14; action

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji's in a hurry and he has a good reason to be. But for him, it's unusual, hurrying through the halls to get to the Slytherin commonroom in the dungeons. His movements are abrupt and urgent and he looks around nervously as he goes. Unfortunately, this is around the time people are coming back from Hogsmeade, but he can't get himself to calm down in their presence.]


[Feel free to stop him in the halls or, for fellow Slytherins, talk to him once he gets to the commonroom.]

Comments

[akapeanut]

[George is comfy on a chair near the fire, so it's a little strange when she looks up and sees that Souji is the one sweating.]

...You alright?

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji pauses and glances around.]

...Can we talk?

[akapeanut]

Sure. Uh. You wanna go to your room?

[She gets the feeling this is a private thing.]

[eatsyourscience]

[Souji nods.]

Yeah. Let's do that.

[akapeanut]

[She follows him up, trying, as she follows, to determine what the problem is going to be. At least he can't get his boyfriend pregnant. Er, well, probably not.]

So what's up?

[eatsyourscience]

...What do you think about the unforgivable curses?

[akapeanut]

They're...unforgivable? I don't know. I haven't really thought about it before.

[eatsyourscience]

So you've never cast one.

[akapeanut]

[Realization dawns.]

You cast one? Merlin, Souji, they've gotta have some sort of charm set up to keep an eye out for that kind of thing! The hell were you thinking?!

[eatsyourscience]

It was an accident. She surprised me.

[The way he says that, though, he obviously knows that's no excuse.]

[akapeanut]

Why would that be your first instinct?!

[eatsyourscience]

...It's what I was taught.

[akapeanut]

[George looks away. She's never really cared one way or another about this stuff, but after her boggart encounter she's a little more sensitive to the possibility of someone she cares about killing someone.]

So what'd you cast?

[eatsyourscience]

I used the Cruciatus curse. On a third year from Hufflepuff.

[akapeanut]

A third-- God. Okay. Are they okay?

[eatsyourscience]

I took her to the infirmary. She's still there.

[akapeanut]

Did you tell anyone else about this?

[eatsyourscience]

...Minato and James.

[akapeanut]

What'd they say? Are you going to tell the headmistress? Oh God, she'd have your head, don't do that.

[She shakes her head.]

Who taught you this?

[eatsyourscience]

[He shakes his head too. Honestly, his biggest fear right now, aside from the whole turning into a horrible dark wizard thing, is any of the adults finding out.]

My parents.

[akapeanut]

Well, they sure sound like fun!

[She sighs, biting her lip.]

What did she say? The girl? Did she seem like she was going to tell someone?

[eatsyourscience]

...I'm not sure she knew what happened.

[akapeanut]

Fuck. I hope she didn't get...messed up or anything.

[George closes her eyes, leaning against a wall.]

Are you just going to keep it quiet?

[eatsyourscience]

....I don't know what else to do.

[The thought of admitting he did something like that to a peer was frightening enough, but telling one of the Professors? He'd basically have no future left. He still might not, as it is.]

[akapeanut]

[George bites her lip. She doesn't know either, but she can at least offer comfort. She pulls him into a hug, rubbing a hand hesitantly over his back.]

It'll be okay. We just have to be smart. Keep it quiet.

...Maybe pay off James.