Where to even begin?? "Well," Benji said, smiling at the thought of a literary friend, "I always liked that old series The Hunger Games. Action and adventure aaaaaaaaand romance..." He said the last part quietly, but articulated a little better so she could hear him. Still embarrassing, but what could you do? "Have you read them? What are your favorites?" Tell him everythiiiiiiiing!!

It was decided, then! Benji would go visit Rylee during a break. IF his parents said it was okay, that was. And come to think of it, they might not... Although honestly, they were gone so much that they probably wouldn't even notice if he just left without asking. "Excellent," he said, breaking into a grin.

"Have you used it for many things? What have you done with it?" he asked, wide-eyed. The Room of Requirement... Was amazing conceptually, but he'd always been too afraid to risk it. He still was. He'd never been a troublemaker EVER, and he had a somewhat neurotic fear of authority figures on a good day, so there was NO WAY he was going to cross Il Duce the headmaster.

He let Rylee begin working on the snowman's head while he searched nearby for some nice sticks and other things to use as decorations. "It would be weird. To start with your sibling at school and then have him leave partway through. Is he... Happier? Where he is now?" Benji hadn't known the kid well -- in fact, he wasn't sure they'd ever even talked, but he was curious, and Rylee didn't seem to mind talking about him. He wondered if it made her feel better to do so.