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This was an odd situation. While his girl allergies were making his stomach do little flips and squirms, he wasn't actually uncomfortable. He actually felt a lot better than he had about ten minutes ago. He patted Kiri's shoulder and leaned his head against hers, sighing as Roscoe wiggled out from between them and curled up on his lap with a reproachful miaow. It was really a good thing that Kiri hadn't gotten upset over being hugged. He'd reached his limit of people being upset with him for hugging already, and wasn't sure if he could take it again.
"I know... But you never know, they might be able to fix it," he said brightly. People were feeling really down and shell-shocked at the moment, but you always had to stay positive, he reminded himself. Staying positive made everything feel better, even if it wasn't actually... "I'm sure there's some way of making it better... Books and stuff can be dried and things can be fixed, especially with magic."
Sure, he wasn't as confident as he sounded. But if he sounded sad and worried like everyone else, then Kiri would never feel better. And he didn't like when she was sad or scared or upset or any of those things. It made him feel sad and scared and upset and all that too.
Kiri sighed into Raiden's robes. He'd leaned in further, and now their cheeks were actually touching! Separated by Kiri's hair, that is. But she could feel his skin, smooth and cool - in comparison, hers felt as if it was about to melt, a curious discrepancy seeing as how cold her toes and feet were by now. Her other hand crept up and coiled itself around Raiden's neck, pulling him in still closer.
She clung to him like that for a few more seconds, determined to remember every bit of it once they parted. Then, with another sigh, one of regret this time, Kiri let go. "Thank you," she said quietly, smiling at him, a little embarrassed. "I'm feeling lots better now." She reached down and patted the cat which was now getting comfortable on Raiden's lap.
Now that the world containing her and Raiden and the world containing everything else had merged again, Kiri began to wonder what would happen next. Her shoes, socks and robes had disappeared, so someone had picked them up while she'd been busy hugging Raiden. (
Hugging him!)
The professors had said that the Slytherins would move to the Observatory for the time being. Kiri liked the Astronomy Tower, obviously, but was there even enough room up there for all of them? How would they divide up the room so that boys and girls would keep to themselves and have some privacy? Well, she was sure something would be worked out. No one had mentioned anything about the students' possessions that were still down in the Dungeons, but maybe her precious books would be saved. As a matter of fact, she didn't even know if the dormitories were flooded.
What Kiri needed now was a little bit of... normality! "So, err... What's your cat's name?" she asked.