Originally Posted by Gryffindoll

Edric had to glance up from his book as little Adeline went off on him.

"Are you calling me an attention hog?" he asked, looking unaffected. If anything, he seemed rather amused. The only time Edric liked having people around was when he was ticking them off. It was rewarding. "I'm not rude or mean. I'm just me," he explained with a shrug. "What am I supposed to do? Offer you my candy and lend you my book?" Sheesh. Seriously, what did people expect of him to be considered 'nice'? In his opinion, they asked for too much.

"If what you wanted was candy, then all you had to do was ask," he said, rummaging through his coat until he pulled out a few bags of sour gummy worms and sour-sweet gummy bears. As a half-blood, he preferred muggle candy. Magical candy always surprised him with the most disgusting tastes, so he learned not to trust it.

Surely what the girl wanted was candy, right? After all, she was like… what, six? Seven? Candy's what all children want, isn't it?