Kissing is serious business

Written for Day 17 of @hinnyfest

Prompt: "We're locked up"

Also posted on AO3

“Harry, can you go into the pantry? I think Ginny needs some help getting something off a high shelf,” Fred asked casually.

Harry should have known, should have realised this was an odd request considering Fred was nearly the same height as him but he was happy to help out Ginny so he went into the kitchen without a second thought and into the pantry. Ginny looked at him curiously when he entered. 

They both jumped in surprise when the door slammed behind Harry. Harry spun around at the door and tried the door handle. It was locked. 

He took out his wand “Alohomora.” 

Nothing happened. 

“Lumos.” He turned around at Ginny, raising his wand so they could see each other. “We’re locked up.” 

Ginny had her arms crossed and a frown appeared between her brows. She pushed Harry away and tried the door as well. Then she pounded on the door. “Fred! I know this was you. I don’t know what game you’re playing but I will kill you if you don’t let us out of here right now!” 

It was silent for a moment. Harry stepped back. 

“Ah, but we can’t do that,” Fred’s voice came from the other side. 

“And why the fuck not?” Ginny responded, her arms folded again. 

“Well, someone brought something to our attention and we, uh, thought we’d help things along,” George spoke now. 

Harry put his wand on the pantry shelf so he didn’t have to hold it up. He was trying to wrack his brain about what this could be but he came up with nothing.

Then Hermione’s voice came, sounding extremely apologetic. “I am so sorry.” 

“What about?” asked Harry, the fact that Hermione was involved, made this even stranger. 

“As much as Ginny likes to pretend she’s just friends with Harry now, I like to bet a good Galleon or two she still likes Harry…” George said, sounding far too happy.

Harry saw Ginny freeze, her eyes trained on the door. He assumed if he could see her face, she’d be blushing madly the way she would before they became friends. 

“And then Hermione just so happened to mention that she was convinced Harriekins developed feelings for our darling sister so we decided to take one for the team. Mum would be delighted, would she not?” George spoke again. 

“Yes, I’d think so, George,” Fred replied, sounding equally happy. 

Now Harry froze and he swallowed hard. Did he? He had never given it much thought. All he knew was that the room was always a little brighter when she walked in it, his mood instantly lifted when they talked.  

Ginny turned around at him slowly, her arms unfolding as her eyes landed on him. “Harry?” 

Hinny Fest - Day 17

''We're locked in.'' - day seventeen

because I saw a post on instagram and wanted to write something similar

@hinnyfest

Ginny was stressed, with all those hormones boiling inside her like a cauldron over a fire, it made her more and more nervous.

And going to the Ministry event wasn't helping her mood.

She wanted to go out, but not to go there, she wanted to go out for dinner, maybe have a pizza, buy something at that clothing store she always saw but never went in... But no, they were going to the Ministry event.

When she tried for the third time on another dress – which didn't look good on her big belly – Ginny gave up, she was going half naked to this event and she didn't care what people thought of her! They would have to accept that when each week she was getting more fat because she was carrying a child inside her, she had the right not to wear clothes.

As soon as she thought that, she sighed and went back to rummaging through her wardrobe, as she knew she couldn't go half naked even if she wanted to.

After finding something that Harry managed to close, the two left the house, he was quiet and for the first time Ginny didn't care much, she was stressed and didn't want to make things worse by fighting with her husband, who hadn't done anything, on the way to an event that was sure to be stressful enough.

People kept touching her without asking, putting their hand and talking to her belly when Ginny didn't even know them!

When Harry parked the car in front of the event and helped her down, she already saw that the front door was closed and the guards didn't seem willing to open it for them. Excellent! She had dressed up for nothing!

''We are locked. How wonderful, we're locked out!'' Ginny rolled her eyes irritably, already wanting to sit down on the floor right there and start crying. Harry needed to be there and because of her they were late, because instead of going to get ready Ginny preferred to sleep half an hour which ended up becoming two, and when she woke up she already needed to get ready and now they were out!

Harry had even put on a suit!

''Too bad,'' Harry said, grimacing.

''We can ask the guards, I'm sure someone inside can ask them to open it and -''

‘'Too bad, we'll have to leave,’' Harry put an arm around her shoulders, spinning them back towards the car.

''But Harry-''

''What a sad thing, I was so looking forward to it,'' He helped her back into the car, running to the driver's side. ''Couldn't be sadder.''

''Harry.'' Ginny caught his eye.

‘’We’re an hour late, it will be over soon anyway,’’ He shrugged.

''No, we're half an hour late,'' He denied.

''The event started at eight.'' Ginny's eyes widened. ‘’Yes, I let you sleep long enough for us to be late. Now… are we going to eat pizza?”

Canon Compliant... Mostly by Legend Dairy

Due to my complete inattention, I didn't see the email about Legend Dairy posting her prompt on AO3 so, in case you want to read it, here is the link to the compiled Prompts: Canon Compliant... Mostly by Legend Dairy I'll be reposting this every two or three days so you can read these amazing fanfics!

Reblogging to update the list of prompts Legend has posted!