i wake up every morning with a new resolve

Kyle - Slytherin - he/him i wake up every morning with a new resolve ~ jump on the train you’ve been riding on wash the regret from your hands you gotta fill your mind with new horizons or your dreams will pack their bags

[ariannelupin]

Ari was experiencing a new sensation. Anxiety about a date. It was very disconcerting. She'd been on what she would describe as several dates and what Savannah would describe as an insane amount of dates. Then she'd got pregnant, and that had put a bit of a stopper in the whole dating thing. She'd not really minded: she was so focussed on being a mum, and she really loved being a mum. She had her friends and family to help her with Lyra, so she didn't need anyone else. But Elyan had started bugging her, saying he was a great matchmaker and that he could definitely find the right person for her, and she'd said yes just to shut him up. When he'd told her who he'd chosen, she'd nearly asked "really? why?!" but she was mature now, so she'd said "great!" Still, it was her first date in months and she was anxious. Could she still remember how to date? She'd gone through about forty outfits trying to get dressed, and settled on a nice skirt. As she reached the Entrance Hall, she checked the clock and realised she was actually early. Early. For a date. Way to look eager. She didn't even want to be on this date! She took a few calming breaths and considered fleeing and hiding under the bed.

[kylebennett]

He was being a good friend, Kyle reminded himself as he headed towards the Entrance Hall. He'd been pretty shocked when Elyan had said he was setting Kyle up with Ari - apparently he just "saw sparks" between them. Sure, Kyle liked Ari; they'd spent a bit of time together, as Al was good friends with both of them, but nothing one-on-one or for very long. Of course Kyle couldn't say no, so he would have to give this a chance. He was slightly dubious, but he wasn't going to let that cloud the experience - he was going in with an open mind. He smiled at Ari as he approached her, not entirely sure on the etiquette for a first date which had been set up. Kissing her on the cheek seemed a bit too old-school so he just settled for a somewhat awkward wave, which he immediately regretted. "Hey! How are you?"

[ariannelupin]

Kyle's awkward wave made Ari feel a little better. Clearly she wasn't the only one who felt nervous. She'd just have to put on her best face and pretend like she had no nerves. Channel the Ari of old. Except she most definitely did not want to end up in bed with Kyle at the end of the date, so she'd have to rein it in a bit. "Hey! I'm great, just glad it's the weekend!" She was definitely due for some study this weekend, unfortunately, which meant this date was due to be the only fun she'd get. So she had to make the most of it. "How are you?" she asked, taking initiative in looping her arm through his and starting off out the doors.

[kylebennett]

Relaxing slightly as Ari looped arms with him, Kyle reminded himself that the world wasn't going to end if this was a bit awkward. He just had to be nice which, luckily for him, was his go-to disposition. "Oh, me too. Although Al has got us scheduled to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow for Quidditch practice. Like, on a Sunday, really? He owes me a lie-in." He didn't even want to start thinking about how much homework he had to do tomorrow, or how he was going to fit it all in. Sixth year was much harder than he had expected.

[ariannelupin]

"Ouch. See, this is why I'm glad our captain is my best friend. I can convince her not to put practices on at ridiculous o'clock in the morning." She'd been sad when she'd not been Sorted into the same House as Al, since they'd known each other from when they were tiny, but hearing about how merciless he was as a captain... she was very relieved that they were in different Houses. Plus, if she'd had Al in her House, she wouldn't have had to make new friends and really, where would she be without the Moustache Buddies? "So, where should we go?"

[kylebennett]

"Al is my best friend, theoretically," Kyle grumbled good-naturedly, "but trying to convince him that I need more sleep is like trying to convince a Mandrake not to scream." Kyle was a firm believer that sleep was a good thing but Al didn't seem to subscribe to that philosophy. "We could get a drink somewhere? Or go and buy chocolate? Lady's choice," he offered, happy to go with the flow. He wasn't sure how much time Ari had to herself, now she had a baby, so he was more than happy to let her spend her time the way she wanted. "Who's looking after Lyra today?"

[ariannelupin]

Ari was experiencing a new sensation. Anxiety about a date. It was very disconcerting. She'd been on what she would describe as several dates and what Savannah would describe as an insane amount of dates. Then she'd got pregnant, and that had put a bit of a stopper in the whole dating thing. She'd not really minded: she was so focussed on being a mum, and she really loved being a mum. She had her friends and family to help her with Lyra, so she didn't need anyone else. But Elyan had started bugging her, saying he was a great matchmaker and that he could definitely find the right person for her, and she'd said yes just to shut him up. When he'd told her who he'd chosen, she'd nearly asked "really? why?!" but she was mature now, so she'd said "great!" Still, it was her first date in months and she was anxious. Could she still remember how to date? She'd gone through about forty outfits trying to get dressed, and settled on a nice skirt. As she reached the Entrance Hall, she checked the clock and realised she was actually early. Early. For a date. Way to look eager. She didn't even want to be on this date! She took a few calming breaths and considered fleeing and hiding under the bed.

[kylebennett]

He was being a good friend, Kyle reminded himself as he headed towards the Entrance Hall. He'd been pretty shocked when Elyan had said he was setting Kyle up with Ari - apparently he just "saw sparks" between them. Sure, Kyle liked Ari; they'd spent a bit of time together, as Al was good friends with both of them, but nothing one-on-one or for very long. Of course Kyle couldn't say no, so he would have to give this a chance. He was slightly dubious, but he wasn't going to let that cloud the experience - he was going in with an open mind. He smiled at Ari as he approached her, not entirely sure on the etiquette for a first date which had been set up. Kissing her on the cheek seemed a bit too old-school so he just settled for a somewhat awkward wave, which he immediately regretted. "Hey! How are you?"

[ariannelupin]

Kyle's awkward wave made Ari feel a little better. Clearly she wasn't the only one who felt nervous. She'd just have to put on her best face and pretend like she had no nerves. Channel the Ari of old. Except she most definitely did not want to end up in bed with Kyle at the end of the date, so she'd have to rein it in a bit. "Hey! I'm great, just glad it's the weekend!" She was definitely due for some study this weekend, unfortunately, which meant this date was due to be the only fun she'd get. So she had to make the most of it. "How are you?" she asked, taking initiative in looping her arm through his and starting off out the doors.

[kylebennett]

Relaxing slightly as Ari looped arms with him, Kyle reminded himself that the world wasn't going to end if this was a bit awkward. He just had to be nice which, luckily for him, was his go-to disposition. "Oh, me too. Although Al has got us scheduled to get up at the crack of dawn tomorrow for Quidditch practice. Like, on a Sunday, really? He owes me a lie-in." He didn't even want to start thinking about how much homework he had to do tomorrow, or how he was going to fit it all in. Sixth year was much harder than he had expected.

[ariannelupin]

Ari was experiencing a new sensation. Anxiety about a date. It was very disconcerting. She'd been on what she would describe as several dates and what Savannah would describe as an insane amount of dates. Then she'd got pregnant, and that had put a bit of a stopper in the whole dating thing. She'd not really minded: she was so focussed on being a mum, and she really loved being a mum. She had her friends and family to help her with Lyra, so she didn't need anyone else. But Elyan had started bugging her, saying he was a great matchmaker and that he could definitely find the right person for her, and she'd said yes just to shut him up. When he'd told her who he'd chosen, she'd nearly asked "really? why?!" but she was mature now, so she'd said "great!" Still, it was her first date in months and she was anxious. Could she still remember how to date? She'd gone through about forty outfits trying to get dressed, and settled on a nice skirt. As she reached the Entrance Hall, she checked the clock and realised she was actually early. Early. For a date. Way to look eager. She didn't even want to be on this date! She took a few calming breaths and considered fleeing and hiding under the bed.

[kylebennett]

He was being a good friend, Kyle reminded himself as he headed towards the Entrance Hall. He'd been pretty shocked when Elyan had said he was setting Kyle up with Ari - apparently he just "saw sparks" between them. Sure, Kyle liked Ari; they'd spent a bit of time together, as Al was good friends with both of them, but nothing one-on-one or for very long. Of course Kyle couldn't say no, so he would have to give this a chance. He was slightly dubious, but he wasn't going to let that cloud the experience - he was going in with an open mind. He smiled at Ari as he approached her, not entirely sure on the etiquette for a first date which had been set up. Kissing her on the cheek seemed a bit too old-school so he just settled for a somewhat awkward wave, which he immediately regretted. "Hey! How are you?"

[kylebennett]

Kyle hadn’t spent much time one-on-one with Elyan before, but he seemed okay. Anyone who was best friends with Gwen must be pretty cool, considering Gwen had good taste (well, she liked him and Al, which was good enough). Kyle and Gwen had become friends after trying out for the Slytherin Quidditch team at the same time and had almost crashed into each other; from then, they’d both been put on the team and started hanging out during practise. With Al already on the team, the three of them had banded together and started hanging out more, with Elyan sometimes joining. The four of them had all been planning to study in the library together one Friday afternoon when Gwen had begged off when feeling sick. The three of them had kept going until Al remembered he had plans with Jessie, his new girlfriend. He waved goodbye to Kyle and Elyan before cheerfully hurrying away to spend some quality time probably making out with Jessie. Kyle couldn’t help but roll his eyes, albeit fondly, because as much as he loved Jess, she could be guilty of monopolising Kyle’s best friend. Kyle was probably just jealous - not that he was interested in Al, not at all - because he’d not been in a successful long-term relationship before.

“Ugh, these people and their relationships, I wonder what that’s like?” He mused aloud to Elyan, putting his quill down and abandoning his Charms essay.

[elyanambroise]

It was weird how little time Elyan’d spent with Kyle one-on-one, considering they’d known each other for three years, but he supposed it made sense when you had a mutual friend. Said mutual friend had decided she felt sick, which was extremely rude of her in his opinion. He studied better around other people, and Gwen was usually the one who kept them all on track. The boys were all too easily lured into conversation, so he couldn’t see this lasting much longer once Al left. He was proven right as Kyle dropped his quill about 0.5 seconds after Al left, and suppressed a smile. “I know, they’re very annoying and I am seethingly jealous,” he admitted. He’d not had a real relationship yet, just some tender fumbling at parties.

[kylebennett]

Kyle was glad that Elyan was also admitting his jealousy and it wasn’t just him by himself. “Thank Merlin it’s not just me. I mean, I love Jessie too, but Al spends half his time with her and the other half talking about how great she is.” He rolled his eyes. “It was bad enough when they were just friends, but now they’re dating it’s a hundred times worse. ‘We held hands today and it was magical’,” he quoted, gently mocking Al. With love. “So, you’re jealous, huh? Are you interested in anyone at the moment?” Kyle asked, curiosity overcoming him.

[elyanambroise]

“Yeah, I feel like one of the last few single people left in the school,” Elyan said. “It’s the honeymoon period, they’re at their worst. Gwen thinks they’re really cute,” he added, wrinkling up his nose. “They were one of those couples everyone but them saw coming a mile off, weren’t they? Really someone should’ve taken pity on them and intervened, but it was too funny.” Funny and tragic at the same time. “Oh, no, I’d just like a relationship, no-one specific in mind. What about you?”

[kylebennett]

“Oh, I know right. You can’t turn a corner in this school without bumping into people making out, and that’s even including the younger years.” Seeing 13 year olds kissing was a really weird experience, but he wasn’t even exaggerating much. It was like there was some potion making everyone desperate for a relationship. “Of course she does,” he replied, shaking his head. “Well, you gotta have some entertainment when your best friend’s too dumb to notice how in love he is with someone, right?” Kyle shrugged. He’d definitely suspected that the two of them were into each other, but felt like it wasn’t really his place to say anything. Even Jessie’s gal pals hadn’t said anything, and he was pretty sure they all shared everything. “Yeah, me too, I’d date practically anyone at this point. Maybe we should date each other,” he said with a laugh. He was obviously joking, as that would just be weird. Gwen would probably complain that she would be the 5th wheel if that happened.

[elyanambroise]

“You really can’t, I don’t know why the professors don’t say anything. There is just a surplus of hormones.” Apparently the professors were ok with that, considering he never saw them stepping in. He knew there was no way to stop it completely but they could at least ban PDA in the corridors between classes; it made it a lot harder to get to class on time. “Did he not notice his feelings either? That’s pretty embarrassing, isn’t it?” How that happened, he had no idea. Surely you’d notice your emotions? “You would? Y'know, I’m pretty good at matchmaking, I have… a success rate.” Really, was it his fault if they didn’t try hard enough to get to like each other? “Can you imagine how mad Gwen would be if we dated?” he asked, with a laugh.

[kylebennett]

“I guess if you try and ban something it’ll probably just get worse,” Kyle pondered with a shrug. “Or they’ll come up with some ridiculous inventive ways around it. You can definitely imagine the Maraud-Hers doing something.” He snorted, picturing the fights Roxy Weasley would have with the professors trying to convince them that they weren’t breaking any rules. “If he did, he didn’t say anything to me,” he allowed. “Either way, the fact he couldn’t tell that Jessie was into him is embarrassing.” Kyle raised his eyebrows in interest - this was the first he’d heard of Elyan’s matchmaking. “Oh, really? A what percentage success rate? Maybe you should give it a go for me; try and find someone that reaches my high standards,” he said with a laugh, amused at the idea of him having high standards after craving a relationship for a while. “Oh, Merlin, she’d probably lose her shit and not talk to us for a month.”

[elyanambroise]

Elyan nodded in agreement. “Yeah, just look at how much alcohol and drugs you can find in the school. I think they’ve just decided to turn a blind eye to the sixth and seventh years drinking at school because it’s impossible to stop it.” You’d think they could come up with spells to ban certain products from the grounds, but people would probably come up with counter-spells just as quickly. “Oh, yeah, they’d do some big protest prank. It wouldn’t be worth the fight, I guess.” They could all be doing a lot worse, anyway. “Huh. I would’ve assumed Al would want to tell everyone about his crush.” He laughed, and admitted, “She was really obvious.” Poor girl. At least it’d had a happy ending. “It depends what you count as success,” he hedged, not wanting to admit how low it was. No-one had stormed out of the date yet, though, so that had to be a win. “Ok, what are your standards?” he asked, already thinking of candidates. “And what genders?” He kind of came across as a straight dudebro, but to assume made an ass out of you and me. “She fully would, she’d probably try and break us up.”

[kylebennett]

“Yeah, that’s true. Thankfully they’re okay at stopping the younger years drinking and doing drugs to some extent, so they probably figure that some PDA is fine.” It was interesting how quickly their complaints about the lack of romance in their lives had gone to a serious conversation about the issues they had in Hogwarts. Kyle was having fun talking to Elyan - it was interesting when there was no Gwen or Al. “I’d enjoy seeing the protest prank, to be honest. They’d probably make it so every single person was kissing someone at the same time. You can’t give everyone detention, y’know.” Maybe he should be a prankster... “Yeah, I’m shocked he kept it to himself. Probably because he thought he didn’t have a chance, bless his little cotton socks.” If Al was here, Kyle would ruffle his hair. “If they made it onto a second date?” He said hopefully, figuring that someone would have to have a successful first date for Elyan to be able to call himself a good matchmaker. “Let’s be real, I don’t have any standards. As long as they’re reasonably nice and not too much of a prick,” he said, after thinking for a moment. “Any gender works for me, I’m a modern kind of man.” He wondered what gender/s Elyan was into. He snorted. “Yeah, she probably would. Al would probably be happy for us, though.”

[kylebennett]

Kyle hadn’t spent much time one-on-one with Elyan before, but he seemed okay. Anyone who was best friends with Gwen must be pretty cool, considering Gwen had good taste (well, she liked him and Al, which was good enough). Kyle and Gwen had become friends after trying out for the Slytherin Quidditch team at the same time and had almost crashed into each other; from then, they’d both been put on the team and started hanging out during practise. With Al already on the team, the three of them had banded together and started hanging out more, with Elyan sometimes joining. The four of them had all been planning to study in the library together one Friday afternoon when Gwen had begged off when feeling sick. The three of them had kept going until Al remembered he had plans with Jessie, his new girlfriend. He waved goodbye to Kyle and Elyan before cheerfully hurrying away to spend some quality time probably making out with Jessie. Kyle couldn’t help but roll his eyes, albeit fondly, because as much as he loved Jess, she could be guilty of monopolising Kyle’s best friend. Kyle was probably just jealous - not that he was interested in Al, not at all - because he’d not been in a successful long-term relationship before.

“Ugh, these people and their relationships, I wonder what that’s like?” He mused aloud to Elyan, putting his quill down and abandoning his Charms essay.

[elyanambroise]

It was weird how little time Elyan’d spent with Kyle one-on-one, considering they’d known each other for three years, but he supposed it made sense when you had a mutual friend. Said mutual friend had decided she felt sick, which was extremely rude of her in his opinion. He studied better around other people, and Gwen was usually the one who kept them all on track. The boys were all too easily lured into conversation, so he couldn’t see this lasting much longer once Al left. He was proven right as Kyle dropped his quill about 0.5 seconds after Al left, and suppressed a smile. “I know, they’re very annoying and I am seethingly jealous,” he admitted. He’d not had a real relationship yet, just some tender fumbling at parties.

[kylebennett]

Kyle was glad that Elyan was also admitting his jealousy and it wasn’t just him by himself. “Thank Merlin it’s not just me. I mean, I love Jessie too, but Al spends half his time with her and the other half talking about how great she is.” He rolled his eyes. “It was bad enough when they were just friends, but now they’re dating it’s a hundred times worse. ‘We held hands today and it was magical’,” he quoted, gently mocking Al. With love. “So, you’re jealous, huh? Are you interested in anyone at the moment?” Kyle asked, curiosity overcoming him.

[elyanambroise]

“Yeah, I feel like one of the last few single people left in the school,” Elyan said. “It’s the honeymoon period, they’re at their worst. Gwen thinks they’re really cute,” he added, wrinkling up his nose. “They were one of those couples everyone but them saw coming a mile off, weren’t they? Really someone should’ve taken pity on them and intervened, but it was too funny.” Funny and tragic at the same time. “Oh, no, I’d just like a relationship, no-one specific in mind. What about you?”

[kylebennett]

“Oh, I know right. You can’t turn a corner in this school without bumping into people making out, and that’s even including the younger years.” Seeing 13 year olds kissing was a really weird experience, but he wasn’t even exaggerating much. It was like there was some potion making everyone desperate for a relationship. “Of course she does,” he replied, shaking his head. “Well, you gotta have some entertainment when your best friend’s too dumb to notice how in love he is with someone, right?” Kyle shrugged. He’d definitely suspected that the two of them were into each other, but felt like it wasn’t really his place to say anything. Even Jessie’s gal pals hadn’t said anything, and he was pretty sure they all shared everything. “Yeah, me too, I’d date practically anyone at this point. Maybe we should date each other,” he said with a laugh. He was obviously joking, as that would just be weird. Gwen would probably complain that she would be the 5th wheel if that happened.

[elyanambroise]

“You really can’t, I don’t know why the professors don’t say anything. There is just a surplus of hormones.” Apparently the professors were ok with that, considering he never saw them stepping in. He knew there was no way to stop it completely but they could at least ban PDA in the corridors between classes; it made it a lot harder to get to class on time. “Did he not notice his feelings either? That’s pretty embarrassing, isn’t it?” How that happened, he had no idea. Surely you’d notice your emotions? “You would? Y'know, I’m pretty good at matchmaking, I have… a success rate.” Really, was it his fault if they didn’t try hard enough to get to like each other? “Can you imagine how mad Gwen would be if we dated?” he asked, with a laugh.

[kylebennett]

“I guess if you try and ban something it’ll probably just get worse,” Kyle pondered with a shrug. “Or they’ll come up with some ridiculous inventive ways around it. You can definitely imagine the Maraud-Hers doing something.” He snorted, picturing the fights Roxy Weasley would have with the professors trying to convince them that they weren’t breaking any rules. “If he did, he didn’t say anything to me,” he allowed. “Either way, the fact he couldn’t tell that Jessie was into him is embarrassing.” Kyle raised his eyebrows in interest - this was the first he’d heard of Elyan’s matchmaking. “Oh, really? A what percentage success rate? Maybe you should give it a go for me; try and find someone that reaches my high standards,” he said with a laugh, amused at the idea of him having high standards after craving a relationship for a while. “Oh, Merlin, she’d probably lose her shit and not talk to us for a month.”

[kylebennett]

Kyle hadn’t spent much time one-on-one with Elyan before, but he seemed okay. Anyone who was best friends with Gwen must be pretty cool, considering Gwen had good taste (well, she liked him and Al, which was good enough). Kyle and Gwen had become friends after trying out for the Slytherin Quidditch team at the same time and had almost crashed into each other; from then, they’d both been put on the team and started hanging out during practise. With Al already on the team, the three of them had banded together and started hanging out more, with Elyan sometimes joining. The four of them had all been planning to study in the library together one Friday afternoon when Gwen had begged off when feeling sick. The three of them had kept going until Al remembered he had plans with Jessie, his new girlfriend. He waved goodbye to Kyle and Elyan before cheerfully hurrying away to spend some quality time probably making out with Jessie. Kyle couldn’t help but roll his eyes, albeit fondly, because as much as he loved Jess, she could be guilty of monopolising Kyle’s best friend. Kyle was probably just jealous - not that he was interested in Al, not at all - because he’d not been in a successful long-term relationship before.

“Ugh, these people and their relationships, I wonder what that’s like?” He mused aloud to Elyan, putting his quill down and abandoning his Charms essay.

[elyanambroise]

It was weird how little time Elyan’d spent with Kyle one-on-one, considering they’d known each other for three years, but he supposed it made sense when you had a mutual friend. Said mutual friend had decided she felt sick, which was extremely rude of her in his opinion. He studied better around other people, and Gwen was usually the one who kept them all on track. The boys were all too easily lured into conversation, so he couldn’t see this lasting much longer once Al left. He was proven right as Kyle dropped his quill about 0.5 seconds after Al left, and suppressed a smile. “I know, they’re very annoying and I am seethingly jealous,” he admitted. He’d not had a real relationship yet, just some tender fumbling at parties.

[kylebennett]

Kyle was glad that Elyan was also admitting his jealousy and it wasn’t just him by himself. “Thank Merlin it’s not just me. I mean, I love Jessie too, but Al spends half his time with her and the other half talking about how great she is.” He rolled his eyes. “It was bad enough when they were just friends, but now they’re dating it’s a hundred times worse. ‘We held hands today and it was magical’,” he quoted, gently mocking Al. With love. “So, you’re jealous, huh? Are you interested in anyone at the moment?” Kyle asked, curiosity overcoming him.

[elyanambroise]

“Yeah, I feel like one of the last few single people left in the school,” Elyan said. “It’s the honeymoon period, they’re at their worst. Gwen thinks they’re really cute,” he added, wrinkling up his nose. “They were one of those couples everyone but them saw coming a mile off, weren’t they? Really someone should’ve taken pity on them and intervened, but it was too funny.” Funny and tragic at the same time. “Oh, no, I’d just like a relationship, no-one specific in mind. What about you?”

[kylebennett]

“Oh, I know right. You can’t turn a corner in this school without bumping into people making out, and that’s even including the younger years.” Seeing 13 year olds kissing was a really weird experience, but he wasn’t even exaggerating much. It was like there was some potion making everyone desperate for a relationship. “Of course she does,” he replied, shaking his head. “Well, you gotta have some entertainment when your best friend’s too dumb to notice how in love he is with someone, right?” Kyle shrugged. He’d definitely suspected that the two of them were into each other, but felt like it wasn’t really his place to say anything. Even Jessie’s gal pals hadn’t said anything, and he was pretty sure they all shared everything. “Yeah, me too, I’d date practically anyone at this point. Maybe we should date each other,” he said with a laugh. He was obviously joking, as that would just be weird. Gwen would probably complain that she would be the 5th wheel if that happened.

[kylebennett]

Kyle hadn’t spent much time one-on-one with Elyan before, but he seemed okay. Anyone who was best friends with Gwen must be pretty cool, considering Gwen had good taste (well, she liked him and Al, which was good enough). Kyle and Gwen had become friends after trying out for the Slytherin Quidditch team at the same time and had almost crashed into each other; from then, they’d both been put on the team and started hanging out during practise. With Al already on the team, the three of them had banded together and started hanging out more, with Elyan sometimes joining. The four of them had all been planning to study in the library together one Friday afternoon when Gwen had begged off when feeling sick. The three of them had kept going until Al remembered he had plans with Jessie, his new girlfriend. He waved goodbye to Kyle and Elyan before cheerfully hurrying away to spend some quality time probably making out with Jessie. Kyle couldn’t help but roll his eyes, albeit fondly, because as much as he loved Jess, she could be guilty of monopolising Kyle’s best friend. Kyle was probably just jealous - not that he was interested in Al, not at all - because he’d not been in a successful long-term relationship before.

“Ugh, these people and their relationships, I wonder what that’s like?” He mused aloud to Elyan, putting his quill down and abandoning his Charms essay.

[elyanambroise]

It was weird how little time Elyan’d spent with Kyle one-on-one, considering they’d known each other for three years, but he supposed it made sense when you had a mutual friend. Said mutual friend had decided she felt sick, which was extremely rude of her in his opinion. He studied better around other people, and Gwen was usually the one who kept them all on track. The boys were all too easily lured into conversation, so he couldn’t see this lasting much longer once Al left. He was proven right as Kyle dropped his quill about 0.5 seconds after Al left, and suppressed a smile. “I know, they’re very annoying and I am seethingly jealous,” he admitted. He’d not had a real relationship yet, just some tender fumbling at parties.

[kylebennett]

Kyle was glad that Elyan was also admitting his jealousy and it wasn’t just him by himself. “Thank Merlin it’s not just me. I mean, I love Jessie too, but Al spends half his time with her and the other half talking about how great she is.” He rolled his eyes. “It was bad enough when they were just friends, but now they’re dating it’s a hundred times worse. ‘We held hands today and it was magical’,” he quoted, gently mocking Al. With love. “So, you’re jealous, huh? Are you interested in anyone at the moment?” Kyle asked, curiosity overcoming him.

[kylebennett]

Kyle hadn’t spent much time one-on-one with Elyan before, but he seemed okay. Anyone who was best friends with Gwen must be pretty cool, considering Gwen had good taste (well, she liked him and Al, which was good enough). Kyle and Gwen had become friends after trying out for the Slytherin Quidditch team at the same time and had almost crashed into each other; from then, they’d both been put on the team and started hanging out during practise. With Al already on the team, the three of them had banded together and started hanging out more, with Elyan sometimes joining. The four of them had all been planning to study in the library together one Friday afternoon when Gwen had begged off when feeling sick. The three of them had kept going until Al remembered he had plans with Jessie, his new girlfriend. He waved goodbye to Kyle and Elyan before cheerfully hurrying away to spend some quality time probably making out with Jessie. Kyle couldn’t help but roll his eyes, albeit fondly, because as much as he loved Jess, she could be guilty of monopolising Kyle’s best friend. Kyle was probably just jealous - not that he was interested in Al, not at all - because he’d not been in a successful long-term relationship before.

“Ugh, these people and their relationships, I wonder what that’s like?” He mused aloud to Elyan, putting his quill down and abandoning his Charms essay.