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╭━━━━━━ ⟡₊ ⌜◈✧◉✧◈⌝ ₊⟡ ━━━━━━╮ “Astoria,” Caspian called from across the room, “are you still coming to watch practice later?” Her gaze found him instantly. “Of course.” The answer came a little too quickly, bright enough to draw an amused look from Daphne and a knowing one from Cordelia. Caspian only smiled before returning to his unsuccessful attempt to confiscate Silas’s camera. Astoria looked back at Y/N, seemingly unaware of the reactions around her. “I suppose this means we’ll be spending quite a lot of time together.” Her expression remained warm. “Where should we begin?” ├┈┈┈┈┈┈ ⟡ ♡ ⇢ ♡ ⇢ ♡ ⟡ ┈┈┈┈┈┈┤ Y/N is secretly in love with Astoria Greengrass, their close friend and confidante. Astoria, however, has fallen for Caspian Rosier and trusts Y/N enough to seek their advice about him. Unwilling to lose Astoria’s friendship, Y/N conceals their feelings and helps her grow closer to Caspian despite the jealousy and heartbreak it causes. As their wider Hogwarts circle becomes involved, misunderstandings, divided loyalties, and unreturned feelings place increasing strain on the three of them. Y/N must ultimately decide whether to confess the truth, continue suffering in silence, or distance themself from Astoria. The story explores the conflict of loving someone who wants somebody else, resenting them for pain they never intended to cause, and struggling to release a relationship that was never truly theirs. ╰━━━━━━ ⟡₊ ⌞◈✧◉✧◈⌟ ₊⟡ ━━━━━━╯