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There was something in the honesty that the other seemed to just exude naturally. That was something he could admire and rarely saw. If nothing else he’d envied that. “I doubt even the body snatchers would have been able to copy that mouth.” Cass quickly teased back and found himself attempting to mimic that very same energy. Even on his potions he couldn’t quite get it but it felt pretty damn good.
“They’re going for the most part.” Was the polite and only thing he’d say. Past that he wasn’t willing to get into much. It was simpler that way, even with friendly face. But perhaps things wouldn’t always be like. He’d hoped not. Erik was calm and collected, very different from most the rest of the company he kept. He’d be lying if he didn’t welcome the change of atmosphere. “Don’t think I’m ever really going to get used to it but I think it’s good. It’s a change.” Which he was in desperate need of. But those habits he’d groomed and fathered in the last few years were awful to bite back at.
Cass shifted around until he was comfortably able to look at his housemate. More to gauge what he’d been thinking, if anything at all. “I’d hold off on the charming part.” He spoke softly, holding his hand out and he’d curled his fingers back a few times, almost as if to will the other’s flask from him. Though it was rude to just invite himself but then again it wasn’t exactly like he could share his own. “I wouldn’t want to ruin your perception just yet.” Cass smiled boldly and in return gave his fellow raven the same intended wink back.
“Besides it’s awful boring being written off on the good side.”
Erik burst out laughing at the other male’s reply. His expression changed to something more serious as they discussed being back here. “Going,” he spouted back, not pushing beyond the answer he was given. He knew the feeling and it wasn’t his business to ask more than that. It was curious coming from Cassio, but all of them had grown up and things were different now.
“Going it is,” he remarked again before taking another slug from his flask as if that was all that needed to be said. The entire world was going on around them but for now, Erik was okay just existing here. “Have to admit, I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to it either. But I needed a change,” he admitted, not going beyond that. “Something different.”
He took in the features of the other Ravenclaw as they sat on the dock, handsome face and light hair. His eyes flickered silently over Cassio’s moving hand and Erik took on a quizzical look but said nothing, just kept the questions in his head where they were. He held out his flask to the other male, but said nothing, leaving Cassio to indulge or not.
“Noted,” he said with a gleam in his eye, his stomach now burning with alcohol and making everything seem a whole lot more entertaining than anything else. “No more charming Cassio. That seems fair,” he added, “As long as I get to keep some perception of mystery, as well.”
There was a lull of silence and Erik drank it in but felt himself becoming antsy, something that was far from uncommon for him. “How do you think the water is?” he asked, leaving it in the air as a question for the other and a dare for himself. “Am I going to end up in the clinic with hypothermia if I jump in?” He didn’t expect an actual answer, but the water was inviting.
It was something stupid that he would have done as a child but being back at Hogwarts made him feel childlike at times and indulging in that seemed like the best idea he’d had in ages.
