SPOILER!!: Adi's dragon <3
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He took the smile and the returned squeeze as a good sign, the lion nodding as Adi tried to assure him that he was going to be fine. The seventh year also noticed a certain younger lion view the memory and not appear too flustered. Was she so uneffected? Benny in turn would be keeping an eye on his boyfriend and bestie both throughout the class and after to see if there was any lasting effects on what the older Hufflepuff had seen in the penseive. But for now, they were going to move on with the practice and simple hope for the best.
At the suggestion of him defending first, the Gryffindor saw no issue in it. "Sure...I can do that," he answered, slipping his wand back out into his grasp. Then as Adi moved away from him, Benny echoed the movement to give a decent amount of space between them. He took the warning to brace himself which was helpful despite the fact that he knew the green spell being used to be nothing like the dangerous and deadly spell they had been talking about. It still made him nervous and his mind was racing through options as spell was cast...wordlessly...the green light zooming towards him.
His instinct made him duck and crouch down to avoid the spell. The spell fizzling out past him. He just didn't trust any spell to create something to be used as a physical shield. And it wasn't like that was a clearly expressed response to the spell anyway. When he finally looked up, the look on Adi's face made him concerned. "Adi?" he questioned as he straightened up to his full height.
Oh, no! It was going to get Benny!
Adi really was thinking that it was a genuine Curse heading for his boyfriend and the thought that his Boggart would become a reality flashed in his head. But then Benny was expertly dodging the spell. WHEW! Take THAT, 'Killing Curse'!
"Hmm?'' Adi's brown eyes had been fixated on the spot where the spell had died but now they found Benny's blue ones. Oh... he had noticed something was wrong.
"Thought for a moment there that the curse was real,'' he explained.
"Also thought my boggart was about to come through.'' He couldn't help those thoughts. Benny was both his weakness and strength. But ugh! Adi needed to get himself together!
He gave the Gryffindor a small smile.
"I'll be fine.'' He'd probably need some squishy hugs or cuddles later but right now they had an activity to get done.
"I'm ready when you are.'' Yep, yep!