I do not stir, I just continue to be swept away through the cracks of time...

[sei_what]

WHO: Sei, Chao, and the sixth year Ravenclaw girls (seperately, mind)
LOCATION: The library... and the Ravenclaw dorms
WEEK: 61
TIME: Friday evening; before and after the ball
WHAT: basically Sei's entire evening while she's Not At The Ball
RATING: PG-13 for UST and... uh. More UST. :| Maybe. Probably.

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+ Chao, in the library, pre-ball [Closed to just them]

[sei_what]

And so she had arrived, perfectly five minutes early. She wondered when her habits had changed - when she started to care about making meetings on time.

It had been before Hogwarts, that she did know, likely while Youko had been drilling the duties of Rosa Gigantea into her head while she tried to learn as quickly as possible. Whatever the case was, she had settled herself into one of the tables near the back corner of the main area of the library.

Not that placement mattered - there weren't any other students in the area just yet - and she waited for her companion, her books ready for a quiet evening of enjoying some company and studying, something she hadn't done in...

... Well, that wasn't important.

[timeinback]

Chao arrived ten minutes later, a book bag held in her hands and a sweet smile across her face. It wasn't normal for her to be a few minutes late, but running into some minor distractions along the way wasn't uncommon either. Especially now that she had something of friends wishing for her time.

Still, there wasn't anything like a period of quiet studying. Hopefully with this new study-partner, things would be a little more silent. Her last few attempts to studying in the library were...well, she didn't really want to think about those. Sei seemed study-centered however, and there might just be hope to get things accomplished.

Having practically lived in the library for the last five years, it didn't take long for her to Find Sei. She quietly sat herself down and pulled out her book, letting the light thud bring her friend's attention towards her if she didn't notice already.

[sei_what]

And yes, yes Sei was indeed distracted enough in setting out her papers and books that the thud grabbed her attention. She didn't even notice the amount of time that had passed, or that Chao was late, she was simply glad the other girl was there.

If Itanya was still here, a part of her mind reasoned, she'd be crowing about how Sei never expected anyone to show up to meet her anymore.

Of course, then she realized she was thinking it anyway, and it forced a grin out over the unease. "Hello there, Chao." Slowly, the smile turned more pleasant and genuine. She shuffled some of the books about to make more room at the table for Chao to have.

And then, because formality seemed to call for some sort of continuation of conversation lest it all fall into being too awkward. "How are things?"

[timeinback]

"Hey Sei." Seeing Sei's smile only Chao's own even more genuine. With little uncertainty, she pulled her textbooks from her bag and the utensils necessary, putting them in a nice area within reach of both of them.

She looked back at her companion with tender grin. "Everything's fine! Sorry I was a little late. Kairi just wanted to remind me of the small deal we made."

Not that Chao had much issues with formal balls. They just weren't her cup of tea. "Any choice of subject you wish to start our little session?" She asked, motioning with her hands onto the small pile of textbooks.

+ the Ravenclaws in their dorm; technically near the end of the ball [Open to her roomies!]

[sei_what]

... And that. That had not been what she had been expecting out of a 'quiet evening studying with some company'. She had wondered where her study partner had gone, but then decided it wasn't important and found herself back in her room, on her bed, reading the same page of the same book over and over again.

A couple words here, a couple words there, but none of them stuck in her mind, and they hadn't stuck in her mind for the last... at least two to three hours.

Maybe she should have gone to the ball after all, her mind pondered, one of a hundred thousand thoughts drifting through it, but was quickly lost in the torrent of the aftermath of what had happened before the ball.

And so she tried to keep reading her book. And her mind kept making her fail.