[ ❀ // 1 x 1 ] hogwarts rp

[qbaiter]

grayson continue to write down notes, his handwriting getting progressively worse. taking notes was one of the things he hated most; grayson preferred hands-on learning instead. he propped up his head with his elbow, pretty bored out of his mind. he knew he'd have to rewrite the notes later, they certainly weren't of high standards.

luckily for grayson, the class soon came to a close. the professor finally stopped talking, and he tuned her out. grayson began to pack up his stuff and completely missed out on whatever the homework had been. even more unluckily, the zipper on his bag got stuck and it took him an extra minute to put away his notes. when he looked around the room, there wasn't too many people he could ask what the assignment was, and he definitely didn't want to ask the teacher. grayson let out a grumble of annoyance and started heading to the door.

[Consulting_Angel]

As the class came to a finish, Skylar put down his quill, and shook his hand out. He had definitely not missed having to write down notes continuously and quickly. Hopefully it wouldn't be too bad for the rest of his classes - and he was looking forward to getting some lunch now. He made a final note of the homework assignment, then he started to pack away his notes as the class was dismissed.

He stood up, getting ready to leave the classroom, just waiting for a few extra moments for his friend to also finish up. Later, it was decided, they'd sit in the Hufflepuff common room to compare notes, and to work on the assignments that they now had. As he waited, Skylar glanced around the room, and spotted that Grayson seemed to be having a moment of trouble with his bag. He hesitated, glancing away when his friend was finally ready to leave, and he decided to leave with them. Since it was lunch, the two made their way towards the Great Hall - and met up with a few other Hufflepuffs as they went on their way.

[qbaiter]

grayson quickly grabbed his bag and ran out the door. there were few people he could ask about the assignment, and he just needed to find one of them. looking around, he saw a group of slytherins. he knew they'd tease him about not paying attention, but at this point, he didn't really care. grayson began to approach them when a crowd of third and fourth years passed by, and he lost sight of them.

then grayson caught a quick glance of someone he recognized. skylar. he didn't really want to have to ask the hufflepuff boy, especially since he was surrounded by friends, but he didn't really have a choice. grayson chased after him and finally reached skylar,
out of breath. "h-hey," grayson said, avoiding the looks he was receiving from skylar's friends.

[Consulting_Angel]

Skylar, and the group of Hufflepuffs that he was with, had nearly made it to the Great Hall, but were temporarily slowed down as a large group of first year students came streaming in as well. Being polite, Skylar and his friends allowed for the first years to move into the Great Hall ahead of them. He got nudged once again by a friend, though, and he turned around to see that Grayson had approached.

Just a brief glance around was all Skylar needed to figure out just what his friends seemed to be thinking - some were smirking, while others looked very cautious and protective. Skylar looked at Grayson again, confused. He half-expected things to be a prank, or for Grayson to just shout some sort of insult. "Hello," he greeted, then he asked, carefully, and politely, "is there a problem...?"

[qbaiter]

"no, i, uh.." grayson got distracted by the looks skylar's friends were shooting at him. he shook his head and regained focus.
"i sorta wasn't paying attention when the professor gave out our assignment, could tell me what it was?" he asked. grayson was deep down nervous about being judged for not paying attention, and he felt the need to explain.

"the zipper on my bag got stuck and then i didn't hear.." he mumbled, trailing off as one of skylar's friends smirked. grayson would definitely have to confront them later. he glared at them, then glanced at skylar, waiting for an answer as students walked all around them.

[Consulting_Angel]

He did want to ask his friends to at least stop staring down Grayson - or, at the very least, to ask the ones that were smirking to stop. However, he figured that it might make things more awkward than he felt that they already were, so Skylar listened to the Slytherin, to find out what he wanted, patiently.

He was, admittedly, quite surprised that Grayson had decided to come to him to ask about the assignment. He would have thought he would have gone to another Slytherin. One of his friends gently placed a hand on Skylar's arm, almost in reassurance, which did actually kind of help him a bit. "Uh... sure. We have to research and write about summoning and banishing charms, in preparation for our next Charms class," he explained.

[qbaiter]

grayson nodded as skylar explained the assignment. "okay! thanks!" he said, smiling slightly at him before glaring at the hufflepuffs who'd been smirking. then grayson turned and quickly walked away, turning a corner. once he was out of view from the hufflepuff group, he let out a deep breath. that had been more awkward than he'd imagined.

grayson placed his head in his hands. why couldn't he have just asked another slytherin? it was pretty dumb of him to approach skylar like that, especially since they'd only just met. he lifted his head and looked up. thankfully, there was a group of slytherins heading into the great hall, and he merged in with its members, sitting beside one of his friends once they were inside.

[Consulting_Angel]

"You're welcome..." Skylar responded, quietly, and he waited until Grayson was out of view before he turned towards the other Hufflepuffs.
"You should have lied, and made up an entirely different assignment. It would have served him right for not listening," one of his friends chided, but Skylar shook his head slightly in disagreement.
"I couldn't have done that, even if I had preparation... besides, I still have to work with him in Potions anyway," he said, and then confessed, "I'm more surprised that he even thought to ask me, of all people,"
"You're too nice, Sky. Just don't let him take advantage," another Hufflepuff told him.

Soon, they went into the Great Hall, and the group sat together at the Hufflepuff table, ready to have lunch. Skylar was still thinking about the encounter, slightly confused... but also, admittedly, kind of honoured in a way that Grayson had asked him about the assignment. He didn't think too much into it, though, and he soon quickly returned his focus towards his friends, and lunch.

[qbaiter]

grayson scarfed down his lunch, listening to the other slytherins describe who they'd bullied so far. his favorite was when hayden had scared a third year boy by using a patronus. gayson hadn't tried to summon his own patronus in quite some time, as it hadn't been needed and the image brought back dark memories that he'd rather forget.

the boy didn't have to check his timetable, for he already knew what his next class was. grayson nodded to the other slytherins and grabbed his bag, heading to the defense against the dark arts classroom. this certainly was his favorite class, and the one he most looked forward to. he got to class early and took a seat in the back, eagerly awaiting to figure out what today's lesson would be.

[Consulting_Angel]

Skylar ate lunch, listening to the conversation that his friends were having, only pausing and inputting a handful of times. He didn't really engage deeply into conversations, after all, unless he did have to be involved with them. Currently, the Hufflepuffs were talking about what they thought was going to happen this year, in terms of the Quidditch Cup. Skylar definitely stayed out of that conversation as much as possible - he just wasn't all that keen on the sport.

After lunch, Skylar stood up and picked up his bag. He had Ancient Runes next, and he wanted to be there early, for it was one of his favourite classes. He was actually quite glad to have dropped Defense Against the Dark Arts and Divination this year - he had not enjoyed either class the past few years, and they weren't exactly his strong suits, so to be able to focus this year and next year on the classes that he actually enjoyed and was good at was certainly a relief.