seasons | mina

[ares edward lestrange]

━ wasted on sunday, erase you on monday ━

february 2029

AFTER BOTHERING RUE WEISS FOR the the last few months on their opinion on what Mina Oliveira thought about him, Ares simply thought it would be best to visit - to be upfront and direct with the one he let get away. Sure, he might have had an accidental baby with Mina's older sister but that wasn't exactly his fault. He didn't know the woman, it was an odd hookup in a grimy bathroom and well..he was young. Stupid.

Ares knew what he wanted now. And that was simply Mina's attention. During their time in Hogwarts, Ares pulled the same thing, the same method of getting her attraction. But of course, like all young men, his eyes wondered. It's not that he was begging for a relationship out of the Oliveira, but he just..wanted to be in there one way or another. To be seen on the same level that Rue or even Gehry Ollivander was on. The bestest of friends. With potential benefits of course.

Ares chose a day he absolutely knew Callisto would not be around, especially since their shared custody met that Sebastian still spent some of his time in the week at the Oliveira household. So as he waltzed up to the apartment, Ares knocked three odd times, hoping that it would give the impression that it was him. After all, bothering Mina was what he done best.

| mina pandora oliveira |

[mina pandora oliveira]

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Mina was hungover as fuck.

The pounding headache that had plagued her all morning was not going away with magical or muggle means, and she was starting to think that it was a side effect of age rather than anything else in particular. With slowing down on her staying out late and drinking over the last few years, she had noticed a decreased tolerance as well. She found so much more enjoyment out of eating edibles and chilling all night when she had the following day off than she did in going to muggle house parties and getting absolutely trashed. Hugging the toilet had happened with far more frequency lately than it ever had before. And hair of the dog was bullshit. The only dog hair she was willing to deal with today was the kind that came off her own dog. Even thinking of putting more booze into her body made her stomach lurch.

”I’m never drinking again,” she groaned to her dog, who had managed to be an actual pleasant companion for once in her life. Callisto had taken Sebastian to their parents, as it was easier to have him there than hearing Aunt Mina vomiting all morning. Just when she thought she was starting to become some kind of picture of responsibility, and she went and got shitfaced to the nth degree.

The sudden pounding on the door to her apartment woke her up from the momentary sleep she had slipped into halfway through petting Titania. The loud yips that followed from her cloud-in-dog-form drew a sharp ’shhh’ from Mina, to no avail. Who was knocking on her door today of all days? Callisto would never forget her keys, so it definitely wasn’t her. And Sarah would at least text that she was coming over, despite her flaws. Mina secretly hoped it was just Evy, but knew it probably wasn’t.

Wobbling off of the couch and towards the door, she stuck her eye up to the peephole. It was Ares. Why did it have to be him today? Groaning down at her dog, who seemed to read the mood, Mina unlocked the door and pulled it open only a bit. She definitely looked like shit because she felt like shit. ”Callisto took Seb to our parents. So he should be there, I guess,” she forced out.

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[ares edward lestrange]

━ wasted on sunday, erase you on monday ━

LEANING AGAINST THE OLIVEIRA DOORFRAME as he waited for someone to open the door, the Lestrange couldn't help but give Mina his best smirk as he saw her wonderful, hungover expression. He noticed how she had only cracked the door open a tiny bit, and the thought of her not wanting guests - even as someone as glorious as himself - made him rather sad.

"Who said I'm here for Seb?" He began, leaning more against her door. "So who were you with last night?..Or where? Muggle? Magic?" Ares had heard from the grapevine bothering Rue, that Mina was becoming more of a homebody on a regular basis, so seeing her outside was more of a rare sight. "And where was my invite? Aren't I the bartender here?"

| mina pandora oliveira |

[mina pandora oliveira]

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Mina stared blankly at Ares. He wasn’t being serious right now, was he? The fact that she looked, and felt, terrible right now apparently didn’t bring his wand down at all. Classic Ares. He was never subtle about it either, despite having a literal child with her sister. And his line of questioning, which he clearly thought sounded like he was being coy, was annoying as hell too. Why did it matter where she was last night, or who she was with? That was none of his business to begin with. Unless she was out with Sebastian and something happened with him, Mina really didn’t like dealing with Ares at all anymore.

”Me, myself, and I,” she responded curtly. Titania had grown bored of the visitor and returned back to her spot on the floor up against the foot of the couch. Mina wished she could follow her dog. Standing made her dizzy, and being dizzy, so far today, meant she was going to throw up. ”There was no invite, because I was on my own,” she lied. Ares would see right through that but Mina really didn’t care right now. The night had started out on her own, but she did eventually bump into a few people she knew. That was where everything cascaded into her current state. Oh well. She wasn’t going to be getting shitfaced at the Hog’s Head anyways. That was only if she was really in a rough spot and needed a drink.

Rubbing her sore and tired eyes, Mina let out a long sigh. ”So what do you want then? I’m not in the mood for games today.” She really wasn’t in the mood for this any day when it came to Ares. Callisto usually put a stop to it pretty quickly when she was home, but whenever it was just the two of them, it felt like he lingered longer than usual. Mina knew why, of course. The amount of times she kicked herself for even entertaining the idea of being interested in Ares during their school years…

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[ares edward lestrange]

━ wasted on sunday, erase you on monday ━

MOST WOMEN COULDN'T BEAR LOSING an opportunity with the Ares Lestrange, yet it always infuriated the bartender that Mina Oliveira was far from most, typical women. Ares had been there, with his chance to have her wrapped around his pinky and he lost it. Now, even after unfortunately but rather..fortunately having a child with her sister, he wasn't willing to back down. Merlin, maybe he truly was a pig. Ares had seen Mina at what he considered her worst, so as he observed her current expression and choice of clothing, he wasn't turned off in the slightest. Maybe...this was genuine infatuation...

Rolling his eyes at her answer, the Lestrange somewhat expected that. Unlike himself, both Mina and even Rue kept their private affairs...well..private. But with the mention that the invitation wasn't extended because the Oliveira was 'alone', only resulted in Ares narrowing his eyes down at her. "Bullshit." He grinned, fixing his posture as he rested against her door more comfortably.

"No games, just can't a...really close friend come and visit? Especially if the friend that one is concerned about is having a...hangover?" Ares knew Mina would see right past his nonsense, truth be told he was there to waste her time and offer her mindless flirty comments. Of course, he would probably get rejected in turn but there was no harm in trying... "I know the best hangover cure. Better than Rue's shit. Want me to make it?"

| mina pandora oliveira |

[mina pandora oliveira]

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Mina desperately wished that she could close her eyes to avoid looking at his smug grin on the other side of the door frame. Doing so would just give her the spins though. Which, if she was completely honest, wouldn’t be the worst way to get rid of Ares. Making herself get sick all over his perfectly shined shoes would be bittersweet in a way. And absolutely disgusting to clean up when she already felt like a dehydrated dementor.

Obviously, he was able to pierce straight through her lie. In a way, it worked out that he was a bartender. It meant that she knew exactly where he was on most nights and could actively avoid him while also keeping her friends away from him. Seb didn’t need any more siblings right now.

”I’ve already taken two different potions and muggle pills,” Mina groaned. The electrolyte mix she had forced herself to drink had felt nice for a moment, until it hit the pool of alcohol still sitting in her stomach. What she really needed was a truckload of dense, fried food. ”I’m fine,” she lied again. Except there was a tiny voice screaming in her head that she would let him in if he brought food. Free meals were always an easy invite into her flat, unfortunately. That was where she and her dog were basically blood related.

Feeling another wave of nausea start to hit her from standing and trying to talk, Mina retreated back to the couch and fell into it. Sitting was basically all she could do right now. ”If you get me food, I’ll let you make whatever it is you want to make,” she said after a second of silence, doing her best to hold everything where it belonged inside of her body. ”But that’s it. I won’t owe you any favors other than watching Seb.”

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