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- Gryffindor Common Room
"Oh, come on, Ron. Give it back!", Harry stretched his hand towards Ron who reluctantly placed his phone back into his palm. "Finally.", Harry sighed. "What did the both of you do to it?"
Hermione guiltily avoided eye contact with Harry while Ron just had a big grin on his face. "We changed our contact names, you see!", Ron spoke up which Harry responded with a raised eyebrow.
"Maybe a couple others also...", Ron muttered under his breath. However, he seemed to have no guilty conscious.
Harry facepalmed himself, "You're kidding me."
"I'm sorry, Harry! I didn't want to change everything! You see, Ron and I just wanted...", Hermione stopped herself just before she let the cat out of the bag. "We just wanted to change our contacts on your phone! It was looking a little... Boorish."
Harry sighed. "You could've just told me, did you really need to take my phone?"
"Haha..", Hermione looked away towards Ron, hoping for him to create a distraction for her.
Ron, although slightly oblivious, received the memo and changed the subject. "Hey, Harry! Look at the time, it's time for dinner! Let's go to the Great Hall."
"Oh, yeah. Let's go.", Harry was immediately distracted and wore his Gryffindor robes. Hermione gave Ron a small thumbs up and the Golden Trio proceeded to the Great Hall to have their dinner.
- Great Hall
After sorting the first years, the food soon arrived thereafter. Harry reminisced on when he just entered Hogwarts. He met Ron and Hermione on the Hogwarts Express, Draco and the other Slytherins the moment they entered school.
Harry also remembered the chance that he was to be sorted into Slytherin, but fortunately the Sorting Hat was a reasonable one and sorted him into Gryffindor instead.
He had never regretted not going into Slytherin.
"Hey, Harry! Don't you wanna see what we renamed your contacts to?", Ron asked. Curious, Harry then proceeded to take out his phone and look at the contacts.
Harry was confused at a few of the contacts. Some of which included 'Don't Answer', 'Prince', 'Lesbian Slytherin' and several more others.
"Who's 'Don't Answer'?", Harry asked Ron, while angling his phone screen to face Ron.
Grinning, Ron replied in a low tone that almost sounded like he was whispering, "Cho Chang. You remember? She betrayed us and then kept bugging you after both of you broke up!"
Harry formed an 'o' with his mouth. "Then what about-", before Harry could ask anymore, Hermione replied.
"Harry, why don't you text them? You can take this chance to be more... Social.", Hermione smiled.
"O...kay..... 'Mione, don't get me wrong, but you and Ron seem to be up to something.", Harry stated suspiciously as he started to text the number named 'Prince'.
***
𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎
you:
> um, hi? sorry, ron and 'mione changed the names of my contacts
> so, uh, can i get your name?
prince:
> what is my contact saved as?
you:
> its saved as 'prince'
prince:
> oh, just leave it. i like that name.
you:
> okaaaay, so im not going to get your name?
prince:
> maybe next time?
you:
> fine...
you:
> so do i just call you prince for now?
prince:
> i mean, i like the sound of that
you:
> uhm, alright then.
> do i know you in real life, though?
prince:
> yeah, of course. we talk a lot, potter.
you:
> so we know each other well, but not well enough to be one first name basis?
prince:
> i wouldn't say we know each other well, per se
you:
> ??
> what do you mean by that?
prince:
> you'll get it, potter.
you:
> what house are you in?
prince:
> questioning time is up! too bad, potter. let's talk next time.
you:
> oh, okay then.
> see you around?
prince:
> i'll always see you around
***
- Great Hall
After that conversation, Harry was rather weirded out. He texted most of the rest of the mysterious numbers to find out their identity, including 'Lesbian Slytherin' who surprisingly turned out to be Pansy Parkinson!
What an unusual way to find out someone's sexuality. Not that Harry minded, though. He had came out to Hermione and Ron a few weeks ago and they were so understanding.
Hermione also came out as lesbian a few days following Harry. They were really accepting of each other, especially Ron, whom Harry and Hermione didn't think would be accepting as he grew up in a pure-blooded family.
"How did you know Parkinson is a lesbian too?", Harry cocked his head to the side, genuinely curious.
Ron gave Harry a look of 'are you bloody serious?'. Hermione spoke up, "You're really oblivious, Harry. Pansy and I started dating a week ago.". She glanced at the Slytherin table to make eye contact with her girlfriend.
The moment their eyes met, it sparkled with happiness.
"You really didn't see the amount of sexual tension between them? You're such an oblivious git!", Ron laughed.
Harry pursed his lips together, "Well, sorry for not noticing because I'm always trying to get away from Malfoy who keeps threatening to hex me!".
Hermione immediately looked at Ron, whose expression was a cocktail of emotions. "Harry, you know Malfoy has and will never threaten to hex you.", Hermione said. "Well except during that duel in second year..."
"Yeah!", Ron nodded in agreement. "The most he does is call you names in hopes of your attention!".
Harry hissed, "No, Ron. You don't seem to remember the time he hexed me in the bathroom after fleeing the Great Hall? He was actually trying to kill me!"
"Yes, it's wrong, Harry. But that's because you caught Draco in a vulnerable time... And he does have a pride to uphold, you know.", Hermione tried to reason with him. "Besides.. Yo-"
Harry seemed to just get more irritated by Hermione standing up for Draco. "Yeah, as if his pride is worth more than my life!", Harry shot back before realizing her words. "You call him 'Draco' now? Seriously? I should've know, your girlfriend and her friends are more important to you than us. Right, Ron?"
"Honestly, Harry-"
"Oh, don't tell me you're backing the Slytherins too?", Harry gritted his teeth by the lack of support his so-called 'best friend'.
"Harry, stop it! You're overreacting!", Ron tried to place his hand on Harry's shoulder, but Harry simply brushed it off.
"Some friend you are.", Harry stood up from the bench and stormed off back to the Gryffindor common room.
***
𝙿𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎
you:
> hey.
prince:
> oh, hi.
> i didnt know you were going to message again so soon.
you:
> yeah, i didnt think so too until some friend of mine decided to date my enemy's best friend.
> not that i mind, but she's siding with my enemy now?
> i didnt know who to rant to so here i am
> damn, am i bloody pissed off
> who the hell does he think he is?
> just because of his 'pride' he can just hex me and try to kill me?
> and then 2 years later my best friend comes to defend that asshole?
> what kind of 'best friend' is she?
> sorry for blabbering on and on
prince:
> no, it's alright.
> just hope you feel better getting it out of your system.
> never knew the Golden Boy had so many struggles
you:
> struggles are literally what my life is built on
> people are so naïve for thinking that i had it good for a moment.
> thanks for letting me rant
> i feel better now.
prince:
> you're welcome, potter
you:
> eh, just call me Harry
prince:
> uh, if you say so, harry.
you:
> also, are you in 8/7th year taking potions???
> theres homework from prof snape which i havent done yet
prince:
> harry, don't tell me..
> you're going to copy the answers?
you:
> well, yeah. of course.
> why else will i ask for the answers?
prince:
> wow, haha! i didn't know the Golden Boy was one to copy answers!
you:
> stop calling me 'the Golden Boy', prince.
prince:
> oh sorry...
> yeah, im in 8th year taking potions. Snape's homework for veritaserum?
you:
> yeah!
prince:
> i finished doing it in 3rd period, Harry you dumbass.
you:
> damn, you're smart! are you in Ravenclaw?
prince:
> harry, you really are oblivious
> hahahahah
> there's no Ravenclaws in our classes!
> are you imagining them or are you clueless?
you:
> heyyy don't call me a oblivious :(
> i just find intelligence attractive, okay?
> its a compliment :)
prince:
> although i do agree that im pretty intelligent,
> i thought the contact name was pretty self-explanatory
> im a guy!
you:
> and I'm gay!
prince:
> oh-
you:
> yeah, please don't tell anyone, though.
prince:
> it stays between these four walls :)
> besides, i know of a few wizards and witches who are as straight as rainbows.
you:
> thanks!
> still need the answers, though!
> also, I'm curious, who are as straight as a rainbow?
prince:
> don't tell them I told you this...
> but i know that Draco is gay and has a crush! Blaise and Pansy too!
> here's the answers by the way
*insert photo*
you:
> NO WAY
> DRACO LUCIUS MALFOY?
prince:
> yeah...
you:
> woah. I honestly didn't expect that.
> if you call them by their first names, that means you're pretty close to them, huh?
prince:
> pfffft what? no!
> obviously not!
> .....
> okay, it was a slip up
you:
> hahaha
> the way you talk is pretty adorable, for a slytherin
prince:
> was that supposed to be a compliment?
you:
> yeah! it is!
prince:
> oh, uh, thanks.
you:
> you're very welcome prince