"Hey Percy," Oliver said as he stepped out of the boy's changing room. "Any reason you're hanging around outside here?"
Percy blinked a few times. "What, I can't come and see a friend?"
"No," Oliver said slowly, "It's just that you've never come to meet me from Quidditch practice before. Is something wrong?"
"No. Well. Maybe. It's the twins." Percy smiled tightly, and tugged Oliver into the recess by the statue of Queen Ethelburga. "You remember what we were talking about last week? The ... the kissing thing?"
Oliver nodded. And then frowned. "Why? And what does it have to do with the twins?"
Percy giggled a little and bit his lip. "Well, either they were listening, which I would not put past them despite it being a gross breach of privacy and about three hundred school rules, or they just want some fun. They've come up with a spell." He said the last in the tone of voice that Oliver thought should be reserved for the death of a teacher or a monarch.
"They're always coming up with spells." Oliver hoisted himself onto the window-ledge and dropped his Quidditch gear on the floor. "Why has this one got you all a flutter?"
Percy sighed. "It's a barrier, around the common room door. If you've never kissed anyone then you turn green."
"Oh." Oliver chewed his lip. "I see."
"They're not green of course. They walked through it bold as brass and stayed perfectly pink and freckled." Percy grimaced. "The only reason I'm not green is that I saw a few people go through, added two and two together and came up with the only logical answer."
Oliver raised an eyebrow. "Come on Percy, I'm not daft. You expect me to believe that that is the logical answer you arrived at?"
"Fine." Percy said as he pulled himself up onto the ledge. "I may have pulled Penelope aside and asked why her sister was green, and what she thought the answer to it all might be."
"Clever girl that Penny." Oliver grinned.
"Yes. But that doesn't solve the problem. We can't stay here all day. At some point we're going to have to go back to the Common Room and then we're going to turn green and then everyone knows we haven't kissed anyone." Percy started to turn an alarming shade of red, and kicked his shoes against the wall.
"Breathe mate." Oliver laughed. "What does it matter? So what, we haven't been kissed. We've been busy."
"Busy." Percy said directly. "Busy with what? Quidditch? So have the twins. Getting good marks? Well, they haven't really managed that but they have been in more detentions than lessons, so it's hardly surprising. They are younger than us, and they have been kissed. By girls. We are going to turn green, and then we are going to be the laughingstock of Gryffindor."
"Wow, you're really bothered by this." Oliver swallowed and then jumped down off the windowsill. "Good thing I have a plan then."
"A plan?" Percy snapped. "You have a plan. What kind of a plan?"
"This kind of a plan." Oliver said and moved so he was stood directly in front of Percy. He chewed on his lower lip for a second and then took hold of Percy's head. Slowly he leaned in and landed a soft kiss on Percy's lips.
"Good plan." Percy said, a little breathlessly. "Very good plan indeed."
"Shut up." Oliver winked, and leaned back in. This time Percy knew it was coming, and he tilted his head a little. The kiss broke off after a few seconds, the longest seconds of Percy's life it seemed, and the two boys grinned at each other.
"Come on." Oliver said, holding out his hand to help Percy down. "Let's go walk through the door."
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Percy blinked a few times. "What, I can't come and see a friend?"
"No," Oliver said slowly, "It's just that you've never come to meet me from Quidditch practice before. Is something wrong?"
"No. Well. Maybe. It's the twins." Percy smiled tightly, and tugged Oliver into the recess by the statue of Queen Ethelburga. "You remember what we were talking about last week? The ... the kissing thing?"
Oliver nodded. And then frowned. "Why? And what does it have to do with the twins?"
Percy giggled a little and bit his lip. "Well, either they were listening, which I would not put past them despite it being a gross breach of privacy and about three hundred school rules, or they just want some fun. They've come up with a spell." He said the last in the tone of voice that Oliver thought should be reserved for the death of a teacher or a monarch.
"They're always coming up with spells." Oliver hoisted himself onto the window-ledge and dropped his Quidditch gear on the floor. "Why has this one got you all a flutter?"
Percy sighed. "It's a barrier, around the common room door. If you've never kissed anyone then you turn green."
"Oh." Oliver chewed his lip. "I see."
"They're not green of course. They walked through it bold as brass and stayed perfectly pink and freckled." Percy grimaced. "The only reason I'm not green is that I saw a few people go through, added two and two together and came up with the only logical answer."
Oliver raised an eyebrow. "Come on Percy, I'm not daft. You expect me to believe that that is the logical answer you arrived at?"
"Fine." Percy said as he pulled himself up onto the ledge. "I may have pulled Penelope aside and asked why her sister was green, and what she thought the answer to it all might be."
"Clever girl that Penny." Oliver grinned.
"Yes. But that doesn't solve the problem. We can't stay here all day. At some point we're going to have to go back to the Common Room and then we're going to turn green and then everyone knows we haven't kissed anyone." Percy started to turn an alarming shade of red, and kicked his shoes against the wall.
"Breathe mate." Oliver laughed. "What does it matter? So what, we haven't been kissed. We've been busy."
"Busy." Percy said directly. "Busy with what? Quidditch? So have the twins. Getting good marks? Well, they haven't really managed that but they have been in more detentions than lessons, so it's hardly surprising. They are younger than us, and they have been kissed. By girls. We are going to turn green, and then we are going to be the laughingstock of Gryffindor."
"Wow, you're really bothered by this." Oliver swallowed and then jumped down off the windowsill. "Good thing I have a plan then."
"A plan?" Percy snapped. "You have a plan. What kind of a plan?"
"This kind of a plan." Oliver said and moved so he was stood directly in front of Percy. He chewed on his lower lip for a second and then took hold of Percy's head. Slowly he leaned in and landed a soft kiss on Percy's lips.
"Good plan." Percy said, a little breathlessly. "Very good plan indeed."
"Shut up." Oliver winked, and leaned back in. This time Percy knew it was coming, and he tilted his head a little. The kiss broke off after a few seconds, the longest seconds of Percy's life it seemed, and the two boys grinned at each other.
"Come on." Oliver said, holding out his hand to help Percy down. "Let's go walk through the door."