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Vivi actually jumped at the sound of his voice, and she pressed a hand to her chest in a little admission of being startled. Her gaze was steady, though, as Vickers joined her on the other end of her window seat. "That sounds incredibly dry. I hope you... found something interesting in there to make it worthwhile."
Strange that just a little while ago, she'd been eager to know if he'd figured out the messages she was sending, and now... That solemn look on his face was put there by her. If she really cared about him at all, how could she stand being responsible for upsetting him in any way? It had been a fun game, these messages in blossom-form, but only because she'd been sure that he would only figure it out if he wanted to know, and if he wasn't to know... it would just be something silly she'd done once upon a time. Vivi had never considered that he wouldn't want to know and would still figure it out, hadn't ever thought about the possibility of causing anyone other than herself pain.
Her eyes dropped to her hands, and Vivi picked up a quill to keep them busy. "I..." She wanted to apologize or to confess everything or to... say something to make him smile, but she couldn't find any words at the moment. "I think you're my best friend at Hogwarts. Isn't that funny?"
Ok now he didnt want to send Vivi into cardiac arrest, as he has seen his uncle do that same motion so that always kinda scared him. He mouthed a
Sorry and an awkward grin anyway. Yeah no more catching people unawares yeah? Its strangely funny how a guy of his size can walk around hardly being noticed....
"It actually had some... pretty quirky factoids..." he replied as he gazed into Vivi's face from across the way. Yes that is how he found out, as such factoids arent always covered in standard textbooks.
"Like every book I seem to come across they all have that peculiarity which distinguishes them, gives them value." So as strange and sometimes inconsistent he found that book, he appreciated-- even thanked-- the truth it revealed.
.... And somewhere at the the recesses of his memory, he could almost hear a phantom voice stating how similar books were with people...
Another awkward pause from him, those piercing blues watching her pale hand take the quill and fidget with it. Then suddenly those words leave her lips and drifts to his ears, catching his own breath in his throat.....
... she considered him as her bestfriend?
Vickers will be the first one to tell you he doesnt have much friends. But of the ones he would really 'do or die' for, he can count in one hand....
Elijah. That was a given. Other than he was a dude Elijah was everything Vickers wished he was, like a brother other sibs can only gawk at and wish to emulate.
The other would be Louisa. The affinity that he shared with her transcended their differences he thought would keep them firmly as 'fellow Claws' and nothing more. It was difficult to explain but he felt it, it was real. They were in sync. Like some kind of cosmic wheel. That is why she too was his bestfriend-- and his girlfriend.
So what happens when he can feel the same affinity in the blonde sitting across from him?
His lips made to speak, but no sound came out. So instead his lips curved into an appreciative smile, but deep down it felt like it was coming up short of how he felt about Vivi.
And that was when his smile faded...
Felt about Vivi?
Nearly two years ago he was smitten with this feisty blond that nearly knocked the daylights out of him in Diagon Alley. But like any fleeting crush he thought it would fade. Just as a certain crush for a certain Gryffindor brunette had faded. Tentatively his gaze rises to her face... looking deeply into her eyes....
... and thats when it dawned on him. He just got himself into a whole heap of trouble.
He suddenly pushed off the window's ledge and stood-- looking at Vivi, looking at the bookshelves, momentarily completely confused and panic-stricken. Suddenly words started firing off his lips as if he had no control
"When you mean bestfriend, you mean its like... like....wh-what do you mean bestfriend??" Maybe someone to go shopping with? He hates shopping thats absurd. Someone to do hair braids? His hair was short, cant braid that....
.... does she mean bestfriend the way he regarded Louisa as his bestfriend?