Sage wakes up in the morning with a pounding headache. She sits up with a groan and looks around. 

“This isn’t my dorm. What happened last night?’

Across the room, Mattheo walks out of a bathroom with dripping wet hair, a towel around his waste, and a toothbrush hanging out of the corner of his mouth. 

“Oh good, you’re awake. How are you feeling,” he asks removing the toothbrush. 

Sage’s pale face blushes and she looks down. “Uhm my head hurts really bad. And I can’t really remember last night. It’s all a blur.”

“Oh, that’s because you drank a lot. So you don’t remember anything,” he asks grabbing some clothes and walking back into the bathroom. 

“No. Oh god did I do something embarrassing,” she asks him panicked. 

A muffled, “well you yelled about some really…heavy…stuff. But I’m sure everybody was too drunk to even remember it,” comes through the door. 

“What did I yell about?” Mattheo walks out and sits next to her. 

“Your brother.” Sage’s eyes widen. “Nobody was supposed to know,” she whispers. 

“Why not,” he asks confused. “Because. People tend to feel sorry for those who’ve had a death in their lives. You see how they look at Harry. And, I already blame myself enough for it, I don’t need that from anyone else,” she explains. 

“If it makes you feel any better, I can try to obliviate anyone who mentions it,” Mattheo says trying to cheer her up. 

Sage smiles softly. “Also, how did I get in here?”

It was Mattheo’s turn to blush now. “Oh. Well, I brought you here so you could rest and not be bothered by anyone. I don’t have a roommate so I thought this would be the best place,” he says with a shrug. 

“Thank you,” Sage says as she hugs him. “It’s no problem. Really. Anyways, here’s some medicine for your head.”

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Since it was the weekend, Sage and Mattheo spent the whole day in his dorm hanging out together. 

They bonded over their past family trauma and got a lot closer. 

“‘You go down just like Holy Mary, Mary on a, Mary on a cross,’” Sage sung along to the radio. 

“This is my favorite song of all time,” she says as Mattheo watches her with a smile. 

(I don’t care if it’s not in the timeline of when it came out. Deal with it)

“Can you play with my hair,” Mattheo asks out of nowhere. Sage stops and looks at him surprised before nodding. 

He puts his head in her lap and she runs her fingers through his curly brown hair. 

“This is nice,” he says with his eyes closed. Sage chuckles a little. 

“Can I tell you something,” Mattheo says making her pause. “Of course!”

“Promise me, that it won’t freak you out?” “I promise, Sage says looking at him confused. 

He sits up and says, “Uhm ok, so I wasn’t really planing on doing this today. But, I…I just…oh my Merlin why is this so hard to say!”

“Are you ok Matt?” He nods. It’s silent for a moment before something breaks the tension. 

“I like you.”

Mattheo looks shocked at the sudden confession. “No! That’s what I was going to say,” he whines. “You stole my moment!”

Sage laughs lightly apologizing. “Ok, then you say it.” He looks at her all serious saying, “I like you, Sage.”

A smile steadily spreads across their faces and they burst out laughing. “You messed it up! I was going to have it be heartfelt or something but you had to say it first,” he exclaims. 

Sage playfully rolls her eyes saying, “whatever.” They look at each other for a moment. 

All of a sudden, Sage grabs the collar of his shirt and kisses him and he kisses back. 

“Woah,” he says after they pull away. “You are quite the bold one, aren’t you Vespertine,” he says smirking. 

“Oh get out of here,” she says pushing his face away. “I think you’re forgetting who’s dorm you are in.”

She rolls her eyes and says, “fine, then I’ll leave.” Sage stands up and starts to walk to the door when Mattheo grabs her hand. 

“No, stay. I’ll promise I’ll be nice,” he whines. “You’re such a big baby, you know that.” 

“I can be your big baby,” he says with an innocent smile. Sage looks at him suspiciously. “What are you saying, Riddle?”

“Nothing. Except, that I want you to be my…” he trails off. She smirks at him. “Please don’t make me say it. It’s so embarrassing,” he exclaims. 

“Nope. Not gonna give you an answer till you say it,” she says. He groans. 

“Fine. Sage, will you be my…my…I hate you  so much. Will you be my girlfriend,” Mattheo asks quickly. 

“Yes,” she says cheekily. This time, Mattheo kisses Sage. “So, are we going to tell the Gang,” Sage asks once they pull away. 

“Mm no. But we can act all lovey dovey and it’ll confuse the crap out of them,” he says smiling mischievously. 

“Ooh, sounds like a plan. Now, can we go down to dinner? I’m starving,” Sage shouts dragging him out of the dorm by the hand. 

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Mattheo and Sage walk towards their table in the Great Hall holding hands. 

Everyone looks at them shocked as they sit down. “I hope you know that staring is rude,” Sage says getting some food. 

“Did we…miss something,” Blaise asks confused. “No, I don’t think so,” replies Mattheo. 

The Gang shares a look as Mattheo and Sage act as if nothing has happened. 

They eat in silence with the Gang looking at Mattheo and Sage strangely. 

“Ok I can’t take this anymore. What happened between you two,” Draco exclaims dropping his fork. 

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Nothings happened,” Sage replies. Her and Mattheo share a look before laughing. 

“What’s so funny?”

“Your guy’s faces! Oh you all looked so confused,” Mattheo says. Lorenzo raises an eyebrow. “We are. So can you explain please?”

“Sage and I are dating now, happy?” Pansy squeals, “finally!” Sage playfully rolls her eyes.

They finish their dinner with the Gang celebrating the new couple and teasing them.