He hadn’t done much throughout the whole winter break other than eat, sleep and more eating again. Of course from time to time, he did see a couple of his friends that stayed at Hogwarts but he didn’t really talk with them. All he wanted to do was just have some time for himself. He had one of his so called ❛ muggle ❜ books he had bought over the summer so he decides why not just read it. Eventually, he fell asleep with the book covering half his face and his head tilted a bit off to the side as he hogged the whole sofa.
Eric didn’t realize that something -- or more like someone -- placed themselves on top of him. He mumbles slightly, before unconsciously wrapping an arm around the other, and giving them a small hug. The other calls out his nickname that she had given him and he slowly opened his eyes, vision a bit blurry. He uses his other hand to rub his eyes and he looks down at the other, still hugging her and yawns slightly. A second passes, then a minute passes then he widened his eyes, a bit shocked that he was hugging her. In his sleepy voice, ❝ H-How did you... get into the common room...? Isn’t it.. just excluded to Hufflepuffs only...? ❞