Short Stories

Sylvius Alberdere

For as long as I can remember, I've always liked sweets. Sweets have been the one thing I can say I can enjoy no matter where I am. It sucks, not being from this English world. I try my best to learn their slang, but it's overly frustrating because I'm American. I try to make friends, but because of my dyed hair and piercings, people tend to avoid me. No one wants to be friends with a sugar consuming delinquent...Or so that's what I thought, until I met him.
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"Hey, Sylvius, could you help me carry these boxes?"Luca asks me, struggling to hold the load. I chuckle and make a frame with my fingers."I don't know, I kinda like your expression when you're struggling~" I say teasingly. Luca huffs."I'm being serious, I really can't hold it much longer!"He says, body shaking. I sigh and help him. I don't need him hurting himself, he's too fragile. He smiles."Thank you!" His smile is adorable...
When I say adorable, I mean it in a friend way!!! Luca is my only close friend. I became well aquatinted with everyone he considers his friends, but I just don't feel the same way about them. It's kinda hard not to be Luca's friend. He has this aura that draws you to him. He has a smile that could brighten a room, and his turquoise eyes are like pools of water. He has a head full of light brown curls that frame his ivory face perfectly. Wait, where is my head?!
🖤 We first met in potions class. He want me to partner up with him because his friend Paige had caught a stomach bug. He had sat there staring at his hands on the desk, his nails were painted a sapphire color. His hands were like that of a girl. His frame is kinda like a girl....An incredibly flat chested one(-_-(.... Anywho, he looked up at me with a smile, revealing dimples perfectly in the middle of his cheeks. He tilted his head."I made you sit with me without introducing myself! I'm Luca-Hagrid Potter, and you are...?"He said, waiting patiently." Um... Sylvius Alberdere...." I said, waiting for him to say something else.
"Let's be friends, kay?"Luca said, touching my shoulder. It was then that I knew I would never get rid of him, he'd be by my side forever.🖤
As we carry these boxes, that's what I think about? I chuckle slightly. Luca looks at me confused."What's funny? Did I miss something?" He sits the box next to a table in the field. I shake my head. I sit my box down."I was just thinking of how we met..." I smile at him and he tucks a curl behind his ear. Huh, he's not wearing his glasses..."Do you have in contacts?"I tilt my head. He seems to go red in the face."Um, yeah, I got tired of glasses!"
I look down at the boxes."Wait, why are carrying boxes to an empty field, and what's in them...?" As I reach to peek in one, Luca smacks my hand lightly. Today, his nails are mint green. I wonder what girl is experimenting with polish on his nails...? "Don't go in those!...Um, I mean, you'll see later!Thank you for helping me, I don't need you anymore!"he starts pushing me.
I blink. I'm not even budging. I start taking steps so I move a bit. I'm not going to question him, he's a bit strange. I turn my head slightly to see his face. His little cheeks are puffed out. I then look at his beauty mark near his eye. He really does have an attractive face.
I sigh."I can walk, I get it." He stops pushing me."I'll call you later!" I blink at him. What's the point? He can always come get me. I head to my dorm. The Gryffindor dorms were pretty empty because kids went home to wait out an incoming storm. My roommate isn't here, so I guess I have to be lonely... On my birthday. Luca hasn't even mentioned my birthday. Guess he forgot about it, just like my parents. I think this is the best point to nap.....

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Four Hours Later....

     I wake up to my phone ringing. I groan as I grab my phone and answer. "Hello...?" I say with my sleepy tone of voice. Who was bold enough to interrupt my nap? "Um... Sylvius...I need your help..."It was Luca, and he sounded a bit worried. I sit up in bed and rub my face."Yeah, sure, where are ya?" I start putting on my shoes."I'm down in the great hall."
      I speak with him a bit more before hanging up. I look at the time. What in the hell is he doing in the great hall, it's not even dinner time. I stand up and head down to the great hall like he said. It's eerily dark and quiet here,   it gives me goosebumps... Luca is nowhere to be found. I huffs in frustration." Luca, enough with the games, I thought you needed me?!" I yell into the dark. "......"silence. I shift from foot to foot putting my hands in my pockets.
     Just as I'm about to leave, the room lights up and a bunch of balloons fall from the ceiling along with confetti."SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SYLVIUS!" I am honestly baffled. Standing before me is everyone of Luca's friends. Luca has this huge grin on his face."Happy Birthday, Sylvius!" Paige then comes up and hugs me."Come on, let's eat cake and party all night!" I nod with a smile.
    We partied, played games, made jokes, and just had fun until everyone was ready to go to bed. Well, everyone except me.
     I went and say by a river, dangling my feet in the water. I turn to look behind, hearing the crunching of dead grass. It's Luca. He takes a seat next to me."You'll catch hypothermia like that!"he lectures, making me pull my feet out of the water.
      He then hands me a box."Happy birthday....And Merry Christmas Eve...."I chuckle, and hand him a bag.
He blinks."N-No way! You got me something?!" He was shocked. I nod and smirk. "Open it." He turns and glares at me."Open mine first!" I chuckle and open the box. It was a necklace. It read 'Boyf'. What does that mean? "Thanks, Luca."I say looking at it. He pulls out the matching half to the necklace, which read 'Reinds'. I was so confused... Until he pieced them together...."It says boyfriends... Wait...What?!"
   Luca's face was beet red under the night sky."Um, Sylvius....I want to... I want to....I want-" I cut him off... With my own mouth. "Yes, Luca, I'll be your boyfriend." His eyes widen and he just about tackles me. He kisses me again.

This has turned out to be the best birthday ever 😍!!!

(To be continued because Luca didn't open his gifts.)