So the color red is equal to the anger emotion or something like that? Kurumi has told him about Adam but Jonathan's not entirely sure about the whole story. Besides, Kurumi just told him bits of fragments about their past. He can't really say anything about this Adam person. But from listening to Kurumi, they both really didn't end their relationship in the most subtle way. They used to be the best of friends right?-- If he remembers clearly.

Jonathan was surprised to accept a hug from Kurumi all of a sudden. He didn't really expected for that to happen. His lips touched her forehead. He smiled as he brushed her hair with his fingers. She was glad that he's not the jealous type? "Really?" he looked at her.

Doesn't Kurumi know he's OCD? Jonathan wears his clothes in the neatest way. His books are always in place. His desk are always clean especially during the Potions exercises. Jonathan thought he had told her already. "Yeah. I have this behavior to be a neat freak" he laughed softly. Yeah, he's pretty amused by saying that. "I guess it's partly my father's fault why I am like that" he's quite strict. Jonathan always feared of disobeying his father since he was young. But they do have a nice relationship with each other though.

When Kurumi rose up, Jonathan took a deep breath. He got really scared of this. So seeing Kurumi still breathing and talking Jonathan hugged her again. "You scared me there" and he's not even exaggerating there. Jonathan really did freak out. "No more touching this... this... thing" he said firmly. Yeah. NO MORE.

Kurumi closed her eyes for a moment as Jonathan brushed her hair and almost didn't notice him kiss her forehead because the touch was so soft. Probably for the best, she would have felt all awkward and started stammering all over the place anyway. "People have...jumped to conclusions before. Conclusions about my friendships with other people..." She would just leave it at that for now. What was important was that Jonathan understood that she appreciated the trust that was attached to the phrase 'not the jealous type.'

Kurumi looked Jonathan up and down now. Come to think of it, he was always ridiculously neat. She didn't really mind it that much though. Now, if he was walking around with a spray bottle of rubbing alcohol to cleanse everything before he touched it, then she might be a bit concerned. "Nothing wrong with liking things clean," she giggled. She was more on the clean side of the spectrum. "And...being OCD is nothing to be ashamed of, you know, just in case you were." She wasn't entirely sure how he felt about the condition, so she should probably get that out there now.

Her eyes widened a bit when he hugged her. Had he not been paying attention to her explain that it would only temporarily stun her? Not only that, had he not been listening during class? Wait, scratch that last question. She already knew he hadn't. "Agreed, no more touching," she giggled. She had been tempted to give it to Walnut to bat around the common room, but Professor Hadley had been a bit nervous when Kurumi mentioned house elves. However...this spell DID target humans, so her familiar would be safe, wouldn't he?

She felt the weight of the egg from Charms class in her pocket and was suddenly struck with an idea. Heating the walnut could make it pop open, right? Nuts were always popping over the fire and one of her favorite winter snacks was roasted chestnuts. The spells from Charms class were those that could only be used on metal, so they wouldn't do anything for her nut. "Casting Incendio on this would probably end in disaster...and I don't think throwing it into the fireplace would be a good idea either...," she laughed nervously. She needed to think about this walnut not as a cursed nut, but simply as what it was: a nut.

Girls having a lot of guy friends, to Jonathan, it's practically normal. He has a lot of girl friends as well and he treats them nothing like he treats Kurumi. "I know how that feels like" people should know their status between two people before concluding anything at all. Or maybe some people should just mind their own business.

Jonathan has grew up being this neat person. Even with Nobi around their house, Jonathan can manage to clean his own stuffs in his room. His clothes are always well placed and so did his things. "I get mad when I see stuffs lying everywhere." which explains why he hates the dorm rooms. It's like living with a bunch of animals there. He cleaned it once and then after 5 minutes, it gets untidy again. It's disappointing really. "Well, I'm not super OCD." he said. And what does he mean by that? "I mean, I don't wash anything or wipe everything. I guess i like clean things but i don't like cleaning things" did that make sense? He hated cleaning so as much as possible, he'd like to put things in place or he usually cautions himself, especially when eating food.

Jonathan has to admit that he does need to listen for the next lecture. And by that time his OWLs would be up as well. He hasn't read one book ever since. But he'll try, somehow, and give reading some time. Jonathan nodded to Kurumi. NO MORE TOUCHING THE WALNUT. That's a reminder for both of them. At least, he remembered the professor say that you will only be stunned for 30 seconds. So he is still listening--- half the time. LOL.

Casting a spell? Jonathan looked at Kurumi "i thought the professor said, no magic." if he can remember clearly that is. This walnut is somehow cursed? or charmed? It can not be opened by magic, right? So how is she suppose to open it without human touch nor magic. "This is quite a homework" he said looking at the walnut.

Kurumi smiled at Jonathan and nudged him again with her shoulder. It was clearly something that she did when she was feeling a little nervous and didn't know what else to do. Hopefully Jonathan didn't mind too much or if he did he was just too nice to say anything. "You do?" Did something happen with him and Jeanne? Had that been why they hadn't worked out? Kurumi wasn't sure she wanted to know exactly why because she would probably be worried about repeating the same mistakes over again.

Kurumi giggled softly. "So...you are kind of a walking contradiction." Likes clean things but hates cleaning. That was a new one. Almost like how she hates tomatoes but liked tomato sauce. "I'll try to be as clean as I can then." Not that Kurumi was a messy person to begin with.

"Oh, um, right," she said with a nod. No magic either. Kurumi scratched the back of her neck and thought a bit more about what she could do. Usually, when she wanted to crack a walnut, she would use something like a nutcracker or a hammer, but that wouldn't do anything that would result in anything good. Her eyes widened and she suddenly clapped her hands together. "Of course! Why didn't I think of it before!" She suddenly jumped to her feet and picked up the box. "Um...Jonathan....can you cast a Bubble-Head Charm?" She hadn't tried her luck at it, but she supposed that she might be able to after a little, but chances were that Jonathan as a fifth year would be able to perform it more easily.

Jonathan nodded. "i guess so." because when people get mad/ get jealous over something little, they tend to speak a lot of things. Which irritates him a lot. But still, he's not going to dwell more in this situation. After all, it's not really something important to be talking about. So yeah. It's best to keep the past... in the past.

Moving on...

Jonathan laughed hard when she commented. It's true, her mother said the exact same thing to him. It felt weird hearing it from Kurumi though-- but it really is true. For someone who likes to keep things in order or likes clean things, hates cleaning at all. "It's weird, I know." he said nodding his head but he was still laughing. Jonathan grew up not cleaning a single thing-- well maybe except for his things-- his parents would love it if he would just travel with them or maybe go socialize with other people. Jonathan quickly shook his head when Kurumi said she'll try to be clean too "No need to do that, really." he said still giggling. He's still amused from her comment earlier "besides i like you just the way you are." he said holding her hand.

Bubble-Head Charm?
"that's easy" Jonathan had tried it once when he went with Ryu last summer. Ryu was actually the one who introduced to him that spell not even knowing that he will again use it in school. So he was really helpful to Jonathan this summer. Too bad the twins had to live and who knows when they'll be back. "Are you going swimming?" Jonathan's raised his eyebrow.

Adam raised an eyebrow. She wasn't going to jump in? Hmm. He could conjure up a carrot and go all sensitive about the whole thing in front of her. Hmm. Good idea. He took out his wand and accio'd a carrot. And there it was. "...See, the carrot is FREAKIN' awesome" he concluded after a VERY long pause.

Neko smiled a little. "If you say so..." she said, shivering. Why was it SO cold?!

Adam smiled cheekily and munched away on his new carrot. But Neko was shivering. He put his carrot in his mouth and took his jacket off to put around Neko.

MJ was pleased to see that her tomatoes had finally stopped growing upwards and had started to sprout tiny green tomatoes! She watered them a little (though she was sure they didn't need any help from her!) and then got herself comfortable to work on her Charms assignment.

MJ had picked a purple egg. It felt right in her hand. She found polishing it with Excolo a really relaxing thing to do when she was chatting to someone. MJ always liked to have something to do with her hands; otherwise she felt nervous and fidgety.

The First Year Eagle pulled out her wand and sat polishing her egg for a while. Deciding to experiment a little now, she cast "Argentum Humidus" on her metal egg. It twitched a bit and seemed to almost squirm away from the spell, so MJ cast "Argentum Siccus" to dry little eggy off a bit. He seemed to like that. Perhaps it was cold? "Argentum Calidus". Now that made the egg happy. It acted like somebody contentedly snuggling into a blanket. MJ smiled at it.

Neko looked up in shock when Adam placed his jacket around her. "Thanks..." she whispered, blushing.

Adam smiled at Neko. "Anytime" he replied, his Yorkshire accent leaking through. He suddenly felt the urge to take a step closer to her. He smiled again when he stared straight into her eyes, getting lost.

Neko blushed a little darker. She looked up at him, her eyes locking with his.

Adam couldn't help but smile and the urge to kiss Neko continued to run through his mind. But they'd only just met. It'd seem a little odd that he, an almost complete stranger, was kissing Neko.

Neko smiled back, and saw the flash of emotion in Adam's eyes. She turned away, trying not to get caught in those captivating eyes again.

Adam's gaze suddenly dropped to the floor. But the urge remained. He put his finger on the bottom of Neko's chin and turned her head to look at him. And there was his moment. He smiled and leant in to kiss her sweetly not caring what anybody thought or said.

Neko felt herself get caught in Adam's eyes again and her eyes widened when he leant in and kissed her. She returned the kiss softly.

Adam smiled. He got the reaction he aimed for. "I know we've only just met but..." he said.

Neko smiled and nodded in understanding. "I know what you mean" she said softly. She cuddled herself a bit more in Adam's warm jacket.

Adam put his hands in his pockets. Yeah, he'd eaten his carrot already. "Couldn't help it. I like you too much for an opportunity like that to pass by" he replied.

Neko smiled, a light red gracing her cheeks as she looked down, blushing. "R-really?" she asked softly.

Minerva sat down in the Student Gardens she loved it here. All the plants and great smells. She set her bag down to touch and maybe pick some flowers. As she was about to pick a flower she heard and odd noise at her feet. When she looked down she saw Sparkles rolling away. "Oh No Sparkles where are you going." Minerva yelled as she chased the egg through the student gardens. Minerva was about to pick Sparkles up when the egg took off again. Finally Minerva leaped towards the egg and caught it. "What do you think your doing running from me." Minerva said out of breath. As she touched the egg she felt that it was to warm. She swished and tapped her wand. "Argentum Frigidus" She looked at the egg. "Boy are you dirty." She twirled and pointed her wand Argentum Humidus" Minerva took her jacket and cleaned the dirt off the egg. "All better Sparkles. Now don't run away again." Minerva placed the egg back in her bag where Sparkles was safe.

Adam nodded. "Yeah" he replied. He looked down at the floor then back up again. "And I'd like the chance to get to know you more...Like on a date?"

Neko smiled. She nodded slowly. "Yeah. I'd really like that" she said.

Adam smiled back. "So, the Lake tomorrow night?"

Neko nodded. "Sure"