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Svetlana was minding her own business today. A rare thing for the outspoken girl, but today had been a bad day. Normally by now she would be itching to go outside, enjoy the sunshine and take a more hands-on class than the ever dull History of Magic. Even charms would be a blessing; Svetlana had never had much time for the fripperies of charms. Why would she want to learn how to produce song birds from her wand when she could be learning something that was productive to society? Many of the plants grown in Herbology had practical healing properties.

But this was a tired argument, one that she would love to shout at some teachers in particular, but this was not the problem.
No, the problem was that today was Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s day, the day where every girl and boy spent hours cooing at each other like ill turtledoves, or moping off in the corner somewhere lamenting the fact that they were still single. Svetlana did not have a ‘special someone’, nor, at this moment, did she plan to have one. Boys were silly, so that was not the problem. The problem was that nobody had time for her.
And so here she was, too upset to go outside (And witness the couples ‘enjoying the lovely day’) too irritated to do some real work. The violet haired girl huffed to herself, and shrugged her shoulders. Well, she would just have to entertain herself. Oh, how she hated Valentine’s Day.

A hand tapped her lightly on the shoulder."Miss? I was given this package this morning, though I'm pretty sure it was meant for you since your name was on, you are Svetlana aren't you? It's chocolates, and although I was tempted to eat them I thought I'd give them to their rightful owner." He bowed slightly. "Enjoy."

The boy disappeared as rapidly as he appeared, moving through the crowd with a skill that was almost astonishing. Chocolates. For her.
How... nice.
Someone had thought of her after all.
She unwrapped the brightly coloured package, studying the chocolates with a bewildered air.

One couldn’t hurt.

She popped a chocolate in her mouth.





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As the chocolate hit her tongue, Svetlana froze.
It tasted fantastic, like chocolate and chili, sweet with a hint of spice, and something else. Something different. Something…
And suddenly she was on her hands and knees in the middle of the corridor.
Ouch, that hurt. She felt like she had probably grazed something, probably her hand. And it had happened in the middle of the corridor! How embarrassing.

She could hear people snickering. Well, she wasn’t going to hear the end of this for a while.

“Woah! Sorry about that.” She heard a voice exclaim.
That sounded like Trévor. He was a fellow Slytherin, and he was in the same year as her. And he…

Had he always been that good looking?

Wow.

There was something about him. Something about that scar on his eyebrow, or maybe it was the strange colour of his eyes…
Something that made her think that she liked him. Quite a bit actually.
Well, it was Valentines Day.

"Oh hello Svetlana, how are you doing? I didn't hurt you did I?" He looked her over carefully. Svetlana blushed, looking down. How sweet, he really cared. Well then, she had better devise a strategy to get this boy all to herself today.

She frowned, deliberately remembering the time that her mother had thrown out a rare flower she had found inexplicably sprouting in her backyard. Tears sprang to her eyes as she looked up at the blue haired boy, her lip slightly quivering.
“Y-yes, I’m alright.” She laughed, dashing tears quickly from her cheeks.

“Well, I’m on the floor and my right hand hurts, but other than that no harm done. Oh!”

She had spotted the box of chocolates, overturned and utterly spoiled by other student’s shoes.
“That was my Valentines Day present.”






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