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WHO: Greg and Oggie
TONE: Angry teen issues over relationships
RATING: PG-13
WHEN: After this giant blow up of a thread
WHERE: Castle corridors, on the way to the rooftop
WHAT: Greg and Maxim had an argument, and Greg stormed out with a different Jaeger after him, concerned over his junior Hufflepuff.
STATUS: Ongoing

He was pissed beyond measure. He wanted something to punch, something to vent out his anger on, but Hogwarts did not have a boxing ring or a gym and all he'll have to settle for is the cool night's sky. Maybe that would calm down his raging emotions. As he rudely ignored the portrait's calls for him to return, he tried his best to ignore the sting on his right side of his jaw where Maxim had punched him.

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Oggie shushed the portrait quietly and tagged along after Greg at a slight distance. He honestly did not understand the other boy's stance on relationships at all, but he was willing to listen. And then try to talk some sense into him.

...Depending on how well Greg could make his own argument. While he knew Greg could be protective, a lot of that had smacked of jealousy. He understood that at least; to an extent anyway.

At any rate, non-shouting discussions needed to be had.

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Honestly, he was so worked up that he didn't even notice the older Hufflepuff follow him. It was only when he reached the first set of staircases and started climbing that he heard the footsteps behind him.

"What are you doing? You're going to get in trouble. Go back to the dorms. I need time to think, and I need that alone."

Even when angry, Greg's not willing to let someone get in trouble because of him.

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Oggie looked mildly amused. "Hy tink Hy knows how to handle a leedle trouble. Dun vurry about me."

Then serious-face time. "Besides, tinkink alone? Not goot ven hyu has problem. Hyu chust stew. Hyu needs somevun to talk to."

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"No I don't. I'm not in the best of moods to be talking to anyone. So thank you for your concern, Oggie, but please leave me alone."

Greg just continued up the staircase, deliberately ignoring the other boy.

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Oggie shrugged. Greg probably did need some time to cool off. But that didn't mean Oggie was going to leave. He followed, keeping the same distance between them.

Just because he wouldn't leave, didn't mean he was going to push.

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By the time Greg's climbed a few more sets of stairs, he's had the time to cool down a little. And he's starting to realise exactly how much of an idiot he had been. There were better ways to deal with that particular issue than barging in like an idiot and yelling at the both of them. He felt guilty, and that just doubled his feelings of anger because now the only person left to be angry at is himself.

Or well, the other boy who was following him.

Greg was sorely tempted to snap at Oggie, bark at him to leave, but raising his voice here and now would definitely get the both of them caught. So he carried on, hoping that the older boy would eventually give up and leave him alone.

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Oggie wasn't about to give up. He wanted to help. Jaegers on missions are not deterred easily.

He figured he'd wait until they got wherever they were headed (the roof, probably) to address Greg, though.

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Silence suited him, but only when he was the only person in the area. Having Oggie follow him quietly without even a single word was disconcerting and slightly annoying.

Still, he refused to open this up for debate, and when he finally hits the rooftop he gets a blast of cold air for all his troubles. Still, it did make him feel less heated, and he went over to the barrier at the edge and leaned on it, trying to sort through his conflicted emotions.

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Oggie followed Greg onto the roof, then settled down to the side of the door. That way, if Greg wanted to fight, there was less danger of either going over the barrier.

"Vun of de most important steps to gettink de gurl is leesenink to de gorl, yah?"

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The only response Oggie was getting was a groan as Greg buried his head in his arms. Greg doesn't want to fight and he's more interested in figuring out exactly what the heck happened, because that was a horrendous blow up and he can't even work out how everything snowballed and became an avalanche.

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"If gorl say she vant vun tink, und den say she vant sometink else, dat is hokay. Pipple ken change deir minds." Oggie could only assume Greg had at least gotten Rapunzel's opinion on boyfriends once at some point. If the other boy was assuming as much as he had with no basis, they needed to have another talk entirely.

He eyed Greg for a moment before continuing. "She probably forgif hyu if hyu apologizes, hyu know. Hyu's still got a chance, but hyu gots to take it slow after all dot shoutink."

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"I don't like her that way, Oggie."

Which, now that he was away from her immediate vicinity, seemed to be the truth. Inwardly he felt like kicking himself; why did he always get so worked up whenever Rapunzel was around or involved. God he was such an idiot.

"I was just being...stupid."

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"Hyu sure about dot? Hyu seemed verra infested for chust a friend. Usually hyu likes de gorl hyu gets stupid for, dat vay yah? Iz vhy guys not stupid all de time."

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"I'm sure. I mean, I don't really think we're friends either. She's usually just the girl who shares classes with me. But whenever she steps into the damn room my mind just goes crazy and I end up looking like an absolute fool."

He threw his hands up in the air, frustrated.

"I mean, I care for her, and I don't want anything bad to happen to her, but that's because I generally don't want anything bad to happen to anybody!"

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"Dat sound awful lot like crush to me, efen if hyu dun know each odder vell." Oggie paused a moment, thinking. "...Or a spell. Hyu dun eat anytink 'fishy' lately did hyus?"

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Greg rolled his eyes. "I live in a Muggle household, and if someone wanted to play a practical joke on me they could do better than to spike my pumpkin juice with a love potion."

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"Iz fery strange den, dun hyu tink? Gorl hyu not interested in... hyu is suddenly interested in. If not crush and not magic, den vot?" Oggie shook his head.

"If hyu iz not tryink to beink competition, hyu needs to learn how to step beck. Odder pipple is allowed to make deir own decisions."

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"I already told you, I'm not interested in her like that! I just think she's making a bad decision to get all comfy with Maxim after he's made it clear he can't be a one boyfriend or girlfriend kinda guy, which is what she's looking for. It just...hurts to have someone like that."

His voice quietened after as he looked out across the landscape of the school grounds. That was a little more than he'd have liked to shared.

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"If dey is clear about vat dey vants, dey ken reach compromise. Any relationship is about findink middle ground, efen mit monogamy. It also hurt to haf somevun not treat hyu like hyu is allowed to make decisions, efen if dey iz bad vuns."

He did pick up on that quieting, but wasn't sure what to make of it yet. Greg was talking though, which was good. Talking problems over with someone else was always better than letting them fester.

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"It'd be better to prevent than to pick up the pieces later. Sometimes people make wrong decisions; I can't just let that happen. I've got to say something."

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"Dere is difference betveen 'sayink sometink' und 'shoutink until dey is bullied into doink vhat hyu vants for dem'. De biggest part of carink for odder pipple is treatink dem like dey iz pipple."

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"I wasn't shouting at her. I was...more angry at your brother for not stopping her. And I just lost my temper."

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"Heh." His point was not getting through.

"My brudder..." He paused and tried to figure out how to put this.

"Mebbe he encourage her, yah? Mebbe he vas bad. But Rapunzel iz not leedle gorl. She make her own decision too. She iz allowed to be schtupid if she vants. Und Hy tink she might not like dat hyu is tryink to act like hyu iz her mamma."

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"And what, just stand there and watch her break her heart all over again? I'm just trying to look out for her and your idiot of a brother, whether you believe it or not."

He sighed heavily and rubbed his temples.

"Look, I know what you're saying, that she's old enough to make her own decisions. But when they're ones that are going to end up hurting her, I'd rather save her the pain now than have her deal with it later."

Dropping his hands to sides, he paced around, still irritated with both himself and the situation.

"I mean, if your brother was about to do the stupidest thing in the world that would end in him getting crushed, wouldn't you step in?"

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"Mebbe she knows vot she is doink. Mebbe she von't listen to hyu, hm? How far iz hyu villink to go to stop dis?"

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"Vait, ve is talkink about crushink pipple now? Vhy?"

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"Oh! Hyu is not beink literal dere. Hokay. Phew. Yah, Hy vould say sometink. Mebbe Hy fight him. But Hy vouldn't tie him to chair. Mit some tinks, dere is only so much hyu ken do."

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"Of course I wasn-"

No point getting angry at Oggie for English mistranslations. Greg just sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"Obviously I'm not going to tie Rapunzel to a chair, but I'm not going to just watch from the sidelines and see her set herself up for heartbreak. There's only so much I can do, yeah I get that. But I'll do what I can."

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"Hmm." Oggie just looked at Greg for a moment, intently.

"Hyu iz much more reasonable avay from her, yah. Mebbe hyu see nurse about dot? Mebbe somevun did spike hyu pumpkin chuse. Dis iz pretty big change."

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He blinked, surprised.

"You really think someone's cast a spell on me to fall for Rapunzel like a love-sick idiot everytime she walks into the room?"

That...might actually make sense, given his reactions to her everytime she does step within sight.

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"Hy still tink hyu is beink more protectif dan necessary, for somebody who is not hyu friend. But you vas rafink before und suddenly hyu iz chust concerned. Hyu no listen to anyvun und suddenly hyu is talkink all calm-like.

Hy dunno vhy somevun do dot, but Hy ken't tink of anytink else it could be."

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"Well that someone deserves a little trip to the Healer's office!"

It's really frustrating. On one hand, it's so easy to just go with Oggie's suggestion and not blame himself for what happened.

On the other hand though, exactly how much of it was him, and how much of it was the spell. It was slightly worrying, because Greg did not think he was completely innocent here.

He just ends up slumping against the wall and crossing his arms, not any happier than when he had started.

"Well, it's not like it matters. I'm still in hot soup with your brother and Rapunzel."