soft like wildflowers // r.l.

                                    

                                          
summary — y/n y/l/n is stubborn, competitive, and hates remus lupin. but when they're paired together for a project, y/n begins to fall for the softness within him.
                          
word count — 3.1k
                          
warnings — cursing, slight enemies to lovers. otherwise ultimate fluff.
                          
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Y/N stuck like glue to Lily's side as they headed towards potions class. She had interlocked their arms together, using Lily as a guide to walk down the corridor, keeping her from bumping into students so she could finish the previous night's reading that she hadn't gotten done. Lily huffed beside her, growing frustrated as she tried to maneuver through the crowd of students for not only herself, but Y/N as well. 
                          
"I told you you could borrow my notes," She turned to say to Y/N, lightly scoffing when the girl didn't look up, "Or I can paraphrase it for you?" 
                          
"Lils you know I won't get it unless I read it myself," Y/N mumbled, huffing to herself as she flipped to the next page, "Plus, how do I know you even retained any information, you were gazing at Potter the entire night." 
                          
Lily nudged her elbow into Y/N's side.
                          
"Hey!" Y/N huffed. 
                          
"I tell you one time I think he's cute and you use any opportunity you can to use it against me." Lily scoffed. 
                          
Y/N chuckled, biting her lip to contain an obnoxious smile at the sight of a pink tint rising to Lily's pale cheeks at the mention of James Potter's name. 
                          
"Alright, alright, I'm sorry," Y/N laughed softly, earning a gentle smile from Lily beside her as they entered Slughorn's classroom and took their seats, "Thank you for letting me follow you while I finished the reading." 
                          
Lily shook her head playfully, "I don't even know why you stress over the reading. It's not like you really need to do it, you're wicked good at potions, at all your classes, really." 
                          
"Not as good as some people." Y/N hummed, annoyed. 
                          
In perfect timing, the four most insufferable boys Y/N had ever met filed into the classroom one by one. James Potter was a bit of an arse, but he adored Lily and for that Y/N pardoned him. Peter Pettigrew, wasn't relevant enough to procure an opinion from Y/N, especially considering half the time he was hiding behind James. Sirius Black was wildly inappropriate yet charmingly reckless, Y/N hated him the least. 
                          
But it was Remus Lupin, the smartest and most reserved of the four, that Y/N had decided was her very own personal nemesis. Remus Lupin was an excellent student, he was smart, attentive, hardworking, the professors adored him despite his friendship with troublemakers James and Sirius. Y/N however, couldn't comprehend the idea that he was incredibly sweet and smart, one of those had to be false, and grades don't lie. 
                          
Y/N cleared her throat as the boys entered, all piling into the tables at the back of the class, snickering to themselves as the tail of a joke died down. James shot Lily a smile, nodding his head towards her, only for her to shake her head in response and face the front of the class. Sirius snorted, patting James on the back. 
                          
"Alright, class," Slughorn grabbed the attention of his students, "Today we'll be pairing off for a larger assignment. It is up to you and your partner to procure the ingredients needed for your potion..."
                          
"I hope we get paired," Y/N whispered to Lily beside, who nodded in response, "I'd hate to have to spend all night in the library with Black or Potter, might as well do it all my bloody self." 
                          
Slughorn continued on as a piece of white chalk recorded the assignment requirements onto the chalk board behind him as he spoke. Everyone seemed to tune out, growing anxious with thoughts of who they'd be paired with for such a large assignment.