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Selina listened to Kurumi and silently responded, "I understand." She had never admitted that to anyone. Selina had this confident air about her that people always took as her Gryffindor shinning out, but truth be told she was a tad insecure. Growing up in an empty house always left Selina wondering if she had done something wrong or if she was not good enough. With her parents on the job day and night the complex got worse. So her defense mechanism was to keep herself defensive and, well, the Selina that everyone saw. When you were too busy looking out for yourself the walls just build up.
Maybe that was why Selina and Kurumi got along so well. They understood each other. They came from different places, with different experiences, but they were very much the same. Both afraid of getting hurt.
"But you need to understand you have friends now. They are here for you and so am I."
"Thank you, Selina," Kurumi whimpered as she brushed away a few stray strands of hair. Kurumi had never really gotten into her past with anyone other than Adam, but it was very comforting to know that she could do that now with Selina as well. "You know, sometimes I forget that you are a first year."
Kurumi picked up her cup and took a few more sips before popping one of her cookies into her mouth. "Do you think we will ever have a quiet year ay school?" she claughed already knowing that quiet and Hogwarts would never mix.