knew the truth and had experienced Ares’ lure first hand. His own mother was looking…Relaxed. At the very least her mouth was curved into a smile as she talked to Kazuko who laughed and nodded to whatever it was his mother had said. It had been a while since Jun had seen the expression on his mother’s face and he was glad. He had been worried that she wouldn’t like Kazuko, but it appeared that the opposite was true.
“Ah there they are! We thought that you would be lost in that joke shop forever didn’t we Fee?” Kazuko laughed pulling herself upright as they approached, and Jun blinked sharply at hearing his mother being addressed by a Nickname. Fee…Didn’t seem to mind the name however as she gave a bright smile and nodded.
“Yes, I was telling Zu that you have always been obsessed with the Weasley and Harry Potter, I said it would be lucky if we could pull you away after an hour. Did you manage to look around?” Jun blinked slowly at the woman that was his mother, at least it looked like his mother, she was wearing the same clothes she had been wearing when they had left the inn, but she sounded nothing like her. It was as though she had been switched out at some point with a person he had always wanted his mother to be.
“Um…Yeah…It was too busy though, for a proper look, but Nino brought me a Harry Potter figure…And I met George Weasley!” Jun tried and failed to keep his voice neutral and he sent an apologetic look Nino’s way but the half-Veela was still smiling to himself and didn’t seem to have heard the conversation.
“He’s the one that lost his ear, right?” Fee asked with a smile her eyebrows wiggling as though she was trying to prove that she had listened to his long rambles and Jun nodded happy that she had.
“Yes, he sold me a trunk with a lot of the stores products in…”
“And he gave you his autograph…” Nino mumbled coming out of his happy daze to pull a scrap of paper from out of his robe and hand it to him. Jun blinked at the surprisingly neat signature that appeared to be written in colour changing ink that changed from blue to green to red and then yellow before going again. “You weren’t going to ask so I did…”
“Thanks, Nino” Jun whispered touched that even when Nino was battling with serve jealousy he had still thought to do that for him.
“You’re welcome…” Nino shrugged rubbing the back of his neck before awkwardly nodding at the door to the robe shop. “Are we going in or are we going to stand out here looking like we’re doing street theatre all day?”
“Right, lets go in, shall we?” Kazuko clapped her hands together at her son’s words and then opened the door of the shop with the tinkling of a little bell. Inside there were what looked like mostly first years all looking nervously around as floating measuring tapes moved this way and that on their bodies.
A woman, average in height with a small pug nose and a serve cut hairstyle came to stand in front of them eyeing them slowly for a moment and Jun noticed that she was wearing a tracking bracelet on her wrist. It looked almost like an ordinary bracelet made of silver and set with stones of pale blue, but there were several runes that were noticeable on the inside that forbid the wearer from using magic that wasn’t approved by the ministry and he knew from research that a lot of the younger members of the dark families had been placed on a near permanent community service order to prove they weren’t like their parents. The Golden Trio and Headmistress McGonagall had spoken out against the treatment and at length, but the war wasn’t far enough away in peoples minds and many felt they had been too lenient with the dark families after the first war with Voldemort.
“Students from the exchange? I’m Pansy Parkinson if you will come this way?” The woman, Pansy said softly leading Jun down to a small stand and Jun frowned trying to remember the name.
TBC
A/N: So, since I reject Harry Potter and the Cursed Child with a vengeance, I am writing my own version of what happened to Harry Potter and co after the war, I’m trying to keep it similar, those that died died…With the exception of Lupin (I will not kill him though um…Sorry Tonks…In this his werewolf side died taking the killing curse so he was able to raise his son and not be a werewolf) also this does have a plot and a stuff It’s not just MatsuMiya bumbling around the Harry Potter universe meeting characters and stuff…there will be villains and fights…So, I hope that this is okay…>.<
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Date: 2018-05-01 09:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2018-05-01 09:48 am (UTC)Nino is so sweet! He asked the signature for Jun.
Thanks for sharing!
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Date: 2018-05-01 06:44 pm (UTC)So sorry about your thumb dear! Don't force yourself, neither for us, look out for infections, be careful, and take good care! >.
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Date: 2018-05-02 03:37 pm (UTC)I love stories with substance and yours has it~ I'm excited to read the actions scenes in the future :D.
I don't even plan on picking up the cursed child. For me, the HP series ended with the 7th book. Feels like anything written after that would mess up the HP universe. hehe.
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Date: 2018-05-02 10:21 pm (UTC)