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A hot summer day, with my love, playing Quidditch with my friends. What else could I ask for?
The grounds were peaceful and skewed with my teammates and their friends in bunches, everyone looking happy on their day off.
I would join them, but I brought Harry with me today. He wasn’t usually in Bulgaria because of his studies but thankfully it was finally summer so we could spend time together.
“Vickyyyy, here.”, I heard Harry say from behind me. I turned my head to see Harry giving me a bottle of water.
“Thank you, love. Are you ready to go?”, I said calmly.
“YES!”, Harry said excitedly. He hated watching Quidditch unless I was playing, and he rarely got the chance to play himself so he was looking forward to today.
Harry could have become a pro player like me, since he had the talents to but he was a nerd and preferred medicine, science, stuff like that. I could never.
“Let’s go.”, I said while walking down to the pitch with Harry’s hand, grinning.
“You look so handsome when you’re playing. STOP-that’s so cheesy…”, Harry said between laughs. I couldn’t care if it was cheesy or not, I missed him so much.
It was embarrassing how much I missed him throughout the day, but he missed me just as much judging off the fact he texted me at least thrice every day.
Anyway, everyone down by the pitch was about to start a new game, so I decided to join. I played with a mix of my teammates and their friends, as Harry watched by the benches.
Quidditch with your best buddies on a hot breezy day with no work at all was the life I wished I could live forever. Maybe once we grew old and retired, which wasn’t too far seeing how most Quidditch players retire after 35 or so.
Though I would still hold on to the memories of working here forever, since this place felt like home as much as it did work. I was so grateful for my chill boss, I would probably be dead if he was strict and uptight.
Harry handed me my broom and whispered a “good luck”, as I got ready to fly up.
“THREE, TWO, ONE! GO!”, I heard my teammate yell. Usually our boss would say it, but I guess he had gone inside for a bit.
I flew up and looked around, searching for anything that shined.
I heard a beater say “AAA”, meaning they got a successful goal, so my team was winning now. It was short lived though, since the other team got two goals in a row.
I continued looking around, then a golden shimmer caught my eye. The other seeker saw it too. We both flew over to the snitch but we lost it before we could’ve grabbed it.
“YAAAAA!”, I heard one of my teammates celebrate. I looked in their direction to see that they got another goal. We were winning again.
I saw the other seeker fly away but I didn’t see a snitch so I didn’t go after her.
“SUCK IT!!”, I heard one of the opposite team’s members say. They were winning again.
Suddenly, I spotted a gold sparkle that caught my attention. I looked over to the other seeker but she didn’t notice the snitch yet. So, I chased after the snitch, not bothering to do my signature move of tricking the other seeker since everyone here knew my trick. Besides, the other seeker was a teammate’s friend, who surely had no chance against me. Still, she was an above average player and put up a decent fight.
I grabbed out for the snitch twice, but I wasn’t close enough yet. The girl tried to grab it a couple of times too, but she wasn’t successful either. I loved these moments, being neck and neck, not knowing who would win. It was the reason I chose to be a seeker instead of a keeper honestly.
After a few minutes of chasing around the snitch and some close moments, I was so close-my hand hovered over the snitch-and then-I caught it.
“WOOO!!”, I heard some people, the loudest being Harry, yell from the benches.
My breathing was heavy and the adrenaline was still pumping in my blood as I landed and handed the snitch to my teammate who gave me a fist bump. I slowly made my way over to Harry so we could wait around until the next game started.
“Absolute cinema, Viktor.”, Harry said while coming up to me.
“It was an average game…”, I said truthfully.
“You’re never average to me.”, Harry said with a sweet smile before kissing my cheek.
I grinned like an idiot before saying, “You should play next. I wanna see you play.”.
“I’m not even that good…”, Harry lied.
“Yes you are! Go play as seeker, or beater, you know you’re good.”, I said.
“Viktor…I didn’t even bring my broom.”, Harry negotiated.
“Use mine, it won’t be as good but it’ll work. Go, they are about to start.”, I insisted.
“Okay fine…but I can’t promise I’ll win.”, Harry said while taking my broom out of my hands.
“It’s fine, we are just playing for fun.”, I said before watching him walk away.
The new players settled on to their brooms, then-
“THREE! TWO! ONE! GO!”, my boss yelled right as the game started.
I watched Harry kick off our broom and rise into the air. The sun was peeking through the light cover we had on top of the pitch, hitting Harry’s face and enhancing his features. He looked so pretty, how could anyone say otherwise?
Harry was so much better than me at staying focused, I mean I already forgot about the game.
Anyway, I inspected the players since not much was happening right now. The other seeker playing was one of my teammates this time…Harry could still win, I believed it.
Randomly, the other seeker flew to a different side of the pitch. I saw Harry look after him, but not follow. Rightfully so, since there was nothing on the other side. Probably just a trick.
The beaters were going crazy right now, but they weren’t making half of the goals. They were not taking the fact that this was a free game for granted. It was really funny to watch.
I looked away from the beaters and focused on Harry again. He was flying around a little bit, but I didn’t think he saw anything. The other seeker was eyeing him too, but he didn't move just yet.
I tried looking around for a snitch but Harry beat me to it, as he saw something and flew at it at full speed. The other seeker jumped up and immediately saw what Harry saw, thus following behind him.
Little did he know, Harry just tricked him into the wrong direction. Harry jolted higher into the sky, and finally grabbed the snitch, leaving the other seeker behind him.
“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”, we yelled from the benches.
Even though the beaters did superb this game, Harry was fast with catching the snitch so he still won. I realized how short that game was, Harry might just be better than me for real.
I watched Harry land smoothly and walk up to one of our friends, giving him a handshake.
“That was a good game if I’ve ever seen one.”, my teammate said from my left.
“Yeah, maybe I’ll fire you and hire him.”, my boss said jokingly from my right. I laughed with him, but honestly the only reason I knew he wouldn’t actually do that is because Harry would never accept the offer.
“I wouldn’t mind.”, I said simply while smiling.
He looked at my boss and gave him a warm smile, then immediately forgot about him and hugged me.
“You were right, I did win.”, Harry said with a smirk.
“Of course you did, love.”, I said reassuringly.
“Let’s play against each other. I got Levski’s broom.”, Harry said while throwing my broom back.
“Oh wow, gained your confidence?”, I said playfully.
“I just needed to test run before challenging you. Didn’t want to make a fool of myself.”, Harry said while we walked to the new teams.
“I see. Let’s play.”, I said as we separated into our respective teams.
AAAAA-Harry didn’t know how much I loved it when he challenged me. It made me get more excited than any official game could have. But that was only because it was Harry.
My Harry.