underwater.

Oh, baby girl, you know we're gonna be legends. I'm the king and you're the queen and we will stumble through heaven.

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       Ever since they’d arrived Jihu’s mood had shifted. Within only the first few hours he could tell his time here would be different, or at least, more along the lines of his ‘before’ life than back in Korea. He’d been quietly surprised by how much Tia’s home resembled the house he grew up in, though Tia’s didn’t have the bitter teenage memories lurking around every corner.      “You make me feel like an accessory. One of those little dogs Paris Hilton shoves in a bag. Hey! That’s an idea, saves me walking.” He said when he could finally get a word in. They were both like that with each other but it didn’t bother him.      “Where are we going and what are we doing?” Jihu, for the first time in recent memory, felt excited at what lay ahead of him. Aside from a week long trip to New York when he was eight, he’d never really been to this side of the world. “Take me somewhere American.”

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      If one could be a human energizer bunny in the moment, it would be Tia. Not only was she back in home territory, she had stolen a kpop idol to take with her.  You could almost hear the evil laughter going on inside her head. Grabbing a blueberry muffin off the counter, she took a big bite. It took her a full hour to compile places to go. But, she knew as soon as they got back to Korea it would go back to being suffocating, not to mention completely hard for her to be around one of the few people she felt like she could be herself around anymore. She was going to make this trip worth it.        “You say it like being my accessory is a bad thing,” Tia smirked, “Are you saying you want to be my dog? This can be arranged if it isn’t already.” She teased. It felt so nice not having to look over her shoulder to make sure nobody saw her talking freely with Jihu.        Her eyes lit up at his question, “Going everywhere and  doing everything.” Bringing her phone up to his face, she waved it back and forth. “I made a list, cause I’m an organized adult.” Letting out her loud laugh and standing on her tippy toes to ruffle his hair, she grinned. “You got it, lame-o. Now c’mon, our driver is waiting!”

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       Yeri’s smile remained plastered on her face. The same smile she’d worn since her mother’s plane touched down earlier that morning, the smile she had been lying beneath. She stood motionless, listening to the slow steps her mother took down the hall and into the guest bedroom. She waited a few moments longer, until she knew the door would stay shut, praying she’d hidden all the personal effects that had accumulated in her new bedroom which would raise suspicion. Once she felt safe enough to do so she relaxed her features, rubbing her hands over her rubber-like cheeks.       “And,” She stresses out the word, turning to Colton. “We did it.” Yeri’s face broke out into a silent show of joy, amazed that they’d both been convincing enough to fool her own mother.       “Ugh, I hate lying to her -but you did really well. Thanks for it.” Her appreciation wasn’t overly enthusiastic, though those who knew her knew very well that it was a rare occurrence. 

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     Colton was not amused and he was also quite drained for the day or for a month. It crossed his mind again why he was even going through with this. He was holding his cat, seemingly just cuddling with him. It was more for stress relief. It unsettled him lying to her mom in the first place and the full effect of how much it took to do the lie was not mixing with him well. Once the door had been shut he halfheartedly looked over at Yeri.

     “Yay.” He deadpanned. “This is still a shit idea.” Colton was being extra crabby, “When I end up having to go see a therapist because of this, I’m making you pay for it.” He added.

     “Yeah, well, I don’t really need a thanks from you. I’m doing it for her.” Setting Whiskerton down, he went to the kitchen. He felt like he needed ice cream and a movie. Opening the freezer and grabbing the cookie dough ice cream, he grabbed a spoon and hopped up onto the counter. Letting out a huff, he took a big spoonful to shove in his mouth. Fucking break ups.

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“Apparently, someone already got into the Christmas lights.” She comments, eyes on Hunter tangling up already tangled lights. Chuckling a bit, Airy turns to Jade. “Do you have any preference on where we start the madness? Cookies? Gingerbread? The tree? Decor?” Airy was busy dusting around all surfaces and tidying up the kitchen so all three of them had a clear work space. “Aha!” Soon, she reappeared from the kitchen and into the living room wearing an elf hat. Popping the mini Santa hat on Hunter before making her way over to give a matching elf hat to Jade. You could hear the Christmas songs playing softly through the speakers of the t.v. and she had already put out and lit the holiday scented candles. It gave her a warm feeling all over. “We can start wherever you want to.”

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With an excited squeal, Tia turned to Jihu and deviously smiled. “Guess who has plans today?” She asked, but didn’t give time for him to answer, “We do.” It had been so long since she had been home, let alone had a free day. “Adventure time -- lots of it.” Her mother had left earlier in the morning for work and the only one home was her father, give or take a few maids but with how big her house was it seemed empty. Secretly, this on top of everything else prompted the adventuring.  “I have a list actually, no particular order, but of some things that might be fun.” Looking hopefully up at him, she grinned. “So, your thoughts?” She said it as if she was giving him a choice on if he even wanted to come. “Hm?” 

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Eamon knew how to get to Elodie, it was a part of the reason why they worked. Unfortunately he didn’t have much control over how he got to her. He annoyed her, that was a given, but sometimes it worked in his favour. And she annoyed him too, sometimes it made him want to pinch her cheeks and other times she got under his skin and blinded him with rage. He had a small amount of hope that things were going well this time around. “I am a man. But those boys aren’t and, well, I have to partake in the stupidness so I can lead them.” He tried, the words falling over themselves as he tried to navigate through the situation. “I know I messed up –hey!” Eamon calls after her dumbfounded, not to mention a little distracted by the way she carried herself. “El, damn it.” He rose from his chair. The length of his giant-like legs making the distance between them disappear quickly. “Don’t walk away from me when I’m apologising. You know how hard those are.” He moved in front over her, using his hands to push gently on her shoulders to slow her down. His height and size meant that he loomed over her smaller frame, all but blocking out the sun. “Tell me what to do. Name it.”

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Elodie watched from the corner of her eye, before he was completely blocking her. They were always a constant push and pull, almost as if they were always in some game only the two of them were playing. Her body came to a complete stop and she looked up, “It wasn’t making me feel any better.” Diverting her eyes for a moment, it was times like this where her giant used his height to his advantage and made her feel surrounded. In only the best warm Eamon way of course. With how off everything had been lately, El was more of a handful than usual. That was saying a lot.  She puffed her lips in her best pout, “I want you to hug me, idiot.” A strange sense of relief washed over her when she finally just out right told him what she wanted. “A long one that you would only give me, though, cause I’m special.” Her tone of voice wasn’t quite a whine, but more of a sigh. “That’s what I want.” She felt quite vulnerable actually, it wasn’t the greatest feeling, especially when it came to her. 

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“Lucky for Skywalker I have,” Zuko digs in his pockets sure he had something edible in there. “A packet of salt and… popcorn seeds.” Zuko’s thrilled, after all everyone knows birds eat seeds. He takes her interest as a good sign to keep talking. Most of the time people had to physically walk away from him if they wanted to stop the conversation –he’s social skills weren’t always the sharpest and he’d usually follow an unlucky person around all day. “Theory for now, one day it will be just called history.” He sat on a nearby table, his mind ablaze with alien everything. He was quietly thankful that Kaia had appreciated his effort. Writing essays was a real task for him, which most people seemed to forget. “I think you could surf the milky way.” He says matter-of-fact. “If you read my conclusion actually, let me just tell you. Basically we’re all alien descendants because we aren’t muggles. The purebloods,” His voice lowers, noting some pureblood students loitering around the room. “Those guys are lucky they have more alien than anyone else.”

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“Actually, I was meaning for me, but feeding Skywalker works too.” Then a thought dawns on her, “Do you carry around a portable popcorn machine or something?” His statement had made her laugh, “Would you be the next Galileo then? Maybe that’s why the professor failed you. You know something he doesn’t!” She must have been in an optimistic mood today or maybe she just felt like finding a bright side to Zuko’s problem. “Surfing the milky way would be pretty rad.” Her eyes brighten and she leans in to hear him. “When the mothership comes, I wouldn’t doubt it would be them that had the most.” She was having fun playing along. “Oh! Speaking of owls, wanna walk with me to go pick up some packages? I had amazon ship them to my flat in London then had Sky bring it here. I almost had them ship it to my house in America, but then I thankfully remembered that I didn’t want to make him suffer. ” For a moment, Kaia wondered if it was weird she had asked him to walk with her there. But, she didn’t let the thoughts linger too long. “You in or not?” 

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Jinhi liked being a reserve player for the quidditch team. She went to practice but she’d convinced the captain that she didn’t have to go to all of them, better yet she’d go out and practice by herself when need be. She liked it better that way. But with one of the first string beaters on probation for a questionable move in the last game, she’d been promoted for the time being and had endured a rather terrible hour of practice with the entire team. Needless to say she wasn’t in the best of moods returning to the common room that night. “Oh no, it’s the big bad wolf.” She quips almost immediately. “I can’t believe I just made myself the Little Red Riding Hood of that scenario.” She pauses momentarily to look at Daehyun, admittedly not someone she was extremely close to, then again, save for her sister and a few others -who was she close to? She had noticed his reputation, though she didn’t really buy into it as some others did. “Hate to break it to you but you need to work on your scary voice. I almost mistook you for Miss Potts.”

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“Woof woof.” He deadpanned. “You look bad, Quidditch kick your ass?” Daehyun asked, turning to grab his bag and get out all his homework. Some of the perks of people being afraid of you was that nobody really bothered him too much when he was doing anything, so he could concentrate with ease. His original plan was to come down to the common room to just study with the others there. But, as the universe would have it, they all moved to the other side of the room from him when he tried to join them. As per usual. He scoffed at Jinhi and wagged a quill at her, “I don’t even want to have a scary voice, so I need to work on nothing.” Even though they weren’t the best of friends or anything, Jinhi didn’t run from him, so in his mind it was one of the closest things he had to friend. Starting first with his ancient studies homework, he flashed a quick look up at the girl, “You going to sit down?”

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Kunwoo blinked. He had not been prepared to hear the word ‘penetrating’ today… or any other day for that matter. Unless he stumbled across a certain type of thread on Reddit he generally lived in a innocent bubble of purity. “What, are you reading fifty shades of grey or something?” That damn book. He’d even found a copy stashed in one of the drawers in his grandmothers home. No one was safe. “I’m fine, are you? Sorry about interrupting you ‘getting r rated’.” Kunwoo was awkward face-to-face, feeling quite uncomfortable without the ability to proof read his ‘replies’ -he always felt like he needed a backspace button or at the very least ctrl z. “Was that what that was?” He rubs the side of his head where the stick must have struck, truthfully he felt fine. At worst he’d have a red mark or a small bump. It was the way his ankle had twisted that was the bother. “Iphone. It’s the newest.” And then because he felt the need to defend it, “I queued for hours for it. I was one of the first members of the public to get one.”

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Feeling slightly insulted at the way he had stated the question, she placed a hand on her broom. “As a matter of fact, I’m not. Frankly, I don’t even know what that one is about, so..”  Row’s lips quirked into a quick grin, “It’s okay,” she quickly answered, “I can finish it another time, I suppose.” Placing the book in her quidditch bag for now, she tucked a piece of her hair behind her ear. This was weird. She hadn’t talked very much to anyone in the first place, not that she hadn’t wanted to, but because she was always up to something. But, he had already gotten to know that she had been reading an erotic book and the thought caused her face to heat up. “I think so, hopefully it didn’t hit ya’ too hard! It can be quite the weapon apparently. I’ve brought a whole new meaning to ‘stick it to you’, huh?” She finished with a giggle. Forgetting for a moment about her embarrassment, she gave a look of slight curiosity. “Do people actually do that? I don’t have enough patience to wait around for something like that.” Waiting for a phone sounded like such a muggle thing to do, like something her sister would do. Her sister hated Rowen, because Rowen had continued the family magic line while her sister had not received any magic at all. “I’m Rowen, by the way, and who might you be?” She scanned him with her eyes, “Did you hurt your ankle?” 

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The very word ‘birth’ has her choking on her food, without even a touch of grace to it. When she regains the ability to breathe, she’s a mix between laughter and crying. “Wouldn’t that be a bitch. With the wings and the beak. Ew, no!” She hits him once more, unfortunately for him her hand has a mind of its own. “I got myself a game changer. I believe this person had been on, ahem, your list.” She had been more than surprised when she’d found her advances reciprocated by a seventh year Ravenclaw girl late last night. “I believe she was listed as an 8 for you –I think it should be doubled since she’s a straight girl. 16 points to Slytherin! ” 

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Jian couldn’t help the laugh he let out at her reaction and got back his composer, to only then again chuckle and then cringe. “That is..not a mental image I needed.” A few horrifying mental thoughts of a beak having to be birthed out later, her hitting him brought him back to safety. “As odd as it had started, their competition that is, he found himself really not minding her presence around him at all. She amused him. Not to mention, not many people would be up for a competition such as theirs. “My list?” His smiled dropped, he was competitive and didn’t like losses. “Are we not playing fair then, Ms. Sookie? Celebrate while you can. I can work quicker than you think.” His voice had dropped an octave and he had a dangerous smirk on his face. “I can endure a lot too.” Then just as quickly, he was back to his normal Jian self. “You can convert straight girls, impressive.” A plan quickly was forming itself in his head. “How about upping the stakes or perhaps make the game more interesting?” 

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The comment Nari had ready to fire died on her lips upon hearing the nickname. She personally didn’t mind it, she knew her own nature but she also knew it wasn’t always spoken by her house mates as a nicety. So she kept her mouth shut and returned to her work without a word. Stealing glances between the words and the boy who was half hanging upside down. She may have looked unfazed but her toes were wriggling beneath the thin fabric of her blanket. They only calmed once she’d heard his apology. “It’s alright. Did you get a good breakfast? You know half the time when someone feels burnt out by the afternoon it’s because of their diet.” She suggested, the comment coming out naturally. Nari looked at him for a moment, deciding on her own mood. “You know I should, you did call me mother. I might be able to keep it a secret. If you tell me what you’re writing.”

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He was scribbling down words, an imagine of words almost appeared in his mind. Feeling better already at getting his writing itch to lessen, he stopped momentarily. “What’s your definition of a good breakfast? Cause that term differs by the person.” More words appeared in his mind as he restarted to write down the flow and rhythms of the words. Axel paused, kind of shocked that she had actually wanted to know what he was writing, and kind of not shocked. Most would try ti forcefully steal his notebook to read his private thoughts or poems. It was quite a nuisance, honestly. “If you say so, Nar,” He replies coolly, “I’m writing whatever comes into my head and onto the paper, most likely a poem or it could be nonsense.” His fingers went back to work, but he surprisingly kept the conversation going. “What are you up to then?”

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Eamon was disheartened for only a split second. His thick skin sheltering him from her seeming indifference. “Well I personally am glad you aren’t four. Otherwise that’d make us a bit creepy.” He said lamely, though to him it had been the tiniest bit funny. The cute pout came so easily to his lips, you’d think he did it all the time. Which he did, though only for El. “Play toys are for boys, I’m a man El, and you’re a woman.” The excuse came with a large intake of breath as he prepared to explain. “The guys faults of course! They dared me to do it. You know I can’t turn down a dare -my reputation!” 

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Elodie let out a grumble and put down the book. He is so annoying, she thought for a moment. But then, she saw the pout. “Fucking hell.” She muttered under her breath, not audible enough for him to hear. All that was needed was for herself to stay mad at him a little longer, assert power that he couldn’t just get away with things. “Let me get this straight, you did it because of a dare?” Gryffindors, she answered herself in her head. “If you were a man then you wouldn’t be needing dares to keep your reputation. I was your woman, but someone keeps fucking up.” Getting up from her seat, she had one last plan of attack before forgiving him. “Have fun with your hand tonight, darling!” Swaying her hips a little extra, she put on her best glare and walked away from him. Hoping her plan would fall through, she would be able to do what she had been wanting too for the last two days. Hug him, it was not the most common thing for her to want. However, she kept getting strange messages from her mother and was slightly worried about her father. She wanted a hug from the person who frustrated her the most, but who she also trusted the most.

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“You know,” Jinhwa started as she made her way over to Silas, “I looked it up and your name means ‘of the forest’ which would make sense since you remind me of a tree.” She was eating the brownies she snatched from the kitchen, but lifted her arm up and swayed it as if to prove her statement. “Tree’s are tall and always look a little lonely.” Jin brought her arm down and settled herself on the grass, “Then again, most people are tall to me,” She continued but then offered him a brownie. “Want one? I didn’t make them so I can’t promise the person who made them didn’t poison them, but I haven’t keeled over so my hunch says they are fine!”

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Dae, while attempting to approach a group of other fellow Gryffindors, had somehow scared them off without even saying a word. He rolled his eyes in annoyance and sighed, taking a seat in front of the fire place. One knee up for him to rest an arm on, while the other one rested on the floor. It was maybe because of his last name, how his whole family were known to be dark. Or, perhaps, his face. That part really irritated him, cause he knew he was attractive and he saw a lot of girls even a few boys staring but most feared him plus it’s not like he can change his face. Sometimes it was funny, other times like today when he felt a little under the weather was just lonely. Hearing footsteps approach him he turned, “Is someone not quaking in fear at my presence today?” He let out sarcastically.

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Kunwoo’s phone was open in front of him as he bumped his way through the halls. His eyes were glued to the bright screen most days, playing candycrush or flicking through the memes he saved in the gallery. The lack of wifi limited was he could do, though he never seemed to grow tired of the thing. He was one freckle away from passing the level when he collided with an unseen figure and he went sprawling to the floor, phone amiss. “What?” He sat, confused for a moment before immediately inspecting his phone screen for cracks. The phone once again taking priority over an apology or even the searing pain of his ankle. “Um, sorry?”

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Rowen was bustling through the halls, she needed to get to the end of her latest romance novel. Practice be damned! Her nose was stuffed in the book, it was getting particularly saucy when, smash. “Goddammit, broomsticks penetrating truffles!” She had made a dictionary of her own cursing words and sayings 4th year. “My book! They were just about to get rated r!” Her eyes widened when she realized she had ran into an actual someone and not a wall or door. “Are you okay? Oh, merlin, are you injured?” She had only noticed that along with the book, her broom was in her other hand. “Did I just broomstick you?” Row was trying not to laugh at her own wording of it, because she would only laugh if he wasn’t hurt. “Why are you checking a metal box? Ah, wait, that’s a cellphone. Oppsies.” Shuffling over, she picked up her book. A page had been torn, but she could clearly remember what page she was on.

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“Do you have an owl? I have to write to my mother.” By now everyone had heard the same thing. Zuko had been telling anyone who would listen, in fact, he told them even if they were obviously not listening. “I have to write to her so she can sue my history of magic professor and then I’ll get my A+.” He is of course referring to his most recent paper, in which he’d (in his opinion) very convincingly written an in depth essay about how magic had come from outerspace. Titled, Merlin’s a Alien: The Broomsticks a UFO -only to receive a fail grade and a very furious look from his professor.

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“Do you have snacks? If so, go for it. His name is Skywalker.” Kaia was on her last few bubblegum filled lollipops that she always ate while studying and needed a replacement since she had a test in a few days that the lollipops needed preserved for. Crossing her legs under the table, she rested her chin in her palm listening to him. “Which paper was it? The..interestingly creative alien theory? That’s kinda lame you didn’t get an A on that, for effort at the very least.” She’d never been a fan of essays or papers, she was a more hands on type of learner rather than a writer. So, in her opinion the fact he had actually done a paper deserved an A. “I wonder what it would be like to be an alien...do you think you could surf in space? Maybe Merlin is up there surfin’ away. Throwing up a peace sign and what not.”

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“I’ve outdone myself this time.” Sookie sings. Falling onto the courtyard bench where her fellow competitor was perched. She straddles the cement and beams at him in between giant bites of her apple. “Guess, oh please, guess.” She starts, fervently tapping his upper arm. “You’ll never get it.”

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“Oh, have you?” His smirk was evident as he re-shifted, he had been napping with a book hovering above his face so he would appear to be studying. A glint appears in his eye and he turns fully to stare into her eyes. Deciding to be playful, he lifted his eyebrows, “Gave birth to a pterodactyl? If so, you really have outdone yourself.” 

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Nari heard the door to the common room open from her spot on one of the many lounges. With her glasses low on the bridge of her nose she looked up from above them. “You haven’t forgotten something have you?” She asks before she’s even seen who it is. There was a certain third year who always tried to skip her afternoon herbology class, who she’d taken to chasing after. A small ‘oh’ falls past her lips when she’s not met with the girl, but rather a taller more familiar face. “No classes this afternoon, then?” Her tone is somewhat accusing, though she’s been trying to work on that.

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Entering the common room, he looked up momentarily and then back at  his destination. Ignoring her first question completely he kept on his way, plopping down on a sofa the opposite of Nari. “I could be asking you the same question, mother.” Axel didn’t feel like being bothered right now. He didn’t want to deal with people today and felt more like getting out his notebook on a comfy couch and write. So, that’s exactly what he did. Lifting up his legs so they hung over the back of the sofa, he plucked a pencil out of his bag and opened his notebook. Writing upside down was a weird thing, he knew that, did he care if it was weird? Not particularly. Suddenly, he felt a little bad he had mocked her. "Sorry, Nar. Not having a good day.” Was all he gave as a lackluster apology. Before starting to write, he tilted his head back so he could see her upside down from his view. “If I did have a class would you tell on me?”