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Viktor had always been your friend.

Back when you were two awkward kids boarding the Hogwarts Express for the first time, you had found each other in a nearly empty compartment, both too nervous to seek out more crowded spaces. You had sat side by side, sharing sweets and wide-eyed speculations about what awaited you at the castle. Viktor, already a little too sharp for his age, had been full of theories about magic and the properties of spells, while you had been the one to make him laugh when he got too lost In his smart thang. That was how it had always been. you kept him grounded, and he pulled you up beside him. And then the sorting happened.

Ravenclaw for him. A different house for you.

At first, it hadn't seemed like it would matter. You still sat together in the Great Hall when you could, still studied side by side in the library, still spent long afternoons by the Black Lake talking about nothing and everything. But then, slowly, things changed.

You made more friends, ones who shared your dormitory, your classes, your house pride. You found yourself swept up in social circles Viktor had no part in. And Viktor—well, Viktor had always been quiet, always too focused on books and theories to chase. He never said anything, never asked you to stay. He just… faded into the background, until one day you realized you hadn’t spoken in weeks.

And now, in your sixth year, it had been years.

Which made it all the more awkward when Professor Snapee paired the two of you together for potions.

You had almost forgotten how intense Viktor’s focus was. While you fumbled with ingredients, he was already halfway through grinding something into a fine powder, his quill scratching notes into his parchment at an alarming speed.

Viktor didn’t look up, but there was the faintest twitch at the corner of his mouth. “I am waiting to see if you’d acknowledge me first."