Jonathan was still doing a lot of thinking as he stared blankly on the floor. He still doesn't have a gift. It wouldn't be fair if Kurumi gave him something special and then he would just stare at her and smile. Pretending that he might not know what day it is today would be an even worse idea. So he just have to be honest about it.

GULP.

Then he heard Kurumi's face. Of course, he gave out his smile "Hello." he greeted as he saw her walking near him. Although, Jonathan is a little bit dressed. He should have just wore his robes like she did. Jonathan does over think a lot of things. It's one of his OCD behaviors. Oh well...

He did have a question though. "Why in the Room of Requirement?'" that quite intrigued him.

Kurumi blushed and scooted a little closer to him. She ought to have dressed up. Now she felt so plain in her black robes and Gryffindor tie. Jonathan looked like he had come dressed as if this were a proper date. EEK! That is what it was, wasn't it? Merlin, she had screwed this up already, dressing like it was any other day because she felt more comfortable like this. Was that selfish of her?

"Um...it's the only way I know how to make a piano appear in Hogwarts," she replied with a small smile. She took a small step towards the wall and placed her hand on it.

OHHHHHH right. The piano. "So you weren't kidding when you said that huh?" he teased. He was going to play something for her today and he didn't even thought of practicing or maybe think of a suitable piece for this. Okay, was this day going against him or something. He did know a lot of pieces but right now he just feels like his mind went blank due to the stress and the sleeping late. Jonathan's brain doesn't function accordingly when he sleeps a little.

But this was valentines' day right? He needs to be more positive and optimistic. He put on a smile and stood next to her. Well, she's the one who's going to create the room for them. Jonathan will be surprised to how the Room of Requirement will design this room.

"You did ask me to play for you sometime," she said with a shy smile. However terrible it might come out, but she was still going to play. Probably the piece of music that her mother had written after she was born, it was the only piano piece that she could play with her eyes closed really.

She looked up at him and noticed that he seemed really distracted and nervous. Maybe...it was his OWLs getting to him? Those were right around the corner now, weren't they? "Is, everything alright?" she asked, nervously reaching for his hand. Instead of taking it in her own, the wrapped her pinky finger around his. Hopefully the small gesture would mean something. That, and Kurumi thought that they needed to be touching in order to be able to create the same room. She still wasn't entirely sure how this room worked, but if you thought about it logically it made sense. Maybe.

She closed her eyes for a moment and heard the fibers in the wall shift. When she opened them, a great door stood before her. She glanced up at him before slowly pushing it open and stepping inside.

Merlin. Now she really felt under dressed.

Jonathan smiled. Finally he can hear her play the piano. It was something he has been looking forward to. "Can't wait." he said as he stared at the blank wall in front of them. Well, he's quite excited actually, he hasn't heard anyone play a piano for awhile and it has been quite a long time since he last touched those black and white keys. What was Kurumi going to play today?

He was startled when Kurumi took his hand. He looked at it and held her hand as well. "Nothing's wrong" he smiled as he looked at her. Yeah, everything is fine really. "I just over slept" he laughed softly. With his OWLs coming up and the History of Magic long finals. he's going to be staying up late in the study tables in a while. He should do his best, his father is expecting he'll pass it.

Jonathan has never been inside the Room of Requirement. He doesn't go up the castle on a normal basis. He likes it down at the dungeons. Of course he has heard about the infamous Room of Requirement, but he hasn't actually tried going inside. Looking at the wall creating a door really surprised him.

As they walked inside, Jonathan looked amazed. WHOAH! Better than he had expected actually. He just thought it would be bland walls with a piano but this was even better. "This is nice." his grin grew wider.

She could wait...but she didn't verbalize that. It was weird that she had played the piano for others at school before and never put much thought into it, but now she was over analyzing it all. Maybe it was because Jonathan held the piano in such high regard, seeing as it was a big part of his upbringing, so she felt that her playing would insult his ears. Yes, her technique was perfect - mother had made sure of that - but, well, he knew the rest already. She simply swallowed her pride and accepted the compliment.

"And you keep telling me that I need to take it easy?" she teased. So she was right, it was his OWL exams. If he was too busy with those, she would understand if he needed to spend time studying. She was probably going to be one giant ball of Gryffindor stress next term around this time. Which...is why she was thinking of leaving the Quidditch team, but she hadn't discussed this with Selina yet. She was afraid of what her lion sister would do.

Her jaw dropped, as did the hand that was holding his, and she walked into the room, spun around once slowly, and then turned to face him. Just like a picture she had seen in a magazine. It had come into her mind when she had been thinking about a room with a piano...but she hadn't guess that it would...actually appear. Just a room with a piano and some pillows would have been enough.

Then, her eyes laid themselves on the piano. She didn't really want to play after him, that would only make her feel more nervous. Slowly, she approached it and sat on the piano bench with her back facing the keys. "Almost too nice..." she replied with a sheepish grin. She had always been a plain girl. Not many embellishments and all that.

Wait.

Does Jonathan looked stressed right now? if he does, then that's not good. Not good at all. Jonathan did dress up accordingly and made sure his faced looked presentable. Kurumi should have seen him the moment he woke up, he looked like he just laid an egg or something.

He shook his head though "I started studying last night" or at least tried to. He really though he was going to finish reading half of the book but in the end he managed to read about 30 pages or so. He had to research more about Herbology. He doesn't exactly have clue half of the book was talking about. The plants were just complicated to memorize. He should have brought his first year herbology book with him as reference. It would have been so much helpful. "Don't worry though... If i get the hard subjects over with, the other ones will just pass." he grinned. He still had to focus on Arithmancy, Astonomy, and History of Magic.

Jonathan took a seat in an extra chair he found around the corner. It was a bit comfortable. He looked at Kurumi staring at those keys. "What will you be playing for me?" he smiled. It didn't matter to him if she had soul or not. All he just wanted to do was to listen to her play. Jonathan loved the piano but that doesn't make him much of an expert on it.

Eek, did he really have to sit off in another chair like a real audience member? Kurumi suddenly felt more nervous, until he mentioned that he had begun studying for his exams. Good for him! Seemed like he just needed a gentle nudge in the right direction. "I'm glad to hear that," she smiled. "Let me know if you need any help. I have all my old textbooks with me." Tucked safely away in her trunk in the girl's dormitory in fact just in case she ever needed them for reference. She smiled at him reassuringly. "Getting the harder subjects out of the way is certainly a good way to look at it." Truth was, he probably didn't need any help with Potions. He could probably hardly study at all and pass.

She glanced back at the piano and sighed. "Oh...um...a piece that my mother wrote when I was born. It's...kind of the only song I can play without looking at any sheet music." Her mother used to play it for her to put her to sleep. Kurumi could practically play it the moment her small fingers had touched the ivories due to how many times she had heard it. Still, every time she played it, she felt...empty. "Don't...laugh, okay?"

Nice disclaimer Kurumi.

Slowly, her fingers pressed on the keys and she began to play in an almost robotic fashion due to how precise her movements were.

Jonathan nodded. He used t study exams before but not to the point that he has to stress over it actually. Now he knows what other students feels like... An example would be Kurumi, herself. He usually tells her not to over study or to maybe over stress over studying. This is his OWLs. Not studying over it would just be a waste of 5 years of his life. He has to pass it not because his father pressures him but because he just has to. He needs to prove to himself about this. "Thank you." he smiled. Now that she has mention it, he will be borrowing her first year herbology and arithmancy books.

WAIT!

Did she just say she has all her old textbooks with her? WITH HER? "Do you bring all of your textbooks to Hogwarts?" or does Gryffindor have their own lockers that the Slytherins never had? Jonathan asked her with a confused look. Really, he is interested to know if she really does. Jonathan just leaves all of his old books behind.

So she'll be playing an original song. That's nice. Wish his mother also wrote him a song but no. She did play the piano and the violin but she never wrote Jonathan a song before. But really, Kurumi has to be more confident about it though. She seemed to belittling herself about this. "it's okay Kurumi... I'm not Mozart." he laughed softly.

Then Jonathan started to listen as she started playing the piano. The melody is really great. It felt really beautiful and at the same time pleasing. She plays it beautifully as well. Jonathan sat back and relax, listening to the lovely melody that Kurumi is playing.

When she was finally done, Jonathan looked at her with a smirk on his face "That was brilliant" he said clapping his hands. Honestly, it is. "Thumbs up to your mum as well." yeah, because she had written a beautiful song that Kurumi memorized.

"Of course," she nodded with a small smile. "Why wouldn't I?" Then again, she had a lot more to recover from since she grew up in a non-magical environment, so a lot of the basics that people knew about because of their pureblood or at least partial magical upbringing, so having those texts for a reference was something that she was relying on heavily. Each book was served as the foundation for the next.

Oh...erm...right... she had promised to play on the piano. Yeah, but probably Mozart compared to her. She kept that comment to herself.

She hunched her shoulders and removed her hands from the keys, setting them on her lap and glanced over her shoulder at him. A few strands of her black hair fell over her shoulder, and she quickly pushed them behind her ear. "I...guess..." she said, feeling a little numb from his compliments. She didn't really deserve them. "I don't feel anything when I play though...it's like a routine. Something that I have only memorized without thinking." Probably the complete opposite from how he played.

She scooted over on the piano bench a bit. "Could you...play for me?"

Caroline watched for a bit as Carter licked his spoon. One of these days that boy was going to eat himself to death or something. Or he would start eating himself She sighed " In a few months but I'm kind of worrying about them now because well I need to get at least all E's on the ones I am taking." or she would be the Bakery girl of Diagon Alley. Not that it was a bad thing. She'd always dreamed of being a healer and her NEWTs scores needed to great for that. So yes she was already studying for them.

Wow it had been a long time since they'd seen each other. "They were great, my first with Dad and Asher, we went to Italy, so I got the whole, Italian family christmas treatment." Seriously the size of the Romalottis' could compare well with the Malfoys cousins everywhere "And what about yours?"

Carter was eyeing the cheesecake now. Nope not yep it was still to hot to take out of the pan. She took her wand from the counter and cast a cooling charm on it. "It's for Kita, she's been a bit mmm down in the dumps. Chocolate alway pips her up."

Jonathan nodded. Books were important to some people and it's okay. His father has his own library that Jonathan doesn't even bother visiting to. Everyone has their own way of learning. A study plan, Kurumi's just thinking twice ahead than everyone else. See?! Since Jonathan doesn't bring his past books, he has to borrow books from her. It's definitely an advantage. On his seventh year when taking his NEWTs, he'll definitely remember to bring his old textbooks as well. It's pretty much helpful when you're trying to review over the basics. Jonathan understood that now.

Jonathan then smiled as he stood up and walked over to her. "you don't have to be so hard on yourself, Kurumi" he said as he started touching the piano keys. Lovely. "Kurumi's passion belonged to baking" and no one can ever get that from her, not even her mother. Baking is also like playing the piano. You need to have the heart and the passion for it. Maybe, that's why no matter how much Jonathan tries it, he can never bake something as good as Kurumi does.

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Was he really next??? He hasn't really prepared anything at this time. He looked at the keys and tried to think of what piece to play for her. "Last summer..." he looked at her "I tried composing a song" he pouted his lips. He is definitely nervous about this. "So probably I should be the one to say, don't laugh... okay?" he laughed. It's true, the composition is complete but it was not as hard compared to what her mother had composed for her.

Jonathan then tried stretching his fingers and looked at Kurumi "Happy Valentines' Day" he smiled as he started to play.

Carter stopped licking his spoon for a second. "Does that mean you've gotten a job offer than?" he asked. If she had grades she was shooting for... that meant she had something in mind... right?

He smiled before going back to 'cleaning' up the spoon. "That's good to hear." He was glad that things were going well with her family... especially because of how good things weren't going when she first introduced herself.

"Mine was too short. I had a lot of things to take care of with Puddlemere... so I only had a few days at home." He shrugged. "But I guess it's something to get used to. The price of fame, right?" he added with a little laugh.

Not that he was famous or anything... yet.

"Kita? In the dumps? I didn't know that was possible." he said looking at the chocolate cake. "Because of the match?" he wondered. Because she shouldn't feel bad about that. She did brilliantly.

"I did promise that I would stop doing that, didn't I?" she asked with a half hearted giggle. See, she had told him that it wouldn't be easy for her to get down on herself for such things. Fourteen, almost fifteen, years of being put down for not being good enough or different were hard to reverse. Still, things were vastly improving since she came to Hogwarts. "You are right about that, baking is one of my passions."

Kurumi smiled and shook her head, her black hair softly cascading over her shoulders. She wanted to say that she would never laugh at him, but Jonathan often said funny things that WOULD make her laugh, so she would be breaking that promise rather quickly. Instead of responding, she found herself silenced when Jonathan said three simple words to her.

Happy Valentines' Day.

It was the first time she had ever been told that and that was enough for her to render this the best Valentines' Day ever.

She closed her eyes and allowed the sound of his playing to wrap around her like a warm blanket. The melody was like nothing she had heard before. Her mother's playing was fierce and almost aggressive. Jonathan's was...gentle and made her heart race and left her breathless. She opened her eyes after a moment to watch him play and her cheeks grew warm. She was completely taken aback by what was going on and she scooted herself closer to him as he continued, closing her eyes once more to listen.

As Jonathan started to play the song all he could remember was writing about this during the summer. He did have a lot of ups and down over the end of last year's term. A lot happened and it wasn't something he could just sit back and not care about. So composing this song is probably his greatest achievement of the whole year. He wasn't sure though if this song was definitely something he could boast about. Jonathan was a Slytherin but he doesn't boast about stuffs as much.

Half way through the piece he realized that Kurumi is the first girl to ever listened to one of his compositions. Yeah, he plays the piano in front of everyone during parties or when visitors comes to their house, but he usually plays the famous pieces, never his compositions. Even his parents barely hears him play any of his own compositions.

After playing the piano, he looked at Kurumi "It's not that good. Needs a little bit of tweaking." he said as he randomly pressed some of the keys. This piece is recent so he's not really as confident to let someone hear it. Then Jonathan leaned down to kiss her, well, her eyes were still closed, right? It should be an advantage. Hahaha.

It wasn't till near the ending of his playing that she realized that Jonathan had said that he had composed this himself. Was there something with her and musicians? Maybe there was a small undiscovered part of her that really did like the piano but was too afraid to admit it because it meant admitting that she liked something that her mother had been forcing her into? After all, she had been fighting against her mother's expectations all her life.

But...none of that matter right now and she needed to remind herself that. What mattered was that Jonathan was sharing with her a piece of himself. Sharing something that he had composed himself was...really special and while she couldn't be selfish and assume that he had written it for her, it almost felt like that was the case. Like this was something he hadn't shared with anyone else.

A small smile crept across her face as she listened and she stayed that way even when he stopped as the melody lingered for several moments before...her senses exploded. Jonathan was kissing her again and she sat very still, unable to move her hands at all to reach for his or play with his hair. It wasn't that she was in shock or didn't want him to, it was a pleasant surprise, but more she didn't know what to do. It felt...right.

She pushed off the bench a bit to kiss him back.

Jonathan didn't know why he did that in the first place. He just felt like he just wanted to. Valentines' Day, something Jonathan never really thought he would celebrate in the first place. At this time of the month, he usually just play with his friends or maybe enjoy some pumpkin juice with other Slytherins. But not this year. He's very much enjoying this despite the fact that he doesn't have any gift at all.

Jonathan smiled after kissing her. "You're the first person to hear that." he finally admitted. Well, because other than that he doesn't have much to say. Probably the kiss has again made him speechless. Technically, his mother heard it once when they came back home from Norway. The piece was already done and Jonathan just kept playing it until he memorize the whole song without looking at the notes. Since it is his own composition, it would be embarrassing if he didn't memorize it, right?

Kurumi kept her eyes closed even after Jonathan had pulled away, almost sad that it had ended. Still, they both had to come back up for air at some point, right? Her cheeks were like two roses in spring and she was rendered even more speechless when Jonathan confirmed what she had been suspecting. "I-I am?" she stammered, her eyes wide and doe-like. Her smile widened even more. "Thank you...it was a beautiful gift." Even if he didn't see it as one, it was to her. It was like he was sharing a piece of his soul with her.

Kurumi fumbled with the pockets of her robes a bit as she searched for her gift to him. "Um...I was afraid my piano abilities wouldn't be up to par and, um, well...Valentines' Day is about giving chocolates and sweets to the person you...like," she rambled as she pulled a small pink parcel out and handed it to him. Inside the parcel was a box divided into to sides. On one side were white chocolate roses painted in Slytherin and Gryffindor colors and the other side had more chocolates that she had decorated with various sugar based shapes. "Happy Valentines' Day, Jonathan."

Jonathan nodded. Jonathan blushed admitting to that. He never actually lets people see what he can do. First with the drawing and then with the piano. No matter how much confidence Jonathan has in every part of his bone, he always gets shy over his own talent. It may be un-Slytherin like but he can't help but feel that way. It's his personal space. It's something he does on his 'alone-time'. Plus, if his father and mother knew, they'd be expecting more than how much they're expecting right now. And when it comes down to talent, Jonathan doesn't liked being forced.

Kurumi shouldn't say that. She played beautifully today. There was nothing to be really embarrassed about. Jonathan was about to say something when suddenly out of the blue, Kurumi handed him a gift. He has seen this one coming. Now, that's why he was always dozing off half the time.

Jonathan took the gift, before opening it though he looked at her. "Chocolate day..." he smiled. He used to remember his mother's story about giving his father chocolates on Valentines' Day. Her mother was new to that custom but she did try it out. "Thank you." he added as he pinched her cheeks lightly.

Opening the gift his eyes widened. THIS LOOKS DELICIOUS. Well, Kurumi made it after all. "I should feel bad right now since I have nothing to give you." he said honestly as he kept looking at the chocolates. He will make it up to her somehow.

Now, he can't wait to eat them.

Kurumi sat waiting on pins and needles for Jonathan to open up the parcel. He had said that he liked chocolate and preferred its simple flavors as opposed to those filled with nuts and other fruity distractions. Then he was back to pinching her cheeks. Must be like how she was always nudging him with her shoulder, Jonathan was a cheek pincher.

Her smile widened when his eyes did, but faded just a little when he said he had nothing in return. Had she really expected him to? He had, sort of already done more than any other boy had ever done for her. "That's...alright," she said honestly, but with just the smallest hint of disappointment. "You've already done more than anyone else has ever done for me." And that was the truth.

She responded further by resting her head on his shoulder.

Jonathan grinned as he was still holding the unopened box on his lap. She was actually okay that he didn't have a gift for her. Not that he's complaining about it. Definitely not. He's just.... surprised. Like he said, this was his first Valentines' Day. He's a bit blurry on such events. But he is aware of the Chocolate Day event from where he came from.

"I-I'm... uhhh... hmmm" he tried to find his words. "That's really nice of you to say." he replied. After opening the gift, Jonathan looked at which one he would start to eat first. Everything looks yummy and he pretty much enjoys the cute designs. Taking one chocolate that has a heart shape, he tried it.

AND IT WAS GOOD.

He can't even explain how good it is. This is better than the chocolate shops he goes to. "This is the best chocolate i have ever tried" he smiled as he swung his hand around her. He took another bite and it tastes like heaven. YUM! YUM! YUM!

The slowly he fed Kurumi with the chocolate. Since she made it, she should taste it too.

Kurumi blushed and began running her fingers through the hair that was hanging over her left shoulder. She was just being honest after all. The previous Valentines' Days she had spent had been filled with empty promises or expectations that she simply could not fulfill. It had been an awkward first three years at Hogwarts to be sure.

"You're just saying that," she mumbled awkwardly, tugging on her hair a bit stronger now. She hadn't really done much with the chocolate besides melt the chocolate, add some milk and just the slightest hint of vanilla, and then put them into molds.

However, in the next instant he was pressing one of the chocolates against her lips and her eyes crossed as she looked at it. She couldn't resist her own chocolates, could she? That would be insulting herself, right? Slowly, she opened her mouth for him to pop it into her mouth.

Jonathan shook his head. "I'm saying it because it's true." he smiled. Jonathan looked at her this time, he wanted to pinch her cheeks again but decided resist the temptation "You should at least be confidence with this... Baking is your forte after all" he grinned. It's true. Jonathan has really high respect for people who can bake or cook. He can neither do both. Cooking and Baking is a very hard procedure. It's not just mixing stuff and putting it in a pan.

As Kurumi ate it Jonathan let her finish the other half of the chocolate "Delicious right?" he smiled. In fact, he doesn't want to finish everything in one seating. If he does that, then he'll be left with no chocolate to eat.

He then took her hand. Looking at the box, he thought what to eat next. Everything looked really good to eat. Then he picked the brown chocolate on the corner left. Jonathan always had a big appetite when it comes to chocolate, he can't seem to get enough of it.

"Well...I wouldn't exactly call this baking," she said with an airy giggle. "It's more of being able to melt chocolate properly. I once saw a display in a department store mother took me to once for some Christmas shopping. It was of Santa Village and everything was made entirely of chocolate. Chocolate sculptures...the most beautiful were the flowers. I'd love to be able to create something like that..."

Her mouth closed around her own chocolate creation that instantly began to melt. Chocolate, surprisingly, wasn't one of her favorite flavors. She much preferred vanilla, which is why she had added just a bit of it to the melted chocolate before pouring it into the molds. It was rather good. She smiled and nodded her head.

She blushed a bit when he took her hand and wiped a bit of chocolate that had caught on the corner of her lips. "You don't have to eat them all now," she laughed. He would probably get a stomach ache from all that chocolate.

Blink. Blink.

So it's not baking? See, Jonathan should need to learn a thing or two about the culinary. He knows 0% about it. He doesn't even know what are the ingredients to make chocolates. He listened carefully to Kurumi as she explained and when she said about that Santa Village...

Jonathan's eyes widened. Now, he wants to go there. Just by listening to it, she perfectly described his paradise. A place filled with everything chocolate. "Wow" he whispered. He should tell his parents about that place. Probably they'll say yes.

After eating the second one, Kurumi did say he shouldn't eat everything at the same time. Good call, he was close enough to grabbing a third piece of chocolate. "I'll save some for later..." now he's just hoping when he goes back to the common room he won't be tempted to eat it.