Immediately following Care of Magical Creatures, Kurumi had headed back to the Gryffindor common room and collapsed on her bed. Momotaro II had exhausted her from the lesson with all his rolling and all she wanted to do was take a nap. But that never came. Walnut was very VERY displeased with the tiny creature's appearance in what the feline considered HIS world, so Kurumi had had to lure the tiny thing out from under the dresser with one of her tuna fish cookies while Walnut was shut up in her trunk.

Giving up on sleep, Kurumi arrived at the study tables with Momotaro II cooing on her right shoulder.

Hmm...he wasn't sure what to make of this room. It was so red and the noise from the fireplace was sort of scary. He would be staying on this girl's shoulder for a while, that was for sure.

*MEEP MEEP MEEP*

Assuming that the noise meant he wanted down, the Gryffindor gingerly scooped the little creature up off her shoulder and set him down on the table where he began to bounce and roll around like he was in a hurry.

"Woah woah, you need to calm down a little, Momotaro II," she cooed as she used her. "We...we aren't bowling right now we are just talking. You know, getting to know each other."

*MEEP SQUEAK MEEP*

The human person was talking, but it was really just sounding like a lot of jibberish to the little pygmy puff as he rolled left and right in his place on his back. He JUST wanted to be scratched on his tummy...if you could call it his tummy.

Not catching the implications of the little guy's movements, Kurumi reached into her pocket for a brush and picked him up in the palm of her hand. Gently, she began to stroke the pygmy puff's fur over his belly and smiled as he began to squeak!purr. "You like that?" she asked as she moved the brush to a slightly different location and Momotaro shifted his position a bit in her hand to allow her easier access. She always brushed Walnut for a solid five minutes to remove any fur he might be shedding, so she figured that the same should be done for pygmy puffs...and shed did he do.

In the span of those five minutes, Kurumi had a clump of fur on the table that was about the same size as Momotaro II himself.

*MEEEP MEEP MEEP MEEEEEEEEP*

Momotaro II wiggled his pygmy puff eyebrows at the ball of fluff, thinking it was another pygmy puff and bounced closer to it. A friend a friend a friend! He had a friend to play with!

And bounce he did...right onto the pile of fur.

*FLOP*

"Oh, um, Momotaro II...that was just your own fur." Kurumi said as she tried to control her giggles. She noted the slightly hurt expression on the creatures face, well...in his eyes, and made a mental note to try to set up a play date with someone else and their pygmy puff. For now, she would just keep brushing him.