selene, 09liner, italian short queen, shoyo hinata if he was female, part-time writer, part-time hype girl, unfortunately full-time high school student, premium member of millions of fandoms (just ask me), conan gray enthusiast
matches won. volleyball players. club entry form. my teammates.
reqs are open!
But then again, back in the quiet warmth of my covers, and love songs reaching my ears with a silent steadiness
I get lost in the endless labyrinth that my head is, trying to find my way to the centre where I can only hope to find the answer to my doubts.
Millions of other thoughts attempt to sway me away from my mission.
summary ☞ An invention so beautiful, made to find love and to bring joy. Somehow, it was able to ruin lives too. For them, though, their shared pain and issues it's enough to bring them close.
word count ☞ 1.5k+
warnings ☞ hurt/comfort, mentions of depression and bullying, self-hatred, strangers to lovers, harry and reader bond on being sad, plot (bracelet thing) taken from the kdrama "love alarm"
mene's notes ☞ previously posted on @/selenewowww. didn't edit it cos I'm lazy, but it's cringe af. tho i do love mah babies harry and reader, so cute
dividers by ☞ @cursed-carmine, @cafekitsune
A single enchanted bracelet changed the whole concept of love and confessions within a few months.
The inventor never revealed its identity, opting to conceal it for unknown reasons.
His invention was a special bracelet with a heart–shaped gem, enchanted to make a beep sound whenever someone within an area of 10 meters liked you. How it worked was still a mystery, but some theorised that the piece of jewellery could “sense” the rhythm of the heartbeat and took a quickened pace as a sign of attraction.
Nevertheless, the bracelet— later called Love Alarm— became a worldwide sensation to the point where every wizard teenager wore it everyday.
Hogwarts was no exception. Students from every year always had one on them.
Love Alarm had facilitated the union of many loved couples on the school grounds, including Cedric Diggory and Cho Chang.
Now, she herself owned a Love Alarm bracelet, like everyone, however she had learned the hard way that Love Alarm all in all wasn't all flowers and rainbows. It caused many teens to fall into depression, all because no one had made their bracelet ring. There was a collective fear of rejection that no one had the courage to point out.
She knew that. Oh, she knew it very well. The day she had made Cedric’s bracelet ring was the worst of her whole 15 years. Teasing and bullying from fellow students followed her at every move she made. Disgust of herself and guilt of liking a busy guy ate her from the inside. The fear of showing her face in public prohibited her to put foot outside her dorm room unless for classes for a long time that seemed an eternity.
Back in the present, Cedric had graduated the prior year and everyone seemed to forget the embarrassing event, allowing her to live her life again like nothing had ever happened. The incident, though, left a scar on the girl’s heart and made her swear to never wear a Love Alarm again.
Harry James Potter, the school’s number one rule breaker since first year, second only to the Weasley twins, suddenly became a common crush for girls in his sixth year.
Perks of being The Chosen one.
His Love Alarm constantly went off, in every room he happened to be in. He was thriving under all the attention he was receiving. His cocky demeanor coming to the surface after years of being restricted inside of him to avoid being punished by his muggle relatives.
Hermione and Ron however weren’t as happy as him with the situation at hand. The beeping had made it into their heads and never left them. Ron had once complained in a letter during the summer that he still could hear it in the back of his mind.
So with great effort on both parts, Ron and Hermione had convinced to take off the bracelet, leveraging on the guy’s sense of kindness— Ron had also thrown in that if he was to hear that damned bracelet ring again, he’d have to be hospitalized in the psych ward in St. Mungos.
The year was overall flowing alright. No one even seemed to notice her presence anymore, like it used to be before the traumating event. Classes were tough, but she was managing and studying with consistency, making sure that her grade didn’t drop dramatically.
On her way back from a study session in the library, she stumbled into Harry Potter himself, apparently without his friends by his side. The interaction didn’t last long, though. A brief eye contact and she was off again.
That encounter was the first of a series. They’d meet every once in a while in random places like the corridors, or on their way back from classes, polite pleasantries being the only thing exchanged between the two young wizards.
The most strange one was, however, when she had stumbled upon him past curfew, on the Astronomy Tower, surrounded by silence and the stars’ twinkling light. He had heard her coming, but he didn’t ask her to leave, nor to stay.
Silence reigned supreme for most of the time until a deep conversation was flowing between the two sixth years.
Harry had confessed to her the feeling of loneliness he often felt despite many people who loved him surrounding him and supporting him throughout the difficulties and adversities he had lived in the fight against the Dark Lord. How he missed dearly his parents despite having no memory of them. How the feeling of despair never truly left him, even in happy moments.
On the other hand, she told him how disgusted of herself and her own feelings she was after the Love Alarm incident – which he genuinely didn’t know about. Bless his soul. She confided in him all the repressed pain she felt, her depression and her initial hesitation to return to Hogwarts that year. All caused by what most considered a blessing.
Under the starry night, they had taken from their respective past the feelings that weighed on their hearts, that didn’t allow them to live their lives to the fullest.
That eventful night was the start of their blossoming love. Neither of them wanted to acknowledge it, both with their own reasons. They started to meet up purposely and spend time together outside their weekly encounters on the Astronomy Tower. They were slowly getting to know each other better and better, their feelings also growing with every stolen glance and smile.
Finally, at the end of the year, Harry decided it was time to man up and confess to her.
Without the aid of the enchanted bracelet.
He tried to used the excuse of the weekly conversation, even if he chickened out every time he was about to let the words out of his lips. He resigned and came to the conclusion that he still had two days before having to go back to Grimmauld Place for the summer break to declare his love.
In those two days he had managed to write down a few lines and planned everything down to every detail. His efforts were however thrown out of the window when the words refused to come out. His throat went dry and his fists clenched in frustration. His last opportunity to come clean to her about his feelings was ruined just like that. Harry loathed himself, and was about to groan out in anger when his name softly left her lips, as if to ask for his attention. His head snapped up and his eyes met hers without any trace of embarrassment. His undived attention on her.
What left her lips after that, completely threw Harry off.
She had confessed to him shyly, looking at him with a concealed fear of being rejected. He, however, had learnt to read her eyes, the mirrors of the human soul. She was offering him her heart, and he was not going to let her think she had once again made the mistake expressing her emotions.
So he carefully took her fears and doubts between his palms and held them near his heart, a small smile adorning his already warm expression. Everything about his appearance and demeanor screamed undying love and loyalty to the girl he had in front of himself.
At King’s Cross Station, before turning around and leaving with Sirius, he had slipped on his Love Alarm that had immediately started ringing and headed over to her. He made everyone who was within 10 meters from them step away, creating a circle in which only she and him were inside. Then he handed her a bracelet with the infamous heart–shaped gem and gently slipped it on her wrist.
She looked at him startled, fear only he could notice in the depth of her eyes. Memories of the traumatic event resuscating in her mind, still fresh and still made her heart ache.
He took her hand in his and squeezed it lovingly, smiling at her to inspire her courage. Everyone was staring at the two of them, intrigued by the odd situation, with their breaths held in anticipation.
A few seconds full of tension passed before the indistinguishable rings of the gems could be heard in the whole train station.
Her eyes snapped to his, hopeful and full of joy. An incredulous smile slowly made its way on her face, eliciting an excited smile from Harry, who wasted no time to cup her cheeks and kissed her, expressing every thought he hadn’t been able to voice out loud in the last year through the render contact of their lips.
Both of them pulled away with a dazed smile before she pulled him in again for a hug.
“I love you, Harry”, she murmured softly in his ear, her smile evident in her tone.
“I love you too”, he whispered back, pressing her closer to his body, her perfume invading his senses.
From that moment onward, Love Alarm became their own way to remind the other of their love.
Not that Harry stopped telling her. Godric, no.
He wouldn’t shut up about her, to the point where Ron would send him owls to warn him that if he had to listen or read about you again he’d have to be hospitalised in the psych ward at St. Mungos.
Noo, I'm glad you did ramble haha! I value your suggestions, so if you have more of them, feel free to share them with me 😌 I'll read your fics once i find time for them, and then I'll surely give you some feedback! I hope you get to work in dubbing in the future!! 🫶🏻 Okay, it seems quite easy. Will 🌙 work then? Moon as in Moony, you get it hehe
hehehhe 😋😋 i will!!! and thanks omg, you're so sweet 💞
"Di4ri" was boring, ngl 😭 I watched "Baby" mainly for Lorenzo Zurzolo (I'm sure you know he's a fancast for Theo Nott, but I'll tell you this anyway) Technically i could, but tbh i hate watching shows and movies in a language other than the original one. If the show is in an another language, i physically can't watch it in my native language (subtitles are fine, obv, i mean the audio – I HATE when it doesn't match what actors are actually saying) But I guess it's a me problem lol. But agreed, it's a good method! I did it with Harry Potter movies when i was learning English. If you're learning French, then damn, that's impressive! I was learning it in primary school, and it was so freaking hard. The pronunciation? NIGHTMARE
Anyway haha, i love both dancing and singing, so "amici di maria de filippi" is definitely gonna be first on my watchlist haha
Dps is indeed life! I've only seen it in English, but that's actually a good suggestion! I'm not sure if it's true, but I've heard Italians dub practically every movie and show, so i shouldn't have problems with accessing it in italian
Girl, I'm so sorry, but i found your blog only yesterday, so i haven't read your fics yet! While writing this, i also realised i haven't followed you 😭 MY BAD, I'm gonna fix this right now (i have italian lyrics in my bio, IGNORE THIS, it kinda matched the aesthetic) About the fanfics, i know it's super hard not to get self conscious about them, but honestly, it's all for fun, and as long as you enjoy writing them (Sorry for swearing and no offence to people reading them!) fuck what other people think. Feedback is important, yes, but the activity you get says nothing about your writing skills. It's not an easy hobby, and you should feel damn proud of yourself for trying to do it anyway. Coming from a fellow fics writer who often hates what she writes 🫡
End of lecture haha. How does this whole emoji anon thing work?? Do I just choose an emoji? I'm confused 😭
i did in fact know that my boy lollo is theo's fancast 😌😌 HOW COULD I NOT??? HE'S MY LOVE 😍😍
it was just a suggestion! you're free to learn Italian however you want, ofc!!! uh, also, yeah we kind of do, hehehe. BUT DUBBING IS MY DREAM JOB, so I'm sorry if i rambled earlier 😔💔
ah no no, dw!!! i thought you had, so that's why i asked you a feedback! thanks for the lecture 💞💞
it's pretty easy, nothing too complicated! you just choose an emoji, and whenever you're in my inbox on anon, you "sign" the ask with that emoji so ik it's you!!! you can look up "🩵 anon" on my blog and see how it works for yourself!
