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Shera sure knew everything there was about Quidditch, and it impressed Daehyun to no end. "It couldn't have been too exciting to watch back then." He loved the speed of the current games, though if he thought about it... "But I suppose it was easier to follow a match," he laughed, remembering the cultural shock he'd had when he'd watched his first Quidditch match and didn't know which way to look.
I doubt, he thought when she'd said she was far from being a pro, but decided not voice his thoughts when she'd become shy all of a sudden. "Would you like to play for good after graduation?" he asked instead - the ickle firstie who was already thinking about graduation.
His eyes widened when he'd gotten an answer before he even finished asking what broomstick she'd like to have. The girl sure knew what she wanted. "I'll be keeping my fingers crossed during try-outs!" Not that she needed to channel his good luck, he was sure she would make it on the team.
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WHAT HAS HE DONE?!
Did he have absolutely no filter?!
His mouth wide open, he looked at her with wide eyes as he was slowly processing what was happening. He'd meant to say that creatures were his biggest weakness, but then he remembered complimenting her bright personality and couldn't blame her for making that out of what he'd said, and even more so, he couldn't even deny what she'd said because it was also very much true.
"I-err-" Incapable of forming any coherent words, his face turning into the deepest shade of red, the only thing that had crossed his mind to do was to bury his face in the knees that he'd pulled up to his chest. "Please don't run away." It would've also been nice if he had the robe she was currently wearing to bury himself in it. "Well... they wouldn't have known better at the time so I guess it was just as exciting for them at the time as it is for us now?" she said thoughtfully, thinking about how to justify that argument.
"I mean, we keep making brooms faster even now... so I'd argue that the international games people flocked to 100 years ago would look boring to us." "I'd like play professionally if I could," Shera admitted. But it was one of those things that was subject to change and currently, she knew it was nothing more than a dream of hers.
"Step one is still making it onto the house team..." and even if he was also keeping his fingers crossed for her she was nervous, probably mostly because she was the only first year in her house that she knew was trying out.
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Daehyun looked horrified.
And Shera was feeling the pressure from having created that.
Her own cheeks were burning just as hot, and she knew she had probably turned the brightest shade of red she had ever been in her life. She was still silent and mildly horrified at how this turned out as she watched the boy just curl up and bury his face in his legs. It was only his quiet mumble that had gotten her to realise that she should probably do something. Opening her mouth she tried to respond but couldn't find the words.
"I..." she couldn't find the rest of that sentence, cutting off for a moment before she tried to go on again.
"I'm not going to run away... I mean.... you... you're my friend... and I also really like your personality..."
She was not going to make it even by calling it her greatest weakness. But admitting that she did enjoy his company and his personality might help him feel a little bit better. Cautiously, she moved her hand to rest on his shoulder. But... she hesitated.
What did one do in this situation? She decided to commit and rest her hand on his shoulder like she had seen others do. It was a comforting gesture, right?