forever young ;

❝ my heart stops when you look at me, just one touch now baby i believe this is real so take a chance and don't ever look back ❞ lee chihoon | ♢ ♦ ♢ ♦ ♢ ♦

[xslythoon]

➥ overcoming fears ;

[ravenseol-blog]

she allowed him take her by the hand. it had been a while since she had felt someone’s hand against hers. she wasn’t sure what to think, but she let him take her down the hill and towards the pitch. her hand fell to her side as he let go and told her to wait, so wait she did. she stood there, nervous, bouncing slightly on the balls of her feet. her eyes followed him as he retrieved the broom and then they were turned towards the sky, watching the clouds, wishing they were substantial enough to catch her.

she watched him return with anticipation. the broom was in his hands and it looked so simple, so innocent, but she was terrified of it. she glanced from him to the floating broom, and back to him. her brain told herself to go to it, but her feet weren’t moving. her body was shaking and she balled her hands into fists to try and control herself. 

"do i really have to?" she asked him, taking a step closer, hand automatically reaching out for his. it was strange. she didn’t know him all that well, but he was the only one there to offer any sort of comfort and she needed that right now as she stood beside the broom, watching it hover so sinisterly.

[xslythoon]

he watched the girl, overthinking about everything whether he was doing the right thing, maybe he became too persistent and forceful towards her? well, he was just really trying to help, and he knew he came this far, the only thing he can do is to be responsible and help the girl feel less terrified if that is possible. he bit his lower lip, feeling rather guilty.

"well..." he didn't know what to reply, the guilt he was feeling-- but they already came this far, the broom is already in his hands and it's just too late to step back and walk away. "we came this far.... take all the time you need, i'll give you time to relax. i do know you're quite tense right now and nervous." he smiled at her, more like an assuring smile. 

he looked around, still holding his position, "well, we're alone in the field after all." he was hoping that would actually help her gain more confidence and make her feel less tense with the thought of having no audience around. "you know.. i was once afraid of flying when i was a kid, i was afraid of heights."

[kpop-culture-blog]

[ravzitao]

❝ cheat — hzt & lch

[ravzitao]

For a Slytherin, this person seemed intent on avoiding trouble from authority, even more so than Zitao. Luckily, the Ravenclaw wasn’t even minimally threatened or unsettled by the empty threats. Just from a first glance, he could assumed that no harm would be done to him by the other male. Sure, the kid had a hefty storage of furious insults, but the mouth and fist were controlled by very different muscles. Zitao wasn’t stupid. If he had the slightest notion that his childish acts would cause him something unfavorable, then he would definitely mind his manners. The opportunity to receive some extra help on that exam was just too tempting.

With the pitiful story that eventually spilled from the other’s mouth, he was unable to stifle his urge to scoff at the damn show. To him, it was all fake and a ruse to just save his skin. Nothing about it was gallant or impressive, and it efficiently made Zitao decide they were two people who were made to clash and simply shouldn’t mesh together. Feeling nauseous from how sickening this was, it worsened as the headmaster addressed the two of them. He really only expected sitting silently in a vacated classroom for a few hours on a saturday, and this was comparably out of line.

He opened his mouth to protest, but clamped it shut since there was no fixing this. Reluctantly taking the said list after the headmaster had scribbled it down, he immediately exited whilst grumbling to himself, briskly heading towards the forest to get this all over with. “Here,” Zitao shoved the parchment into the other’s hand. “You find it all since you got us into this mess.” 

[xslythoon]

He was about to say something--but instead he rolled his eyes, and shoved the parchment back to the other's hand. "No. You find it yourself since you're the reason why am i here in the first place!" he yelled out of frustration, slightly pouting upon finding himself in this sort of unfortunate events, of all the people he'll be with today then why him. If he just shut his mouth earlier he wouldn't be here in the first place, a part of him wanted to blame himself, but he just couldn't-- he was in denial that he's at fault. He wouldn't let himself being blamed on this matter.

Sighing, he walked briskly, wanting to avoid the other although he knew it was nearly impossible. He glanced at the other quickly, both his eyebrows furrowed. 

[xslythoon]

➥ overcoming fears ;

[ravenseol-blog]

she could sort of see where he was going with this. it made sense, in a way. there was a sense of freedom and she knew that. sometimes, just putting yourself out in the middle of nature, whether that was a lake, a forest, a field, or the sky, it made you feel infinite and like anything was possible. seolhyun knew what that felt like, but if she could feel that way in other ways besides throwing herself fifty feet above the ground on a stick of wood, well, then she was going to prefer those other methods.

"but i wouldn’t even be up in the air" she retorted with a pout, but there didn’t seem to be a point to arguing with him. after all, it wasn’t like he was going to make her fly right now. there was no way that would be happening.. except that was exactly what he was planning. he was already suggesting that they go get a broom and her face blanched. she didn’t think it would be wise. what if she fell? her hands automatically rested against her stomach, as if her dainty fingers could protect from harm.

she was brought to her feet. swaying slightly on the spot, seolhyun stared up into the sky, where she would undoubtedly be in a few minutes. “you can’t let me fall” she turned towards him, her eyes wide and desperate and scared. “promise me, you won’t let me fall.”

[xslythoon]

his eyes gazed upon her. he wasn't sure what to feel, but he sort of wanted to protect her. there was something with her plead that hit him. he couldn't help but to just nod. well, as if he had any choice, he was the one who insisted this, and he definitely should take responsibility. "alright, alright-- i promise!" a soft smile playing across his lips, wanting to assure the other that he was definitely sincere.

"let's go." he walked down the bleachers, as he tugged lightly against her hand, scanning upon the field as if he was finding something. upon spotting a broom on the side, he paused. "wait here." he let go of her hand and went to where the broom was, grabbing it and walking back to where he left the girl.

he positioned the broom horizontally until it floated by itself, looking at the other, nodding as if motioning her to hop on it, offering his hand for help. "don't worry, i won't let go of your hand."

[chihoon-pl-deactivated20150911]

[xslythoon]

➥ overcoming fears ;

[ravenseol-blog]

"should i be feeling inferior if i’m a king or a queen? shouldn’t i feel superior, like i own everything i set my eyes on?" she asked him seriously. she placed a hand up against her forehead to shield her eyes as she tilted her head towards the sky, trying to imagine what it would feel like to be up there. the only feeling she could muster up was the fear of sliding off the broom and to her death.

seolhyun shook her head rapidly. she had been hoping that he would go off a bit more about him and flying and why he loved it so much, but he caught on too quickly. “i don’t see myself being in a situation like that, and if, by some crazy circumstances, i do, then obviously i would face my fears, get on a broom, and fly!” she smiled at him. “but that doesn’t mean i have to do it now, does it?” she was pretty sure that she had him there. obviously she would choose life over death and face her fear when she had to, but why did she have to do it now?

she blinked when he stood up. apparently, she hadn’t quite convinced him. he seemed to be determined on getting her on a broom, and she wondered why. perhaps he had a secret death wish for her or something. “wait, do we really have to?” she mumbled, placing her small hand in his so he could help her up.

[xslythoon]

“Well, the overwhelming feelings of being there up high gives a feeling of freedom, and inferiority in a sense that you feel like you can do everything. At least for me, I feel like I have the power to do everything, it’s a very weird feeling you know, but it does make me happy, a way of escaping reality really.” He closed his eyes, slightly getting too immersed with the topic.

“It would be better to face your fears as early as now, you know. You have to practice your flying, what if you fall out of nervousness if you’re alone when that times comes, you didn’t practiced your flying, there are a lot of possibilities that can happen…..” He laughed, scratching his head. Really, he was just stating random thoughts, he just really intended her to try it, even though he knew what he was saying was rather pointless.

He nodded excitedly, pulling her up “It’s worth a try, how about this, let’s give it a try and if you don’t like the feeling of being high up there then we’ll stop. Does that sound like a plan?” 

[zigolak]

[ravzitao]

❝ cheat — hzt & lch

[ravzitao]

With the murderous glare of the other, it would be impossible for the Ravenclaw to ignore the intruding feeling of the male’s eyes on him. So, what? The issue had already developed into this, and nothing was going to change that. Maybe it was indeed his fault, but it was difficult to decide at this point in time. As long as he acted as the innocent, clueless angel, then Zitao was guaranteed to receive whatever outcome he desired. The facade was well practiced and practically perfected, so he had no worries. If only he didn’t have to strain himself, and it was the tattletale behind him that could be blamed for his hardships.

"Look, I forgot," Zitao explained with a dismissive roll of his eyes, as if that were any excuse. Of course, it should be justifiable if it were coming from him. With amusement as the other rushed ahead, he sincerely wondered what the Slytherin could possibly do to him. For a snake, he wasn’t that intimidating. So, he followed. Reaching the headmaster’s office, he approached the desk, crossing his arms defiantly while reluctant to speak first. There was a thing called being too defensive.

[xslythoon]

“Even though you forgot that doesn’t mean you have to cheat and drag me into this.” He shook his head, feeling rather disappointed and nettled. He sighed heavily, although Chihoon was actually really mad and he just wanted to blow his head off and throw him in the river, he wouldn’t do anything close to that, or even punch him in the face. Chihoon wasn’t really that violent physically, although he has some anger issues, he actually isn’t that brave jumping into a fight. He’s definitely a weakling in disguise, but he doesn’t show that side of him since he didn’t want anyone to pick up on him.

He went inside, sitting on the chair in front of the desk, looking at the headmaster with saddened eyes. He wasn’t speaking nor making any noise, but his expression seemed to speak for itself that he was really worried about his grades and everything. He wanted to maintain an excellent mark and he was worried this detention could pull it down. “I—I really didn’t do it, headmaster. I’m sorry for causing so much trouble.” His hands were shaking out of nervousness since it was his first time getting a detention.

finally, the headmaster had spoke up. “It doesn’t matter whether you did it or not, you’re both getting punishment anyway. As your punishment, it seems you both don’t get along well and this punishment will definitely change that. Both of you have to go to the woods to gather these list of ingredients, I want teamwork here, so I want both of you to do the work, and that’s not it. Go back to my office once you’re done. Goodluck! That’s all, you may go.” 

the thought of having the guy throughout the day just wanted to make him jump off the window right now..... bloody hell.

[sawcanceled-deactivated20141026]

[xslythoon]

➥ getting caught ;

[theotheward]

"Yup, just me," he replied, going along with the other’s brief illusion that they were already well acquainted.  Of course he got the gist of what the boy meant, but it worked either way.  With the Slytherin’s recognition of him he broke into a grin, nodding along.  "That’s the one.  Glad to know my face is actually familiar around here."

He chuckled with the questions, it almost sounded like it was the first time this guy had snuck out after hours.  It made E.Co wonder his he actually managed to avoid all those on patrol.  ”I’m just hanging around.  Seeing what good fortune I can find.  I’m an old card at this trick though, been adventuring after dark since fourth year,” he replied, his voice dropping in volume too.  ”What are you doing here?”

[xslythoon]

“I’m looking for a certain book.” He answered, not specifying what kind of book it is. He glanced at the boy, narrowing his eyes on him. “Eh, what good fortune can you find in such places!? Maybe you were looking in wrong ones.” He stacked the book he was holding back into the shelf, and grabbed a book without looking at it. “Perhaps were you stalking me?” Due to carelessness, he opened a book without looking at it. He was surprised and horrified as a face suddenly peeked out of the book, screaming.

“What the fuck.” He dropped the book, as he stepped back. He fell into the ground, sitting. “W-what is that thing. Oh my god. Close it off!!” he screamed at the boy, his eyes wide open.

[xslythoon]

➥ overcoming fears ;

[ravenseol-blog]

seolhyun smiled at him. he seemed to doubt his abilities much like she doubted her own, so she really couldn’t blame him. she accepted that she couldn’t be good at everything that interested her, no matter how frustrating it was or how badly she wished that the opposite was true. she had tried to fly once, with a friend, and she only clung on for dear life, her eyes jammed shut so that she couldn’t see a thing. she had no idea what it looked like, to be up in the air

she frowned at the boy. she wasn’t angry or disappointed, just thinking. other than that one time, no, she hadn’t flown. and she also couldn’t see how it was the best thing at hogwarts, considering she had been doing lots of other wonderful things as well. “i did fly once. i couldn’t really tell you what it was like because my eyes were shut the whole time” she admitted to him with a grin that always made it seem as if she were proud of that fact.

the teams were filing off the field now, leaving them as the only two people left on the pitch. seolhyun had been planning on leaving afterwards, but she hadn’t been expecting company. now it was  them and a clear field with a store shed full of brooms and she had a strange feeling she knew what he was going to suggest. she played with the ends of her hair nervously. “so you fly a lot but don’t think you’re good at the sport?” talking would distract him, yes. talking was safe.

[xslythoon]

“eh, how will you enjoy it when you had your eyes shut, you’ll enjoy the view once you’re up there, you’ll feel inferior, like you’re the king or queen of the world or something, well at least for me, it was when it was my first time.” he smiled throughout his little reminiscing moment.

“i fly because i like the feeling okay, not because of quidditch. i just like the essence of flying…” he sighed, glancing at her. “wait a minute..” he narrowed his eyes at her, “this isn’t about me and quidditch, this is about you and your fear.” he crossed his arms infront of his chest. “you know, soon enough, you’ll need to conquer that fear of yours, one way or another, you’ll eventually have to face it you know. there will be times that it’s a matter of life and death, like what if you’re stuck in a building and the only way of escape is to fly out of it or you’ll die.” he pursed his lips, feeling that he was talking a little too much.

he finally stood up, stretching out his hands to her, “what do you say? come on. let’s give it a try, i’m willing to help you. take this as an opportunity.” he showed off a warm smile.

[xslythoon]

➥ we don't follow prissy rules, we break 'em ;

[ravictoria]

all it takes for a wizard to have something in their hands is a wave, and some words and bam! there you are. and it was enough to say victoria didn’t like it so much. she liked magic, yes, but to become sedentary enough to not be able to walk over to the kitchen to pick up a snack? jamais!

she didn’t even notice the time in the watch before marching off of the common room. maybe, if she had, she wouldn’t have gone out and walked so careless down the halls - but it was too late when she realized, and she was past a hall full of sleeping paintings, and a light was seen between the darkness.

usually, she didn’t need to turn on lights. ever since she was a child, the wolf senses had always been able to guide her, even when the thing was hidden and too hide to be showed, controlled inside of her. even then, she could see better, and by the intensity of the gleam, the chinese was sure she wouldn’t be the only one.

shutting an eye, and trying her best to keep her noises to a minimum, she approached the source of the luminosity, meeting a boy. she was pretty sure she had seen his face somewhere, but as the wand and the light was so close, she could barely think. 

"what you think you’re doing?" victoria asks, as soon as she is close enough to whisper.

[xslythoon]

chihoon was a little surprised, almost jumping as he had heard a whisper from a direction, he blinked twice, taking a good look at her, she looked… familiar? “nothing , i was uhm…..” he looked at the painting that was already opened, and he clearly couldn’t get away with this, he was lost for reasons. “i was looking for something, okay.” he scratched his head,  feeling a little embarrassed.

who’s there!? show yourself, boy!

“oh shit, we’re doomed.” he waved his wand to dismiss his lumos spell, closing the painting himself, as he grabbed the girl by the arm, “this way.” he started to run, not wanting to be caught, almost dragging the other. “if we hadn’t wasted time talking—“ he sighed heavily, not even continuing his sentence as he didn’t want to blame anyone, but he was slightly disappointed. honestly, he didn’t know where he was heading, all he can see was darkness around, he went to several turns, down into a couple of stairs, slightly panting heavily.

"i'm sorry for dragging you into this.." he whispered as he was running, finally going towards an unlocked door for hiding purpose.

[likorys]

[xslythoon]

➥ we don't follow prissy rules, we break 'em ;

“lumos” he casted – almost a whisper as he continued to walk throughout the hallway of the castle, his eyes gazing upon the paintings he managed to pass by, he was looking for a certain painting from the open book he was holding with his other hand, it was a way towards a secret room—worst, it was forbidden so there’s no way he could find it himself during the day time. He didn’t mind about the danger of breaking the rules, he was looking for something in the castle, an animal hidden in some room around the castle, he was really curious if this exist. He finally saw the painting that leads to the way, murmuring the password to the painting, the painting finally moved, and spoke up a little too loud, that it echoed through the hallway. Anxious enough, he pointed his wand from left to right, turning around from time to time as he heard footsteps, “i-is—there-a-a—nyone there…” 

[xslythoon]

➥ getting caught ;

[theotheward]

Every now and then when E.Co felt bored with school work and wasn’t in the mood to retire to his bed he snuck passed the heads of the school and the professors and lingered around the corridors, exploring the school.  Because really, the Hogwarts castle was huge and even though he had been here for seven years there was still always something new to discover.  For some reason that night he found himself in the library - an old place really and his curiosity piqued when he spotted the dull light that signalled a lumos spell.  His plan had been to sneak up on th eother, but clearly he wasn’t all that quiet as a voice spoke.

"That’d be me," he answered, sticking his head around the stacks.  He figured the voice sounded nervous enough not to be one of the prefects patrolling the castle.

[xslythoon]

He sighed in relief. “Oh it’s just you.” He coughed, fixing himself as he was more than embarrassed that the other would notice his very nervous state. Truth to tell, he didn’t know who was the student at all, but his face seemed to be familiar, and the word c-h-e-s-s just popped up in his mind out of nowhere, “OH! You’re the president of the chess club… am I correct?” he walked up to him and lighted up his face, looking closely. “What are you doing here?” he asked, as he continued to look up at the piles of books stacked in the book shelf.

“I bet you do know it’s dangerous to actually lurk during curfew hours. We’ll get into trouble for this, so you better keep quiet.” He said – almost a whisper.

[invishible]

[xslythoon]

➥ overcoming fears ;

[ravenseol-blog]

"well you came to the right place!" seolhyun told him with a bright smile. "the school is starting to accept applications for quidditch now so i hear some more people are looking to apply" she told him, just in case he was thinking about giving in an application himself.

"who says you have to be the athletic type to play?" seolhyun asked him. she turned her eyes towards the pitch, squinting them to try and get a better look at the other students that were on their brooms in the air. they weren’t all athletic to her eye.  she turned, smiling at him, and that was when she noticed that he had been looking at her. she flushed slightly, tucking her hair behind her ears. 

"oh, quidditch?" she asked, feeling embarrasssed. "no.. i’m.. scared to fly" she admitted sheepishly. "i mean, i like quidditch and everything, but.. i just can’t get on a broom" she shuddered.

[xslythoon]

He blinked, swallowing out of nervousness. Just the thought of him playing quidditch leads to a total disaster, the images inside his head was pretty disastrous, he might even ruin the whole field, even the bleachers, he could hurt people if he threw the ball in the wrong direction, he quickly shook his head, feeling rather terrified with such thoughts.

“Well, just like in the muggle world, people who join in the basic sports team were pretty much athletic since they train hard to join the competition, and I see quidditch the same. I don’t think I’ll be able to help the team, I would be the black sheep if ever I join. I don’t want to let the slytherin down at all.” He frowned as he stared out of nowhere in the field.

Her words seemed to bother him. “Eh!?” he narrowed eyes at her, “Are you serious?” he blinked once more, couldn’t believe it. “Why so? Flying is the best thing you can do in Hogwarts, it feels wonderful when you’re up in the air, you know. Have you tried it before?” he stared at the other, seemed to be intrigued by her fear of flying, not even minding that the teams who were practicing were already finishing as they started to wrap up.