"Hey!" He yelps, surprised when Harry got ahold of his collar like that, but he doesn't struggle. That only tended to make things worse. "I'm not- oh, fine, but you won't hear a peep out of me, I'm just going to let him be and not bother with trying to pretend to make nice, alright? Better than lying about it, isn't it?"

No, he'd be avoiding him for different reasons entirely. But Harry didn't necessarily need to know that.

"May I please shower now? I'm disgusting."