"Was it awesome, or what?!" He asked laughing and he did a little happy dance.

Kurumi smiled as Jonathan lead them down the path, her eyes mostly wandering on the leaves in the trees as she tried to take in all the shades of yellow, orange, and red that the leaves were turning. There were some shades of browns as well, but Kurumi was more drawn towards the red leaves. Must be the the Gryffindor in her. Maybe Jonathan had a point in liking this season, it really was beautiful out.

"Hmmm?" she asked, turning her head to look at him. She had been a little distracted looking at all the leaves. "I'm fine," she nodded, but obviously Jonathan already had a different opinion about that. "You won't be cold?" she asked, pointing to his gray scarf with her hand that wasn't held in his. Because, she wasn't all THAT cold, maybe just a little chilly.

Out of the corner of her eye, Kurumi noticed a large pile of leaves that had been blown together by the wind. That pile was just BEGGING to be jumped in. Problem was, could she convince Jonathan to do so...

Right...since when had Tom known so much about pygmy puffs? It wasn't like he had one of he's own, and Nessie knew Tom didn't listen much in any class. She looked at him with a raised brow. "And can I ask how do you know that?" It was kinda rude to just ask him the way she did, but thats what happened when she started worrying. Being around her whilst she was worried, was not the most pleasant thing she tended to be impolite and ignorant to others.

Did he not understand english? Ness bit her lip as he's frown grew. Honestly, what was the reason of all he's frowning in the first place? Once Tom had eventually stopped, she gave him a small, small smile. She wasn't in the mood to give anyone one of her big dashing smiles, that was only for when she was trully happy, which wasn't exactly now. "It's okay, I guess...we all have our bad habits right?" she didn't even want to think of her own habits, they were too terrible."I'm sorry..I'm being so rude and that..its just what happens to me when I freak out." She really did feel bad, and she didn't blame him if he didn't want to stay.

She sighed, Tom was right about that, but still not everyone that offered help actually meant it.Tom wasn't everyone though, he was..well different...in a good way, and she knew he wouldn't have said anything if he didn't mean it. "I know, but..not everyone is like that." She smiled a little more at him. "Thanks." It was only polite.

This pygmy puff, was obviousy amazing at hiding himself because he was really impossible to find. It was after quite a while of searching, that Nessie felt some sort of ticklish feeling on her back.

Her first reaction, like any other girl was to scream..which she did rather loudly. "GET IT OFF ME!!" she shouted in panic. Whatever was on her back, Ness thought it was a rat, or a giant spider or something creepy like that. She truly had no idea that it was her cute little ball off fluff, that she most of the time loved so much.

"Heck yeah!"Cardigan said with a grin.What could be cooler than an ninja jump?!?Too bad She couldn't jump like that,'cause it would prove useful in some situations.And it would be fun too.Really fun!

Logan beamed. "I feel sooo awesome! I feeel sooo awesome!" he sang, spinning around.

"I wouldn`t deny it,"Cardigan said,under her breath,with a smile,while watching Logan sing and spin.She had the sudden urge to tell him to not got to fast,but that would be weird,wouldn`t it?Instead,she just continued on watching him,having a good ol` time.What a life!

Logan chuckled and stopped spinning after a while, he was QUITE dizzy. He tried to focus on Cardigan but he couldn't. "The world's tipping!" he cried, falling to the ground and giggling.

He doesn`t listen to his own self...how sad...Tsk tsk tsk.Instead of offering to help Logan up,she just sat back and watched him with a smirk.He didn`t deserve it,cause he went too fast;he was the one who said not too.How twisted is that?!?

Logan sat up and put a hand to his head and chuckled. He wasn't dizzy anymore. Yaaay! "Soooooooo Car, how are ya?" he asked, lying back down with his arms behind his head.

"Great.You?"Cardigan asked enigmatically.Finally.A time where she didn't have anything on her mind.Nothing to worry about!Too bad it couldn't be like that all the time.Then you could do whatever you wanted;whenever you wanted.

"I'm good." he said. "How are your classes going?" he asked.

"Good.I got "torpedoed" by a Squirrel.It was all good,"Cardigan said as if everyone got torpedoed by squirrel.Or,at least some sort of flying animal.Like a bird.....or a model airplane.....

Gideon let his legs take him wherever they decided to go as long as it was away from the Slytherins and hopefully someplace neutral. He could only hope Kurumi was behind him or at least in her own safe place and not caught by the other house in their seemingly tag-team efforts. It had been crazy but it certainly seemed to have worked.

Finally making his way to the pathways he let himself slow, not about to run himself ragged when he didn't have to. He would be safe from capture and other things for the time being. The Gryffindor paused to catch his breath with the red flag still tightly in his hand.

"Wow, really?! I did...too...sorta. It came on my face and made me crash. I was dangling on my broom for life and then I was on the ground. I hurt my hand. And then later I got stung by a bee!" he said frowning.

Jonathan gave her his scarf. "It's okay, I have a coat" he said pointing at it. He has tons of autumn coats in general. He usually just wears cardigans during spring because most coats in spring are too colorful and Jonathan was not a fan of colorful stuffs. He loves plain colors such as black, gray and navy. Most of his wardrobe are of that color as well.

Jonathan saw Kurumi looking at a pile of leaves in one area near a tree. Then she stared at her "It's not clean" he said putting both his hands inside his pockets. Jonathan wouldn't even lay on snow... well, on the ground specifically. Wait! Was she suggesting to play there? No.

Cardigan cringed.It must've really hurt!Well duh.Who wouldn't think that being crashed,damaging your hand,and being stung by a bee hurt.A mental,nervless person with no life!Good thing he's okay,she thought.She needed her friends to stay alive,seeng she didn't have many.

Logan saw Caridgan cringe. He waved a hand and winced a little. OW. Wrong hand to wave! Ahahaha....

With her free hand, Kurumi accepted his scarf and wrapped it around her, trying not to blush too much since it obviously smelled like him. Like sugar cookies. Kurumi walked a little closer to him now, but not too close so that they could still walk normally. This was nice, just walking and enjoying the crisp weather.

"Jonathan, pleeeeeeease," she pouted as she reached into his coat pocket and taking his hand, but not leading him any closer. Her hand was just cold without his holding hers. "I'll clean every leaf with magic if I have to. I used to do it growing up and it really is a lot of fun to just let loose and fall into the pile." She pouted her bottom lip a bit. "Do it for....me?"

And then Kurumi turned on the innocent look complete with batting her long eyelashes.

Ryan walked down to the lake frowning.He had got a letter saying his Grandmother was sick and would die.He sat down on a seat and looked around......... no one.

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Blink.Blink.
She's actually begging for him to play into that pile of... pile of... leaves. That's really... weird. With his free hand he shook his hand, "I think--- uhmm,, I'll pass" he said as he keeps looking at the leaves. No. He can never convince himself to do so.

Jonathan mostly adored leaves but he has never played in a pile of those stuffs. His mother would never approve of it even from before, maybe that's why he grew up being such a neat freak even when it comes to clothes. "Sorry..." he sigh. "I'd just feel awkward if I did jump on it." and then he would go straight back to the common room and maybe change.

Kurumi frowned, but she supposed it wasn't all THAT bad. Jonathan did have OCD and, well leaves were not the cleanest looking things, especially when one considered all the bugs that made them their home. "It's...alright," she said, with a small shake of the head. She took a moment to rest her head on his shoulder and stayed that way for a while, playing with the pendant around her neck.

"So...if you don't jump in leaves, what sort of things DO you do to enjoy the season? Besides taking walks that is," she giggled. Kurumi's brothers were all the outdoorsy type, so Kurumi had always jumped in leaves, played in puddles, and come home needed to be scrubbed down in a bath of warm water. She couldn't imagine not doing all these things as a child, so she was very curious as to what Jonathan did. He DID enjoy the outdoors, like they were right now, but his perspective on it all was so different and unique.

What does Jonathan do when he is outside other than walking? "I sleep on the bench" Jonathan nodded. They have alot of benches back in the manor outside, especially in the gardens. Her mother loves to watch her flowers so she likes to sit and drink tea. Jonathan uses it for sleeping... typical. "Besides that, I talk to Nobi." there's no specific topic to that actually. Just some random topic he knows, like Potions or about his grandfather. He asks Nobi a lot about his family's heritage.

"Mother never liked me playing a lot outdoors, she prefers me playing indoors" which explains the different spacious rooms in their house. Jonathan was an only child, so both his parents were quite strict when it comes to protecting him. It's quite boring to be home alone. "That's why I always like it if my uncles came to visit" he smiled. "They just take me anywhere" without Alexander and Victoria's knowledge. Until now, he has never told them about the things his uncles have been doing.

Sleep? Kurumi should have guessed that. "You can really sleep just about anywhere, can't you?" she laughed. Still, she had to wonder if he would be able to sleep on the plane ride over to Japan when he eventually made it out to visit her. If he thought the leaves were dirty...he would probably pass out in fright when he saw the bathrooms on the airplanes. "Nobi is a really good companion to you," she noted with a small smile. And still the only house elf that she knew that disliked her.

"Why wouldn't she let you? That seems so...sad." Kurumi couldn't imagine not being allowed to play outdoors. For her, it was one of the few places she felt like she wasn't being watched by her mother. She could go down to the stream and skip stones, or attempt to, pick flowers, jump in leave piles, or talk with animals. "You mean...they would take you on trips? Around the world?" And were these the same uncles that had got Jonathan caught up in his whole fear of centaurs? Or was she remembering that incorrectly?

Jonathan smirked "I think all I do is sleep." he said even right now, he feels like sleeping again. That's his favorite hobby perhaps. If he only he could get rid of that hobby. Too much sleep makes him dizzy at times, which is not good and sometimes he gets hungry at the middle of the night because he sleeps most of the time during the day and skips meals.

True, he is so close to Nobi, he considers the house elf as family. Jonathan nodded "Nobi is a great listener and loves to talk at the same time" he smiled. Jonathan is the one who ends up listening to him most of the time. Nobi talks about his past masters. It's really fun and interesting to listen to.

"Mother is..." why exactly wasn't he allowed to play? "She didn't want me to get hurt?" Jonathan scratched the back of his neck. That's probably one of the reasons why he wasn't allowed to play outdoors. "It's just who my parents are"

And about his uncles, "yeah, they would take me to random places and i would get scared" he laughed remembering those memories from before. He was 6 and they were wife-less. Single men in there age are really hilarious and quite scary.

Kurumi giggled. "Are you wanting to take a nap now? You could rest your head on my lap or something," she offered. It would almost be...romantic in a way. Kurumi had a book in her bag that she could read while he rested, so she really didn't mind too much. Just being able to spend time together was enough for her. She continued to play with the heart pendant on the necklace he had given her and adjusted the scarf around her neck, wishing she could freeze their afternoon in time.

"That's nice," she smiled. "It is always nice to have someone at home that you can talk to about things. I have my brothers for that, although, they don't always give me the best advice." Especially Ryunosuke...who had just recently found out what house Jonathan belonged to. MILD disaster in the form of an Howler.

Kurumi nodded, understanding but at the same time not. Many things her parents did made little sense to her and she wasn't entirely sure of the reasons, much like he was right now.

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Wait...they took him places and he got scared...and he was able to laugh about it? That didn't exactly sound like something funny. "They took you to...scary places? Like...haunted houses?" she asked innocently. Kurumi was terrified of them. Whenever she had the chance to go to an amusement park, her brothers would make her go in haunted houses and she spent the entire time clinging to their arms, or legs, or attached to their back like a leech as they walked through them. She snuggled up a little closer to Jonathan now, thinking about ghosts and all that. EEK!