Errand Sweet Hearts

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Silently, Kaitlyn stopped playing with her pigtail and nodded to Tracey’s statement. She gave her best friend a smile. “Thanks,” she replied, a hint of shyness in her voice. ‘I know it’s weird, but receiving compliments just feels funny to me. I am quick to give compliments, though … I guess it must be my confidence … I really need to do something about that,’ she thought, giving a soft sigh.

Bright blue eyes looked back down at her paper, just awaiting her note to Minnie. Her mind swarmed back to the dance with Minnie and her face flushed, yet again. ‘I had such a good time with my date … and she likes to write. I hope I can write something wither her expected good quality of writing,’ she thought.

Before she started to write, Kaitlyn looked back over at Tracey. “Thank you. I intend to show you my sketchbooks at some point, so you can see more. I may draw something on the other two letters. The girls I’m sending them to can be excited to see them,” she giggled. She looked at her decorated sheet, and then back over at Tracey. ‘She let me know about one person she was sending a cupcake to. I know she’s also friends with Minnie, but I trust Tracey,’ she thought. “Um, I’m sending this one to Minnie,” she finally admitted, whispering it in the process, quietly.

Kaitlyn let out a sigh, steeling herself to write. Waiting wouldn’t help her for this one. Yet another bright blush eclipsed her face, knowing what she should do for her letter. After hearing Minnie admit to writing poetry, her mind recalled her schooling at the muggle all-girl’s Catholic boarding school, St. Ann’s. They were taught a lot about ettiquette, how to behave, but also how to write. Poetry was a common avenue. Short stories came next, but were not as popular. She wrote in a careful, super neat cursive handwriting. Each ‘i’ was dotted with a heart.

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A set of clasped hands
And free hands meeting waists
Feet gliding over marble
One set in one direction and the other set in another direction
A time honored ritual
Full of respect and trust
A spin here, a spin there
Careful coordination
Mirrored movemnts
Pretty partners move around each other
Pretty dresses flowing through the air
Bright smiles outshining bright lights
A giggle here, a giggle there
A chrous of footsteps
As the music guides
From the notes flying through the air
As each dancer moves her body
Not from rehersal
Not from a plan
But from a desire to intertwine their fates
Beats and tempo elate
As the music grows
To support their desire to impress, but not outshine.
Where the spotlight is trained on them
In a room of faceless individuals
Or in an empty ballroom.

Thank you so much for being an awesome dancing partner. I enjoy the time we spend together, and I feel like I discover more about you each time we meet. Both on the dancefloor and just hanging out together. I like the way you are now, please do not feel like you need to change to please me. Demeter and I will patiently wait to meet Lightning, she sounds absolutely adorable! I hope you enjoy this treat, just as much as I enjoyed decorating it and writing this note!

Kaitlyn Connor

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A set of clasped hands
And free hands meeting waists
Feet gliding over marble
One set in one direction and the other set in another direction
A time honored ritual
Full of respect and trust
A spin here, a spin there
Careful coordination
Mirrored movemnts
Pretty partners move around each other
Pretty dresses flowing through the air
Bright smiles outshining bright lights
A giggle here, a giggle there
A chrous of footsteps
As the music guides
From the notes flying through the air
As each dancer moves her body
Not from rehersal
Not from a plan
But from a desire to intertwine their fates
Beats and tempo elate
As the music grows
To support their desire to impress, but not outshine.
Where the spotlight is trained on them
In a room of faceless individuals
Or in an empty ballroom.

Thank you so much for being an awesome dancing partner. I enjoy the time we spend together, and I feel like I discover more about you each time we meet. Both on the dancefloor and just hanging out together. I like the way you are now, please do not feel like you need to change to please me. Demeter and I will patiently wait to meet Lightning, she sounds absolutely adorable! I hope you enjoy this treat, just as much as I enjoyed decorating it and writing this note!

Kaitlyn Connor

Kaitlyn dropped her pen and immediately turned away from Tracey. Using her sleeve, she dabbed away at a tear starting to form in her left eye. ‘I hope Tracey didn’t notice,’ she thought.

Just as quickly as she turned away, Kaitlyn turned back to her paper and picked up the calligraphy pen. Instead of regular cursive, she signed her name in calligraphy, again, with a heart dotting her ‘i.’

After she was finally finished, Kaitlyn looked at the paper with wide-eyes. ‘Oh my God, I filled the entire thing … I’ve never done that before … Minnie’s worth it, though,’ she thought.

Putting down her pen, Kaitlyn realized a huge weight felt like it was lifted off her shoulders. She felt better now, as if writing the note to Minnie was singularly making her nervous. She turned to Tracey, seemingly a lot happier. “Did you want any help drawing anything? Or even just suggestions? I don’t mind helping if you need any? Otherwise, I’ll go to draw something on my other two letters,” she announced with a bright smile.All hints of her shyness were currently gone.

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Feeling slightly uncomfortable to add drawings to Tracey’s note with the Ravenclaw nearby, Kaitlyn picked up the note for Quinn. She began to draw a broom on the paper. Looking down at her lap, she smiled softly, hearing Tracey’s words. ‘Tracey didn’t make a big deal about me sending one to Minnie … Am I overreacting with feeling shy? As much as I’d like to know, I refuse to put Tracey in that position,’ she thought. They were best friends, after all, and she knew that Tracey and Minnie were friends.

Kaitlyn pointed to the cupcake with the strawberry shortcake frosting and the silly face that she made, and then to the letter that she was now drawing on. “This one is for Quinn.” She gestured to the giant note and the cupcake with the lemon frosting and intricate fruit design on top. “Um … This one is for Minnie.” The first strawberry shortcake cupcake, and note were not gestured to, this time. “And I’m keeping my last one a secret,” she giggled, a sparkle in her blue eyes. “I don’t recall you mentioning Kylie, but that’s sweet,” she agreed.

Just like her, Kaitlyn heard Tracey mention one was a secret. ‘I wonder who the last one is for? I trust Tracey, and I see no reason to ask her about it. We may be best friends, but I try not to insert myself where I don’t belong. That wouldn’t be fair for her,’ she thought.

Kaitlyn giggled at Tracey’s response. “Yes …. Um, no gaurantee that they’re anything that good, but I do try,” she confirmed. Her blue eyes grew wide at Tracey’s mention about wanting to write Klynn a love poem. She was not experienced in that. “If you’d like, I could try to help. I’ve never written a love poem before, but I could try to help you,” she suggested. Gingerly picking up the paper with her poem, she handed it to Tracey. “Would you like to read the one I wrote for Minnie?” She offered.

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Emma had carefully chosen her outfit, choosing something that she hoped was cute, but also could withstand the task she had chosen to participate in. She had chosen one of her few flowy skirts, going down to just above her ankles, a plain blue t-shirt, a brown belt around her waist and her flower boots. To match the outfit, she had swiped some lip gloss and mascara on, the makeup the most her mother would allow at this time in her life. Admittedly it wasn't like her mother would know otherwise but Emma just didn't feel comfortable with much more, having experimented with foundation, blush and eyeshadow but thinking she looked more like a clown than pretty. And she wanted to feel pretty what with Valentine's day coming up. She didn't have a Valentine....yet, but she had someone in mind that she hoped would accept.

Sighing as she thought about their meeting again, Emma swished her skirt slightly as she headed towards the Great Hall. Aaron Jones had kindly stopped to help pick up her things after her bag had split after a tumble. He had stuck around and talked for a little bit afterward, and Emma had been smitten. It was like one of her YA novels where the hero did something chivalrous for the heroine.

Striding into the Great Hall, Emma looked around, noting the crowd of people already gathered. Moving towards an empty spot, she tried to decide what to do first, write a note or decorate a cupcake. She decided if she had time, she'd do more than one, and send any additional ones to her friends. Emma decided she should do the cupcakes first before writing the notes, after all cupcakes did not taste good with ink smudged on them.

Grabbing a chocolate cupcake, she poured over the variety of goods that were available. Aaron and she hadn't really talked about sweets and favorites, so Emma was going in blind. But those were all things she could learn. She debated about the peanut butter frosting, knowing from the multiple Reese's she had ate that chocolate and peanut butter went well together. But she didn't dare risk that Aaron had a nut allergy. She didn't want to put him in the hospital wing after all! Carefully she chose the mint chocolate frosting, and just as carefully smoothed it onto the heart shaped confection. Her tongue was sticking out, and she only managed to make a few small finger marks where the side of her fingers came into contact with the frosting. Grinning, Emma moved onto the decorations, choosing some strawberries that she placed randomly on the frosting, carefully pressing them in. She dabbed a few of the strawberries tops with some frosting and stuck candy hearts on top of them, before sprinkling some glitter on top. Emma moved to the fondant, making some rough heart and arrow shapes before finding some toothpicks to stick them on top of the cupcake. Looking at the decorated confection, she debated whether she could fit anything more or if she should. Deciding that was enough, she bit her lip, looking at the parchment and stationary. But that seemed almost more intimidating than the cupcake had been. \

Looking at the clock, she decided she had enough time to do at least one cupcake and still write messages. Thinking on her friends, she flipped through the relatively small list. Deciding she would thank her former duelling partner, Angelfyre McCubbin, Emma grabbed for a vanilla cupcake but then saw the salted caramel frosting and couldn't resist, so placed the vanilla back and grabbed a chocolate. Everyone knew that chocolate and salted caramel went well together. Finding a tool to make a bit of a hole in the cupcake, she did her best to put the frosted caramel in the hole. Pulling part of the cupcake piece she had cored, she made it so that it laid mostly flush against the top of the cupcake. Tossing the rest into her mouth, she grabbed the buttercream, making sure that it was spread, though not as carefully as on the one for Aaron. She let the top be a bit rough, and peaky looking. Then she just went a bit crazy, putting some sprinkles and glitter on top, then placing a candy heart in the middle and using fondant to make random sized lines going from the center to the edges. Looking proudly at the masterpieces, she realized that now that they were done, she would be expected to write a note for each.


Starting with the easiest of the two, she carefully used the thicker parchment paper, writing in black ink before highlighting different words random colors to make it look colorful. It read "To the best duelling partner a girl could have! So glad you've joined the Prefect team, and we need to get together sometime, it's been a while! Happy Valentine's Day! E.W." The writing wasn't the easiest to read but it was legible at least. Setting it beside Angelfyre's cupcake, she moved onto the more difficult of the two notes. It took several tries, and several pieces of parchment before she was satisfied. She had painstakingly wrote in her best handwriting. "Aaron, I really appreciated your help the other day. You were so sweet and helpful! I hope you don't think it's too bold, but would you like to go to Hogsmeade sometime? Best, Emma W. She had almost written love at the end of the letter, but that would be a step too far. And probably sound too stalkery or so Emma thought. Waiting a few moments, she tapped a random word on each note, testing to make sure the ink was dry. Grabbing the letters, she picked up the cupcakes carefully before taking them to the right spot, and carefully placing the cupcakes on the right piece of parchment.

Grinning, Emma strode out, feeling very accomplished and hopeful!
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	It seemed that on Valentine’s Day there were many things to do. The constant plans, first the foxtrot dance, and who knows what else they could do? If anything he knew, it was that on the exact day of Valentine’s Day, he might end up busy. Hades had a feeling he seemed to be running a marathon, doing things nonstop. But that didn’t bother him, actually, he was kind of grateful. It was another reason that had allowed him to focus more time with his beloved Damion. The relationship had evolved greatly compared to the previous year. It should be mentioned that Hades did not keep a very good memory of the previous year with speed dating, because he had to see how Damion had a date with Kim, having resurfaced insecurity in the badger boy. Not as much as he’d hoped. Those thoughts had invaded him in the last week, looking back on the events they had taken since the previous year. He came dressed in a comfortable but at the same time casual outfit. This place was full, lots of things scattered over the tables, full of students. He walked to Slytherin’s table where he picked up three cupcakes, each being different: one vanilla, one lemon and the last was chocolate. Then he went to the Ravenclaw table where he was examining all the products that served to decorate the cupcakes. He kept a firm but solid opinion of what kind of cupcakes he wanted to make “I think Damion will like the chocolate one.” he muttered. He could not help it, Hades sometimes spoke only to clarify his own wanderings and questions. Once he took everything he needed, he put on the apron he had brought with him and proceeded to have his mindset to start working with the craft. The first cupcake he started working on was with the lemon, having decided he would want to decorate the yellow cupcake. Feeling the inspiration, he began to spread the yellow cream over the cupcake, creating a circular figure. Then he drew the eyes, small black dots that simulated black holes, to end up being the result of the cupcake that he had made had obtained the shape of SpongeBob. He ended up satisfied with the result, because having an excellent pulse, he had managed to draw the lines properly “First cupcake, done.” he declared, leaving the cupcake aside and went to focus on the next. Now he was going to focus on the choclate, which was going to be for Damion. Being the one with the chocolate he was going to work on, he got a little stuck because he was looking for some idea in mind that he needed for Damion. There was no doubt that it must be perfect for his beloved. His index finger rhythmically tapped his chin, as he thought of the design. Until he finally ended up getting a sharp image in his mind, and proceeded to work with it. He got up for a moment to go back to Ravenclaw’s table to pick up a few things. The size of the cupcake did not offer much space to expose all his creativity, but it was enough to draw a little of the gesture of love that he intended to capture in the drawing. He frowned, concentrating as he pressed the sleeve and spreading the blue whipped cream. He was very focused, and you could see it in his expression. Once finished, the next thing was to add the McMs as decoration, and wrote Damion’s name on it, along with a heart-shaped candy. Finally, Hades finished off the cupcake he was going to give to Damion. He sighed loudly and allowed himself to relax, making slight movements with the neck, cracking it. He sat there, his eyes fixed on the cupcakes and the vanilla one. He had to think about what he wanted. It was gonna cost him a little more there.
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English

11/02/24

Dear bestie,
Today I just want to remind you that you are so special and awesome person. I'm so happy to have you as my bestie.
Love, Linda

Dear Simon,
You are a wonderful person and I'm so happy you are my friend. Thank you for all your kindness and help. I hope you are having a wonderful time with AF and in your life.
Linda

Dear Kim, @Kim Sato
Even though we didn't talk much I want to say thank you. You are a great person and I'm happy to get to meet you here in this big castle.

There's nothing special I have to say, but thank you for your advice about painting and a huge thank you for not asking me any questions when you saw that letter that fell from my sketchbook.

I hope you can get through what you are facing and I hope you can see how great and awesome you are.
Linda

Credits to the amazing @Reyna Evergreen & @Linda Ramirez of Rey & Li's Remarkables for the image.

Date: 11^th February 2024

A room full of people and somehow trust Damion to find his boyfriend in the crowd. He smiled as he walked into the Great Hall pretty excited to be here. His eyes didn't wander much till he spotted his boyfriend. A huge blush came across his face. He had to do things in secret and he didn't want his Hades to even know what he was planning on doing. Having spotted Hades, Damion walked down and stopped a table before Hades' and sat down. If this was how he could get the surprise done then so be it. Pulling out the things that he needed to decorate his cupcake and putting them on the table there, he took a deep breath. Glancing at Hades which made his heart race fast and a blush cover his cheek. He bit his lips as he started to decorate the cupcake the way he had thought would be best for Hades. He was going to do two cupcakes for his boyfriend. One would be simpler than the other one. So he had picked up four cupcakes- just in case if something happened to the ones he was working on.

He took the blue piping cream and piped it in a circular manner over one of the four cupcakes. He wished these were macaroons so Hades would loved it even more. Then he made a white flower using the other white colored piping cream. He put two silver balls on it. So his first cupcake was ready. He couldn't be happier about it and gushed as he thought of how much Hades would love it. He took a sip of a water from the red and black water bottle he carried everywhere. He took another deep breath as a way to steady himself. The next one is a little complicated.

Damion glanced around hoping that Hades doesn't catch him. He didn't want Hades to think that Damion was ignoring him. He wasn't. He was just not very good at being subtle. So he was sitting closer to Hades but not next to him. He took yet another deep breath and looked at the things that were in front of him. He was going to decorate the second cupcake. He started with the sea green icing and then followed it with the pink icing. Well he was not done yet. He had to put more icing on it. He put the purple icing swirls and silver icing swirl and also put some peach icing on the sides. He put some edible silver balls on it. He was very proud of it. Now that the cupcakes were done, he could move ahead to the next thing. He had to write a letter and he didn't want this letter or the cupcakes to be mixed up and sent to anyone else except Hades.

Damion took out a paper that had hearts on it and was pink in color. He started writing a quick note. He was paying attention to what he was writing. He wanted to let Hades know how much he loved him. As he wrote the letter more, he could feel his eyes getting wet. So deciding to finish the letter later, he handed the Cupcakes with a name from whom it was and to whom it should go.

He made his way to where Hades was sitting. "Hi babycakes!" Damion said as he kissed his cheek. He was hiding the letter he had in his hand behind his back not ready for Hades to see it yet. But if Hades asked what he was hiding behind his back, Damion wouldn't have the heart to not show Hades what it was. He just hoped Hades wouldn't enquire about it. "How are you doing?" He said smiling. "I missed you so much!" He added with a blush on his face. "I know we just met yesterday for the dance but still I missed you" Damion said staring into the beautiful blue eyes of Hades that he loved very much.

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Kaitlyn continued to draw on Quinn’s letter. A broomstick. A quaffle. A bludger. A beater’s bat. A snitch. Each one drawn in detail. She smiled at them. ‘I think Quinn would like it. I hope she could get on the Quidditch team. She seems passionate about it,’ she thought. She looked up when she heard Tracey speak and nodded. “Thanks. I think so, too, they are all good friends,” she replied, with a bright smile. She did put a lot of effort into these, and in her opinion, it showed.

A bright flush enveloped Kaitlyn’s cheeks when Tracey mentioned that she had already read the poem that she wrote for Minnie. ‘I guess I shouldn’t be surprised by that. Tracey is observant. And curious. We’re alike like that. I’m glad that she doesn’t seem weirded out that I like girls,’ she thought. “Um … thanks. I hope you liked what I wrote,” she giggled shyly. "And I'd love to help you write a poem."

When Tracey showed her the paper, Kaitlyn’s blue eyes studied the design Tracey provided. It was a drawing of Tracey holding Tiger. And Klynn, too. A heart was drawn around them. Kaitlyn smiled. “Aw, that’s so sweet. I think it came out well. Klynn should like it,” she replied, trying to reassure her best friend. “I considered drawing Minnie … but …. ah, well … I think she’d like the poem,” she explained, heat rising in her cheeks.

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