So the Hufflepuff COULD handle a little sass. That was nice to know. It meant maaaaybe they could be friends at some point. "Well..that's good." Was all she said in reply. She moved from the lotus position into downward dog, holding her breath for a few seconds as she let her body get used to the new position. Sometimes if she was dehydrated she would get fuzzy when she moved positions, but luckily that did not happen today! This was why hydration was important!

OoOOooOOoh! Aboli didn't know Kimmie was from frickin' ALASKA. "Wait--" she sat back on her bottom, looking over at her. "You're from ALASKA? Whoah...how is that? Is it cold? Is it dark? Does it snow year-round? Is that why your accent is so weird?" She had a million questions! Her love of the sun made sense. "Oh, I'm from here. We live in Sussex. My house is actually really cool," she grinned. "I guess when I saw HERE I mean...The UK. Not Scotland." Aboli did not have that accent thank you very much!

Maybe Aboli's voice was soothing when she was in yoga!mode. "I don't think it's conducive to yell at people. But sometimes....it's just out of your control." Aboli had come a long way from the spoiled TANTRUM throwing child she had been. But her mother...was so patient with her. She didn't believe in yelling..yada yaaaaa.

After stretching forward, K turned her head to see Aboli move to downward dog and went ahead and adjusted herself into position as well. She leaned into the pose, letting her heels sink a little with each breath she took to get maximum stretch.

Hearing the questions about Alaska, K mimicked the other girl and sat again, turning her attention to the Slytherin as she answered. "I am. My family moved to Alaska when I was like, 1. My mom got a job teaching History of Magic at a wizarding primary school out there." Which she still didn't understand why it had to have been in Alaska of all places. But at least it was pretty there. "It's definitely cold. We usually get around 70 degree fahrenheit in the summer months, but that's technically a warm. Less than a quarter of the year is actual sunny days, which isn't my favorite part. It doesn't usually snow too much during the summer, but we do get a lot of snow from fall to spring. So most of the year." Good old freezing Alaska. She chuckled at the accent question and gave a slight shrug of her shoulders, "I'm not sure about the accent part because it doesn't sound like one to me, but probably it's why it sounds weird."

Hearing her talk about her house, K smiled and gave a slight nod. It must be nice to live closer to school and have more chance of seeing people outside of the school months. Hearing her mention her house, the puff tilted her head to the side, "What's your favorite part about your house?"

K giggled slightly at her next words regarding yelling and nodded her head in agreement, "It's true it's probably not super productive... I must admit I kind of like to be loud on occasion though. And it's definitely hard to refrain from yelling at my little brother some days." Most days, bless him. "Do you have any siblings?"

Aboli just nodded as she got back into lotus and stretched. "I went from school to school in primary......I didn't really fit in anywhere, and people were always mean to me. I guess it didn't help that I ...was kinda' a violent kid," she sighed and shrugged. "I would hurt everyone, and people's parents didn't want me with their kids." In hindsight, she could see why no one liked her. But it wasn't HER fault...she had been misunderstood! Her poor mother, too, having to put up with all of it.

Also, "I don't know what that is in Celsius since we're not STUPID over here," she smirked a bit, just teasing. "Americans have to make eeeeverything more difficult than it needs to be." Which was so totally true. Her bio dad had roots in America, and look where he got - DEAD.

HmmMMmm. "I don't know that...I can describe it...it USED to be a church but it's been since renovated and turned into a massive house. So my room is near the tip-top. It's really cool looking." And colorful. And totally her mum's thing. And speaking of her family, she nodded at the siblings question. "My little brother Koko is here...he's a first year. He's from my mum and bio-dad...and then my stepdad and my mum have my littlest brother, Liam. He's sooooo cute - he'll be two soon!" She even giggled. "I miss him a whole lot."

K raised an eyebrow slightly as Aboli talked about her primary school experiences. She had been violent? And not well liked? She could easily see the correlation there, but she was also curious if there was a reason to the violence. Although, was that a rude question to ask? Kim already a little bit felt she was trying to walk on eggshells since it felt important the girls at least have the ability to get along... but also, holding her tongue was not something she was well known for. So her nature ended up winning out and she asked anyways, "Why were you violent? Was it protection from bullying?" She HAD just said that the other kids didn't really like her. And kids could definitely be MEAN.

Hearing her comment, the puff let out a full laugh and gave a small shrug of her shoulders. "I feel like I can't even argue -- we DO make things more difficult. And I'd convert it to Celsius except... I'm not the brightest and I don't remember the formula. Either way, it's cold." Really cold. And that was why she preferred to spend as much as time as she could at the beaches in California with her friends.

She lived in an old church? K smiled and nodded her head, "I bet that does look really cool!" She'd seen the normal architecture for the area and had been impressed as it was, to get to live in something like that must have been amazing. "Is your house really tall then?" She must have a very cool view from her bedroom if it was up towards the top. The Slytherin also clearly loved her family, because it seemed her smile was the most genuine talking about them. "Is your brother in Slytherin as well or a different house?" And a little baby brother two!? "Babies are the cutest. And 2 is such a fun age! It must be hard to be away from him." She wasn't even that close to her siblings and she was feeling homesick for the ones not here at school. "I'm one of the youngest, but my little brother actually transferred with me as well. He's actually a second year Slytherin." First in the family.

If there was one thing Aboli didn't feel like talking about....it was this. Her childhood. NO thanks. "Um. I dunno. I just was," was all she could say on the matter. Or rather, all she wanted to say. "I WAS bullied a lot but....it was probably for a multitude of reasons." Hmm.

She reaaaached for the sky, stretching out her back, and heard it crack a few times. Ahhh that felt good! "I don't know the formula off the top of my head, either, so I'll just take your word for it!" She chuckled. "Seems cold. Maybe one day I'll visit. Is there LOTS of vampires there?" Because she had heard Alaska was a BREEDING ground for them. And she had always wanted to meet one. Maybe they weren't all mean and stuff.

"Mhmm! Super tall. My room is at the top, too." So it was super cool. "And then our house in Korea is really nice too....my stepdad's house. It's huuuuge and gated and stuff." Couldn't have random muggles OR magical people just coming in. "We've got a pool at both houses..." One of Aboli's favorite parts of any house was a pool. "Honestly, since my brother was born, the house feels smaller. Maybe because his stuff is just everywhere." Babies needed a lot of STUFF it seemed, and Aboli couldn't understand why. They were just babies. "Yes, he is. A first year snake. His name is Kohaku... but he keeps to himself. He's shy and doesn't like people for the most part. If they're not me, that is." Koko was very distrusting of people. "Oooh....so he's close to Koko's age. I didn't know you had a brother. So...how old are your older siblings?" Aboli asked curiously.

She was proud of how nice she was being. For noooow. She then stood up, suddenly, and stretched her legs apart as she reeeeeached over her head once more, closing her eyes to breathe in.....and then a moment later to breathe out.

K nodded her head at the Slytherin as she talked. She wasn't sure if she didn't offer more because she didn't know or if she didn't want to talk about it, but the Puff figured the polite thing to do was just to let it go. Even if she was obnoxiously curious. "Makes sense. Well... I bet people don't dare try to bully you know. You give off an aura of intimidation." Not in a particularly bad way, just in a 'don't mess with me way'. That was respectable.

Standing up again, K stretched herself out into warrior pose, first leading with her right leg and taking a couple of additional calming breaths. She nodded hearing maybe one day she'd visit and she smiled slightly at her, "You should. The Northern lights are amazing. And even with as cold as it is, we have some beautiful sights as well." Even if she complained about the cold, she did love her town. "I've heard we have a fair share of vampires since it's easy to get away with being really pale in a place with not much sun. BUT as far as I know I haven't met one."

K raised an eyebrow hearing Aboli mention they had a second home. And in Korea? "You have a place there as well? That's really cool!" She was still jealous of Naia for getting to explore there after she had graduated. If she wasn't so excited about trying to start her own studio, she'd probably want to take the time to explore as well, especially South Korea. "He has a ton of stuff then? Aren't babies like... tiny though?" It had been awhile since she'd been around a litttle one that little, considering she didn't remember much from when Luke was first born. Hearing her talk about her other brother, the one here at school with her, K smiled slightly and nodded as she spoke, "It sounds like you guys have a really good relationship." That was always nice to have. "And I bet he loves being here at the school with you." Especially with them getting to be in the same house.

She nodded when she mentioned not realizing K had a brother, "Yeah, my family is mostly girls but my dad finally got his little boy with the last one." Which after 4 girls was probably quite the relief. "My twin sisters Regina and Naia are 22 this year and my sister Lucy is 16. She stayed at Ilvermony because she's on the Quodpot team." Which she loved.

An aura of intimidation? She found that interesting. She knew she TRIED, certainly, to come off intimidating sometimes, but she was surprised that she actually pulled it off. That was cool, then. "Do I intimidate you?" she asked bluntly. Kimmie didn't have much to fear from Aboli...so far.

But the more she heard about Alaska the more she longed to visit. Northern Lights?! Cool! She bet it was soooOooo pretty, too. "I bet you've met one and you didn't know it! Though...I think they're very cold. I wouldn't know," she shrugged. "But I DO KNOW that my brother and I BOTH enjoy the bloodpops sold at candy shops," she smirked. One of her odder qualities, but not the oddest one, for sure. Aboli switched positions, one where she stood on one leg, balanced perfectly. Her breathing was so controlled....she wasn't entirely focused on it, though, because she was chatting with Kimmie, but it was still quite relaxing and clearing for her head.

"Yep! I know Korean, too...Noah and I speak it sometimes," she tried not to sound TOO smug about it. Since Kimmie probably didn't know it...it was something only SHE AND NOAH could share. So. ha, Kimmie. Not that she'd ever say that to the girl's face, but it felt nice to have something that Kimmie didn't. "Since my stepdad's been around since I was very young...he taught us. I also know Hindi. My grandparents are Indian." Aboli thought herself very cultured.

And while she did miss her sibling at home, she still did have Koko."Oh wow...you have a sibling all the way in America...? That must be hard. I can't imagine being that far from Koko...or Liam, to be honest." She set her foot down, back on two feet, and stretched to the sky again. "Do you write her often?"

K stopped what she was doing for a moment to ponder on Aboli's question. Was she personally intimidated by the Slytherin? On the one hand it didn't really matter to her what people thought of her but like... Aboli was pretty and important to Noah so to some degree she probably had a smidgen of jealousy. Was that the same as intimidation? "I guess sometimes." Yeah, we'd go with intimidation.

"That's quite a possibility." She didn't usually go around asking people what kind of magical beings they were. Cause, reasons. "I'll have to pay more attention to my extra pale neighbors now." If they were cold, maybe she could accidently touch them to confirm? Bloodpops? "You know, I don't think I have ever tried those... do they taste like accidently biting the inside of your cheek?" Because they were supposed to taste like real blood, right? K switched sides for her warrier pose to stretch out her other leg before moving on to tree pose for balance.

Hearing Aboli speak again, K took a couple of breaths blaming it on her inner search for peace and balance instead of the little green monster clawing at the inside of her. She refused to acknowledge fully whatever she was feeling, instead focusing on conversation and breathing. "That's really cool! It must be cool to know so many different languages. And to be involved with a couple different cultures." K's family was pretty American, minus her Grandda in Ireland.

And then Aboli mentioned that it must be hard to be away from her siblings, and K had to fight back a sigh and just settled on the briefest of nods. "It's harder than I thought it would be." Honestly, one of the biggest motivators in leaving Ilvermony is she wanted to be away from Lucy so she could feel like they weren't always being compared. But the fact of the matter was Lu wasn't the one comparing, and now she just missed her. "Fairly often, yeah. She keeps me updated on Ilvermony." She hadn't shared too much with her though in reality about Hogwarts. Oops? "What about you, do you write your family pretty often?"

Hmmph! Aboli thought about that for a second. How did she feel about the fact that Kimmie found her a smidge intimidating? Well, on the one hand, she quite liked it. It made her feel powerful, in a way, but on the other hand...maybe that wouldn't be good since Noah was involved. Hmm. She'd reflect more later, or talk to Fiona or Val about it. One thing she wasn't going to do, though, was reassure Kimmie just yet. "Well...if you don't cross me, you have no reason to be intimidated." She shrugged.

The Slytherin did headtilt at the idea...of biting her cheek...um. "They legit taste like blood." Had the girl never had blood before? Like if Aboli accidentally got a paper cut or something, and she just licked it to make the bleeding stop...was that not normal? Maybe not. "So I guess it would taste a little like that." She couldn't remember the last time she had accidentally bit her cheek. "I have a few in my dorm if you're ever curious." She copied Kimmie and got into the tree pose again. Ahhhh.

Side-eyeing....Aboli was side-eyeing her to see if she twitched at all. No? Aboli cleared her throat. "Yeah. My family is weird. But I wouldn't want it any other way." Which was a LIE. She only said that because everyone always said that, and it was the normal thing to say.

Which, speaking of family, they were still on the topic of it because Aboli had decided to linger there...on Kimmie's, and Kimmie now flung the questions back at her. Ugh. "I do. I write to my stepdad the most...my mum's really busy. She's a therapist...and writes an advice column...so...she's like always got work to do." It was annoying. There was no one else in the entire world she trusted and adored like her mother...and she was also the BUSIEST person EVER.

K continued her stretches and didn't comment again on the intimidation. What else was there really to say? She did wonder what 'not crossing' her would entail, but also the Hufflepuff figured it probably was worthless to ask anyways. She didn't even INTENTIONALLY want to anger people, but she also had a temper and sometimes she just... snapped? Being nice was hard. It's why she didn't do it a lot at Ilvermony.

Legit taste like blood... Why would someone want to eat that? Well, to each their own. K wasn't a fan of the metallic taste after an injury or biting her lip accidently, but to each their own. No judgement on taste buds. She nodded her head at the confirmation, before giving a small smile towards the Slytherin, "Sure, actually. I am a little curious. We usually stick to Bertie Botts in my house instead of other candy types. My dad's big on them." Dad liked to play a game out of Bertie Bott's where they all had to try to keep a straight face even on the gross ones. "Also gumballs. If you ever need gum, I'm your girl." She almost always had some type of gum.

Hearing her next statement, K really DID react. Maybe it was impolite, but she was curious. "There's really nothing you'd change? I mean, I love my family, but if I could go back and choose things I'd want us to move around a little bit more and have more cultural experiences." She'd literally only lived in Alaska. Where was the fun in that? Thankfully she at least had ended up being an outdoors person.

Wrote to her step dad mostly? Well, that was good though. It sounded like they had a really good relationship, which while she did not have personal experience with that, wasn't that a good thing? "That's nice you hear from him though. And does your mom write for a magazine then?" Psychology and advice columns were SUPER fun.

Aboli smiiiirked. "I'll share one day." She said with a nod. She didn't mind at all. Ooooh gum. "I'm not a BIG gum chewer, but I have to say, I'm not opposed. I just know we can't chew it in class. Don't want to get in trouble," she said. She stopped doing yoga and FLOPPED down on her mat, heaving breathing as she stared at the sky. "Which kind of gum do you like more - bubblegum flavored, fruity, or mint?" She asked curiously. "Answer CAREFULLY because I will judge you!" Fair warning.

Hmmm. Aboli thought for a moment. "I guess I'd wish my bio dad wasn't such a piece of...ahem, trash," she shrugged. "He kinda left my mum in the muck of it....after she had my little brother. But then....I might not have my stepdad and I LOVE my stepdad." He was her ROCK. "Even if he's strict. Like. Super strict." That was annoying sometimes, but she'd deal. "But everything falls into place for a reason...I'm a big believer in destiny and whatnot." It was hard not to, when your mum was a proper seer. But Kimmie didn't need to know that about her mum just yet. She only trusted certain people with her family nonsense. Kimmie had pieces of it for now.

Though....if Kimmie looked up the magazine, she'd see Aboli's mum's name AND know she was one. Whatever. That would be a lot of work. "She writes for WHiM. A wizarding magazine...she does an advice column AND dream interpretation," she shrugged. Whatever. "She's quiiiiiite good at it, too."

K nodded her head when Aboli reminded that they couldn't chew in class, which did make sense since some people could be rather annoying with loud pops and smacking as they chewed on a piece of gum, but she raised her eyebrow slightly when the Slytherin said she didn't want to get in trouble. "Question, do you ever do anything to get in trouble or do you prefer to fly under the radar?" Merely because she was curious. And also should probably know whom to keep any future shenanigan planning quiet from. Gum flavor type? "Minty. Definitely minty. Fruit flavors get gross super quickly. And like, actual bubblegum flavored is really only the best for large obnoxious bubbles." The flavor itself was so so. "Did I answer correctly?"

She moved herself down to sit on the mat again as well as Aboli talked about what she would change, nodding her head slightly. She was curious to ask more about her dad, but they hardly knew each other and this was personal as it wasn't. She wasn't a COMPLETE monster and she knew there were limits to what was appropriate to pry into. "That's awful that he bounced. But like you said, at least you got your step dad out of it. Sounds like you guys have a really good relationship. AND you got your baby brother now as well." Which she seemed to adore him as well. "Do you get in trouble a fair bit with your step dad?" Her mom could be strict as well, and K seemed to ALWAYS been on the receiving end of a punishment. "I do think you're right though, things happen for a reason -- they can still stink though for a bit."

Oooooh, dream interpretations?! That sounded like fun! "Oooh, I'll have to pick up a copy. I like reading dream interpretations. Divination is pretty much the only school subject I really enjoy." Why? She had no idea. But it was fun, and the professor was usually a little bit on the quirky side. Who didn't like quirky?

Aboli was proper done with yoga for the moment because the conversation had gotten quite deep, and she couldn't focus anyway. So, she thought about the question at hand. "Hmmm." On one hand, she got in trouble at home a lot. "I guess here at school...I am so afraid for any professors to dislike me in my short time I've got left...that I follow all the rules. So far. Maybe next term I'll feel more lax about it, but for right now, I get really nervous about breaking the rules." So Aboli would NOT be gum chewing in class.

SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE LIKED MINT. "MINT?! It's like chewing toothpaste!" she cackled a bit. "I like fruity ones! Or bubblegum...." Because minty was just NOT Aboli's thing. "So let me guess - you like chocolate mint stuff?" The Slytherin raised an eyebrow and then pretended like she was VOMITING. Gross gross gross!

And Kimmie was right. Aboli did have a good relationship with Tony AND Liam. But she did laugh at the getting into trouble. "I do. With them both. I'm always doing stuff around the house and...I do argue a fair bit with my mum. She's just so annoying sometimes..." blegh. "And we're starting to fit into the same clothes and she steals a lot of my stuff! It's annoying!" Not to mention that her mum was a woman in her THIRTIES okay?! She couldn't wear the same things Aboli liked to wear! Gross! "I reaaaally want a pet lizard, but my dad says no...not until I'm older. That's his answer for everything - not until you're older, Aboli!" she snorted. Which was equally annoying.

She was surprised that Kimmie liked Divination because she did, too. "Mine too. It's the only subject I feel proper versed in. Everything else...I'm okay at - except Herbology. I feel like I'm horrible at that class."

Sensing they were done with yoga for the moment as conversation seemed to be surprisingly flowing easily, K folded herself down onto her mat and reached for her water to take a couple of swigs before getting comfortable across from the other girl so they could continue talking. She nodded her head at Aboli's explanation of why she wasn't really looking to get into anything here at her first term at Hogwarts. It was still a new transfer, so she supposed that it made sense that she was wanting to lay low. "I get that. I had detention a fair bit at Ilvermony with honestly fairly harmless pranks," but still disruptive to class even if her professors had been AMUSED, "but part of the agreement for my transfer was that I behave. And attend more of my classes." Not that she could give it up ENTIRELY, but she was attempting to be a little more stealthy here at Hogwarts.

Like chewing TOOTHPASTE? "I mean, like SOME taste like that but there is such a vast variety of minty type flavors that some are really quite good!" She would admit the cheaper types definitely tasted like she was just brushing her teeth but without actually the cleaning part. "Fruity goes so fast though! It doesn't stay tasting good for very long!" Although, it's not like it was hard to just change out the pieces. Hearing her next question she just GAPED at her, "No! Chocolate is already perfect and should be left in it's purest form. Preferably in bar form. Or brownie form. Or cake form?" Okay, so maybe there was a lot of way it was acceptable but she did not like the combo. "The only chocolate combo I accept is strawberry." She did laugh at the Slytherin's dramatics though.

She nodded in understanding as Aboli spoke about her family and getting into trouble with them. That was definitely a story she understood. She and her mom always seemed to be butting heads together because K had 'attitude problems' as Vashti liked to put it. And it seemed like her dad would pretend he was still deaf and leave the room like he couldn't even hear them arguing. "I understand that. The annoying part. I mean, I love my parents but they definitely enjoy getting on my case..." Which she probably deserved but she'd never admit THAT out loud. "Your mom steals your clothes?" Her mom must have a young soul, which sounded like it could be kind of fun. But also, she knew from having a butt loud of sisters how ANNOYING it was when you wanted your favorite most comfortable sweater and someone was already wearing it. "I mean, at least that tells you have good style? But also, definitely annoying. My sister and I swap clothes all the time and it's awful when we are both looking for the same thing." It was nice being away and having her clothes to herself at least. A lizard? Lizards weren't too terrible. Better than literal snakes. "Do you have any pets already at least?"

Oh? Aboli actually liked Divination as well? "I get that. I don't know how good I am at it, but I enjoy learning the concepts and studying. And it's pretty much the only class I can say that for." She nodded, acknowledging she was also bad at Herbology. But she was bad at most. "I'm honestly not much of studier. Honestly, I should be better at History of Magic -- my mom actually teaches it -- but it's just kind of boring to me. And I'm terrible with dates."

It was friday evening after the very for lack of better word eventful transfiguration lesson. Cole longed for some time alone to reflect on the day and his feelings and reactions. If he went back to the dorm, he’d get dragged into a game of wizard chess or gobstones with his chattery housemates, and he wasn’t in the mood. Leaving the great hall Cole made his way out on the grounds for some fresh air and maybe to see the sun set over the lake. Letting his feet guide him the blond and quite tall young lion walked on in silence, until he realized that he had walked straight into the butterfly garden.

Breathing in the serenity of the garden and seeing the colourful butterflies fly by Cole decided to stop her for a while. Choosing a nice looking spot, he lied down on the grass and used his arms as pillows as he started up at the setting sun. Why had he worried so much for her when Nayas wand had backfired in class? Was it because he had accepted that he had feelings for her?

Aboli was a little surprised to hear that Kimmie was a smiiidge of a trouble-maker. "I wouldn't have expected that from a Hufflepuff," she smirked. "Inteeeeeresting. Very interesting. Nah, I mostly just....get in trouble at home because I'm always breaking the rules. Like...the lizard one," she grinned sheepishly now. "I'm always trying to sneak them in, and my dad gets, like, SO mad at me." Whoops. Tony honestly didn't deserve it, but ah well. HE HAD SIGNED UP FOR THIS KIND OF. "We have a dog. He's cute. And old, now," she sighed. "It'll be sad when he dies. But maybe I can keep his bones or something." Aboli thought nothing of it. Bones were dead cool...heh? Geddit?

"That's why I chew like three pieces at a time! Or get the magically enhanced ones!" she chuckled. "I just...can't do mint unless, like, I'm getting ready for a snog or something. Which so far this term doesn't seem like it's going to happen." She hugged her knees and snorted. "From what I hear, you and Noah don't have too much trouble in that regard..." she wiggled her eyebrows. Which reminded her to threaten Kimmie's LIFE in a second, but the conversation was going well so she'd wait. She did crinkle her nose...chocolate and strawberry? "You should try it with raspberry. It's LOADS better."

Luckily for Aboli, her mum was pretty good about returning her clothes! "I kinda' wish I knew what it was like to have a sister...but then I remember how prickly I am, and I realize I was mEANT to be the only girl." She grinned. "I think we'd just argue and aaaargue."

Sooooo Kimmie didn't seem like she was much of a studious student. All of Aboli's assumptions about the girl were wrong, it seemed. Fascinating conversation, this was. "I like school. I've always been good at it...and magic. It comes very naturally to me...the subject I can't get the hang of is Herbology. And it sucks because Professor Rainwater is so nice......but my tutor at home didn't....we didn't GO into Herbology as in depth as apparently everyone did here. So I'm behind I guess."

Missa was feeling a range of emotions, but the most prominent one was .... a certain kind of disappointment. She had expected herself to feel even more frustrated than usual but there was something more here that she was clearly not understanding, even after all this time.

She couldn’t even tell if the disappointment she felt was because of his behaviour or her own lack of understanding.

“Good thing you will be done with this place soon then” she found herself saying even before she knew it. “Then you won’t have to deal with any of it anymore, or anyone. ” Her voice was quiet, not accusing or taunting - instead it was filled with sadness she couldn’t hide.

K couldn't help but laugh when Aboli commented she wouldn't have expected a Hufflepuff to be a troublemaker. "Truth be told, I wasn't expecting to be a Hufflepuff. I still think my house placement is weird." She'd honestly expected to be Slytherin. But considering that's where Lucas had been placed too, she didn't much mind being in a different house. She usually got in trouble for rule breaking, huh? "I mean, couldn't we technically find you a lizard and sneak in into the castle? I don't remember if those were on the approved animal list or not..." The only animal she interested in having was her own owl, and she knew that was okay, so she didn't pay much attention. "He can't get mad at you for having it if you're all the way here!" But if it wasn't approved, Professor's could. And they had already covered Aboli did not want to get in trouble with the Professors. She focused again on what the other girl was saying about current animals, before STARING slightly at her ending statement. Did she just say she wanted to keep her dogs bones when he died? "Why?" The only logical question.

Chewing multiple made sense, and K was embarrassed to remember that DUH there was magically enhanced fruity flavored gum. "That is definitely a good idea. Sometimes I forget about magic." Which was silly considering her house was all mags, but they liked so many muggle things she just would forget about magic outside of assisting her laziness and school work. And sometimes even forget school work. She laughed at her reasoning for mint, nodding her head in agreement that that WAS important. "But do you have your eyes on someone?" Because everyone at Hogwarts was ridiculously good looking, so there must be someone? "You're gorgeous. Someone'll be begging for a snog soon, watch." K couldn't help but flush at her next words, but smile sheepishly her way anyways. "Told you about that, did he?" Not that that was a problem, she was kind of glad he had mentioned even with their talking about not being super public about their ... friendship for reasons. Raspberry? "I will if it's FRESH raspberry. Imitation flavoring for raspberry is gross, at least with anything not like a lollipop." Because those were acceptable.

Another laugh at her next words. Which K was finding unexpected that she was laughing at all because she'd wondered if this interaction would be forced and weird. "I understand that. My sister's and I are always at each other's throat. I would have done much better with a bunch of brothers." You know, because CLEARLY she and Lucas were angels towards each other. Maybe she would have just been better off as an only child. "Do you and your brother get into it a bit or not really?"

She was definitely jealous that magic and studying seemed to come easy to Aboli. Kimmie had such a hard time sitting still for the most part it never seemed she could really focus on her homework. And even then, she spent such a good portion of the last couple of years failing intentionally that now she felt like she was truly behind. "Doesn't Professor Rainwater have an open door policy too though for his office hours? I mean, you could always go see him for some remedial catch up?" Professor Rainwater WAS really nice and he seemed the type that would be excited to further enrich a young mind.

Finneas was out for an evening stroll, when he happened upon the butterfly garden in an unusual spot. Now, he wasn't one to stay outdoors for long periods of time (his complexion was not meant for the sun), but it was nearly sundown and the sky was as vibrantly red as ever. He found himself wondering what a red sunset would look like.

And so, he decided to stay. Taking a bench to look out from, he watched as the red sky did it whatever it was meant to do. It was all very interesting..... Uh. Only, what was that? He felt a single drop on his head. "Did errrrrr... Anyone else feel that?" He asked around to no one in particular. It didn't look like it was about to rain. That's odd.

Aboli shook her head. "No...I wouldn't want to get caught with a contraband animal. Like I said....don't want to get into any trouble my first year here." She would see how she felt next term after a summer off. But Kimmie's face at her bone statement made Aboli just laaaaugh. "I kind of like dead things. I've always been fascinated, actually. I'm not sure my stepdad would let me..but..." she shrugged.

How could someone forget about magic? Aboli literally never did. It was continuously on her mind, possibly for her own personal reasons. But she was NOT going to give out personal info to Kimmie just yet, so when asked if she had her eyes on anyone she gave a demure roll of her eyes and shook her head. "Er...no. Not at all. There's plenty attractive blokes here, though, so it's only a matter of time before I do." She said with a nod. "I like..bad boys. That's my main type." It was such a shame, too, because they were usually quite rude weren't they? "The more mysterious the better." It was something she had told Noah right away when they had met on the train....well, they had gotten into the discussion about her type. It hadn't been RANDOM or anything.

She and Koko rarely fought anymore now that she thought on it. "Not really. We understand each other really well, and if I'm ever annoyed with him, I usually just let him. And he does the same for me. Now with our little brother, Liam....HE can be annoying, I guess, because he's a toddler. Cute but ANNOYING," she huffed. "I guess it's because he doesn't understand anything." He didn't understand how BOTHERSOME he was or what bothersome even meant. She couldn't wait until he could speak properly!

"Oh I've gone to him. He's helping me! Little by little.......maybe I'm just soooOooo hopeless." she sighed. She was trying her best, and Herbology was still......hard. It was frustrating! Aboli was usually good at stuff!

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Missa was feeling a range of emotions, but the most prominent one was .... a certain kind of disappointment. She had expected herself to feel even more frustrated than usual but there was something more here that she was clearly not understanding, even after all this time.

She couldn’t even tell if the disappointment she felt was because of his behaviour or her own lack of understanding.

“Good thing you will be done with this place soon then” she found herself saying even before she knew it. “Then you won’t have to deal with any of it anymore, or anyone. ” Her voice was quiet, not accusing or taunting - instead it was filled with sadness she couldn’t hide.

If anything....he felt as though he were disappointing her and he couldn't even explain why he felt that way or where to point as the source of the sentiment. Which meant that the problem was with him entirely and likely entirely fabricated in his head. But...a lot of what he felt these days were that which only made it more difficult to handle and process because he did not like talking about these things.

Admitting to...things...

He was about to tell her something snapping like 'exactly'...until she went on to say 'anyone' and then something in his chest twisted into an odd angle and he felt conflicted and confused. Maybe even a little hurt?

".......do you honestly think I'm trying to run away from you? Is that where your thinking is going? You are ... one of the only things that make this place bearable."

“No. I am not thinking that at all” Missa replied immediately, her eyes fixed on his - and while her heart melted at his admission of Hogwarts only being bearable because of her, it also broke a little. “But I can see that you are not happy, and you are still hiding things from me”

He had officially surpassed her record of needing space too. And THAT was telling enough.

“The person I spend time with during summer break, and the person I am looking at right now - are very different, Eiji” she found herself saying further, absolutely unaware of the sky turning a different shade - or the single drop that had fallen on her shoulder too.

“....so maybe that is what you need, being away from Hogwarts - because you certainly seem happier when you are nowhere near it” He was always much happier after returning from Japan too. Or did he not realise that?

Lying on the grass, with his hands under his head Cole looked up at the beautiful red sky wondering what it would mean for the weather aside from the usual setting of the sun. If his aunt had been there she would have known, right away. Cole noted that Professor Schmoe had joined him in the butterfly garden, sitting down on a nearby bench. A little unusual perhaps? He hadn’t seen the muggle studies professor there before, but he supposed that anyone could be drawn there by the beautiful butterflies and flowers.

Cole was hoping that setting of the sun would reveal the stars of the night sky to him. He needed to map some of them out for his star chart project in astronomy. Waiting for the milky way to appear he felt how not one but two wet drops landed on his forehead. Why now? Hearing Professor Schmoe’s question Cole glanced over and called out to the older man. "I felt that too professor. I got wet. But there are no rain clouds in sight so it’s peculiar, don’t you think?" Oh and good evening, but he had forgotten to say that.

"Errrr... yes," he nodded just as another big ol' drop clunked down onto the tip of his nose. He swiped his finger down his nose and looked up at the young man. "Maybe it is only a drizzle?" He looked up at the red sky, unable to pinpoint where the cloud overhead was coming from. It was hard to figure out if there were any clouds at all, come to think of it. Red skies did not make such things very visible.

And just like that, where one drop became two, two suddenly became five or six. Errrrrrrrrrr???? Perhaps it was time to get up and leave?

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“No. I am not thinking that at all” Missa replied immediately, her eyes fixed on his - and while her heart melted at his admission of Hogwarts only being bearable because of her, it also broke a little. “But I can see that you are not happy, and you are still hiding things from me”

He had officially surpassed her record of needing space too. And THAT was telling enough.

“The person I spend time with during summer break, and the person I am looking at right now - are very different, Eiji” she found herself saying further, absolutely unaware of the sky turning a different shade - or the single drop that had fallen on her shoulder too.

“....so maybe that is what you need, being away from Hogwarts - because you certainly seem happier when you are nowhere near it” He was always much happier after returning from Japan too. Or did he not realise that?

He couldn't really explain what was going on inside him, but it didn't really matter that he didn't because it all was about to come spewing out of him in a few choice words.

"Well the bloke you were with over the summer didn't know just how inadequate he was!" He hadn't meant to shout and his anger was not directed at her, it was entirely directed at himself and perhaps the wildness in his eyes reflected that. "And everything....everything about this place reminds me of that! "