Closed The Not-Cute-Enzo pv Akari K./Enzo D.

❝ Interacting with: The Queen herself - Mademoiselle Cu Sith | Mentioning: @Hanako Tone ❞

French dialog: #4d6284 | English dialog: #262d5e

the ency

[font=Monotype Corsiva]Enzo's time at Hogwarts was slowly drawing to a close. He had been packing up the few items he had brought for his stay when he realized that he was missing something of slight importance. His watch. Perhaps it had fallen off somewhere amidst all the frenzy of the ball. His care towards material objects was usually quite limited, but when there was something he even slightly liked, he really did try to put effort into keeping it safe. This watch was truly nothing out of the ordinary, but he was not planning on leaving it to the whims of this crazy school, rusting and decaying somewhere in its grounds.

So, before his departure, Enzo allotted some time during the day where he could go and retrace his steps to see if he could spot the trinket.
With eyes peeled to the ground, the boy made his way through the grounds, his gaze scanning over everything in his immediate view. As he continued searching, the scavenger hunt unknowingly brought him in the direction of the great lake.
His attention was solely fixated on finding the little accessory when suddenly he heard a loud sound of rustling and crinkling leaves nearby. His curiosity quickly got the better of him, and his mission was put on pause as he slowly approached the area which he had heard the sound. He leaned forward to investigate and was instantly surprised by the sight that he was met with.

It was an adorable snake that was practically attacking a small leaf. The tiniest little quirk of his lips appeared, the closest thing to a smile that most would ever see on the boy. Gosh was he glad he had decided to explore the odd noise. After teaching himself how to understand parseltongue, snakes held a very special place in his heart, proving that he did indeed have one hidden somewhere in all his bravado. There was something that drew him to them, they just seemed so serene and blissful - at least all the ones he had come across - and the fact that he was able to understand their way of communication made him admire them even more.

Enzo then crouched down to get a better look at his newly appointed friend, whether or not the little creature would agree to that was not really a point of consideration. "Bonjour little friend" He mumbled quietly, his watch, the original point of coming this way, was long forgotten.
He would have spoken up and said something more, however, he knew that it was rather futile to even try as he would not be understood and would perhaps scare it away. That did not really bother him though, as he was content to just observe it for a couple of moments before going on his merry way. Never would he have guessed the coincidence of the situation he was about to find himself in.

[font=PT Sans]Environment was extremely important in everyday lives. Why did fish prefer quiet streams without bigger-cannibalistic fishes? Why did monkeys prefer the high grounds of trees? Why did Cu Sith surrounded herself with cute things. All these questions add up to the same answer. Which is to suit their needs and ensure their survival. In Cu Sith’s case, it was mental survival.

So what happens to those who threaten that safety, comfort and happiness? What did the lion do to the rabbit that entered it’s den? Nothing I can describe with this pg 13 tag, no. Regardless, it’s not pretty.

So here she was, shaking a leaf like there's no tomorrow, and minding her own beeswax, until a loud rustle of leaves and movement caught her ears (or in snake terms, a new warms that distrubed the prior tranquillity of the cold). Now, there were two things that went through the poor snake's mind when this happened.

1, cute, or not cute?
2, MY CUTE LEAF!

Cu Sith stopped shaking the leaf and bit it down even harder, unwilling to share her treasure with this newcomer. Now to determine if they were worthy of sharing her leaf, was difficult. For one, she could only do one thing at a time. She had to either protect her leaf, or look up from the strangers shoes. And obviously, the cute leaf was a priority.

Little did she know that she didn’t even need to worry about doing the 2nd action, because the stranger then slowly approached her and crouched down closer to her level, as if allowing her to feel more comfortable despite their height difference. Cu Sith was so touched that she almost offered to share her cute leaf.

"Bonjour little friend"

“ Gsdfndsfjoseunvld” they said. Cu Sith didn’t understand a word. But that’s okay because what matters is not what they say, but how they looked.

Like a kindergartener on their first day of school, she shyly and slowly exposed her cute leaf by tilting her head higher to see the kind stranger's face.

Her mouth was agape, the cute leaf fell and forgotten.

Oh.


My.



God…

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1 - 14 = not cute
15- 20= cute

Enzo’s cuteness roll whose screenshot I lost forever
1d20 = 7 =

THE ABOMINATION. THE ASYMMETRY. THE UGLLLLLLLLLLEIIIHHHHHH!!!

Against her wishes, she felt a shriek of terror escape her as she glued her unblinking eyes on the stranger's face. A loud hiss that would soon be trailed by a gentler and soft hiss. Which were no doubt curse words that no human could understand, not even Parselmouths.

She had always been the confident one. Rarely anything fazes her. She stood tall, confidence oozing out of her aura, knowing that if she were the daughter of a Greek god, she would totally be Aphrodite’s. She had faced countless ugly folks even before she was brought here. Never had she done such an unladylike expression in front of the pitifully ugly. But here she was. Shame from showing such behavior, and fright from being infected by his ugliness. Speaking of infected, the cute leaf was long gone now.

Ever since she found her owner, she had grown softer. More.. reliant. Showing ugly people whose boss was her daily routine. But it just felt almost like a waste because Hana was not here to see and control his laughter. It was a ghastly face. She didn’t see much because she was incapable of seeing in colours, but it was g h a s t l y.

And those choice of words? “ Gsdfndsfjoseunvld” How rude! Ungentlemanly like! Feeling her anger began to rise, she stopped hissing and peered closer to the unforgettably puke inducing face.

She couldn’t handle him anymore. Not his face, not his shoes, not his whole existence. As if the cute leaf meant nothing to her anymore, she turned (gracefully as always) and slithered away from the plague called … well she didn’t know his name yet, but she’ll think of a nasty nickname soon enough! Once turned, she slithered away to the one safe place where she could feel safe. Hanako Tone.

Perhaps in too much distress from the earlier encounter, or her senses have dulled from the ugliness, she was more focused on getting away than to know who might follow her. [/font]

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Shortest dreams were the best. Perhaps because the subconscious was faintly aware that this was not the time nor place, (nor plan) to fall into slumber. Therefore, creating the wackiest and often memorable dreams.

Hanako didn’t get to enjoy many of these short lived dreams. Just as he was enjoying it, a faint voice came to him, amplifying the longer he listened, as if they were coming closer.

“Not cute not cute not cute not cute not cute not cute NOT CUTEEE!!!!!”

Too shocked to say anything, Hanako jolted out of his comfortable position to sit upright with hazy eyes. The earlier book that was acting as his sunglasses earlier, was no longer on his eyes, but on his lap. It’s boring contexts spreaded open as if it wants another chance to be read. Unfortunately, Hanako wasn’t in a reading mood at the moment. God, what the hell. It sounded so close he thought his ears were going to bleed.

Dreary from his sudden wake, he groaned and rubbed his neck, assuring himself it was just a dream.

“ H A N A!”

Hana blinked open his eyes, gazing towards the small snake that now was in front on him. No facial expression, but he could tell she was upset. Possibly needing to scream over and over again just to get her human companion’s attention.

However, her anger was the last thing on his foggy mind. Instead, he pointed a weak finger at her and begun to chuckle tiredly.

“Hana? Did you say Hana?”

The chuckling was louder now, possibly borderline creepy with how Cu Sith has now retracted a few spaces away from him.

“ HAH! I knew it! I knew you knew more words than Cute and Not Cute! You did know my name! I bet you know other words too, don’t you? Gosh, what a bunch of -. All this time, it was totally on purpose wasn’t it. Ahhhh ahahah” his chuckles finally died down, but it didn’t seem he was fully awake yet.

Gently, he grabbed the book off his lap. He brought his knees to his chest and placed the boring book in the small space between him and Cu Sith, flipping to a random page before pointing out a particular line.

“ Yea, try to say this,” he said as if Cu Sith understood the alphabet. “ C’mon you can do it. I know you can. You can fool me anymore. Go on then~ It’s tiring just to hear 2 words from you all the time, you know?“ Hanako gave her a sleepy smile, which earned a scream. "How about just say my name again? Hana Hana Hana Hana. Not that hard, right?~"

The thought that Cu Sith was incapable of reading the book may have come to him eventually by now. But his only thought now was to prevent another hiss about ‘not cute’. If he needed to hear that word one more time, he was the one that was going to scream.

In a way, it was his uncreative way to piss Cu Sith off more. Revenge for waking him up. That’s all his sleepy brain has to think of right now. Piss her off piss her off piss her off. He could go back to babying and cooing her another day. Preferably when she didn't scream in his ear.

Unfortunately for him, it was the only thing he could think of. Hazy I-just-woke-up brains didn’t exactly do good when it came to surroundings. In conclusion, Hanako was extremely careless[/font]

@Akari Kato a.k.a Enzo (insert long name here)

❝ Interacting with: @Hanako Tone | Mentioning: n/a ❞

French dialog: #4d6284 | English dialog: #262d5e

the ency

[font=Monotype Corsiva]Though Enzo was seemingly quite glad about this little encounter, the same could not be said about the creature he had happened upon. What sounded like a shriek of terror came out of the snake as soon as it had become aware of his presence. Enzo’s facial expression immediately shifted from one of interest to one of surprise. He then glanced around as if he was looking for someone else to pin the snakes’ reaction on, because surely that could not be directed at him. However, much to his dismay, he found that he was very much by himself. Had he startled it? Had he accidentally hurt it? What in the world had brought about this reaction?

He knew snakes to be rather tranquil, and not easily frightened, so witnessing this sort of outburst left Enzo quite puzzled, to say the least.
He was about to mumble a small apology for the sudden disturbance, - though fully aware that his words would not be understood - but before he even got the chance to open his mouth the reptile began to hastily slither away, hissing a very unsettling sentence under its breath while doing so.

The french boy stood frozen for a moment, a big frown growing on his face as he racked his brain trying to make sure he had understood the snake correctly. What did it just say about him? If he was baffled before, it was nothing compared to how he was feeling now. He must have misheard... right? He was self-taught when it came it understanding parseltongue, and it was not like he was able to hear to it very often, so was there a chance that his brain had mixed something up? No no, of course not, how could such a thought even cross his mind. But the inkling he had to follow the snake and figure out the reason for its blatant aversion to him, only grew from there.

Snapping out of his perplexed trance, his gaze shot over to the direction the snake had escaped in, and without a second thought began to jog in an attempt to catch up to it. He turned around the corner, and the sight he was met with was by far the most amusing sight of the day. There sitting, not more than a few feet away from him, was wink boy.
Lord, why was he running into this lad so frequently? And, as the cherry on the cake, wink boy happened to be communicating with the cute snake whom he had just been following moments ago.

Enzo paused and listened to their conversation, and to the boy's great surprise he heard wink boy begin to speak up in parseltongue. His eyes widened and then moved back and forth between the two. He had no idea in the slightest that wink boy was a parselmouth.
Gosh were all the late nights he spent studying, certainly paying off now. He was not sure that he had ever seen a real parselmouth interact with a snake before, and so he was without a doubt, very intrigued. Well, that was until he remembered who he was dealing with.

Perhaps tormenting wink boy at the ball was not enough, and since the opportunity was laid out so nicely before him, how could he turn away now?
So, after he had gotten over his initial fascination, he grunted in amusement at the realization of what wink boy was actually trying to make the snake do. He swore, the absurdity of these Hogwarts students was never-ending.

"And just when I thought it was impossible for you to be any more daft... You do realize that snakes can not understand any human language, never mind read in one, right?"

Note! Hanako forgot Enzo's name So whenever he mentions someone with the name that starts with E-, it's referring to Enzo. The only thing he remembers is his name that starts with E love ya, Enzo

Also 2#Note! The dialog colour has changed. Purple is now Hanako's dialog colour, and pink is cu siths. Parseltongue will be striked through

The snake, although her agitation was apparent to him, she still loomed over the book. If she had eyebrows, it would have definitely made it more obvious. His frown slowly turned into a satisfied smile. That was certainly enough torture for the baby snake. However, the universe didn’t seem so keen on him keeping such a smile, because not long after that, another voice came into the picture, making Hanako internally grunt. He was too sleepy to fully know who was talking that he didn't bother to look at them just yet. “Oh really? Wow no that’s totally new to me, I didn’t realise at all! My god, I learned so much about the world today“. His first instinct to annoying insects was of course to be sarcastic about it.

Fortunately, his 2nd instinct was to see who the insect was, and boy what a big insect he saw indeed. “You again? ”. Hana wasn’t the only one who thought the boy’s entrance was not wanted. Cu Sith, who was right next to Hanako, decided to let out a loud screech, which Hana understood as;

“ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA “

Another word she said today that wasn’t ‘not cute’ or ‘cute’. Today was quite a historical day, wasn’t it? Why didn’t the tents eat him as well? Seeing the snarky boy under the better lighting than the last time they met, Hana’s innate urge to punch him grew. It was good that he was too tired to do so. Speaking of tired, how long had Emma been standing there again?

At the sudden thought, Hanako’s face showed a glimpse of shock. How long had he been standing there? Did he hear him talk in Parseltongue? Didn’t he mention Cu Sith understanding human language? But that was something anyone could figure out if they saw how Hana acted around his snake right? But then - wait-so-. Hanako exe stopped working.

There was a huge possibility he saw Hanako speaking parseltongue, and there was another huge possibility that he understood what he said, which means he may be a Parselmout himself, which means- EW WHY. Come on! As if he needed something in common with Emma-Everet, Ezzie, or whoever his name was. Horrifically, Parselmouths tended to have a bond of some sort. The only bond Hana would allow happen between him and the French boy was their equal urge to hex each other. Especially after the stunt, he pulled at the ball.

Thinking acting dumb was the best course of action as of now, Hanako proceeded to pretend like he wasn’t caught red-handed. Who knows, he could have just been really good at reading body language. In addition to that, Enzo didn’t go to Hogwarts. How would he know if Hana was open about his Parselmouth ability or not? So there was no time to panic. Yet.

“God, you’re really intent on being a torn at my side, do you? Messing up my date wasn’t enough and now you’re messing up my nap? Don’t you have like…. A French school to go back to or something?“ Hanako repositioned his seat. His back was now leaning against the trunk behind him, though he made no intention to stand up yet.

The best part about this encounter was that Alec was not here. Hanako didn’t have to keep quiet and rethink his words, fearful of ruining his date. And by the way, Erica seemed annoyed(or amused really it was hard to tell) with Hanako’s sudden quietness during the ball, perhaps they could both have fun with this…fateful meeting. “Careful there, any more fateful encounters like this and I might think you’re stalking me. I get how charming I can be, but if you wanted to go on a date with me, you could just say so, you know? Instead of scaring my snake and all, but at the very least you managed to get my attention. Congrats Ezelia~ You may state your reasons as to why you’re madly in love with me before I brutally reject you”. Oh gosh, he must’ve been tired because he was not holding back. All the little snarkiness he had kept in during the ball suddenly emerged, a tired but sly smile showed his amusement.

“Was our little banter during chess combat that enchanting for you? Or perhaps it's not me you’re interested in, but my previous date, Alec? You remember Alec right? You had a wonderful conversation with him during the ball before the tents started eating people up. He is quite a cutie, I admit. I usually don’t like sharing, but if it gets you off my back, I’ll be happy to arrange a date for you~. Gosh by the way how.are.your.shoes~?” He questioned innocently, hoping he’d be annoyed enough to leave. Problem solved!

To be fair, the two had never properly interacted before. The Chess Combats were minor, with them just throwing flirty banter back and forth. Typical duels for Hanako Tone. But their encounter at the fall ball had made Eliza a rather popular name on Hanako’s blacklist. He understood that compared to getting the whole tent down, Ellie’s little stunt wasn’t the prime reason the date didn’t end as nicely as it should. But when had Hana been forgiving? And the fact that he was unable to say anything back then? The anger. The pain.

Hopefully, all this other stuff would distract Eyze from whatever the heck he might have heard a few minutes ago.

@Alec Mason slightly mentioned
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@Akari Kato as Enzo

❝ Interacting with: @Hanako Tone | Mentioning: Briefly Alec Mason ❞

French dialog: #4d6284 | English dialog: #262d5e

the ency

[font=Monotype Corsiva] "Me again" The French boy responded smugly with a nod, resisting with all his might to take a grand bow. Now this was the wink boy who he had expected to be met with at the ball. He had started to think that the snarky comments and attitude from the duelling combat were all a farce, a show, a meek attempt at pretending to be confident, while inwardly being nothing more than a terrified little coward. So, nothing was more entertaining than to see that same temper come back at full force.

Though the conversation seemed to be quickly moving away from the fact he had just seen this idiotic boy try to teach his snake to read - and did so while speaking in parseltongue -, it had not yet left Enzo’s mind. In truth, Enzo was still quite curious about what he had seen, but far be it from him to swallow his pride and ask what he really wanted to know.

An obvious scowl made its way back to his face as an attempt was then made to shoo him away.

“Why do you care? Are you going to miss me?” Enzo replied bluntly and without any hesitation to the snide remark following the inquiry of why he had been so intent on messing so much up for poor wink boy.
As the boy brought up their more than lovely interaction at the ball, Enzo began to slowly put two and two together and understand why the chap had been so quiet during their interaction at the ball, why he had been so eager on not causing a scene. It was all for that creepy date of his. What a laugh, Enzo would not have ever guessed that wink boy would be the type to hide his true self all for a silly little date. It was why that thought had never crossed his mind in the first place.
Perhaps if wink boy wasn’t trying his hardest to make up for his lack of conversing during the ball, Enzo would have actually called him out for that, but before he got the chance, the lad had the nerve to say, that he, Enzo was in love him. Without a second thought, Enzo replied.

“Well crap, I guess you’ve seen right through me… Oh mon cher my dear, ever since I met you over the summer I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you. I counted the minutes down until we’d meet again so I could profess my eternal undying love for you”
The French boy paused for a moment, waiting for this sarcastic masterpiece to take effect, before a small smirk crept upon his lips.
“How was that? Was it convincing enough?” Gosh he deserved a round of applause for such a seemingly moving and heartfelt confession. With a talent like this, he should be one of those world-famous muggle actors.

“Me? Interested in that creep? Are you mad?” Enzo jeered at the thought. How dare he even suggest that Enzo felt something more towards the cackling creep than absolute animosity. That creep Alec, or whatever, was definitely at the top of Enzo's list for the most infuriating Hogwarts student he had come across thus far, so putting him and a word like "cutie" in the same sentence baffled Enzo like never before.

Purposely choosing to ignore the comment about his shoes for he was not going to be provoked by such pettiness, Enzo's curiosity - which was better known as his boredom towards the current conversation about the crazy weirdo - began to claw its way through once more, and his gaze slowly travelled back towards wink boy's snake. As much as he was trying to ignore it, he could not help but have a slight bit of envy creep into him.

Quickly shoving his envious thoughts to the side, Enzo had a sudden change of heart and though he tried to move on, he still wanted to ask about what he had seen only moments prior. He did not want to give wink boy the satisfaction of knowing he was genuinely interested in something about him, but apparently, when it came to speaking parseltongue, he was unable to hold back. As soon as the words left his mouth he already began to regret them, but there was no taking them back now.

"I have a question before you continue to berate me with whatever nonsense you no doubt will conjure up... Are you actually, a real Parselmouth?"

“Why do you care? Are you going to miss me?” Hanako let out a scoof.

“ Me? Miss, you. The person that made my date upset. Yes, of course I do~. I miss you just as much as I missed the cats that belong to my insufferable dormmates”. He ended the sentence lightheartedly with a gentle smile. Comparing this brat to cats? Some may not understand just how big of a deal that is.

Hanako should have been a bit harsher with his words. Add an extra level of mockery, a tinge of inflated ego, and so on so forth. Because his concrete plan on scaring Erin away had backfired. Majorly.

“Well crap, I guess you’ve seen right through me… Oh mon cher , ever since I met you over the summer I haven’t been able to stop thinking about you. I counted the minutes down until we’d meet again so I could profess my eternal undying love for you”

The boy was too stunned to speak.

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CRAP SONNANA- Hanako instantly looked away angrily, yet he was well aware that his face was certainly far from cool. He must be delusional. He h a d to be delusional. It was the mon cher thing, with the french accent. It was the imaginary flowers he hallucinated that appeared around the snob in front of him. It was the weather! His head raced with questions as to how he could fall for such a cheap trick. Which- fyi- HE DID TOO? But why was Erin the one who actually made it work? (because Tatsu ships Hanako x Enzo)

Gosh, this was crazy. If he didn’t have so much pride, he would’ve loved to run away from this horrid scene. Drink a forgetfulness potion so that he may live another day after this, despite knowing he- out of all the people- fell into this sort of trap. It was embarrassing beyond measure. Pretend he’s not there pretend he’s not there pretend he’s not there-

“How was that? Was it convincing enough?”

Drat, he was still there. Understanding that he might as well accept this difficult situation, Hanako’s eyes travelled back to Erin’s cocky face almost shyly. He wasn’t as red as he was before, but he pretended it was not there and showed Erin a tight smile. “ …So… not only you’re a slippery slug, but you’re also slick with words huh? Charming someone who just woke up? You’re being too cruel to my heart. I literally am incapable of making rational decisions, and me falling for your act is an example.” Yea, that’s right- blame it on the sleepiness. Hanako may not be able to hide his earlier surprise nor his heart that lowkey skipped a beat, but he’ll be damned if it showed that he actually liked it.

“Me? Interested in that creep? Are you mad?”

On the contrary to the idea of dating Hanako, dating Alec seemed like a joke the boy was not able to take. Hana observed his bitter reaction with a curious smile on his face. This was certainly interesting. It was usually Hanako that was the topic of hatred in conversations. But it was true that Alec and Erin had a much more unpleasant time with one another than Hanako with Erin. They had literally mocked each other in different ways that definitely couldn’t be seen as a mere joke. Unlike Hanako and Erin, where most of their banters were - as much annoying Erin is-were lighthearted. But that was the thing- they were both annoying.

So you put two and two together and you have 2 annoying kids having the same sense of humour. Of course, Hanako still wanted to strangle Erin. Multiple occasions. Including his little stunt earlier. Just because they had the same sense of humor, they was f a r from friends.

"I have a question before you continue to berate me with whatever nonsense you no doubt will conjure up... Are you actually, a real Parselmouth?"

And this was when the conversation took a serious tone, as seen on Hanako’s sceptical face. He was silent for a few long seconds, debating on his options before showing a grin and saying; “ Hah- so you did hear me earlier. Why ask? Interested in joining the league of dark wizards? Ahhh if not, then are you going to report me~? Come on, out with it. I don’t favor guessing games, Emmet “

Hanako moved on and got up on his two feet, crossing his arms defensively but loosely, his lazy smile not disappearing. It may be unnoticeable, but Erin could notice Hanako stood on firm ground right in front of his snake, who seemingly got the message and slithered behind the back of his shoe like she was hiding.

Hanako was usually careful with his Parselmouth heritage. Because when someone untrusted comes up to you and asks if you are a Parselmouth, all sorts of questions run through your head.

Are you a parselmouth too?
Are you interested in suspicious activities?
Are you a threat?
Are you going to hurt me?

These were the kind of things that Hanako had been forced to question every time anyone found out about his ability. With the marvellous reputation Parselmouths have, it will always be difficult to feel safe. And right now, the banter buddy in front of him did not make Hana feel safe. Light bantered be damned. Hanako would not stand if Cu Sith got hurt.

If she was not here, perhaps he would implore the boy’s curiosity. But that was not the case. Added with the fact that Hana is having a minor headache right now, he was not in the mood to play around about this particular topic.

And yet he refrained himself from digging into his pocket to pull out his wand. Hey, he just woke up, he couldn’t be trusted. The way Erin worded his question was too vague to decipher any of his real intentions. Therefore, Hana’s earlier words were another way to question it. Was he one of the fools that couldn’t tell the difference between a dark lord and a Parselmouth? Only one way to find out. Wait for an answer.

And hey, if Erin didn’t give a satisfying answer, Hanako could always test out his accuracy. In which he is confident that it has improved since their last duel. One missing kid wouldn’t alert the whole Beauxbaton school, would it?

@Akari Kato as Enzo