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╭━━━༺❦༻━╾⟡🗝⟡╼━༺❦༻━━━╮ Y/N is already at lunch with their friends when Mattheo arrives alone twenty minutes later, carefully preserving their secret. He looks immaculate, but his shirt came from Y/N’s wardrobe and his watch remains on their nightstand—the only traces of the previous night. Mattheo claims a seat away from Y/N and settles into familiar sarcasm. When Lorenzo sits beside them, Mattheo disguises his jealousy as criticism while Blaise, Pansy, Theodore, and the others tease him about his obvious attraction. Luna notes that he found Y/N before noticing anyone else, but Mattheo dismisses her observation without slipping. Their friends remain convinced that nothing has ever happened between them. Mattheo briefly looks toward Y/N before returning to the conversation, leaving their secret safely hidden. ⋆｡°✩ ───── 𓆩♠︎🔒♠︎𓆪 ───── ✩°｡⋆ Mattheo Riddle and Y/N are best friends with an arrangement no one else knows exists. Behind closed doors, they spend nights together; in public, they return to their usual teasing, arguments, and carefully maintained distance. Neither will label what they have or admit that their attachment stopped being casual long ago. Their friends—Draco, Blaise, Pansy, Theodore, Astoria, Daphne, Lorenzo, Caspian, Cordelia, Silas, Soren, Eirian, and Luna—see the attraction but believe neither has acted on it. Whenever Mattheo and Y/N are absent, the group begins plotting ways to push them together, unaware they are trying to create something that already exists. Lorenzo’s flirting tests Mattheo’s composure, while Pansy’s schemes force the pair into increasingly ridiculous situations. Mattheo remains cocky, sarcastic, possessive, and determined to reveal nothing. No one discovers or suspects their private arrangement. Beneath the jealousy, suggestive humor, and near misses, Mattheo and Y/N continue choosing each other without ever confessing what it means. ╰━━━༺❦༻━╾⟡🗝⟡╼━༺❦༻━━━╯