Tori could tell that Treyen wasn't much of a hugger. Most boys weren't, and usually, she wasn't much of a hugger either. Unless she was hugging boys cuz then she was a clinger.

Anyway, Tori figured that she had wasted enough time lollygagging around this mirror today. She gave Treyen one more squeeze and then stepped back from him, beaming in spite of his already using her full name.

"Well, I guess I'd better be off to finish up some homework..." so that she COULD get to the Prefect's bathroom before the password changed. "Thanks again, Treyen!"

Tori waved happily as she skipped off down the hall, on her way to the dungeons.

Ah. The other hug was certainly NOT necessary. But, yeah, whatever.

He did notice that she failed to correct him when he used her real name, though, which was a good thing, wasn't it? That only meant he could call her 'Victoria' from now on. Funny. All it took was one password. A password that will be changing eventually.

Finish up homework? Hey! He had some homework to do as well! "Yeah, see you around Victoria." He said, and instead of leaving towards the Common Room, he left to...the library. Homework needed to be done.

Isobel skipped down her hallway on her way down from the Owlery. She had been in there because she was looking for Star. She had no idea where her kitten could be, and she had decided to start looking in the Owlery because Star liked owls. Next she was going to look outside. It would be better to work her way down and look on every floor, but that would take too long.

As she skipped past the mirror she stopped in her tracks. She studied herself for a moment. Hmm; how would she look with purple hair? Purple was definitely an awesome color, and she totally wanted to color it now, but she could not remember the spell. Speaking of which, Isobel pulled Roza out from the pocket of her robes. She always had the egg with her, sometimes in her pocket, sometimes sitting beside her. She did not want to carry her all the time because she was afraid she would drop her again.

"We're pretty hot, aren't we Roza?" She grinned at herself and the purply egg. Then she realized that Roza did not have her usual shine. "We can't have that can we." Isobel plopped onto the ground and sat cross-legged. She gently set Roza on the ground in front of her. Isobel took out her wand and concentrated. She pointed at Roza and traced a circle around her. "Excolo." Nothing happened at first, but then the outer silvery surface of the egg got shinier. "There, now we are the prettiest girls in this hallway." Isobel looked around, but there was no one else in the hallway. Uh...well she was going to leave now.

Merlin she was a disaster. Having gotten kind of sort of lost and flustered over the moving staircases moving in unfavorable directions, Kurumi had sort of dove out of the way of Selina to avoid her on this particular day despite the red head insisting that they celebrate it somehow. Couldn't May 12 just pass like any other day and she fade into the background for once?

Nope, apparently not, especially now that she had cat ears on her head now. They were black, just like her hair, and nothing too big, but they were not small enough to go unnoticed. Ducking into an empty room, Kurumi ran in front of the mirror and gasped. Whiskers had been bad enough, but now this? She really needed to go and speak with Professor Magnus. Any control she had had over her abilities was quickly being lost.

"Great way to spend my birthday," she sighed, tugging on her new cat ears.

Having just owled his parents for the third time this term. Jonathan wasn't feeling well. It must be one of those late night studying he had. He wasn't pretty much sure though, but he was feeling a little bit drowsy since yesterday. He badly wanted to watch the quidditch game. It was Hufflepuffs versus Ravenclaws right? He still doesn't know who won the game.... oh well.

*cough*cough*sniff*

This is bad, really bad. How can he get sick when OWLs are a few more weeks ahead. It's irritating now that he's thinking about it. Can he even concentrate on the remainin------- wait! Why was Jonathan getting worried about this so much?! He used to like it when he is sick, it was his most pathetic way out of studying. Maybe OWLs are different. Yeah.

Ugh.

Going down onto the fourth floor, he spotted... Kurumi? His eyesight wasn't even as good. OH NOOO! Or was he just seeing things? He went nearer just to make sure, if it is Kurumi. But seriously, cat ears? Hmmm.... Jonathan remembers last time she had cat whiskers, so that's how it is then? They can transform into a real animal? ---Jonathan doesn't still get it. He was only used to Kurumi with the hair color change after all. This is entirely new to him.

*cough*

"Are you dressing up for something?" he said widening his eyes a bit. Of course, it's Kurumi. He definitely notices her even from afar. *sniff* "What are you doing here anyway?" he asked looking at her and not trying to look like a troll.

He cleared his throat.

MEEP!

Kurumi sort of jump spun when she heard a voice that she knew belonged to Jonathan before she even turned around. She didn't want him of all people to see her like this. Well, to be honest, she didn't want ANYONE to see her like this, but there was no avoiding that now.

"J-J-Jonathan," she stammered, wanting to give him a hug, but deciding to keep her hands on her head to hide her cat ears as best she could by pressing them against her head. "N-Not really...this just sort of happened while I was avoiding...people." Like him, she wasn't interested in people throwing her some big celebration - she was still far too shy for that. Her family had sent her some small gifts, some of which were in her robe pockets right now.

She took a good look at Jonathan's face now, seeing as there was no need to avoid eye contact now that he had already spotted her, and was surprised to see that he was wearing a mask. "Holy cricket, are you alright?" she squeaked, momentarily forgetting about her cat ears and rushing to his side. She put one hand on his forehead and felt that it was a little warm. "Here, let's sit down," she said as she as she took his hand and began leading him towards one of the benches.

He covered his mouth again to cough and tried to clear his throat as he listened to Kurumi. Has he gone deaf too because right now, Kurumi's voice isn't as loud like the usual. Not that he's saying she's loud. Jonathan shook his head. He doesn't like being sick. Makes his head all fuzzy, apparently somehow blind and a kinda deaf. He usually remembers he gets sick when he is at home. Never at Hogwarts though.

He should have a long list of firsts. He's experiencing most of them this term, a lot.

"Looks cute anyway" he said and turned back to sneeze. For pete's sake it's summer and he's wearing a tube scarf all over him and a mask. It's surprising how he's not sweating at all. "Avoiding people" *cough* "because you look like that?" he asked as he tried to breathe slowly.

*sniff* Really?! The running nose and the constant coughing is starting to annoy him a lot right now. He can't even say something without covering his mouth. Fearing that he might contaminate someone-- especially Kurumi, in this case.

Jonathan waved his arms... or at least tried to when Kurumi just suddenly dragged him to sit on one of the chairs. He moved a little far after sitting down though "You..." *sniff* "...are not allowed" *sniff*sniff* "...to come near me" he said giving a distance between them.

No. No one else needs to get sick. "I mean it, Kurumi" he covered his mouth to cough again. It was bad enough that he got sick, so contaminating someone else would just make him feel worse.

Kurumi blushed a bit when he said that she looked cute with cat ears. He would think it looked cute. He thought it was cute when she had whiskers. Kurumi still thought that it made her look weird, and she was beyond embarrassed right now. But then he started to sneeze a lot and her frown deepened a bit more, only getting worse by his next question. "The ears...are part of it..." she said, tugging on the left one a bit with her hand. She would really like for them to go away right now, but she wasn't sure how to. Heck, she wasn't even sure how they had gotten there in the first place. "The other is...um...because today is m ybirthday."

Kurumi jumped back a bit when Jonathan began flailing and she frowned even more at his words. "N-Not allowed to?" See, this is why she didn't enjoy thinking about birthdays even more. Now she couldn't even get close to Jonathan. Her lips pouted a bit and she decided to remain standing while he took a seat. "I'm not worried about getting sick you know," she said with a small airy laugh to her voice, glancing at his hand and the empty seat next to him. Really, she wasn't. "Do you, um...want me to try and conjure some hot tea for you?"

This was terrible. The Healer had left the school so there was no one around to take a look at Jonathan and give him a quick Healer's fix. Clearly, he hadn't been eating his apple a day.

Jonathan's cough suddenly stopped. For about a minute or two. Indeed, he has been dating Kurumi for awhile now. Mostly, knows the basic things about her but really how could he let this one detail slide. Something quite rather important than any other event.

BIRTHDAY...

Jonathan starred at the walls at the moment. Does this make him a bad boyfriend? How could he have not asked or at least got some hints about it? Was he too busy studying for OWLs? Yes... But then again, that's not much of an excuse. He looked dumbfounded right now. He can't even begin to give himself a one hour lecture about this. STUPID! How could he have forgotten to ask about this.

He wrinkled his nose and composed himself to give her a big smile. Although it might look as not as good-looking because of the fact he looks like one of the house ghost. "Happy Birthday!!!" he clapped his hands. Oh and another thing, this is why it sucks. He doesn't even have a gift to give to her. It's a birthday, come on. Kurumi would be really disappointed about that one... really.

SIGH...

Jonathan gave a firm nod. YES YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GO NEAR OR IN THIS CASE BREATHE IN THE SAME AIR. "It's not that i'm isolating you" yeah, especially on her birthday... smooth. "It's just that I was really sick last night until this morning. So I don't want you caught in anything" he said waving his arms again. And one more thing as well, "That's not a reason, Kurumi." he looked down. "I'll get mad of myself if you do get sick because of me."

Jonathan's not a big fan of tea, which is odd since both his parents loves tea. Especially his mother. *cough* "It's okay. No need for that" he tried to smile and then he once again put the mask on. *sniff*

Oh...dear...

The cat ears on Kurumi's head stood up on high alert when it became clear that Jonathan was flustered and freaking out internally. She kept her face with a small smile on it. It was kind of nice to know that she wasn't the only one getting flustered in their relationship. Even if he was sort of flustered for all the wrong reasons for him, but it was cute and actually made her blush to see him acting that way.

Shaking her head, Kurumi scooted ever so slightly closer to Jonathan, but not enough that he should notice. "T-Thanks you," she smiled a little more brightly. "Y-You don't have to feel bad. We never really talked about birthdays and...stuff..." She blushed a bit more and began fumbling with the edge of her skirt. "I...never really saw the point in celebrating my birthday." More blushing and awkward fumbling. "I was kind of hoping that it would pass unnoticed..." Still, if he wanted to give her something she knew what he could do...and no, she didn't care that he was sick. "But...can you tell me your birthday so that I can be prepared?" she managed to stick her tongue out in a playful manner at Jonathan.

She frowned a bit when he nodded, understanding that he meant to protect her, but she was going to be sort of stubborn about this one. Sure they had been spending a lot of time together studying and whatnot, but their quiet moments like this had been few recently and, well, she wasn't going to stay too far away. "You know, you are only contagious the first three days before you get sick," she said, shaking her finger slightly. "So, if I was going to get sick from you, I would have by now." See, nothing to worry about. She was still fit as a fiddle. She scooted a little closer now so that she was sitting beside him. "I-I know I can't ask for more than this right now, since you are sick...but...just let me sit next to you?" she said through blushing cheeks as she laid her hand down on the bench next to his and entwined their pinky fingers. "It is my birthday after all."

The cat ears on her head sort of went down in a bashful manner and her cheeks flushed a bit more. When he said that he didn't want any tea, she felt sort of helpless as she wanted to do something. "You sure you don't need anything?" she said with a small pout. She could conjure blankets too. She had learned those spells her first year.

If Kurumi was trying to make him feel better about not remembering her birthday... then it's not really working. Even when she's talking to him right now, the guilt is just eating him alive and mad. He should have a been a little resourceful about it. He coughed once more as he covered his mouth the looked at the floor.

But at least, she didn't mid about it-----even so. UGH! He should definitely keep these dates in mind. Jonathan is so bad in memorizing numbers and people. Which explains a lot about him not liking Arithmancy at all. Eck! Numbers... And when Kurumi asked him about his birthday so that she can prepare, he looked at her and smirked "If you don't like celebrating your birthday... what makes you sure, that do?" he teased. Well, he hasn't really had any birthday celebrations at Hogwarts before. A simple note and gift from his parents would do. Maybe a few greetings from friends--- but that's just about it. He'd be lucky if some people would remember to give him presents but seriously, they don't have malls at Hogwarts. So he's not expecting much at all. So yeah, basically... he'll just be good with the greetings.

It's nice that Kurumi wants to sit next to him but it would make him even worse if he does contaminate her with this flu. "I---" he was about to reason out more with her but then decided to let it go. He went closer to her and laid his head on her shoulder. He entwined his cold fingers into hers and just made sure his tube scarf was covering his nose and mouth. *Cough*cough* "You can't use that excuse, you know" the birthday excuse. Jonathan uses that A LOT when he wants something from his parents or maybe his uncles. But even so, he still knows he'd still get it.

He shook his head that was still laying on her shoulder. "Nope. Being here, just makes me feel better" he sniffed. Blasted flu.

Kurumi wrinkled her nose and stuck her tongue out at him. Was he seriously not going to tell her his birthday. That wasn't very fair nor nice. "I don't....but I want to do something for you," she chirped in response, the cat ears on her head twitching innocently in the process. She could tell from his equally wrinkled expression that he was a little upset that he hadn't known about her birthday, which she now felt terrible about. She ought to have said something, right? But then it would have seemed like she was putting pressure on him to do something, which she didn't really want to do. Although, she would be lying if she said that she didn't want to know what sort of gift he would get her had he known. "Nothing too big, I know you aren't one for overly extravagent things at Hogwarts," besides his fashion sense which always made Kurumi feel to plain standing next to him, "but I want to do something because...I care about you a lot..."

Look at that. He hadn't even said anything to make her blush this time, she had done it all by herself. Maybe he wouldn't notice now that his head was leaning on her shoulder? Doubtful. It made her feel special that he was willing to lean his head on her, especially considering how short she was, and her heart fluttered a bit in her chest. "I just did," she teased back, running her free hand through his hair while her other one shivered slightly under his cold touch. Was he cold? She scooted a little closer just to be safe.

She flushed a deeper shade of pink and her cat ears twitched a bit more with his next comment. "I-I'm glad to hear that," she giggled, resting her head on top of his. "Maybe, if you stay here long enough you will fully recover!" What? The lioness could dream. Her grandmother was always talking about the energies between two people and how positive energies could help those of their partner and what not, maybe this was one of those situations? Kurumi had always found that talk a bunch of rubbish though.

Jonathan gave a soft laugh. He wanted to do his usual laugh right now but it seems that his lungs forbids him to do so. If he does, he might just cough a lot. And that's just.... ugly. Jonathan was already tired from the sniffing and the coughing. It's terrible and annoying and it just frustrates him every now and then that he has to be sick. Why couldn't he be sick during the summer? So that his father wouldn't be complaining about him not doing something productive and even better, his mother not nagging him to go shopping with him--- and let him carry all the stuffs she buys. So yeah, summer is definitely one of those seasons, Jonathan loves getting sick.

"You shouldn't be planning something for me... it's not fair." he turned to the ground. After all he doesn't even have anything prepared for her. Not even a simple letter... a birthday card. Nothing. So the thought of Kurumi going through all that trouble, that's not fair. Especially to him.

Cough. Cough.

Jonathan's head was feeling a little heavy, or was it just him because he's not feeling well at the moment. His head was just there, leaning on her shoulders. He doesn't even have the energy to make use of it anymore. He smirked at her next comment though. "Well... there's still next time..." he smiled.

Sniff.

Jonathan again tried out that laugh... but still gave out a soft laugh in the end. He covered his nose and mouth again and coughed. He wrinkled his runny nose. Disgusting. Why oh why?! He hated being sick especially in school. "Maybe..." if that would work. Does she have some kind of theory for that? It's a good thing he doesn't have a sore throat because that would really kill him. It's bad enough that he couldn't do much because he's too weak. Plus the irritating sniffs and coughs. So thankfully there are no sore throats to ruin more of him.

Sigh.

Jonathan's laughter sort of took her by surprise, well, sort of by surprise. She didn't expect him to be able to produce his usually laughter, the one that often time echoed, because he was sick. Still, his sort of feeble laugh made her wrap one of her arms around him and hug him softly. It really was terrible that he was sick now with finals AND OWLs happening right now. Hopefully he would get better by the summer so that she wouldn't have to be nursing him in bed or worse, her trip out canceled!

She did frown a bit when he said that it wasn't fair that she plan something. "Why? Because you didn't know about mine?" she asked, lifting her head for just a moment to look, well, at the top of his head. "So...that means that it is coming up then." She giggled slightly. Sometimes her deducting reasoning was a very beautiful thing. Because, if it had already passed he would have said something about it being too late. Hehe. Keep talking Jonathan, she would figure this out yet!

His head began feeling a little heavier on her shoulders now, meaning that he was leaning on her more which was both a good thing and a bad thing for her. The bad bit was more that her shoulders were going to grow a bit tired, but she didn't mind it all that much. Her heart skipped a bit with his comment and she giggled again under her breath and hugged him a little harder.

Then he was coughing again and she frowned. "I wish the Healer were still here, she could fix you up in no time," she said with a small pout. Healing spells were fantastic. Too bad she knew nothing about them, not that she would really want to try on him. She would probably melt him or something. Slowly, she bent down and lifted his bangs from his forehead before leaning forward just a bit to kiss him there. His forehead felt a little warm, but not as though he were running a high fever, so that was good. "Afraid...that that is the best I can do..."

Her cat ears twitched some more. She really needed them to go away...before she grew a tail too.

Okay, he's not going to deny his birthday because he's not ashamed of it in the first place. The only he doesn't like telling people his birthday is..................... honestly?---- he doesn't even know why. One of the reasons would be because, he doesn't want too many greetings. Make it a big deal or something. Come on, it's just a birthday. He does love however, if his favorite ice cream cake would be delivered. His uncle usually gives it to him as a present since forever. Yeah, that would be nice.

But the fact that he is sick right now, he'll be laying low with any of those sweet stuffs. His mother will be furious, if he doesn't get well soon. She might come to Hogwarts to nurse her if she wants to. She's an ex-Slytherin anyway. Let's not get Victoria worried.

Okay--- no sweets. no ice cream. Just bland soup.

"Kinda" he shrugged. Well, his birthday is during June. Not too long from now, he'll be officially 16. THAT MEANS--- he's good enough to apparate right? Or was that 17? That part is a little blurry. What age does one young wizard get to apparate anyway? "It'll be your finals by then and OWLs for me. So no need to do anything. Just focus on your studying" he said with his eyes a bit drowsy.

Cough. cough. sniff. cough.

Jonathan felt Kurumi's hug, so he stayed still for awhile. He can't do much. Everything just felt heavy. His head was constantly aching, his running nose is never dry and the cough just makes him want to go barf it out or something. "I don't trust the healer. That's why i never go visit them" he replied. It's true. Jonathan has never been in the hospital wing. Except for that one time he gave her the potions but that doesn't count really. "My mother is my own Healer." he added. Well, that's because Victoria doesn't make him drink anything weird and just leaves him there sleeping on the bed. It's really awesome.

Then suddenly, Kurumi kissed his forehead. Jonathan moved "I told you." he nudged "You'll get sick" he said in a weak voice. He's just too worried. Finals are coming, Kurumi can't afford to be sick.

Kurumi frowned a bit, but pouted playfully this time as he recognized that this was yet another example of Jonathan's stubborn side. Was he seriously not going to tell her his birthday? "Now you're being the one who is unfair," she said. Although, this was sort of an ironic situation that the two had found themselves in. Neither one of them were too keen on celebrating their birthdays for whatever reason, although Kurumi was pretty sure that hers were more selfish than his, yet both of them were wanting to do something for the other while making it difficult for each other. "I'll be fine, besides...studying with you for your OWLs has prepared me more than enough for my finals." Total truth. She had learned a lot from their study sessions in the library. "I would feel terrible if I didn't do something for your birthday...make me feel like I was an awful girlfriend..."

Her cat ears twitched a bit more and she felt the twitch go all the way down her spine, causing her to shiver just a bit. Bloody things, why couldn't they just go away? Was this some leveled up version of her being flustered? Usually just her hair changed color - which it had earlier, but she had been able to change it back - but now cat ears were appearing too.

"But...if you insist...then you have to let me make it up to you when I come visit you over the summer, okay?" she asked, more as a means to distract herself from the ears on her head than anything else. She did already have his pinky finger wrapped around hers, so technically they were pinky swearing right now.

Summer...that was coming up so soon. It seemed like just yesterday that she had boarded the Hogwarts express, prefect badge hidden in her pocket because she didn't really want to be seen with it on. Now, she wore it proudly on her robes.

Summer thoughts were distracted by Jonathan talking again...and coughing. Her eyes became full of concern, but she giggled when he spoke about Healers. "You sound like father, he says the same thing." Her brothers too come to think of it. Maybe it was a guy thing?

When he moved a bit after she had kissed him, she didn't frown, but rather rolled her eyes. "I will be fine," she assured him. "You worry about me too much." Not that that was a bad thing really. She smiled, cheeks flushing pink and she gave his hand another gentle squeeze.

Birthday topics always made Jonathan conscious since he never had one celebration of it in school, he tends to probably complete that tradition til he graduates here. Should be fun having to tell your kids about it someday that not once he has celebrated his birthday in school. Bet they can never top that. Jonathan smirked as Kurumi reasoned out "It's in June" he looked at the ground. "And there's nothing to really do something. It's just a birthday" well, he does think about his birthday in that way. Nothing really fun when you become a year older.

Oh... Speaking of finals "You can continue with your studying for finals now. I'm already finished with my studying for OWLs-- except for Potions." save the best for last as always. He'll be reading all of the Potions book for reference as soon as he get's his eye sight, smell, taste and hearing back to normal. He's excited for Potions. REALLY excited. Now that he has covered up the other subjects at least now, he can focus on Potions.

Jonathan lifted his head and tried massaging his hand. Hearing Kurumi talk about summer made Jonathan excited about the end of the term. Finally! He can procrastinate all he wants, well except for that Korean lessons his father will be giving. Oh, he is going to have a great time teaching his almost-16 year old son.

"Because it's true" about the healer that is. Jonathan liked it more if his mother was the one who nurses him, but not his father though. Nobi is a different story.

He turned to her and scratched the back of his neck. Cough. "Well don't insist too much so that I wouldn't get worried." he smiled. Cough. Cough. When will this coughing literally stop?!

June! Aha! See, she was getting closer to figuring this whole thing out. "June, huh," she giggled, flashing him a quick wink. Okay, she wouldn't really force the issue if he was really against her doing anything, especially since she sort of felt the same way about her own birthday, it just being a date on the calendar and all that, but the feeling of wanting to do something didn't hinder too much. "Are we weird? Not really wanting to celebrate birthdays?" she asked with another small laugh. "Father always told me that it wasn't about you growing older, but more about celebrating existing at all." Did that mean that neither one of them really thought that their lives were worth celebrating over? That was sort of a sad thought.

Kurumi smiled. "Like you really need to study for Potions. You should be tutoring me." However, even with Jonathan being there Potions wasn't something that she really looked forward to. Her skin still got all itchy just thinking about it. Time for a change of subject.

"I haven't had any problems with Healers...other than seeing them a bit too often than I ought to..." Yeah...she had been to the hospital wing a lot since she started playing Quidditch. "But...I don't think that will be an issue anymore."

Aw, that was sort of cute, illogical, but cute. "Maybe...you should go see Professor Lafay to get something for your cough?" she asked. Sorry Jonathan, she wasn't really moving from where she was. Besides, body warmth was needed for curing these sort of things, right?

Beatrice threw her Charms egg high up in the air and caught it back midway. She was playing with Quiglee and the egg doesn't seem to mind it. In fact, she was having the feeling that the egg was enjoying it.

She was very bored that day. And a little sad too. All end-of-the-term exams were almost over and the term itself was too. She would miss Hogwarts and everyone she met there. The professors, the ghosts and even the enemies she had made. Speaking of enemy, she have not seen one enemy of hers whom has turned into a friend lately. She needed to talk to him and maybe ask him about his supposed to be birthday present for her. He promised and he's four months late. That was just unacceptable.

"Where the hell is he anyway?" She asked while her eyes were directed to Quiglee, her Charms egg. And as if it understood her, the egg shook. "What with the shaking?" Beezus asked. It was seemingly trying to imply that it did not know. Pretty smart egg.

Yeah, it was smart. And because of its smartness it's temperature was rising due to its continuous shaking. "Gaahh." She mumbled as she pulled her wand from her wand holster. "Argentum Frigidus." A light emerged from the tip of her wand, hit the egg and its temperature started to go down. She adjusted its temperature by using the Argentum Frigidus and Argentum Calidus alternately until its temperature rested in between cold and warm.

She then looked at her reflection on the mirror with the egg on her wand, she would also miss having Quiglee.