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Shanners Rooney was used to getting messages requiring his company from his sister or Katy, but from Dora it was becoming only a recent thing. It was nice to have a new friend, but he was getting increasingly worried about how she would deal with him being gone come September. Nothing he would voice to her, but just thought he was having. The chill in the air was something he was used to and something he was sure she hadn't accounted for, so he had with him a spare jacket and a blanket if she needed to be draped in something as well as his arms.
As the Ravenclaw settled down to sit beside her, he noticed the tears and instantly wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. "S'alright. You aren't an ugly crier."
Dora knew he would be gone next term and well... she was trying not to think of it much, to be honest. Rooney was her security blanket right now. She'd have to face his absence just as she had to face Zander and Zeke's, she knew, but for right now she was going to soak up all of the Rooney times she could.
Dora immediately put her arms around him and laughed a bit. "
Course I'm not, " she said softly. Ugly crying was the least of her worries right now, but Merlin love Rooney for that distraction. "
I'm sorry, " she muttered as she wiped at her face with one hand. Get it together, Umbridge. GET. IT. TOGETHER.