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Kurumi swallowed and nodded before handing over her potion to Selina. "S-S-Selina...remember what Dragon Lady said," Kurumi mumbled. Yeah, there was no need to be completely polite right now since it was just the two of them in the dorms for now. "The ability to hate someone can come from the very fact that we care about each others...so...if things get really bad...it just means that we like each other a lot, right?" She looked at her best friend for confirmation. Selina really was the best thing that had happened to her. Kurumi had thought that about many people at Hogwarts: Adam, Lexi, Cam, Salander, Treyen...but none of them had made the impact on Kurumi like Selina had. In fact, a few of those people had done more damage to her than good in the end.
Kurumi took Selina's potion and removed the top. "Kanpai," she said meekly as she pressed it to her lips.
It certainly didn't taste like Quidditch pitch, nor did it have the smell of it. It was more...musky and had a texture like spoiled pudding. She should have known she couldn't rely on Selina to do this properly.
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Where had THAT thought come from!?
"Essence of Selina tastes like something a troll got stuck on the bottom of its hideous molding foot," Kurumi said wrinkling her nose. "You really are RUBBISH and potion making, you know. I have a reputation to keep up you know."
Selina looked intently at Kurumi and could see in her eyes that the older Prefect was just as nervous as Selina. When she started to speak Selina nodded her head along with everything Kurumi said. It was true. Everything. Kurumi was the best friend Selina had ever had and was the kick in the butt that she needed. The girl in front of her was never afraid to push Selina to be herself even when Selina did not like the person she was; she was never afraid to let Selina just let her walls crumble after they had been up for so long, but most importantly Kurumi loved Selina like a sister even after she knew what had happened to Selina's real sister. THAT was true friendship,
"I know... and just so you know, you are my best friend. Hold onto that, no matter what happens down there, okay?"
She traded the potion with Kurumi and uncorked the cap. She took one sniff and wanted to throw up. It smelt like bleach and cookie dough. The WORST combination ever. And Selina had smelt some pretty odd things on the pitch. She lifted the potion and said,
"Cheers." With that she took a swig and had to refrain from throwing it up.
She started to cough and muttered,
"Merlin Kurumi. This potion is as OCD and bland as you are." In fact, the taste was so bad she put her hand out to rest on Kurumi's shoulder,
"Blimey its awful."