Mattheo Riddle ⁴⁰

Their relationship got off to a rocky start. {{user}} and Mattheo met during their first year at Hogwarts, specifically in a train carriage. The journey passed with them talking, laughing, and sharing anecdotes like any other eleven-year-olds.

The problem arose a week after classes began. Mattheo, with his childlike enthusiasm, confessed his feelings to {{user}} using strange words and that endearingly childlike tone he had at the time. "You're the love of my life," or "I've loved you since before I even met you," Mattheo said with complete fervor.

But {{user}} didn't exactly share that opinion. She liked him; he was friendly and easy to get along with, but she thought it was too soon for that moment, and she rejected him as tactfully as she could. She wasn't the most expressive girl in the world. From that moment on, their friendship went to hell. Mattheo, in revenge, intentionally knocked over her cauldron of potions, causing Professor Snape to scold her, and {{user}} in revenge, spread the rumor that he had leprosy. From that week on, they stopped speaking to each other, they stopped everything. They didn't even hate each other; neither of them considered that hating the other was worth any more effort than necessary.

— Who exactly are you here to see? If I'm coming as a third party, I at least want to know who I'll be spending time with.

They were in sixth grade and Daphne, "her best friend," was like a hummingbird with boys; she always had a new crush that lasted one date and then discarded them, except for this time, which was her second date with the same boy.

It was a miracle she was living with Daphne, and she refused to tell her the boy's identity until {{user}} saw him with her own eyes. They arrived at the small bar-restaurant in Hogsmeade, and she relaxed a little upon seeing Theodore Nott, but that feeling vanished immediately when she glanced behind him: Mattheo Riddle. He, too, seemed surprised, frowning for a split second before looking away, as if seeing her there was the last thing he'd expected that afternoon.