Harry Potter H&Hr Fluff Collection

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The Writings on Walls

It was a day just like any other day… that was what Hermione thought. It was a new day… a day like any other day. The same corridor she would pass every time she wanted to go to the library. The same table she ate her food on at mealtimes. The same common room she stayed every ten months a year… yeah, it was a day like any other day.

Hermione walked down the corridor towards the library. She hummed a tune while slightly swinging her bag which contained her school stuff. Hermione thought of the essay Professor Flitwick gave yesterday Friday. She was about to think what would do a good introduction on her essay when she saw the first thing that would make this day an unusual one.

She just passed by a portrait of three old men in white cloaks when she saw the most flabbergasted thing she ever saw the whole morning. On the wall, written in thick, red ink was…

Hermione Loves Harry

Hermione's jaw dropped instantly. The letters were bright and obvious enough for a passerby to see. What was the meaning of this?

“Oh my Merlin” Hermione gasped in disgust “Who would do such a thing?”

She irritably took out her wand and pointed at it. She muttered an enchantment to remove the writing on the wall but to no avail, it was still there glowing with pride.

“Oh, really!?” Hermione rubbed it off with her sleeve. It didn't remove and as she rubbed harder and faster, nothing was coming off. Hermione groaned in frustration.

“They must've used Dr. Witdim's All-Purpose Permanent Ink!” she cried rubbing her soar arm from the rubbing. She heard footsteps and saw Parvati and Lavender walking into the corridor where she was at. Hermione's eyes widened and slam her back against the wall obstructing the writing from view.

“Hello, Hermione” Lavender greeted happily “Off to the library?”

Hermione smiled a made a mere nod.

“You seem stiff” Parvati said “Are you alright?”

Hermione loosened up so she wasn't standing like a suit of armor.

“I'm fine… Really, I am” she said “I'm just resting here”

“Oh, okay. Well, see you soon Hermione!” Lavender said as she and Parvati walked down the corridor and disappearing from sight as they took a turn.

Hermione leaned away from the wall and looked at the writing. It was still there. She looked around and saw an end table with a jar on top of it. The jar was tall enough to hide the words. Hermione pulled the end table towards her and placed it in front of the words making it obscure from anyone.

“There, that'll hide it till I find the culprit who did this”

Hermione took her bag and walked down the corridor and instead of going to where Parvati and Lavender went, Hermione walked forward which lead to the library. She was already in the hallway where the library was when she saw the same writing of “Hermione Loves Harry” on the wall right beside a suit of armor, then another one on the other side of the wall and another one written on a door leading to an empty classroom. Hermione dropped her jaw and bag shocked to see many writings around her. Abandoning the thought of going into the library, Hermione rushes toward the door which lead to the empty classroom.

Hermione shut the door behind her and taking a deep breath, her eyes widened to see the blackboard written in the same red ink.

Hermione Loves Harry

Hermione could've screamed and ran for the loos to save the embarrassment. How many have been written? Are they around the school? If so then people would be pointing at her and staring at her when she goes public. It would be humiliating! What about Harry? What is his say in this? Does he know? She needed to find Harry and Ron and get to the bottom of this.

- - -

“Harry!” Hermione cried as she entered the common room all pink in the face after passing twelve “Hermione Loves Harry” writings on her way to the common room.

Harry looked up and from where he was sitting and smiled.

“Hermione, what's up?”

“D-Did you see what they wrote outside around the school?” Hermione asked surprised at the fact that Harry was smiling.

“Wrote what?” Harry asked standing up

Then for the first time ever, Hermione blushed at the sight of Harry. The bloody writings must've put an effect to her.

“Someone wrote something awful about us” Hermione said quickly cupping her cheeks with her hands to hide the blushes from Harry

“What did they write?” Harry asked slowly looking a bit cautious

Hermione bit her lower lip. She was about to say what was written when Ron came in through the portrait hole holding a piece of parchment.

“Harry, Hermione?” Ron said suspiciously looking at the two of them.

“Hey Ron” Harry said seriously.

“Hi” said Hermione in a high pitched voice.

Ron looked at them thoughtfully and finally said

“You know, it's kinda strange that I find you two here… because… I was on my way here and saw this tacked on the message board right in front of the Prefect's bathroom” he held up the parchment paper “Does this -” he unfolded the parchment he was holding “- mean anything -” he shoved it under Hermione's and Harry's noses “- to you guys?”

Hermione's face exploded into pure redness as Harry took the parchment paper and read the shiny red ink that formed into “Hermione Loves Harry”.

“Who did this?” Harry demanded to Ron

“Don't look at me!” Ron shook his head “I just saw it!”

Harry then shot a look at Hermione.

“Did you know about this?”

“I - I was about to t-tell you, Harry” Hermione said hiding a part of her face with her book which she took out from her bag which was hanging on its strap on her shoulder.

“Why are you covering yourself with a book?” Harry raised his eyebrows

Hermione put the book down revealing her red face.

“I - I… I'm hiding my face because… I was blushing” she looked down “It's embarrassing, you know?”

“It's natural, Hermione” said Ron “I blush when I get embarrassed… but not that much but this situation isn't even that big -”

“Oh c'mon, Ron!” Hermione said her face was getting red due to the thought of the whole school knowing about it anytime now “I've never blushed this much since the time I had to sit on Harry's lap on the Knight Bus since there was no space to sit!”

The image of her sitting on Harry's lap on the Knight Bus two summers ago before their sixth year came to mind making her shake a bit.

“Wait,” said Harry “I thought you were fine with that? If you said so I could've just stood up while you sat down”

“Well, my embarrassment took over me from my thinking” Hermione shakily said.

“I kept on asking you if you were alright with you sitting on my lap and you just made a mere nod -”

“Can we forget about it and get to the bottom of this?!” Hermione cried pointed to the parchment paper that said “Hermione Loves Harry” on Ron's hand “I just want it to end!”

“Okay, okay, calm down” said Harry. He made a low whistle “Lets do this then”

“Thank you” Hermione said calmly feeling a bit ashamed that she blurted the Knight Bus incident.

Hermione swayed sideways slightly while her hands were on her back waiting for Harry who was examining the parchment paper. Would they find the culprit? Hermione looked at her wristwatch to see it was already thirty minutes since she saw the first writing on the wall.

“Well, the first we should do is find someone who owns Dr. Witdim's All-Purpose Permanent Ink with glitters” said Harry “Those type of ink are kinda rare”

“Glitters?” Hermione snatched the parchment from Harry's grasp and looked closer on the letterings. There were some shining dots which were indeed glitters.

“That wouldn't be so hard, would it?” said Ron

“But how can we tell who owns one?”

“Elementary, my dear Granger” said Harry in a very sophisticated voice “We just ask them if they have one”

“Do you have one, Hermione?” Ron asked suspiciously

Hermione shot Ron a disgusted look.

“Why would I write these bloody things and give them out to the public?!” Hermione hissed

“Sorry!” Ron jumped backwards “I was just asking, no need to get shirty on me”

“Calm down, Hermione” said Harry “Why don't we ask a Gryffindor first?”

Hermione took a deep sigh.

“Alright… but don't do anything drastic, okay?”

“Sure,” said Harry as he stepped out of the portrait hole with Ron behind him and Hermione following them.

- - -

“Hullo, Ginny” said Hermione

Ginny stopped on her tracks and turned to Hermione who was accompanied by Ron and Harry.

“Hey guys” Ginny said smiling “What's up?”

“Nothing much” said Ron eyeing the little redhead suspiciously “We just want to ask you questions”

“If it's about the `Hermione Loves Harry' stuff then don't look at me. I didn't do it” said Ginny

“Oh really?” Ron sneered “You just assumed that you didn't do it? Or are you just amused at the whole situation, hmm?”

“Ron, shut it” Harry spat “Ginny, we just want to ask you if you own any Dr. Witdim's All-Purpose Permanent Ink?”

“Of course,” said Ginny “I bought a couple of ink bottles last Hogsmeade trip”

“Aha!” said Ron grabbing Ginny by the scruff of her neck “We got you, culprit!”

“Ron!” Hermione and Harry cried in unison as Ginny fought her way from Ron's grasp.

“What?” said Ron “She admitted it! She has the ink!”

“I DIDN'T DO IT!!” Ginny shouted finally pulling away from Ron and glared at him “Why would I do that to Harry and Hermione?” she hissed

“Don't say lies, Ginny!” Ron pointed at her

“Ron, that is enough!” said Harry grabbing him by the shoulder “She has the ink but is it glittered red?”

Hermione saw Ron's face turned red a bit. He frowned and cleared his throat.

“Oh, sorry `bout that” he looked down in shame “Sorry, Ginny”

“You better be” said Ginny

“Anyway,” said Hermione “What's the color of you ink?”

“Here you go” Ginny said taking something from her bag and tossing two bottles of Dr. Witdim's All-Purpose Permanent Ink to Harry and Hermione respectively.

Hermione examined it and saw it was blue. She looked at Harry to see he was holding a black one.

“Nah,” said Harry giving his bottle to Ginny “This isn't the one we are looking for”

“We are looking for a red one with glitters on it” said Hermione handing her bottle back to Ginny.

“Why don't you ask Parvati or Lavender? They have a fetish when it comes to different colored ink especially when they have those kinds of glitters.

“Thanks, Ginny” said Harry “Have you seen them?”

“I think they went to the library” said Hermione remembering meeting them earlier at the hallway “I met them on my way there earlier”

“Lets go then” said Ron

“See you later, Ginny” Harry called after as they rushed toward the library. Hermione looked around checking if there are more writings. She finds it a blessing that she didn't run into someone who will give a go at her and Harry about the writings.

“Do you find it strange that we haven't run into someone who would want to have a say in this?” Ron asked

“I don't want to think about what would happen if we do” said Harry worriedly as they took a turn and stopped in their tracks to see the last person they wanted to meet. Draco Malfoy and his gang of Slytherins.

“Potter!” he called with a smug grin “And my, my, my… isn't it Granger?” he gave a look to his gang who sniggered.

Hermione's face turned red when she saw Malfoy jab a thumb behind him on a tapestry that had the “Hermione Loves Harry” words on it.

“Is this your idea of a joke?” said Malfoy “Gee, Granger. If you want to declare your love for scar-head at least keep to yourself”

Pansy Parkinson, a pug-faced Slytherin was snickering.

“It's so touching how you would do that! Would you even think Potter would like you if he saw this?” she said

“Shut up!” Harry shouted “Why do I get this feeling you did this?”

Malfoy raised his arms and looked at Crabbe and Goyle

“Pop quiz, Potter. Why would we write this?” he drawled “I'm the most innocent man in the world”

“Your sarcasm is as good as your mother's bony face, Malfoy” Ron spat

Malfoy's face paled.

“How dare you gave a go at my mum, Weasley” he hissed “You even had the guts to stand up for yourself even when you are nothing but a -”

Hermione grabbed Ron by the arm before he could lunge at Malfoy. Luckily, Malfoy stopped talking because someone just entered the corridor.

“What's goin' on `ere?” boomed the voice of Hagrid

Malfoy looked at Hagrid. Hagrid was a teacher after all and had the power to punish wayward students so Mafloy thought best not to say anything so he nodded and left with his gang following at his wake.

“Why did you stop me again?” Ron said to Hermione

“I don't want you to do anything stupid” Hermione replied

“Hello, Hagrid” said Harry looking up at half-giant

“Hullo, Harry” said Hagrid “I came `ere tah see you… an' I think Hermione too”

Hermione had a feeling that she knew what Hagrid wanted to say.

“W-What about?” Hermione asked

“Nothin', I jus' want tah ask if this is true” he paused “'cause I was doin' my daily gamekeepin' duties an' saw `Hermione love Harry' written on the front of me cabin”

“Someone wrote on your cabin?” Ron asked

Hagrid nodded and frowned

“I'm not concerned about me cabin. I can remove that with some of my formula. I'm more concerned `bout what was written on it”

“Look, Hagrid. Someone is playing a horrible joke on me and Harry. Nothing is happening between the two of us” Hermione said

“Really?” said Hagrid “Well, I hope you'll find the culprit. Don' wan' you two tah be in trouble! If I find somethin' I'll let you know”

Hermione, Harry and Ron bade Hagrid goodbye and went for the library to find Parvati and Lavender. Fortunately, the library was almost empty so Hermione could walk freely without getting afraid of the fact someone might tease her.

They went around and found them sitting at the corner of the library.

“You talk to them” Hermione said “After Malfoy I don't want another blushfest”

“Alright,” said Harry and nodded to Ron

Hermione looked over to see Harry and Ron walked over to Lavender and Parvati.

“Hey, girls” Ron said

Parvati and Lavender looked up.

“Hello,” Parvati said and looked at Harry “Hey Harry”

Hermione knew what she was going to say.

“Harry,” Lavender said “Have you seen the stuff outside library?” she smirked

Hermione hid her face as she heard Harry's voice

“Yes, that's why I came here if you own an ink that goes by the name Dr. Witdim's All-Purpose Permanent Ink?”

“We don't own any of those but why don't you ask Dean?” said Lavender “He loves to draw so maybe he might own some of that stuff but I doubt he wrote well, you know”

“Thank you” Harry said

“By the way, where is Hermione?” Parvati asked

“She's hiding at the common room. Malfoy gave a go at her and is now scarred at what will happen if the others did her” Ron replied

“That's mean” Lavender said “Well, will help. We'll give you a heads up if we see anyone… c'mon Parvati”

Hermione heard footsteps coming towards her and saw Harry and Ron.

“Where d'you think Dean is?” Ron wondered as they left the library.

Hermione was already wondering where Dean was when they turned a corner and saw the person they were looking for fiddling with something on the wall. It was if he was writing something.

“AHA!” Ron shouted making Dean jump “WE GOT YOU NOW!”

Hermione was amazed as Ron ran towards Dean and tackled him down the ground.

“Oy!” he cried “What the hell is this?!”

Hermione and Harry ran towards the two who were wiggling on the ground.

“We caught you read handed, Dean!” Ron said triumphantly standing up and grabbing Dean by the arm “Parvati and Lavender hinted that you might have one of those ink thingies”

“What are you talking about?” Dean said dumbstruck “Are you accusing me of writing those” he pointed to another “Harry Loves Hermione” sign on the wall “on the walls?”

“By the looks of it, yes!” Ron said obviously “We saw you writing on the wall and you were caught in the act -”

Ron was startled when Dean started laughing

“Why are you laughing?” Ron demanded releasing Dean from his grasp

“You thought I wrote that?” Dean spoke with a smirk “You got me wrong, I was trying to remove it. You see, I was on my way to the bathroom and found this” he gestured to the sign “and of course, you two” he looked at Hermione and Harry “being my friends, I did a nice thing and tired to remove it with some thinner”

“Thinner?” Ron asked

“It's a liquid that is used to remove permanent paint on ones hands” said Dean a matter-of-factly “Trust me, I was going to remove it but nothing happened when I used it”

There was a small silence.

“Oh, well,” Ron chuckled “Sorry for tackling you”

“No need to” Dean waved a hand “I know I would do the same”

Ron and Dean laughed

“Look,” said Harry “Would you give us a hand? We need to find who did it so do you have any clue who did it?”

“Well,” Dean looked at the writing “By the looks of how it was written, I have a feeling someone from Gryffindor wrote it… I saw this handwriting before”

“Really?” Hermione said “Who do you think it is?”

“Not sure…” Dean rubbed his chin slowly “I need to investigate… I think I'll go back to the common room and ask questions”

“Thanks, Dean” Harry said as Dean left them “At least we have some helpers”

Hermione shook her head and the three began their search for the one who wrote the writings.

They searched the whole school. Asking questions from students who owns the red ink. On their search they were offered help so now it seems they had their own detective squad. The Creevey brothers were much delighted than ever that they even taped parchment on their chests that said “The Potter Detectives”. They found nothing so far and would receive lots of stares from many students. Hermione would just look down hiding her blushes.

- - -

“We've went everywhere!” Hermione moaned as she, Harry and Ron rested inside an empty classroom “And I just receive four mean taunting…” she sighed “I wish we would find the criminal who did this to me!”

“Hey,” said Ron “You're not the one suffering. Harry is too, you know”

“Yes but I'm the one affected that much because people think I'm the one who likes Harry. Didn't you read the words?”

“Yeah but Harry has his share of humiliation, right Harry? Er… Harry?” Ron turned to Harry who was sitting on one of the tables. He looked deep in thought.

“What's wrong, Harry?” Hermione asked

Harry didn't reply. He was tapping his temple with his forefinger, deep in thought.

“Harry?” Ron asked

Silence… then -

“AHA!” Harry raised a forefinger in the air with a triumphant look making Hermione and Ron jump “I think I know who the culprit is!”

“Really?” Hermione gleamed looking at Harry “How did you figure it out?”

Harry stood up and paced the area.

“Frankly, I knew who did it ever since Dean said it was a Gryffindor. There is no point beating around the bush, then. I must tell you who did it”

“Who?!” Ron asked anxiously “Tell us now so we can take care of the git who did it!”

Harry nodded, took a deep breath and said.

“Hermione, Ron. The one who have been writing those insolent words on our school walls is none other than…”

Hermione leaned forward to listen even more on Harry's brief but dramatic pause.

“Than who?” Ron said also listening hard.

“Me” Harry said at once.

The words registered to Hermione's head.

“What?” she said in shock

“That's right,” said Harry “I've been writing `Hermione Loves Harry' all over the school”

“YOU DID THAT!” Ron yelled in surprise “B-But why?!”

“Recently,” Harry said in full confidence “I've been having feelings for Hermione that it forced me to do that. I can't hold it in so I had to express my feelings”

It was the most unexpected thing Hermione has ever had in her life. Why? Why would Harry do such a thing?

“Oh my Merlin! Harry!” Hermione screamed “WHY DID YOU DO THAT!?”

Hermione was amazed that Harry looked calm.

“I've been thinking about it the whole time Hermione. I'm not ashamed for it, too” he paused and made a smirk “I love you”

The three words bore into Hermione's brain like a math equation. Her heart was pounding and her skin was sprouting nervousness. It can't be true.

“What did you say to me?” Hermione gasped

“I said… I love you” Harry repeated himself “Ever since last sixth year. It was subconscious at first but now, it's whole. Very whole”

Hermione looked from Ron's awestruck face to Harry's smug grin. It was genuine. She didn't see him that way but the fact Harry, a good-looking person, would like her made her realized the subconscious feelings she had for him.

“Well?” Harry smiled

Hermione shook her head and looked at him again. After a moment, she finally smiled.

“I will accept whatever you're offering to me but only in one condition”

“Name anything”

Then in an instant, Hermione's sweet and innocent face turned into that of an angry lioness.

“I just want to KILL YOU FOR GETTING ME INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE!!”

“Oh my, you unleashed the beast!” Ron gasped hiding behind the desk.

Harry looked a bit frightened and without further ado, he ran for the door and left the classroom.

“COME BACK HERE, HARRY!!” Hermione screamed after him as she ran after him down the corridor and into the entrance hall ignoring the stares from other students and the “Hermione Loves Harry” signs all over. They ran into the lake and Hermione chased him around the school as everyone watched in amusement.

So thus, Hermione learned the shocking revelation and realized (as she was chasing Harry somewhere around the third floor) that it was a day just like any other day… not knowing that it wasn't just a day like any another day but a day that is a special day… like any other day she would have with Harry in the future…

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