♦ Catoptric Tristesse PV Kingston Abandoned

December 01st, 2019.
Interacting with @Jane Victoria

I should’ve gone to sleep, the lonely first year thinks grumpily, as he quietly hides in the shadows of the dungeons, making his way back to the Slytherin common room, after delivering another letter to his father. It’s a lost cause at this point, Roman knows, but continues to write to his old man anyways, unsure as to why. He’s never been the seek for parental affection or attention in general, so why now?

Ignoring the questions and thoughts, he continues to walk all by himself, hugging his body, shivering due to the cold of the first December night. Roman can’t see anything, and so he blends perfectly in the dark corridor, still wearing the dark robes. He has no idea what time it is, only that it’s way past the curfew.

Still, the boy is walking slowly, looking around in look for prefects or professors, (unaware of where he’s going, though Roman won’t admit he’s lost), when he hears a loud curse. He stops, completely frozen, and he sees the figure — clearly a student — get up.

Slowly, he walks towards them, still hidden, frowning. He’s surprised to see a Slytherin tie wrapped around their left hand, considering most of his housemates wouldn’t leave the common room at night, or so he likes to think. If they are caught, his house will lose points, and possibly lose the House Cup.

With that in mind, Roman gets close to them, and whisper, in a clearly annoyed tone, “Oi, mate, wot the fook are ya doin’ here? Want us to lose house points, is that it?”

@Roman Kingston 

Lose house points?? Excuse me! We aren’t even in the same h- Jays brain then clicked. 

Well this was quite an interesting situation... this first year thought they were in Slytherin? Oh in the name of Salazar this was hilarious! What a buffoon! Jay had been so close to correcting him and telling him to wank off, and now was the perfect chance to trick him. Stolen slytherin ties sure do have good purposes besides covering bruises. Being under disguise or not Jay was not going to tolerate the way he spoke to them. Yes, they were used to the bullying from the older students but this was different, he was a first year, Jay had seem him around and they found him a bit interesting- and no they were not a stalker. 

“Are ye’ mad? Of course I wouldn’t want us to lose house points... ” Jay started, giving him a sly smirk. Obviously, their plan was to try their best to get him into trouble, lose house points, perhaps get him into detention! Hopefully, if Jay was careful enough they wouldn’t get caught. 

Without another word, Jay went ahead and ran passed him, giving him a playful push as they passed him. They then went into the potions classroom and went ahead and hid under a table.

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[quote]Now that they’re face to face, Roman realizes he doesn’t recognize the student, which makes him squint his eyes, wondering why that is. Though the boy doesn’t often stay at the common room where most Slytherins hang out, preferring his insanely cold, always empty, dorm instead, he can still remember the faces he sees once he’s inside. Perhaps this student is just like him, his brain suffices with a simple explanation that he doesn’t care much about.

What he cares about, though, is why the hell the Slytherin is out, without even wanting to hide, almost begging to be found by someone that could make them lose house points. Roman’s been working really hard to get those, always perfecting his assignments and participating in class, and he surely isn’t going to let a random student stop their own house from winning the House Cup. Yeah, no, thank you very much.

Before he can say something on the matter, however, after earning a sly little grin from them, the student runs past him, pushing him, which makes‌ Roman let out an annoyed (and surprised, but he’s not going to admit that) huff, as the other disappears in the darkness of the hall. The boy is left on his own.

Even more frustrated, he slithers in the direction the other went, serious eyes looking around, in case of someone else showing up. If he sees a professor or a prefect closer, Roman's leaving, because, as much as he doesn't the other to make Slytherin lose house points, the thought of detention isn't much better.

“Oi!” whispers Roman, clearly annoyed, looking around the dark hallway. He can't see anything, so he directs his attention to the door that leads to the potions classroom. Sighing, and with an even bigger frown on his face, the boy opens the door quietly, “Why are ya doin’ this…? Stop actin' like a child and let's head back to the common room, ya tool,”

He steps inside the dark classroom, trying to remember where all the objects are placed in order to not bump into them. Roman uses his hands and finds one the tables, he keeps walking, as his patience runs thin, mumbling to himself, “Bloody loser... If I get in trouble, I'll hex them...”

@Roman Kingston

Jay looked up from under the table, it was indeed dark, they had a small urge to use the lumos spell but that would obviously be a bad idea... it had been in fact quite a long time since they have had human interaction at night, last time something like this happened was when Lily was here... they snuck out to look at the stars after after ten minutes of laying on the grass a professor found them both and sent them to detention the next day, it was a fun and happy memory nonetheless.

Who cared if he found out that they weren’t a student, as long as they did some sneaky sneaky loosy loosy (wtf am I writing) Jay was fine with it. They sat there on their knees thinking about the situation, they had seriously managed to trick a student into the classroom, and tricked them into thinking they were in the same house. Wast that fantastic?

Hex...? Jay heard him mumbling but the only word they heard was hex coming from his mouth. It gave them the idea of perhaps hexing him, but they figured that perhaps they shouldn’t, it would be a bit unfair between a second year and first year wouldn’t it?

“Do you have any idea how Hogwarts is like at night?? Ever wondered the fun you could have eh’?” Jay said as they moved out of their spot and to the front of the room where Professor would teach, hopefully jay wouldn’t bump into anything.

Now, they just had to see how things will be played out.

[quote][quote]Along with their words, there’s movement, which makes the boy squint as he looks around, trying to find the Slytherin, unsure of why he cared so much. I can simply leave, Roman tells himself and both his brain and heart agree with the thought, but his pride doesn’t let him move an inch, eyes analyzing the classroom.

There’s something about being in here that makes his heart race inside his chest, adrenaline pumping in his veins. The feeling isn't normal and he doesn’t know how he feels about this energy running in his blood, the excitement that bubbles in his stomach, nor how to react to it. So he keeps his expression closed, brows furrowed.

“Not really,” answers Roman, voice cold, quiet steps as he moves around the classroom. The other’s voice comes from a distance, but he can’t quite pint point where exactly. The Potions classroom isn’t that big, but at the moment, it feels extra spacious. “And ain’t interested in knowin’, thank ya very much,”

The thought of turning around and leaving becomes more and more enticing, but he keeps moving. Shaking his head, holding himself, Roman begins to wonder if that person wants to get caught, “Oi, mate!” he whispers into the dark classroom, more cautious than everything. His accent becomes stronger and the words feel trapped in his heart. “'ow 'bout ya explore the castle when I am not around, eh? Sound like a plan to me,”

“You sure could be a perfect prefect, y’know?” Jay said, then taking a few steps to their right, away from the sounds of the Slytherin walking. 

“-but like, the kind that everyone would hate ‘cause you’re so strict, and because you act like a ninny...” they finished. Honestly, Jay was being quite a hypocrite because they thought themself as superior and all for being a pure blood. And obviously, Jay didn’t think this of themself. There had been a point in time when they were purely snobby all the time, it was a time when they hid quite a lot of who they were. Nowadays they were so broken that they cared a bit less about being all formal and impressive. Sir Victoria was gone after all...

”Are ye’ seriously this boring? C’monnn” Jay wined, they were definitely going to change their hair color, this guy might confront them in the future, but honestly... did it really matter??

Jay accidentally bumped into a table, which was then followed by a satisfying but panic-causing glass shatter of a potions bottle. They quickly put their hands out to make sure they didn’t bump into anything else and tried their best to move away and towards the open door- the only reason why Jay could tell was because of the little light that came in from the torches in the dungeon halls outside.

@Jane Victoria

“Tch,” he lets out over their stupid little insult.

It takes a lot of patience and control from him not take out his wand and hex whatever the hell the other is. Roman stops himself before he can insult that freaking brat, too, biting his lower lip, frowning. In, out, in out... The boy reminds himself, not wanting to get in trouble.

Part of him feels like biting back to the other that, no! He isn't boring, thank you very much, but he doesn't, because the other seems to be trying to get on his nerves. So, taking a deep breath, Roman moves silently. That is, until the older student bumps into something and all he can hear is the loud sound of glass shattering. He winces.

“Wot the hell, mate?!” Roman covers his mouth to stop his words from coming out louder than expected. He sighs, incredibly frustrated. That's it! He's had it! Tossing his hands to the air, Roman huffs, after letting out a burst of weak laughter, “Ya know wot, I'm leavin'!”

Clicking his tongue, Roman turns around, making his way towards the door, not wanting to spend another second with that idiot of a Slytherin. If they want to get in trouble, he's not going to be there to join them.

Sorry for the late reply!