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It was so nice to hear Kurumi's voice. Hearing her speak returned a sense of normalcy to Selina's life, being without Kurumi this summer was a very odd experience. Besides, knowing the reason why Kurumi wasn't around obviously made things a million times worse. She felt like she might go crazy with all of the worrying she had done the past summer. The two had left one another on a weird note, true they had made up after their disagreement, but leaving Kurumi in the wake of loosing her mother was one of the hardest things she had ever done. But the Hollingberry's needed their last moments together as a family; she was not going to intrude.
Kurumi swiftly pulled Selina from her thoughts when she brought up OWLs. The thought made Selina shutter even though the redhead had brought it up. Originally it was just a thought in passing, but when the Gryffindor prefect offered to tutor her Selina felt as if the testing was a reality. Merlin, she was REALLY taking those tests this year and that was a scary thought. Oh bloody hell, she was going to fail them all. She was a Quiddith player... Not a scholar.
So when Kurumi offered Selina nodded vigorously, "Please. There is no way I'm going to pass any of them, except maybe divination but only because I have an unfair advantage.". Unfair advantage was an understatement, but it was not like she was complaining. She didn't really love her ability, but she was fond of her grades in divination. THAT she could deal with.
Then the conversation transitioned into Kurumi talking about the upcoming term through her best friends eyes. She was not surprised when she expressed how she was nervous for the upcoming term. After what the girl had told Selina over the summer she had a feeling that this term was going to be interesting on the Kurumi front. Her friend had a lot to deal with and Selina would be there with a hug and a joke to help her the whole way, "Yep... This term should be... Interesting."
A book. Kurumi pulled out a book. A small book that seemed weathered, written in, loved. As the girl started to explain the book's significant Selina could not even fathom what handing the book to Selina even meant to Kurumi. With shock in her eyes she looked up at Kurumi and took the book. Her hands. Felt the bound- there was something about this book. Her eyes found Kurumi's and she nodded in understanding. She was honored, "...what do you want me to read?"
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Selina Skylar, I personally guarantee that you will pass every OWL you decide to take," she said confidently, her face sincere and she even patted Selina's shoulder encouragingly. Sure, this meant that they were going to have to lock themselves up in the dorms on some nights...and there was the chance that Kurumi would have to deprive Selina of her snacks unless she studied. "
And I promise you won't get a T in Potions." She wanted to promise that Selina would pass, but she wasn't a miracle worker.
Kurumi just nodded at Selina's comment. Interesting was one way of putting it. Truth be told, Kurumi knew what she had to do and she just wanted to pull both boys aside right now and get it over with. But...now was not the time. King's Cross was far too public a place and she had prefecting duties she had to take care of. She thought about finding a compartment on the train and locking it so she could have a private conversation, but that just wasn't her. It wasn't how she wanted to do this. She could hear Treyen in her head now though, reminding her not to wait too long because the longer she did the more it hurt.
Not that she needed reminding of that.
Swallowing, Kurumi's hands dropped to her side when the journal was in Selina's hands. "
As...as much as you want to..." Kurumi replied, chewing on her bottom lip softly and swinging her arms limply. There was a lot there and there were still a few pages that Kurumi had not read the entire way through. She just couldn't. It was too painful. Too soon. There was one page that she had practically memorized though, and that was the last one. The one that she had read while in her mother's presence.