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[zheng_li]

Week Name/Date/Time: “Duelly Noted” / Friday, December 1st, 2006 / 5:02 PM
Location: The Great Hall
Open To: Sunny
Currently Involving: Li

Li trudged into the Great Hall, keeping her eyes on the floor. She reached up to scratch the back of her head, pondering her thoughts very carefully. Luckily, she didn’t have to look up to know where the Hufflepuff

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[zheng_li]

Li could only grin brightly, giggling at the girl in front of her.

"Oh, I would never try and kill you, Sunny! What would I be without you?" she laughed, tucking her candies away again, satisfied that Sunny took a lolly. It was true! Over the years, Li had taken a certain liking to the Slytherin girl, and she made it a policy to bug her more than everyone else!

"Me? Bet? Oh no, the only thing I bet on is Mahjong! Cuz that's when I know I'll win!" Li said simply, taking a seat on top of the table. Naturally, this earned her a couple of glares from the Slytherins around them, but she didn't really care. "And I don't have any money to bet anyways. But I do have candies!"

She was tempted to show them off again, but decided it would be better to leave it alone.

"Are you gonna watch the game on Saturday?" Li blurted, leaning in close to Sunny's face. "Are you? ARE YOU? You can sit next to me, if ya want!"

Li's nose was now inches away from Sunny's. And the spastic Hufflepuff could only giggle. What was with her and giggling today? Today she had the giggle fits worse than every other day!

[sunny_charles]

"Without me you wouldn't know you could die from microscopic parasites in your bloodstream," she said with a wry smile. Sunny knew how bleak she always sounded and she supposed, if she wanted to, she could stop herself. She could be happy and giggly if she tried. But it was always more fun to watch people react negatively. She did try to tone down her behaviour in front of this girl though. Li was nice. She laughed at Sunny without laughing at her, as obscure as that sounds and she had never displayed anything but positivity.

Sunny thought that took guts in a world like today's.

"Candies don't buy a bet," she said, pushing her books to the side in slight disappointment. It was always upsetting to hear she wasn't about to receive money.

"There's big interest on this match," Sunny said slowly, unsure why the girl was thisfar away from her face but unwilling to move because she couldn't be bothered. "So I might make an appearance. There'll be people wanting to place last minute bets and what sort of bookie would I be if I didn't take their money from them, ey?

[zheng_li]

That's what Li loved about Sunny the MOSTEST!! When people were happy and giggly, it made Li happy, sure. But there was something so brilliant about Sunny's bleakness and NOT-gigglyness. It kept Li wanting to talk to her! There was always something new to learn about Sunny Charles.

Like stuffing tissue up your nose when you have a runny nose! Li learned that trick from Sunny, and she employed it A LOT.

And when Sunny said she was going to be there at the game, Li had to cry out with joy, hopping up and down on that little butt of hers.

"Kyaaaa, that makes me so happy!!" she cried. "I'll save you a spot if you want, Sunny! You can sit right next to me, and we can be Quidditch mates!"

Suddenly having the strangest urge to do so, Li leaned forward and rubbed their noses together, like they were affectionate dogs, or something ridiculous like that. But she really couldn't help it! She was just so happy!!

"Awww, you made my day, Sunny!!" she giggled. "I was having such a lousy one, you know."

[sunny_charles]

She was rather proud of that one, the tissue up the nose trick but that was just Sunny; weird for the sake of being weird. She'd walk around like that all the time if she didn't think people would get used to it.

As Li wriggled on the table in apparent excitement, Suny looked down the table at her fellow Slytherins who were looking less than impressed with her. The Hufflepuff was shaking the table slightly with her bouncing butt and some of the snakes were suffering with spilt dinners on thir laps. God, this girl was definitely going to be the death of her one day, Sunny thought with a hidden smile.

"I'll sit with you as long as you don't scream in my ear, I don't want a busted ear drum, I've read they're really painful."

Then the girl did something completely unexpected, which Sunny really should have been prepared for, seeing as though she always expected the unexpected when Li was around. She rubbed their noses together! The older girl was quite startled and froze like a deer in headlights. Affection was not something Sunny was intimately aquainted with. It gave her a funny feeling in her stomach and that made her confused and a little paranoid. Did this mean she was coming down with some illness or was the feeling in direct correlation with the nose rub? She didn't understand.

"You're welcome?" She blinked and the confusion melted away into that place where things go to be agonised over later. "Why were you having a lousy day then?"

[zheng_li]

Li gasped with excitement, squiggling some more in her seat. She didn't even notice the glares she was receiving from the Slytherin mass. To her, the only thing that mattered at the moment was that her favoritest Slytherin of all was going to sit with her during the Quidditch game! Whee!!

And Sunny looked so wonderfully confused at Li's random sign of Zheng-branded affection. It made Li want to jump tackle her in a ferocious hug, sending both of them to the ground! But that would have to wait, she deduced... Couldn't have the other Slytherins interrupting the fun, right? She smiled and her face flushed from her excitement. Sunny was way too much fun! She could spend hours with this girl! On the inside, though, Li was feeling a little confused herself. Why was this girl so easy to... Oh, never mind!

"Ooooooh, I promise I won't scream in your ear!" Li said quickly, almost worried that Sunny would change her mind. "Nope, nope! I'll just be cheerin' my heart out for Gryffindor, if you don't mind! Tee hee..."

She brought out a peach flavored lollipop and put it in her mouth, licking it innocently while she enjoyed the flavor. She had to pout when Sunny asked about her ultimately lousy day.

"Ohhhh, that Professor Reed!" she humphed, crossing her arms. "He's such a killjoy! And he's so BORING!"

She cleared her throat, and began to imitate the man with an extremely uppity voice, in the end not sounding like him at all.

"Excuse me, Miss Zheng. Would it be too much to ask you to come down from there? You might end up hurting yourself, blah blah blah... WHATEVER!!" Li cried, flipping her cute bangs out of her face. "He doesn't even KNOW how fun it is to climb the statues outside!! He's probably just jealous because I can do it and he can't."

Hmph. Grown-ups.

[sunny_charles]

Sunny, who had no idea she was considered 'fun' in Li's mind, looked down at the table in self pity. The Hufflepuff might have been describing Professor Reed but she could have just as well been describing Sunny herself. Killjoy. Boring. Both words that people had used to describe her in the past. Her self confidence was so shot she immediately assumed Li was talking about her as well. After all, if the Slytherin girl had ever caught Li on the statues, she'd say exactly the same thing.

"Maybe he's just looking out for you, yeah?" Her voice was quiet and slightly sulky, although she wasn't going to bring up her concerns. She didn't want to bore the girl further with her worries. "Maybe I, I mean Reed doesn't want to see you get hurt." Well, it was kind of dangerous. She could fall and break her arm or something and maybe the break wouldn't heal and Li would forever walk around with a backwards shaped arm!

It could happen.

[zheng_li]

Li caught Sunny's tone of voice, and immediately became concerned. She leaned forward and turned her head, looking into Sunny's eyes with the smallest of a pout as she spoke. She tucked a bit of hair behind her ear, not paying it mind when it fell out of place again.

Maybe it was something she said? Whatever it was, Li didn't like to see Sunny looking so sad. It made her feel sad, and not many people could do that!

"I think you're right," Li said with a sigh. "I mean... I suppose climbing onto the statues isn't the best idea in the world... And it would be bad if I fell."

She paused for a moment, resting her chin in her hand. Her eyes flickered to Sunny every now and again, wishing that the sad face would disappear! She had to bring up something that could get Sunny's spirits up.

"Hey, hey!" Li cried, clapping her hands together once. "Did anyone tell you that you would look good in purple? You would look so pretty! Personally, I don't think many people can pull off purple, especially not me."

She smiled at Sunny while giving her a goofy laugh.

[sunny_charles]

Now how was she supposed to stay sulky with Li's cute face right in front of her own? She smiled despite herself as the girl gave a silly laugh.

"Purple? I don't know about that." Truthfully, Sunny cared very little for fashion. She watched the girls in her dorm agonise over clothes and make-up and jewellery and it just seemed to make her tired. What was the point of it all? If you were about to be eaten by a dragon would the fashion statement you made that day really make any difference? It's not like people would be standing around at the funeral going 'yeah, it's sad she died but THANK MERLIN her skirt matched her top'. She didn't deny she felt kind of special when she used to dress up for the balls her parents attended, but that all changed once she realised it made her 'one of the crowd'. Sunny didn't like being a sheep, following along with what everyone else did, but it was possible that, somewhere inside, she was just afraid no one would like her even if she did make an effort.

"I don't think anyone can get away with purple. It's like orange that way. Although I think I've seen you in every colour there is and you never look horrible."

[zheng_li]

Li wasn't a fan of fashion either. A lot of people told her that she dressed weird, or that it looked like she got dressed in a blackout. And to be honest? She didn't really care. Li was a lot like Sunny, in the sense that she thought that there were much more important things to worry about instead of what you're wearing, or if your skirt matches your top.

And there was nothing for Sunny to worry about! Li would like Sunny whether she made an effort or not! This random conversation was testimony to that!

"Waaaaugh, orange! MY WORST ENEMY! Gah, everyone says it makes my skin look funky weird. At first I didn't believe them, but then my BROTHER said that too! Isn't that terrible?" Li pouted.

Then she stopped. Did Sunny... compliment her? Li felt her face go crimson before she looked at the table, fiddling with the fabric of her socks. What was she supposed to say to that?

"You think so? Well... I'm sure I've got to look horrible in something, right?" she said almost quietly, trying to hide her blush. "Umm, I vote orange. Or maybe pink. I look LOUSY in pink!"