𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚞𝚕 - 𝚁𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚣𝚎

M/n awoke to body pain and to many whispering voices. He sat up and looked around under the protests of those who were around him at the moment. Then he heard a gasp coming from right next to him and Riddle shot up in a panic too.

"Oh good they're both awake." He heard Ace say. M/n looked around the now mangled garden. Rose trees were scattered around the area and dirty and debris was more than noticeable. Riddle was trying to take deep breaths. He was in utter disbelief at the damage caused to the dorm.

"W-what even happened here..?"

"Well it seems that Mr.Rosehearts and Dottore have regained consciousness." Crowley said smiling down at them.

"Don't worry Riddle you just rest." M/n was trying to get up but was quickly stopped by Trey. "You too professor. Sadly you got the worse out of all of us. Excluding Riddle." M/n sighed and sat back down.

"You now thats just the sort of coddling that allowed him to Overblot in the first place. The garden is ripped up and not to mention this so soon but we could have died saving you." 

"Ace is right." Deuce agreed to the ginger next to him.

"Honestly when you humans bottle up all your emotions like that the results aren't pretty." Grim shook his head at all of them. All the while they glared at the cat. The Riddle's mumbling caught all their attentions.

"The truth is..I really wanted to eat that tart. And I don't care if the roses are white or the flamingos pink..I prefer honey instead of sugar cubes inside my tea..I love milk tea as opposed to lemon anyhow..And after a meal, I want to be the one sitting and talking to everyone.."

"Riddle.."

"And I really wanted to play with you and Chenya more Trey!" Tears threatening to fall finally did. Riddle burst out crying in front of everyone. M/n, of course didn't really know how to comfort someone so he scoots back from Riddle and lets him regain himself.

"Riddle Rosehearts in tears..I thought I would've never seen the day.." Cater said stepping back a little in shock.

"You think it will take a little crocodile tears to get ME to forgive YOU?"

"Give the guy a break Ace.." Deuce pulled Ace away from the housewarden before he did anything irrational.

"I'm sorry Riddle. I knew you were suffering and I did nothing. I pretended not to notice.." Riddle was still sobbing. "So I'm going to say what I should've a long time ago. Your way of doing things is wrong. You owe everyone here an apology."

"I'm sorry..I am really sorry."

"Well I wanted an apology from Riddle, so now that I've gotten one..ONE MEASLY SORRY ISN'T GOING TO CUT IT FOR ALL THE CRAP I WENT THROUGH AND WHAT HE DID!"

"Dude! Way to be a jerk about it." Cater glared at Ace.

"Yeah really Trappola I didn't think you would stoop this low." M/n was even shocked by the sudden outburst. He knew Ace was kind of a hard head but this was a little unexpected.

"And I'm proud of it! Don't you forget that he made an absolute fool outta me! Have you also forgotten how he threw away that tart that we worked hard on? That isn't something that you can make disappear with some tears and a flimsy 'I'm sorry' isn't going to cut it."

"T-then what do you want me to do?"

"Y'know..I don't have a birthday coming up anytime soon. So I demand a do-over for the Unbirthday party! Except this time, we don't have to do squat. You make the tarts and you get no help from Trey either. Do that and things are square between us."

"Except you had a lot of help making yours." Yuu had a point but Ace shut him up.

"Quiet from the peanut gallery. So do we have a deal?"

"Yes..we have a deal."

"Ah comprise is a beautiful thing. I believe this concludes this matter."

"Yes I believe it does Dire. Now, I think my shoulder is dislocated. Please take me to the infirmary please."

"Oh sevens Dottore." 

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                                         𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚑

Crowley had taken M/n to the infirmary to get treated. All the while Heartslabyul was stuck on how they were going to fix the mess that Riddle made.

"Welp. It looks like we have some cleaning to do. All that work making the garden magicam worthy. It turned out to be a bust after all." Cater sighed and smiled as he looked around the garden.

"I'll help out."

"No Trey. Why don't you get Riddle to the nurses office. This was a full blown case of Overblot. We have to make sure he's OK."

"Understood.."

"Mannn, I am starved after using so much magic..Hmm oh hey check that out! Woah another black mage stone, just like the one that we found in the Dwarf Mines!"

"Just don't put it in your mouth again this time."

By the time Ace had finished the sentence, Grim had already swallowed the stone. Everyone grimaced at him for being weird.

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                                           𝟷 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚛

                    𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚢𝚞𝚕 𝙳𝚘𝚛𝚖 - 𝚃𝚎𝚊 𝙶𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚗

              𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙳𝚘-𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚄𝚗𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢!

M/n was yet again sitting at one of these events.  He was practically dragged out of the infirmary by the first years. He was at one big table with Cater, Ace, Deuce, Yuu and Grim. Two vacant spots were open for the two housewardens. Introductions were being made, but he just tuned it out. Though this time was a little different. He was being strict but he seemed to be letting up on the rules a bit. M/n was pleased that he was not being the tyrant he once was. That tyrant drives him insane. It was in his genes though. 

Once both of them finished looking around they sat with the group. One thing that M/n was happy about this time around was that their was no mouse (or rat as he called it) in the tea pot. Now was the moment of truth. The tart that Riddle made. He saw a slice being put on his plate. It looked good. The taste was all that matters though. But before he could eat he heard Riddle mention something about white roses.

"Wait a minute! There's a white rose!"

"Ace! Deuce! I thought I told you to get all of them!" Cater not so quietly whispered to the two.

"Wait this is OUR fault?!" Deuce glared at the the third year who just ignored him.

"Riddle wait-!"

"Hehe. I suppose I can overlook this just for now. Instead lets paint them together." Then Riddle let out the most warmest smile that all of NRC had ever seen. Before he had time to process what just happened, M/n suddenly got yanked out of his seat to paint some roses. He swore his shoulder almost broke this time around. He had fun painting. Though he had no magic he got about 3 bushes done rather quickly. While Ace and Deuce were struggling.

"I guess we need to make you guys paint a little more. The professor is new to this and yet he's more efficient than us." Cater teased. 

"What can I say. I have a lot of experience in efficiency."

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The roses didn't take long. But M/n was covered in red paint. He sat down though as if it wasn't even there.

"Sooo? What happened to that tart housewarden?" Ace asked eagerly.

"Hey! I made it for you just as promised. One strawberry tart made by yours truly."

"Nice. The shapes a little off but I can tell you put a lot of work into that glaze. You did well Riddle for your first time." Trey smiled at his friend.

"Puh-leaze. Just wait until we actually TRY it before you start fawning over him Trey. Now lets dig in!" All of them took a huge bite out of the slice they had. They all paused for a moment.

"Wait..why is this really SALTY?!" All of them yelled at once.

"Huh?!" Riddle was in disbelief. He had thought that he had made the recipe right. Turns out he had used oyster sauce. M/n finished the tart to make Riddle feel better. Needless to say it was definitely an Unbirthday party to remember.

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I had finally done it. The Tsaritsa had given up looking for you. Did you know? Probably not. I never stopped though. But don't worry. Once I step through this then I will get to reunite with you once again. Before I jump in though I hear someone open the door. It was Tartaglia. Hm? I wonder what he needed. It doesn't matter now. He saw me and probably now going to report this. It's now or never. The last thing I hear is his running to me and a lot of yelling after that.

I awake on a grassy porch in front of a run down looking building. Looking around I see fireflies coming towards me. I look up and see a man with horns. It looks like I had been caught..