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Paris pretended not to notice the jumping for Toby's sake and because he hadn't done it on purpose. He just got curious about things like drawing or that looked like drawing and couldn't help himself. "Do you do this for fun or do we have to do it for class? Does the professor grade us on these?" Because he would ACE that class if so. "Oh, I'm just exploring the castle and I like plants so I figured I'd come down here." He reached into his back pocket and pulled out his own sketch journal. "I was gonna draw all the cool stuff I saw."
It was a lot of drawing, but Paris didn't mind. He had a plan of taking his drawings and doing some paintings later when he made it back to his dorm if that Wesley kid didn't mess with his stuff. He hoped he wouldn't. "Can I join you?"
Toby thought for a moment, head slightly tilted. He'd never thought to phrase it like that, like an academic sort of activity was for fun, but... yeah, that was exactly right.
"I do it for fun, and 'cause Herbology's probably my best subject. This makes it even easier to remember it, 'cause I find it hard to concentrate and remember things." Was that oversharing? Probably, but too late now.
"But sometimes we get homework where we get to draw and stuff too, in a bunch of subjects, and that gets graded."
When Paris pulled out the sketchbook, Toby grinned at him.
"Cool! So you do, like, proper art then?" 'Cause that was something on a whole other level from Toby's Herbology diagrams. The Hufflepuff was totally impressed by anyone who had the real creativity and patience for
proper art.
"'Course you can join me," he nodded, gesturing down at the space beside where he'd been sitting, and returning to his own position on the floor. Maybe later he'd suggest going to check out the Puffapods; they were one of Toby's favourites.
"How're you liking Hogwarts so far?"