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''He is such a cocky bastard.'' Luke told his friend as he watched the curly haired boy shooting a smile to his friends. Michael furrowed his eyebrows and looked up, chuckling.

It was their sixth year at Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardy, and the blonde hated Ashton since the first moment he saw him at the ceremony on their first year. Michael found it funny, he never met Ashton properly yet Luke and him fight all the time. Michael had been friends with Luke since they were kids, and he was the third Gryffindor of his family while Luke was the first Slytherin of his. Luke's parents used to be in Hufflepuff so it was kind of weird when he was suddenly chosen for Slytherin.

Michael remembers that Ashton was too cheerful at the time, the Ravenclaw boy came to them and his voice was loud, very loud. He showed them a smile but Luke sent him away, and he went, with a frown of course. Since then they basically hate each other, the name calling and teasing never stops. They were both sent to the Director a few times by professor McGonagall for almost starting a wand fight ("You had a wand fight?" Michael said, laughing at Luke "That sounds so nasty!").

"I think you would like him if you actually talked to him." Michael said, bitting on the sandwich he stole earlier from the kitchen ''I'm sick of this colour on my hair, what should it be next?''

"Galaxy, but we are talking about the fact that I hate Ashton." Luke said.

Michael closed his eyes and smiled at the colour-changing feeling. He was a metamorphmagus so it was nice that he could change some things about himself. Luke hated the fact that Michael could make pimples disappear so quickly.

"I've been thinking that you're in love with him since our first year. You're constantly talking about him and just hating him - just admit that you have  little crush on Ashton, come on Lukey." Luke shooted him a glare and Michael smirked.

Michael actually believe that Luke hated Ashton. He would say that sometimes just to tease the blonde and annoy him, but there was so much hate that he couldn't see other thing. It's like Ashton was a cat and Luke was a dog.

"I don't even care about him. Now let's go, it's time for me to have potions with that asshole and you with his asian of a friend."

Luke walked to the dungeons to meet with the Ravenclaws. Ravenclaw and Slytherin were going to have professor Slughorn's class together for the whole year since the professor himself requested it, he was kind of lame yet a lot of people liked him. They walked throught the halls hearing McGonagall calling the names of some students who were messing. Sir Nicholas walked past them and greeted Michael with a nod. Luke watched the several people hurrying to enter their classes and being scolded by teachers or Mr.Filch. Michael patted Luke's back and turned left, to where the Herbology class was. 

"Nasty kids... I hate them all." Filch said, making Luke chuckle.

He ran down the stairs and walked to the door, knocking on it. He opened the door and put his head inside the room, everyone looked at him and he blushed. There wasn't a seat anywhere, he was scared he had to sit on the floor or at the teacher's desk.

"Oh Luke, hello.'' Slughorn said, motioning for him to come in "I'm afraid everything is full, but you can seat next to Mr.Irwin."

"Sir, I'm really don't-"

"Just do it."

"Okay."

He walked to where Ashton was and sat down next to him, putting his book on the table angrily. Ashton looked at him in desblief and sighed, opening his own book and turning to the page where they were supposed to be. Luke watched Ashton fixing his glasses and wetting his lips with his tongue, then bitting his lower lip while he focused on the potion. Luke hated his dirty blonde curly hair and his stupid hazel eyes. Luke also hated the fact that Ashton smelled like milk and vanilla cream, it was weird.

He hated everything about Ashton and wanted to keep him away forever.

Luke supported his head with his arm and looked at Slughorn who was making a random joke about mandagores. Ashton was tapping his fingers on the dark-green table making an annoying repetitive sound. Luke sighed in annoyance and looked at him.

"Can you please stop with that? It's getting annoying."

Ashton chuckled "Oh look, he has manners. For a competitive and arrogant person that really is a big improvement."

Luke put his face closer to the other boy's, their noses almost touching. He looked at Ashton's eyes through the glass, they showed a foreign emotion. Ashton opened his lips slightly and Luke looked at them for a quick second and then looked back to his eyes.

"I dare you to say that again."

The professor coughed, making them look away and pay atention to him. He was explaining some details about the dinner he was having on Saturday and inviting students (Luke and Ashton were two of them).

"Today we are making Amortentia." Slughorn said "Some of you may know it but for those who don't, it's a dangerous love potion. The person who smells it can smell things they feel attracted to. It doesn't create real love, just an obsessive love that goes away in a few hours. I do not want you to use it around, alright?''

Everyone hummed and they began making the potion. Ashton went to get the ingridients and Luke was supposed to prepare the cauldron but he sat down, slowly falling asleep on the table. He woke up by someone slapping his head, and when Luke lifted his head up he saw it was Ashton.

"Stop bothering me."

"I'll stop bothering you when an immortal person stops breathing, which is never."

Luke sighed and pressed his lips together, he wanted to punch him (he really wanted). Luke grabbed some ingredients and started cutting them into small pieces. They didn't talk while making the potion, only sharing a few glares being followed by heavy sighs. At the end the professor called them to show their potions. The first pair were two Ravenclaw boys and then it came Ashton and Luke. The professor walked to it and started moving it with the spoon, smiling and then he looked at them.

"The potion is excellent, come smell it!" he said, the boys walked there and Ashton was the first.

He inhaled the smell and cleared his throat, looking down and blushing, Luke thought it was kinda cute. Everyone stared at him waiting to find out what he smelled in the potion. He cleared his throat again and looked at the teacher.

"I smelled spaghetti, roses a-and gum-flavoured toothpaste." he stepped aside and let Luke walk to where he was.

Luke inhaled the smell and closed his eyes trying to figure out what it was. It was a strange mix of smells that he couldn't understand, soon there were images forming on his head. He opened his eyes and mentally slapped himself, he could not smell his scent.

''I smell new books, fresh bread and...'' Luke shivered, if he said the last one they would know, so he lied ''... black coffee.''

He doesn't even like coffee.

Luke ran to the opposite side from where Ashton was and they moved to the next pair. Ashton was staring at the ground like he was going to pull his hair at any second. Luke payed atention to him, every feature and reaction, how his glasses fell a bit from his face and he fixed them a lot or how the blue and bronze from his house really fitted him well. The curly haired boy caught Luke staring at him, making the other look away fro the rest of the class.

Somehow, Luke felt Ashton's intense stare.

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Herbology class

Michael tapped the plant as he finished putting it int he pot. He had been thinking the whole class about the Luke and Ashton subject, and he could put a prank on it. It would be innocent. Maybe Ashton's friend, Calum, could help him with that since he is probably really good at Potions so Michael's prank might work out.

He tapped Calum's shoulder and he took off his accessories to protect his ears from the mandagore screams. The Hufflepuff smiled at him and took off his gloves. They have always been friendly with each other despite their bestfriends being like a dog and a cat.

"Is everything alright?"

"I was thinking if you are willing to make a potion? It's for prank purposes, I swear."

"Michael, I don't want to get in trouble..."

"Oh, it's for Luke and Ashton."

"Spit it out."

Michael laughed and professor Sprout glared at him, he stopped on that moment. The now red haired boy wet his lips and whispered on Calum's ear.

"We could convince Ashton to make some amortentia and then I would put it in a drink and he would give to Luke." Michael said, watching Calum's mouth curve in a smile "Just to see what happens you know? I just want to prank Luke since he hates Ashton so much. It would be funny to see him hopelessly in love."

Calum nodded with a smirk and Michael smiled back, grabbing his things and getting out of the class.

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