𝘀𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗽𝘀𝗶𝘀: 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝘂𝗺 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱.

𝘄𝗰: 𝟳𝟰𝟭

professor moody stalked into the classroom with a limp as a he stood in front of the teacher's table.

"good afternoon all," he cleared his throat.

the students chatters died down as they diverted their attention to the defence against the arts professor.

"take out your textbooks," he instructed while tapping his wand on the tabletop, "and i would appreciate it ms y/l/n, if you weren't chewing gum in the middle of my classroom."

your deskmate, theodore, snickered and nudged you while you rolled your eyes at the professor.

you poked the gum out of your mouth holding it with your lips as you picked it up with your fingers and raised it to show moody that you spat it out.

"thank you ms y/l/n. now, continuing from yesterday's lesson..." professor moody started to go through the textbook chapter.

you stuck the gum to the bottom of your desk and leaned your hand on your palm, staring into blank space.

"psst."

"psst y/n."

"oi dumbass," theodore threw his quill at you, breaking you out of your daydream.

"what'd you want?" you whispered scolded the boy.

"bletchley wanted to ask you something," he nodded his head to the table behind the two of you.

you turned your body around and was met with miles bletchley smiling sheepishly.

"um hey?" you raised your eyebrows.

"what's that gum thing you were having?" he asked, leaning his body forward so that you could hear him.

"oh it's a muggle candy you just chew on."

"do you have any? i'd love to try one."

"yea sure hold on," you turned your body back to face the front and dug through your school bag, taking out a foiled piece of gum.

"here you go," you passed it to the boy.

he quickly thanked you and unwrapped the gum from the foil, sticking it into his mouth.

he started chewing on it.

"mm! it's good," miles beamed.

"miles?! did you swallow it?" your eyes widened.

"was i...not supposed to?" worry overcame the boy.

"no...you...weren't..." you stated between laughs.

"am i gonna die? oh my god i'm gonna die. nott i'm gonna die!" miles panicked.

"mate, calm down. you're going to be alright, you're not going to die, just don't do it again," theodore assured his friend.

"oh. ok. alright. wooh that was such a rush," miles wiped his palms on his pants and opened his textbook and flipped to the correct page.

you shook your head stifling out a small giggle as you turned your body to face moody.

the next day, you breezed into the defence against the dark arts classroom and took your seat next to theodore.

not long later, as miles was walking to his seat, he stopped by next to yours.

"hey miles, did you need anything?"

"um could i have another of that muggle gum?" he pointed to your bag on the floor.

you hummed nodding your head and fished a piece out of the packet, handing it to the slytherin.

"don't swallow it this time," you joked.

"yea yea," he ruffled your hair thanking you and walked to his seat.

this became a daily routine for the two of you.

before every defence against the dark arts lesson, you would hand miles a piece of gum as he walked past your seat.

"i'm sorry miles, i don't have any today. snape confiscated them just now during potions," you sighed.

"oh um i didn't want a piece of gum today, i actually want to give you this," miles stuck out  an arm.

you were surprised to see a pack of the exact gum that the both of you chew on everyday in his hands.

"where did you get that?" you smiled as you grabbed the pack from him.

"er i managed to pull some strings," he rubbed the back of his neck.

you opened the pack of gum, only to see writings on the inside of it.

"will you go out to hogsmeade with me," you read the scribble out loud.

you tilted your head up to face a miles, who had a light tint on his cheeks.

"so um...will you?" his eyes darted around nervously.

"of course i will," you took out a piece of gum from the pack and put it into miles' hands, smiling at him.