TABLE 13 | Sweethearts Tea Party V-Day Event

“blabbermouth.” Alec muttered under his breath as Jack attempted to push Alec into the messy mix that was a professor handing out detentions like candy. Alec's request only felt more and more justified every second Alec spent at this table. What a gnome! Like the gnome Jack was they needed to weed him out. Alec didn't understand why they weren't putting kicking Jack from the table to a vote. Alec knew what the majority would have voted for. Alec would roll his eyes as he heard tired kid with a snarky reply to Alec offering flowers to the snake. Alec remembered why he disliked this first year at the start of arrival and all sympathy towards the situation tired kid had been in vanished, Alec was fine with ignoring his existence. Then the jack kid had the nerve to talk to Alec, not too long after throwing Alec to be feasted on by dragons. Alec, being the semi-okay person he was decided this time he would have the decency to reply.

“If I were I wouldn't tell you. At least I'm not the one trying to romance a first-year.” Alec didn't feel like talking about the pressing set of circumstances he was under. He found it more important to focus on Jack's thing. Alec paused as if he was deep in thought, followed by his eyes narrowing at Jack trying to pretend this was the sort of normal conversation you have, even with the whole teapot debacle going on, how was Jack not focusing on that. “...Two first year's.” Two. Jack was fast, trying to put the moves on two people already. With how fast he was getting around they would need a scoreboard to keep count. First the table, then the ballroom, watch out first year's here comes Jack Burnett.

“Speaking of, how is that working out for you?” Alec's eyes would move from Jack to tired kid, then Juniper. Yeah, Alec was decidedly ignoring everything else going on. Alec was relieved he wouldn't have to fill in the blanks this time around. The first-year's were oh so obvious about their opposition too Jack. Although Jack was a hopeless case who didn't deserve Alec rubbing the situation in with his unbridled anger issues and passive aggressive words. Someone had to be the scapegoat, Alec could live with himself if it was Jack. Alec would stop, for now. He had more pressing matters then pretending he knew how to be mean.

Hanako's warnings fell on deaf ears. As by the time he'd spoken, Alec's attention was back on the snake and nothing else.

Cu sith hissed at the flowers, and turned back to look at him, he expected her to hiss again, this time at him. Suddenly Alec didn't feel comfortable with holding her _{or any other snake ever again.} He would have put her down, he would have ended the problem in an instant. Then he felt the way his muscles tightened, his body freezing up again, and feeling of being light-headed hitting him with full force. Alec's face paled. He was unable to recognize the fact that anybody else was paying attention to this spectacle. Focusing on voices was hard and suddenly all the chatter in the ballroom seemed to mix together into one overwhelming mess. Alec was dazed, and the only thing he could pay attention too was Cu Sith moving about wildly in his arms(as wildly as a snake could).

He'd upset her and all because he didn't let her go... He knew why hadn't let her go, the reasons all seemed weak now. Who cared? It was Juniper's fault if she was scared of snakes.... This was his fault. He shouldn't have picked her up in the first place. He should have never touched her, he should have disregarded both the encouragement and almost mocking that had him do it in the first place. Of course he'd wanted to do it but he had boundaries very strict lines on why he's not supposed to ever touch animals for a reason. Bad things happen. Apparently they are not always immediate and it's a clever trick. It still applies there are never any exceptions the bad things always happen eventually.

Hana. What about Hana? Hanako had to be mad at Alec. Especially to begin with because Alec had picked up Cu Sith without asking. Or Alec not listening to his first suggestions. Maybe he didn't say anything like the same way he acted when he was hurt, acting fine, even though it wasn't. What if something bad could have happened? Worse than this. What if he let Cu Sith going and when Juni was trying to run away Cu Sith got hurt. Alec had responsibility, he knew he shouldn't ever ever ever ever ever be touching animals and he did it anyway and then did it this time without asking. Alec was worse then Jack, this was worse than a creepy out of the blue a stranger kissing you sort of ordeal.

Cu Sith needed to stop, he had plans to put her down, she was making this harder for Alec to do. He couldn't-

he couldn't-

he-

Alec needed to leave.
He needed to leave now.

The realization knocked enough sense in him to get him to move. His eyes would bounce around the table quickly, his eyes settled on Hana. Alec caught Hanako at the end of mouthing something. He was mad, confirmed. People don't just mouth things to others unless their mad. You can say rude things and nobody would notice the difference because they can't hear you.

Leaving, Alec needed to go. He knelt down, and set Cu Sith and the flowers gently on the ground, taking a few steps away from the snake as he stood up. Alec's left hand was gripping his wand tightly, his eyes would search only for a moment to make sure he wasn't forgetting anything. Once done, Alec took a shallow breath in and out, and darting towards the exit. With luck Alec would make it out the door without any issues, though he wasn't afraid to pummel someone to get his way through.

@Hanako Tone@Juniper Kelly@Jack Burnett@Draven Mirador
Alec is exiting the thread, unless physically prevented(he's determined to leave, it would not be worth the time or effort to stop him)

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To fit into the timing properly, it should be assumed that by the time Draven got back from teapot business, Alec was on his way out.

Mainly because I am a tired writer who doesn't want to try to imagine Alec's reaction to such a thing. Owl or dm me if I need to edit my post for any reasons, I did only skim Draven's post and I might have missed something in trying to get out my post before more people post.

Outfit: The remains of a burnt Slytherin vest over a burnt (no-longer-white), button-up shirt, black slacks, and black loafers. (And a green jacket given to him by Hanako.)

Juniper was arguing with Orion that the way he was giving detentions wasn't fair. "Yeah!" Jack chimed in. "The person who should be punished is - wait, me?" He turned back to look at Juniper with an expression liked a kicked puppy. "Didn't I apologize, though?"

Apparently Juniper thought his apology sounded sarcastic and not genuine at all, but Jack looked hurt by the mere insinuation. "I did mean it, though," he assured her. "I don't lie. I really did think he was cute. Not as cute as you, though, of course! But I meant what I said."

He was delighted to recieve a pat on the head, enjoying her touch when he noticed Hanako with the teapot. That was when he tried to wrestle the teapot away from Hanako to get the rose back. As he tried to do so, Juniper told him it was fine because she 'didn't want the stupid flower anyway' and that she was allergic to it. Why she was allergic to the flower and not the hundreds of rose petal all around was not something Jack asked himself. He was too busy getting yet another cupcake to the face - this time thanks to Hanako.

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Suddenly - could this be possible? - Jack found himself even more obsessed with Juniper than ever before. The amortentia in the second cupcake renewed his adoration as she proceeded to yell at him about kissing Draven without consent. He sighed at the way she yelled, throughly enraptured by it, and utterly gave up his attempt to wrestle the teapot away from Hanako.

"I don't know," he answered Juniper. "I guess we'll never find out if the professor would react the same way since Mister Mirador didn't seem to want him to know. But whatever the reason, we should probably respect his wishes, don't you agree?" He chuckled softly.

He ignored the box of cupcakes Hanako passed him and frowned when Hanako smiled at him, giving him a suspicious look. Was he trying to get Juniper to like him more than she liked Jack? Wait, no - he was telling Juniper to go off with Jack into a sunset! How...considerate of him. Too bad Juniper seemed to think Hanako was talking about Draven instead.

"I think when Tone said 'your boyfriend', he was referring to me, not Mister Mirador."

When Alec mentioned Jack romancing a first year - two first years - the color rose in Jack's cheeks. "Romancing? What are you talking about?" he asked, glancing about nervously. Merlin's beard, was it really that obvious?

Before he could worry any more about that, though, Draven distracted him by telling Juniper right then and there that he was going to ask her to be his girlfriend before offering her a beautiful box with her name on it. Jack's jaw dropped.

No, wait, he could fix this. The box was wood. Wood burned. Right? And why shouldn't he fight fire with fire after what had been done to him?

@Juniper Kelly, @Draven Mirador, @Alec Mason, & @Hanako Tone

*Changing dialog colour to not be confused with Junipers. Old -> New. Which makes Cu Sith have this color as a dialog.

Also,* oPS, I got very confused about the timeline of the dialogs, so I wil do my best but if there is any problems or weird timing, please do send me a dm about it or pretend you not see

"draven, are you... good? Detention isn't that bad. I've had it at muggle school WAY too many times. You'll get used to it. I like to think that the more detentions you have, the more you know you're living your life right. "

“More than once?” Hanako asked, clearly impressed by her achievement. “ Good for you~.I hope they’re much more fun than my reason for getting them. I didn’t even do anything, boohoo”. He couldn’t help but feel envious that the girl definitely had gotten into trouble for more fun reasons. Anything had to be better than hiding a valentines note in a teapot out of desperation.

Not everyone could appreciate the fun that came with detention, but it seemed like it wouldn’t bother Draven so much. Who just needed to sit down and grab a cupcake. No better way to come to terms with receiving detention, yes. “ Oh you’ll love it~” Hanako attempted to assure him sweetly. “ We could even make it worse for Burnett with a little bit of teamwork, you know~”.

"Romancing? What are you talking about?" Hanako noticed Jack’s face when he said this. It was like watching something that wasn’t supposed to be there. Flustered…Burnett?

“.....are you…drunk or something?” the short boy asked with a raised eyebrow.” I’d understand if you took an interest in someone. But I would expect more… uh..” Smart about it? More Tsundere-like? He didn’t know. Possibly something smarter than showing the whole world how infatuated you are with someone. Didn’t Jack have pride and a reputation to protect? Did Hanako miss some sort of character development that changed his whole personality? He had been weird since Hana arrived after all.

"Roommate?" Draven laughed mournfully. "My condolences."

Hanako seemed a bit taken aback by his words for a split second.“ Wow- it's been a while since I heard that. I appreciate my daily suffering to be acknowledged, thank you” he said before showing a mischievous grin. “Bbbbbuuut I wouldn’t share my condolences just yet if I were you. Birds of a feather flock together. You should probably be suspicious as to why I still choose to join the same dorm as he is for 3 years straight~.” It was true that despite suffering under the Severus Snape dorm, not once had Hanako thought of leaving. It was a place that attracted…eccentric students. The oddity and unpredictability of it were just too good to leave behind, he supposed. @Draven Mirador

It was then that Draven noticed Hana’s teapot. Eager not to get in another strength battle, Hanako hugged the teapot closer to him. The only time he relaxed was when Draven said he’d get another one from another table. Which is- wow. This kid wasn’t half bad! Hana was rather upset at him for being one of the sole causes of Hana’s pathetic detention. But perhaps he had a lot of smarts, you know? Knowing not to mess with a man’s teapot. That action deserved a genuine grateful nod from Hanako Tone. The rarity!

Then the midget shared something interesting that caught Hana’s attention. "i wonder if the professor would react the same way if someone tried to kiss HIM with NO CONSENT, MR. BURNETT.”

“Kiss?” Hanako uttered confusingly before glancing back at Burnett. He wouldn’t really call Jack a lover of kisses. Or.. affection in any way. If showing interest in the 1st year wasn’t weird enough, his attempt at a kiss definitely solidified Hana’s suspicion. He was drunk. For sure. That all explained it.

"A unicorn? What am I, 6? Draven. How about you do whatever he says before his strange crazy snake has a heart attack all over you. Does that sound good?" her answer made Hanako chuckle slightly. Another piped in and attempted to correct her by saying it was him that was the boyfriend and not Draven. To which Hana ignored because that's the best thing to do, yeah.

“Ohhh I doooooo love a good enemies to a lover's situation. I approve of this new mix. How about it, Draven? Start your romantic arc with Jack, right now?”he glanced towards the two boys before turning back his attention to the girl in a rather haughty tone. “ And excuse me, crazy snake? She’s merely practising for opera, I doubt you would understand the cultural significance hissing opera has. You're just saltu because shes's better at hissing than you. “. He was joking, of course. But he wasn’t going to let a comment about his snake being crazy go just like that. @Juniper Kelly

Juniper mentioned her name and that she had Draven were besties- kinda-besties? Whatever. Hanako was too busy creating horrible nicknames that he could plaster on the two. Because of Draven’s earlier condolences, he was feeling merciful about the nicknames. He could think of something that starts with J and D. Eventually.

And then a real-life confession happened, which Hanako definitely was not prepared to see. It shocked him so much that he turned to Alec to give him a look like ‘ HAH- get a load of these lovebirds’, until he realized Alec- was gone. And so was his snake. @Alec Mason

His breath hitched. He looked down the table, letting out a sigh of relief seeing Cu Sith meditating.

“Cuuuuuuuttteeee”

She’ll be fine. But now Alec was gone. This shouldn’t have come as a surprise for Hana. He was mad after all. Hana even asked him if he needed help. The last thing you want is someone who lied to you about knowing their own boyfriend to tell you what to do. He must’ve realized Cu Sith was precious to Hana, and therefore just left her like that. No one could actually handle her meltdowns except Hana. But being the coward he is, he left Alec to deal with her. Knowing this, Hanako asked himself ‘why the hell did I even let him get near Cu Sith’. Mason's interest in snakes didn’t mean he wouldn't remember what Hana did to them. Mason- not Alec. Because they were basically strangers now, weren't they?

Hanako had to tear himself away from Mason’s empty table. Nope. He’d rather see 2 kids get all mushy mushy together than deal with this growing urge to run after Ale-Mason. “ Well, cheers to you two lovebirdsss~” he congratulated, rudely snatching one of Juniper's batch of cupcakes without guilt. “ How adooorabllee. You two, carry on then~. I’ll just enjoy the show thanks”. By show, he meant how Jack would react to the scene. Jealousy often produced the best drama after all. [Permission to swipe one of Juniper's cupcakes is granted by ooc Juniper

As Hana chewed happily into his cupcake, it was only then he noticed how…angry Jack looked. His jaw dropped and his gaze was intense. Much like Hanako back in 1st year. Hanako could vaguely recall he had the same exact face when he was under Amortentia thanks to that infuriating Burnett. He pretended it never happened, but he could still taste the unhealthy obsession that gnawed on his mind, provoking him to do such embarrassing things. Ha, wouldn’t it be funny if Jack-

And then a horrible thought crossed Hanako’s mind.

The first thing he did of course was to throw the possible cursed cupcake in his hand as far away as he could. [not sure if this needs to be modded, but if not someone else from a different table near table 13 can claim the cupcake landed on their head? If not it should fly away and drop somewhere no one can see it. Rip cupcake]


Right before Hanako joined, Jack had cupcake remnants near his mouth. And after Hana shoved another one, Jack’s behavior just got- weirder. The cupcakes couldn’t have a correlation right? He attempted to assure himself but his heart raced with fear. He began muttering a few words under his breath to which other residents of Table 13 can give him a weird look, but it wouldn’t matter to Hanako.

Memories of his time under amortentia which events he barely recovered from came back to haunt him. Out of panic, he closed his eyes with both hands. ‘Cant fall in love if I don’t see anyone’ his logic said.

“uh uh no nonono im not going through that hell again no..please I -”like a flip of a switch, Hanako’s panic disappeared and he looked up from his hands to the first thing he sees.

And the first thing he sees is....

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AGAIN?

“I~.. “ he looked at Jack up and down with a satisfying grin. “I think...Jackiekins has definitely improved in the looks department since the past years~” Puurrrrrr. Hanako liked what he was seeing.

What was Cu Sith thinking? This hunky red hair in front of him certainly did not deserve to burn in fire. “ My .. is it hot in here, or is it just you~. Fits with your last name is Burnett, doesn't it? Cause my heart is certainly burning for you~.” @Jack Burnett

From his seat, Hanako leaned back, his gaze never taken off the poor boy. Who knew his angry face could be so…endearing. The only thing that was ruining this moment was that Burnett’s gaze was not on Hana. Instead, it was on that stupid box Draven was holding. Tsk. What was so good about some old box? What right did it have to steal Jackiekin’s attention from Hana. No one takes what’s his.

“Dont stare at that dumb box so much, Jackiekins~” he attempted to say sweetly. “I’ll get jealous anddddddd you know what happens when I get jealous, do you~?”. Surely, Jack remembered the time Hana was more rational and clear about his love for him. Hanako doesn’t mind reminding him if he needs to.

Hanako stared at the two 1st years with an annoyed stare. “ Hey, I know we’re besties or whatever. But I would appreciate if you didn’t take away my valentines attention, thanks?” he snapped coldly, particularly to Juniper with special emphasis on 'my valentine'. Sure, she was cute. But not as cute as Hanako. Sure enough, Jack would see that. He just needs to get these two away from his man.

Things were definitely more dramatic when jealousy was invovled. A bit too much and it could get ugly.

She was. Meditating.

Playing dead as a hognose snake, Cu Sith laid down on the floor with a heavy heart. She felt her insides so broken since Alec left her here. Her.

How could she be left behind? Was she not enough cute for him? Sure, she gets cranky, but she didn’t want him to leave. Or did she? The dark silence engulfed the snake as memories of her meeting with Alec came back to her. Why must she suffer like this? He was certainly not one of the cutest, but she thought she was adept at discerning what made someone special. Alec, by all means, was certainly a special person.

And now he was the special person that broke her heart. She would continue to ‘meditate’ as Hana taught her so she does not go crazy and start biting people. She made a lot of thinking with her little head while she meditated. All about Alec and all which made her cry more.

Worst birthday ever.

It wasn’t until she felt a light tough on her nose that she came back to reality and seized her crying just a bit.

"You're very cute "

“Uwurdsfdf cute?” they said?

Cute. That’s right, she was still cute. Even with her broken heart, she was the most adorable creature on the planet. Sure, she may have been wrong about Alec, but that didn’t mean her cutie sniffing skills were not up to par. Just look at that cutie [Draven] who comforted her. Bless him. No wonder why he was such a cutie.

Cu Sith sighed. “ cuuuuutueeeee” and carried on with playing dead, just to relax from her previous meltdown. The only difference is that she stopped crying. Thanks to the brave cutie that approved a snake that was playing dead on the floor. Best cutie ever.

[Cu Sith will continue to play dead under the table and safe from whatever harm that may be going on outside the safety of under the table until further notice]

Hana's Action:
-threw a cupcake god away to knows where it can be anywhere, but just away from him
-chewed on cupcake. Object of affection; Jackiekins Burnett.
-revisiting old 1st year memories. How nostalgic.

Snake's Actions:
-meditating/playing dead under the table.
-thinking of Cutie Draven

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MOD POST

@Jack Burnett | @Hanako Tone
@Juniper Kelly | @Draven Mirador

"Anonymous would like to dedicate the song, Single Ladies, to Hanako Tone! He's single, ladies and gents! So if your heart belongs to him, don't forget to tell him as much!"

LOVELY CUPCAKES

Hanako couldn't resist biting into a cupcake. They were such nice smelling cupcakes after all, perhaps reminding him of his favourite thing. Goodness, was it getting warm it here? It seemed the next person she saw would be the object of her obsession, all he would be able to do is uwu at his special someone.

On the other hand, Jack would feel the effects of the Amortentia start to wear off... Would he find Juniper just as charming without the potion's help?

ROLLS

HANOCATS VS. JACK ET FOR THE TEAPOT

The two noodle armed teens would try to wrestle for the teapot, but as Jack was over come with Juniper's erm... Beauty, he released the teapot and allowed Hana to know what victory felt like, perhaps for first and only time in his life.

PLEASE NOTE: This will be the last mod post as our next in-character event, the Blossom Ball, will be starting within the next few weeks. You may continue to roleplay and feel free to state that your character ate a cupcake and ended up under the effects of Amortentia but we ask that the effects stay strictly within this event. This means you cannot claim your character stole Amortentia laced cupcakes from this event.

However, Orion will be keep an eye on the threads, and there is still a table full of teachers, so please try not to do anything he wouldn't do!

Thank you, and we hope you all enjoyed yourselves!

"I was..."
Juniper adverted her gaze to Draven, ignoring everything else. Was he going to say what she thought he would? Draven paused after that, and Juni looked at him with wide eyes. What was making Draven so nervous? Juniper said the stupidest things all the time, and Draven was getting nervous to say what? What was it? "What? You were... w-" She watched him reach into his pocket and pull something out. Her words were lost as she gazed at the small wooden box in his hand. Her heart seized in her chest and she had to wonder... was this real? From when she was just 7, she had promised that she wouldn't let boys push her around. She was born to be independent, a feminist who believed that boys were nothing but trouble for girls. Of course... that all had changed when she met Draven Mirador. She wasn't supposed to fall for a boy like that, that wasn't part of her plan. And definitely not that soon. She had been doomed the moment she saw him in the library. He was almost everything she wasn't, but yet...

And now, he was asking for her to be his girlfriend. She wanted this to happen, she was praying it would happen. And now it was. She slowly raised her hands to her mouth and then quickly dropped them. Draven spoke quietly but his words were crystal clear. "I- " She swallowed the lump in her throat. Great. She was getting a little emotional over a boy. Who she REALLY REALLY REALLY liked.

"Yes! I would- yes! Thank you- I wanted- I hoped- I" She sputtered and stopped for a moment. "I'm really glad you asked because I would really like that." She inspected the wooden box and took in the detail, the work that Draven had put into it. "And this is really beautiful. You seriously didn't need to do that- " She swallowed as she opened the box and looked at the broom compass. "What? Draven- thank you!" She set the compass back in the box and turned quickly, bear-hugging Draven.

Outfit: The remains of a burnt Slytherin vest over a burnt (no-longer-white), button-up shirt, black slacks, and black loafers. (And a green jacket given to him by Hanako.)

When Jack heard Hanako mention him in talking to Draven and how they could make detention worse for him, the redhead rolled his eyes. "I'd love to see you try, Tone," he shot back challengingly.

But then Hanako asked if he was drunk. Jack flushed deeper. "What?! No! What could I be drunk on, anyway? Tea?" He glared at his dormmate. "Who said I took an interest in anyone?"

At hearing Draven's condolences to Hanako, Jack snorted. "Tone is no piece of cake to get along with either, you know," he informed Draven. "Listen, he's even admitting it!" Then he paused. "Wait, why do you still choose to stay in the same dorm as I am?" Jack demanded from Hanako.

Not long after, Hanako heard from Juniper about the kiss, leaving Jack turning even more red than before. "I-it was an accident! Besides, he was the one who kissed me!" he insisted to Hanako.

Hanako, however, didn't seem to care. He was already telling Draven to 'start his romantic arc with Jack' to which Jack made a face. This was turning out to be a huge, misunderstood mess. He put his heated face in his hands, barely registering as Hanako told Juniper that his snake was...'practicing for the opera'.

Just as Jack was contemplating setting Draven's box on fire, his own feelings for Juniper gradually began to fade. He blinked before realizing, slowly, that the effects of the amortentia must have been wearing off. Thank Merlin!

He was about to turn to Hanako to tell him about the cupcakes when he saw the Japanese boy snatch up one of the baked goods. He opened his mouth to warn him, but it was too late. Hanako had already bitten into the cupcake. Jack stared at Hanako, stunned. He couldn't think quickly enough to look away. Oh no, was all he could think. Not again!!

Hanako tossed the cupcake wisely away, giving Jack some hope that maybe the other boy had discovered sooner rather than later that the desserts were contaminated. "T-Tone...?" he asked cautiously when the noiret began muttering words under his breath. "...Are you feeling alright...?" But Hanako was already covering his eyes with both hands. Only to look up from them a few seconds later. Jack froze.

The grin on Hanako's face was wholely unsettling. "'Jackiekins'?!" he repeated with distaste. Yup, Hanako had defintely been affected by the cupcake. "N-now, now, Tone, you're not acting like yourself - " He began to back away warily, his face as ruddy as a tomato. "What are you even saying?!"

He wished he could dump tea or something on Hanako to get him to come to his senses, but he didn't know if it would be too hot and he didn't want to actually injure his dormmate. Maybe he could...play along? Just for a short time? Hanako had only taken one bite of the cupcake after all and it hadn't seemed to affect Jack for too long.

"Um...yeah, no need to get jealous, Tone," Jack tried to coax a little warily. He tried offering the obsessive Slytherin a small smile. "Uh...why don't we get out of here? Just the two of us?" It would be better to isolate the infected Hanako than allow him to make fools of them both in front of the entire ballroom of people. "Er...unless you want to bring your snake, too. If she's getting tired of being here, maybe we should bring her back to the dorm." His gaze flickered to the snake appearing to play dead on the ground. He hoped it wasn't really dead.

They needed to get out of here. Jack had had just about enough of Draven's and Juniper's gross happiness and confessions for one another, anyway. Otherwise he thought he was going to be sick.

@Juniper Kelly, @Draven Mirador, & @Hanako Tone

*Changing dialog colour to not be confused with Junipers. Old -> New. Which makes Cu Sith have this color as a dialog.

Why would he celebrate the wondrous joys of new love when he himself was having a bit of trouble with his own love life. He thought since Juniper and Draven were his new playthi- friends, it would be easy to be happy for them. But no. It’s like something blocked him from thinking of anything but a certain fine-looking red-haired boy. Why he used to favor blondes was beyond him. At the very least, he could clad slowly for Juniper's reciprocation towards this confession. @Draven Mirador

Since she was so into Draven, Hana wouldn’t have to worry about her stealing what’s his. He couldn’t be happier being the best available option for Jack. He shied away from the two newly found couples due to that unsettling hug Draven received as if on instinct until he realized wait- he would love to hug Jack like that. @Juniper Kelly

“Oh, joy to the new couple,” he said emptily with the most bored expression he had. Love was vexing and made his stomach churn. Why was Jack an exception? Another glance towards his beloved had reminded him why. Ah, yes. Those wonderful hazel eyes that Hana would stare at all day if he could. His bored expression immediately was replaced with joy as Jack turned his attention toward him. Finally! Get yourself a man as understanding as Jack. Immediately dropping a newly taken lady to focus in attention on the next best thing. A weird sense of understanding, but attractive nonetheless.

“Oh no, you’re mistaken, Jackiekins. I’ve never felt better! It feels so nice to say such.. Honest things” he said like a child expecting praise for... not lying. “ I understand why I hid a lot of my feelings before, but it doesn’t seem to matter so much right now!”@Jack Burnett

If he truly would die once he had reached maximum happiness, he would like it to be now. Where Jack -being the cute gentlemen he is- offered to take Hana to his dorm. Nono, not his dorm. Their dorm. “ Our dorm…” Hana gushed shyly, successfully hallucinating Jack saying ‘our’ dorm instead of ‘the’ dorm. And the emphasis on going into a secluded area with just the two of them? How scandalous! The kind Hana has definitely hoped for now more than ever. Hopefully, his lips weren’t so chapped, but that's something to find out later. Romance with mischievous folks is so fun.

“ Good idea, Jackiekins. I’m sure you can show me a good time anywhere~” He wouldn't mind cuddles either, but knowing how shy Jackiekins is, it was best to not mention any suggestions until they were truly alone. His face momentarily darkened when Cu Sith was mentioned. She was…a beloved pet. But Jack should really stop mentioning anyone but Hana. “She’ll find her own way back. She’s smart” he informed, wanting to stop talking about the snake.

“Oh, wait before we leave-” Hanako opened the tea pot, grabbed the nearest napkin and wrapped the stem of the drenched rose before pulling it out of the pot. Tea drenched rose in hand, he settled the teapot down and walked towards Jack with a sweet smile. “ Here! It’s pretty late, but I wanted you to know my heart is allllllllll yours~. “ he presented the rose to Jack, tea still dripping from the petals to its stem. It definitely wasn’t as pretty as the rest of the roses, but who cares?! “ I will never understand why I tried to hide this from you earlier. I thought I was protecting us. You know, like our pride or something. Silly, right? Maybe I thought you’d like to be with Juniper instead of me. But I knew you’d come around~ ”.

“ Well, it says here we should kiss. But I’m sure we have plenty of time for that later” he suggested cheekily, feeling the heat rush to his cheeks. Yep, he definitely was excited about Jack’s plans. One can only have high hopes when your crush was as fun as this one.

After grabbing each gift he received ( Alec’s weird treat, letter, and Dee’s letter ) with the intention to burn them later, he followed Jack out, giving a brief wave (a rather cocky one) towards the new couple Draven and Juniper. See? The cuter one would always win. If Juniper (or Draven really) had any lingering feelings for Jack, they’d need to suck it. Because he’s all Hana’s now. Jack and Hana. Jana. Hack. Okay, Jacna sounds decent.

And she was one eccentric snake, that she is. A smart one for sure. Her priorities may be a bit ..odd, but she understands basic human cues. Like the footsteps of her human companion that indicated that he wanted to leave. She twirled over her body, refreshed and replenished after her ‘mediation’.

Before she followed Hanako, she slithered to the new cuties seemingly giving each other a big hug. It was these moments where she felt it was a shame she did not have arms. For she too would love to join in their warm hug. Alas, she was a snake and could only do so much. As Hana taught her, she bowed her head slightly to them, indicating her own way of saying ‘ goodbye ‘, and slithered away.

It was an interesting birthday indeed. Some good things you must let go in order to receive new blessings. It was a shame their love ended so tragically and it was totally all on him. But perhaps they could meet again in the future and start anew? She would need to ponder on this further another time. Right now, it would only be the 2 faces of her new cuties that would occupy her for quite some time.@Alec Mason

[Super rushed, apologies!]

Hana's Action:
-leaving leaving leaving. I ooc had a wonderful time here! Thank you for such a fun thread Hana can be continuously haunted by

Snake's Actions:
-leaving too

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Outfit: The remains of a burnt Slytherin vest over a burnt (no-longer-white), button-up shirt, black slacks, and black loafers. (And a green jacket given to him by Hanako.)

Hanako's comment wishing joy to the new couple was so lifeless that Jack couldn't help snickering softly under his breath. That was pretty much the same way Jack felt. But then Hana looked back at him with metaphorical hearts in his eyes and he was reminded that they had bigger problems to worry about just then.

If even just being called 'Jack' was too intimate for him, he was never going to get used to 'Jackiekins'. He patted Hanako consolingly on the back when the other boy spouted how nice it was to 'say such honest things'. "Riiiight...that's...good to hear, Tone," Jack answered placatingly like an adult trying to be kind to their drunk, nonsense-spewing friend. "It might not matter so much right now...but later might be a different story."

The way Hanako said 'our dorm' caused Jack to blush profusely, but he tried hard to focus on the task at hand: getting them both out of there. "Yeah, yeah, a good time," he repeated, growing more embarrassed by the second. It was surprising to note that Hanako seemed less than pleased by Jack's mention of his pet snake, but the Japanese boy seemed so insistant that she could find her own way back that Jack decided to drop the subject. "Well, okay...if you say so..." At the very least, he knew Hanako was a parseltongue, so if Hanako said Cu Sith could make it back to the dorm on her own, he was inclined to believe him.

Just when he thought they were finally going to get to leave, Hanako stopped to open the teapot he had been guarding so closely before and pulled out the tea-soaked rose from earlier. Jack stared at it with wordless pity before Hana handed it over with the declaration that his heart was all Jack's.

"Uh...th-thank you, Tone," he answered with a shaky smile of his own, accepting the dripping flower which had wilted with the weight of the tea. It was then he read the note attached to it that declared Hanako his Valentine. So that was why Hanako had tried to get rid of it earlier. And why he seemed to cherish it so now. "Yeah, heheh...silly..."

The suggestion that they should kiss caused Jack to redden yet again and he tugged at the collar of his burned shirt, eager to leave the ballroom before anyone else could bear witness to the chaos of a love-struck Hanako. Hopefully the love potion would wear off soon - real soon, or Jack wasn't sure how he would be able to explain things to the other students at the Severus Snape dorm.

As the third years headed out, Jack didn't bother looking back to see Draven or Juniper or say good-bye. He didn't want to know what they were thinking of his and Hanako's display. And he most certainly didn't want to deal with their lovey-dovey bliss any more than he had already been subjected to. They were probably too caught up in each other to notice him or Hanako leaving anyway. Besides...there was always detention when they, or at least Draven, would be seeing Hanako and Jack again.

Jack is leaving the thread with Hanako unless stopped.

@Juniper Kelly, @Draven Mirador, & @Hanako Tone