closed I've heard a lot about you... Pv hanako A.S.P

With the season of winter coming to pass, Hanako found himself on the grounds much more often these days. Alone, preferably. But somehow most of his visits here had eventually involved another person to stumble upon his ‘me-time’. To his dismay. They didn’t know how lucky they were that he had turned into a somewhat patient 15 year old. If it were him as a younger lad, well .. he tends to find it easier to remember faces that pissed him off. Today though, seemed like it would be one of those lucky days where he would be blessed with solitude. Just him, his comfortable blanket underneath him, a stack of origami paper weighed down by a paper weight, and the numerous different animal shaped origamis. Letting the paper fold and crease against one another with ease and poise, as if his hands had already memorised the instructions by heart.

He was just finished with his latest creation. A cute snake. Far more simpler than the animals he made previously, but this one had seemed to make him break into a small smile. One that immediately disappeared when he heard a stride of confident footsteps coming towards him. He suppressed a groan. At least she seemed to get straight to the point.

“ I’m familiar with Hanako Tone ~” he pursed his lips, as if finding a new sort of amusement. They pronounced his name correctly, so maybe they didn’t deserve to be turned away immediately. That didn’t mean Hanako didn’t want to mess with them just a little bit.

Upon a quick inspection, Hana guessed that she was a younger year at least. She was taller than he was when he was younger (but really who isn’t). But considering he couldn't recall seeing her in class. With how she seemed to have some sort of this aura about her, he assumed he would have at least noticed her before if they were classmates. “ Why the curiosity about him, kid? You have a love confession for him or something? “ he jested with a chuckle, continuing on making another origami. “ Well he is a pretty charming guy, I’m not that surprised.”

He chose not to comment on her compliment on his origami. Damn right, it was nice. That’s not breaking news to him. He’d rather not make her so comfortable that she’ll be tempted to ask if she could try making some as well. What was he going to do? Share his blanket? No way! She’d have to give him a more creative compliment if she wanted that.

@Kiana Nakamura

Parselmouth is in bold black.

Kiana smiled, knowing that she'd gotten lucky. This student knew Hanako! What a pleasant surprise! Then again, Kiana was never one to blindly trust others. The teasing nature of this particular student aroused Kiana's suspicion. What if he was just toying with her? What if she'd accidentally exposed the existence of a club that was never meant to be known to outsiders? Kiana shrugged to herself. Two can play this game. She'd have to be a lot more clever if she wanted to get some information out of this kid. Kiana may be a slightly shorter, younger, less experienced student at Hogwarts, but she was a force to be reckoned with.

"Oh, nothing of that sort," Kiana grinned slyly, "unless you're afraid I'll sweep him off his feet before you. I just need to know where he might be so I can ask him about the...uhhh....A.S.P? That's what is rumored to be called." Kiana prayed to herself that she hadn't told a random student this huge secret.

Like she cared anyways.

At this point she desperately wanted to sit down, wincing at her sore legs from hours of wandering around aimlessly. Then again, she knew better than to sit next to someone without their permission. She just stood their, awkwardly, still admiring the origami. Her eyes never left the little paper snake.

@Hanako Tone

Hanako couldn’t help but bark a laugh at her response. For her entertaining retort, he temporarily halted his origami. He was in the middle of making a crane. Considering how many times he had folded it, he could’ve done it with his eyes closed. But this kid may prove to be a better entertainment.

“ You? Sweep him off his feet?” he chuckled. “ That’s really cute, kid. So bold of you~. Aren’t you like what, a first year? Second maybe? ” he mocked, still his tone held more playfulness than malice. What could he say? He admired people who were as bold as he was when he was younger. However, what she said next proved to be a much more interesting than discussing where she got the confidence from. He put his origami down. “ A.S.P, huh? “ he mused, in faux thinking.

What could she have want with the club? It was not everyday someone came up to him and asked about it. The club was a secret society of some sorts. You could barely find information about them as you easily could with other clubs. There were no roster, no advertisements, no major events. But they were very very very real. He should know. He was a part of creating it. And with secret societies, you couldn't really ask and expect an honest answer. Especially not from someone like Hanako.

“ I’ve heard of it ~“ he smiled at her, though it didn’t reach his eyes. “ I suppose you’ve heard about him being a Parselmouth, haven't you? He didn’t really keep it a secret. But you should really be careful, kid. It won’t do you good asking around about a club like that. If it even exists. Don’t you know Parselmouths are generally bad news? “ his tone took a slightly more serious tone as his eyes flickered towards the girl, inspecting her every expression. Trying to gauge her reaction towards this. “ I mean, they’re basically dark wizards in the making aren’t they? Imagine a club full of them?” he pretended to tense his shoulders “ I can’t imagine Tone to be a part of that, but who knows? You sure you want to know where he is?”

Do show your intentions, kid.

The club was important to him. Unless he got some indication that she wasn’t planning anything bad to it, there was no way he was going to let her get close to knowing it’s existence. Being a Parselmouth was still a stigma. One could never be too careful. He heard awful things about them so much that he couldn’t help but be so good at imitating whatever they said about Parslemouths being dark wizards. He was eager to see how the kid would react. Was she an ally, or a foe?

@Kiana Nakamura

Parselmouth is in bold black.

As expected. Kiana didn’t feel surprised, honestly. She knew something about this fourth year was fishy before she began the conversation. His witty remarks and nonchalant origami folding, placidly ignoring her gaze….she knew very well who she was looking at.
”I’m a first year, mind you, and I need to talk to Hanako about my…ability. If you don’t mind me sharing, I too am a parselmouth.” Kiana paused for a moment, wondering if she should have said that. It wouldn’t matter, though. This kid was well acquainted with Hanako AND the A.S.P, so why not?
”Not all parselmouthes are ‘evil’ or ‘callous.’ They’re wonderful people - I’m sure of it. Snakes earn themselves a bad reputation simply because of the house they are notorious for coming from. That doesn’t define someone. I’m sure the A.S.P was formed because so many good parselmouthes existed. I want to find them. It’ll help me find my place,” A speech - something that rarely came out of Kiana’s mouth. ”My apologies for the lecture. Even then, I’m utterly disappointed that an older student adheres to such….absurd stereotypes. Even a first year knows better, Kiana teased, ”Now if you don’t mind, my legs are sore. I’ll sit down away from your mat.”
Kiana sat quietly, contemplating what she and the fourth year just said. The hair, the slytherin robes, the origami and sly personality….something clicked in Kiana’s mind.
Who was Hanako? According to Kia’s “sources” he was a fourth year student, dark haired and likely of Asian descent. He was a Slytherin. This kid…everything checked out. Kiana rubbed her temples, conflicted. Should she ask?
”Are you…Hanako?”

@Hanako Tone