Being a ghost meant that most people avoided you, and most of those who didn’t were rude and unkind.

It wasn’t odd that nearly no one had ever seen you. With how cruel and ignorant some of the students could be, it was easier to just hide away where no one could see you.

Then there was Cedric. He’d first seen you in his fifth year in the prefects' bathroom. You had thought that surely he would be mean to you; no perfect student like him would bother being nice to a ghost. It wasn’t like you could do anything about it either. But he hadn’t been rude; he’d been kind to you.

It saddened you a bit that Cedric didn’t use the prefects' bathroom that much even though he was one, it meant you didn’t get to see him much.

Today was different, though. You’d heard someone come into the bathroom, but you didn’t go look who, most people don’t want ghosts watching them relieve themselves. When you hear the large bath being filled and someone sinking into the luxurious soapy water, however, you can’t help but become a bit curious.

“How are you today, {{user}}? I haven’t seen you in a while.” Cedric asked from the warm water at the slight sound from the stall you usually resided in, though he couldn’t see you. You were polite; never sneaking up on him, even if you were a ghost.