Discovered! PV Closed

December 2nd, 2019.
Interacting with @Katrina Walker and @Juniper Irving

Distancing himself from the magnificent castle, letting himself relax as he feels the weak, but cold wind from the beginning of winter hitting his face, Roman walks across the school grounds, breathing heavily, tired eyes wandering up in the sky, analyzing the clouds and the shapes he can’t quite pin-point what they are.

Roman’s still very tired from his late-night adventures from yesterday, but it’s mostly due to the fact that the cold dorm had been unbearable last night, and the boy spent the rest of the night trying to fall asleep, moving around the sheets, in a failed attempt to warm himself. Luckily, he doesn’t have any more lessons today, and, though he wanted to go through his homework one more time to make sure everything’s perfect, the need to sleep calls louder.

The thought of going back to the common room is tempting, but he’s tired enough, so going back to the cold dungeons is out of the question. Roman decides to continue walking, mind traveling places, as he sighs heavily. When he gets far enough from the castle, he finds an old tree. An idea bubbles in his head, and he smiles, analyzing the tree a bit more. The leaves are a healthy tone of green, while the trunk and branches are thick, in a sick shade of brown.

It seems strong enough to handle it, the boy notices, happy to have a place to rest for a while. Besides, Roman is not that heavy. With that in mind, the Slytherin decides to climb it, using all the rest of the strength he has in his arms. Forcing himself up, clutching one of the thick branches, Roman sweeps his leg over it and props himself up, a small smile on his face.

Once he looks up, he's surprised when his eyes meet a girl. Oh, great, Roman thinks, bitter, a sour expression making its way to his face. Honestly, the last thing he wanted at the moment was to have to interact with another human being. So he lets out an annoyed huff, “Oi! Who are ya and wot are ya doin’ here, eh?!”

Katrina stiffened as a boy she didn’t recognize approached. She wore a puzzled look as he climbed up the first branch of the tree. It was perplexing and a tad funny that it seemed he hadn’t seen her. Katrina slipped her notebook and pencil in her satchel.
He scowled and yelled at her asking why she was there. Katrina winced at his harsh tone and demanding eyes. She took a breath to keep from stuttering.
“Katrina. And I was here before you.” she knew her tone was snarky and condescending, but she didn’t care.
Katrina deftly climbed higher up in the tree. Laughing quietly at his struggle to climb. Katrina was always in this tree and it was rather awkward having to share the space. Katrina debated climbing back down when she saw someone duck behind a tree. Her impulse was to think it was a hag or something. Her fears dissipated when she saw a girl she didn’t recognize.
Great, now two people have discovered my secret spot.
She slipped down the tree like an otter dodging rocks. Quick, nimble, and efficient were the three best words to describe her movement. Katrina paused at the bottom curious if either students would say anything more.

@Juniper Irving @Roman Kingston

@Katrina Walker @Roman Kingston

Her tone catches him off guard, and no snarky reply comes out of him, because, yes, she’d been there before him, but that doesn’t mean anything to him. So he can only frown (more like pouting, but he won’t admit that!), bitter as always as he silently watches the redhead slip down the tree. Eyes glued to her, the boy slowly turns, his grip on the branch going tighter, trying not to fall and look pathetic.

Roman catches the sight of another student standing there, who he hadn’t noticed at all. It makes him sigh, frustrated to have to interact with someone else. With a closed expression back on his face, looking as serious and scary as he can, he listens as the new girl starts to talk, complementing the other's satchel.

She turns to him, at last, introducing herself as Juniper, to which he rolls his eyes, not giving a damn. Another Gryffindor, he thinks to himself, blaming destiny because those little lions just seemed to gravitate towards him. First Clementine, now this girl. He can’t catch a break with them, it seems. Lovely, isn’t it?

“Roman Kingston,” says the boy, copying the other girl’s movements and heading down from the place he’d been sitting. There’s no point in staying there anymore, considering relaxing surely will be the last thing he’ll get today. Guess he’ll have to head back to the cold common room. Great, Roman thinks sarcastically. “Slytherin.”

@Juniper Irving and @Katrina Walker

Once he’s standing, standing a bit closer to the redhead than necessary, Roman frowns again, crossing his arms, settling to watching those two little lions interacting, taking a step to the side, wanting distance. That Juliper, Janiper — whatever her name is, he doesn’t care — talks about how the Hogwarts grounds are a great place for drawing, looking awkward, almost as if she’s scared of the two of them. It makes some sort of accomplishment bloom in his chest and the boy almost smiles. Almost. What a Gryffindor…

She turns to him and the question makes him raise an eyebrow, wondering what the hell about him makes it look like he likes to draw. Roman wants to say that he plays music, that he’s cooler than them, but he doesn’t. He only rolls his eyes, looking around, trying to remember the path he’d made to get there, and says, “No,”

All three of them seem to want to leave, to which he's very thankful for. Both of the girls look around, and Juniper — or whatever — suggests they head back. Roman doesn't want to go with her or that other girl, Katrina, but he bites back the snarky comment because he doesn't know where exactly he should go. So, sighing, running his fingers through his black hair, he moves towards the direction the other girl headed.

“Whatevah,” he mumbles, sounding more frustrated than anything. Then, he takes a good look at Katrina, and still frowning, he asks, sounding like he knows where they're going, “Ya comin’?”

No harm done! Also, sorry for the late reply.
@Katrina Walker @Juniper Irving