When Treyen didn't answer right away, Lewis glanced back up at him for a moment a little confused that he wasn't being all '"WHAT DID YOU DO?! THIS IS WRONG!'. It WAS wrong wasn't it? He began chewing on his lower lip again while pondering on this for a moment. The two sides of wrong and right had sort of been mushed up a little lately.

Especially when it came to him and Kurumi.

But no, this HAD to be wrong. A girl, who had a boyfriend, kissing another guy who wasn't her boyfriend was always wrong. There just was no way around this fact. Even he knew that and he knew basically nothing about relationships.

And now Treyen was smiling. Was there something GOOD about this? Had he overlooked something? See, Treyen always knew a solution to every problem there was in the whole wide world. "Why are you smiling?" Lewis wanted to know, his voice maybe just a little too hopeful. Was he about to hear that everything would just work out perfectly after all?

The ONLY problem? "But that's kind of a...err...big problem." The Hufflepuff stated with a confused shake of his head, his eyes back on Treyen who seemed to think this whole thing was really easy to fix. And he had complete faith in the Head Boy so plan, please. And yes, he'd kind of figured that out on his own already. It wasn't the kiss as such that was the problem. It was rather everything that had led up to it...and probably also the fact that he couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't happen again.

And some part of him didn't even want to try.

Yes, this ought to be confusing for Lewis, right? Because he had some sort of problem and Treyen merely smiled.

If the Hufflepuff thought for a moment that Treyen had a solution for all this...well, he's going to be extremely disappointed, because he didn't have one. The only person who could set it all straight would be Kurumi. She was the one who'll eventually make a decision, if there was even a decision to make. It was up to her. Lewis could limit himself to being the awesome Hufflepuff he was, for it seemed to be paying off somehow.

"Because you're blushing." And he was starting to find that extremely amusing. "Because you like her." And there was another reason why he was smiling. "Because it's a great feeling." Even better when the other person liked you back, yet he had no idea if Kurumi liked Lewis for real or not.

Now. Big problem or not, he repeated the one thing he knew to be true. "But it's the only one." Basically, it was best to have one big problem than tons of little ones.

"And it's only a problem if Kurumi really likes you." Was he trying to make Lewis feel better? Because it didn't sound like he was. "If she does like you...then...well, everything is up to her." Yes. He wanted to tell Lewis that he probably had two options: one to fight for her, and the other to stay away from her relationship with Jonathan. But he didn't. Why? "In the end, however, the important thing is that she's happy, no?" Take a hint, Lewis, because that's a question you could ask her.

This is the part where his smile faded. "What concerns you?" That Kurumi didn't like him back? That she'll choose to be with Jonathan instead? That she DID like him and choose him? Because, you know, advices tend to vary depending on what concerns you. And, Treyen could go ahead and tell him to give her time and stuff, but that's not what he truly did with Ellie.

Oooooh.

Actually no. Huh...?! rather.

He was smiling because he was blushing?! That only caused Lewis to blush even more, averting his gaze away from Treyen and to this lap, where he'd started fidgeting around with his shirt. "I do like her." Like A LOT! But somehow this part of the conversation was somewhat weird. He couldn't quite pinpoint it but for some reason it was weird.

Even with Treyen.

A great feeling? "Not when you know it's wrong." Lewis muttered more to himself than to Treyen, still not looking up from his lap. And he was back to thinking about the whole wrong or right thing again.

Jonathan was only a problem when Kurumi really liked him? But...the fact that they'd kissed remained and Lewis thought that this was still a big problem even IF she didn't really like him. "But it's still a problem for me." He blushed a little, frowning at his own words. That had just been a pretty selfish thing to say, hadn't it? "I mean I-" Treyen's next words stopped him short though and left him gaping at the older boy for a moment. "A-and where does that leave me?!" Was he supposed to just wait for Kurumi to some day decide? That didn't sound fair. Was that really how it worked?!

Then the Head Boy said something which made Lewis look back up again, meeting the other boy's gaze. The only thing that mattered was that Kurumi was happy. Of course. "I guess so..." He muttered, not really happy with this but not really wanting to admit to that either. Saying 'I'm happy when you're happy' was one thing, actually being okay with it another.

What concerned him? "T-this. This whole thing. It's just so-" Lewis actually flailed, looking for the right word. "-confusing." There were a lot more adjectives to describe the situation he was in but confusing seemed to fit best.

See? Had Treyen been a girl, he'd said Lewis was being cute. But since he wasn't, it'd be the weirdest thing he could even think of. So, nothing went through his mind as Lewis said he liked her. Why, of course he did, it was fairly obvious.

Well, the Head Boy already wanted to disagree with a few things he was saying, but he decided to listen, and to pay attention to Lewis' actions, reactions and expressions. He was super incredibly calm, and that was a first for Treyen. He would've reacted much sooner, but today, well, today Treyen felt the need to chill out a little bit. And so, he kept on listening, purposefully ignoring his question. A very important question, by the way. Because Lewis was right...WHAT about him? Where does that leave him?

Now Treyen couldn't help but think how ridiculous he must've looked when he spoke to Lexi about Ellie. And how his main problem had been to ask her out. Granted, he'd asked her out on an impulse when he realized someone else might do so before he did. ALSO, out of an impulse to his silly flailing, Treyen stood up, "Man up, Lewis!" That's what someone should've told him years ago, no? His voice was still rather calm, though, even if the way he paced around belonged to a rather stressed person. "You're making it all confusing. It is not! You like her. I think she may like you. I know she likes Jonathan. And there's nothing that screams 'confusion' out of what I've just described." Seriously. No confusing at all. In fact, it was the opposite of confusing. Whatever the synonym was...that didn't come to mind.

Now he stopped the pacing. Eyes on Lewis. "Listen," he started to say, "Keep in mind what I said before...but pay no attention to any of it." No, Lewis, we're not trying to confuse you. "I should tell you to wait on her, but I didn't wait on Ellie. I should tell you that you ought not to fight for her, that you should let them be together, but I fought to get Ellie back." He was still fighting to win her attention whenever Quidditch was around. "So, don't give up on her." That was his conclusion. "Be the one she ends up choosing."

Man up, Lewis!

That...probably stung more than anything Treyen had said the last few minutes. It sounded like something his brothers would say...had said really. Not about this - they didn't know about this - but about everything else he'd ever said or done really. What did that even mean?!

Which was why Lewis' eyes narrowed into something which could almost be described as a glare while he watched Treyen pace around the room. "How is this NOT confusing? I'm not making this confusing, it just is. Don't you see?!" He snapped at him before he could stop himself. As soon as he realized that he had, he lowered his gaze again, pulling his knees closer to his chest. "I'm sorry." It wasn't Treyen's fault.

But it wasn't HIS fault either. Not entirely anyway.

Lewis was tempted to write down what Treyen had just said so he could show him how little sense the whole thing made. Lewis liked Kurumi. Kurumi liked him. But Kurumi also liked Jonathan. And he could only assume that Jonathan also liked Kurumi. "There are just too many people involved here." He replied quietly, shaking his head again and tracing random patterns on his blanket absently. One of them was going to get hurt. Though somehow they all had already...or would be.

When Treyen stopped pacing Lewis looked back up at him sharply, frowning a little at his next words. Why was Treyen...making this even more confusing? But he still trusted him to know what to do. It was Treyen. He had to know the answer. "O-okay. So I-" Yes what was he supposed to do? Fight for her? But...what does that even mean? Had somebody written a book about this maybe? Anything that could help him. "-do what exactly?" He ended up muttering, blushing some more, clearly embarrassed that he had no idea what he should do.

Plus Treyen's plan seemed to have worked with him and Ellie. Maybe he should ask her.

Mind you, what was the glaring all about?! And the...snapping at him? Sigh. Treyen shouldn't even become involved in this. Lewis should definitely search for someone else if he wanted an advice.

If the Chaser liked any other girl, then he'll be okay, but this was Kurumi they were talking. She wasn't any girl.

But he apologized, and Treyen could only nod.

Wait, too many people involved? Well, Lewis had only one less people involved. And that's not counting Conan who'd kissed Kurumi when she was Sierra. So, this polyjuice disaster actually involved five people. TWO whole persons more, Lewis. But Treyen wasn't mentioning any of that.

Nope. It was in the past. And...he'll probably confused Lewis even more.

"Only three. Which is over one person of the two that should be involved." No one was counting Treyen for advising stuff, right? So, yeah, three.

At his question, Treyen smiled. And...what is Lewis supposed to do now? "Nothing." He couldn't give him details, mainly because he didn't do anything, really, he was just...himself,"Being yourself will do." Also, he should probably...talk to Kurumi as well, "It got you close to her, no? So, whatever you've been doing, keep it up." Seemed simple enough...but it really wasn't.