Forrest was toying with the plastic glass and questioning life in general when he heard Super Head Girl Nessie thanking them all. This brought a genuine smile to his lips, but soon after he was moping.

She was leaving.

So, getting up, he hugged her silently and without any warning (a soft hug that is). Then he didn't even look into her eyes, because he was just bound to cry. He hadn't really talked to her, sure, but she had always been there and... she was leaving and... it was better for the little boy to just return to his seat before he got ridiculously emotional, and so he went back to where he was sitting.


And then Asher spoke.

What was wrong with them? Seriously, why were they torturing them by thanking them and all? Didn't they know it was emotional already? Forrest just bit his lower lip, nodded towards his direction and tried (but failed) to smile.

"I thank you." For friendship and keeping company and--

Feels. Go away.



Then something rained over him.

Something sticky.

Something that would ruin his clothes and everything.

Should he be grateful that most of it had stuck in his hair?

And even more stickier was the voice. That sugar-coated apology. That--that--he took deep breaths but they made him angrier than calmer. He was going to KILL her!

"What is WRONG WITH YOU?!" he yelled as he jumped to his feet to face her. "Why are you picking on me? What did I DO?"

While he didn't sob, he was on the verge of tears. He didn't even hear Tobias. He didn't even see him. It was just Sonea and his watery eyes.

...he hadn't done anything wrong. Why was she so mean?

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Oh, Marigold came. Well, at least she was going to be a distraction from thanking, INCONSIDERATE people. He knew her name too, of course. They were both Hufflepuff firsties, after all. He had just never spoken to her. Now was going to be the moment, apparently.

"Yeah, I'm Forrest. Funny we've never talked before..." It was rude of him, actually, since she was the girl and all. "Sorry?"