SPOILER!!: Selina!!!
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Selina watched Kurumi carefully out of the corner of her eye after she returned with the food. It seemed that when she was gone Kurumi finally registered where it was that she was and what Selina was making her do. Panic flooded Kurumi's face, but not the energetic panic of someone who was truly alert, it was more lethargic and comparable to the way Kurumi had been ever since her break up. Her just sitting there with nothing to do and virtually no expression made Selina want to shake her. This was not the Kurumi that was her best friend and if her best friend saw this empty shell of a person she would most likely yell at herself. Kurumi was stronger than this, this was the Adam Kurumi and she had grown stronger since then. Now it was like no progress had been made at all.
She perked up when she heard Kurumi say something, but when it registered what her words were Selina shook her head no and coldly turned her face back to the screen. There was no way that Kurumi was going to leave now and Selina had to make a point that Kurumi was going to sit through the entire movie and try to return to at least a shinning moment of normalcy.
"No," she replied quickly,
"You can't leave." And that was that. Kurumi was not going to fight Selina on that verdict because, honestly, her best friend did not have the energy to do anything right now. Selina knew that Kurumi had no option but to just sit there.
Luckily for Selina, she did not see the action that went along with Kurumi's request, or she might have been tempted to let her friend retreat. It was too late now though. The movie was starting and Selina always sat back a little when a movie started. Growing up not in the Muggle World seeing muggle movies for the first few minutes always frightened Selina. But then she eased into the movie when the pretty lady started to sing.
As the movie slowly progressed, the redhead stole a glance over at her best friend and saw that she was sitting curled up in her seat. That made Selina's heart break. Not even outside of the dorms could Kurumi pull it together, not even for a small moment in time. Her best friend was so much worse than Selina had originally thought she was, there was a lot to be done before she recovered. And she hoped to Merlin that she did.
Kurumi didn't even have to hear Selina's reply to know what her best friend was going to say. The redhead wouldn't have dragged Kurumi all the way down here just so that she could walk right back up to the dorms. Wishful thinking, perhaps. Although, Kurumi didn't do too much wishing these days. Her mind wandered, just for a moment, to the book club meeting where she had sat across from him and made brief eye contact with him. She had been wanting it for a while....but not what came next. He had ignore her. Ignore that she even existed. So that was how it was going to be then...he would go on pretending like she wasn't there, like she was under an invisibility cloak.
At least he has seemed...normal. Acted as though he was. While it hurt to see that as well, Kurumi was glad that he was able to find some sort of life rhythm. At least he was able to get through his days...without her....
Kurumi really wasn't paying too much attention to the movie and had missed a rather large chunk of things until ... that Gaston guy took Belle's book and complained about there not being any pictures in it. Kurumi almost smiled, almost. It was faint, but there was something that tugged at the corners of her lips...until he tossed the book into the mud and then Kurumi gasped. First of all, books were not supposed to be tossed. Secondly, they were not supposed to be tossed in mud. And thirdly....Kurumi just didn't like the way the guy was puffing out his chest.
Kurumi didn't shift her body position at all, but her head did lift just a little so that it wasn't resting on her knees now. She wasn't sure why, but she felt as though there was someone watching over her. Someone that wasn't her best friend who was clearly taking every opportunity to glance at her out of the corner of her eye. "
I'm not going to make a run for it you know," she murmured in a slightly defeated tone. "
I wouldn't be able to outrun you anyway." So, Selina could sit back and relax about that happening, right? Still...there was a familiar feeling behind whoever's gaze it was that had fallen on Kurumi and it made her relax a little.
Kurumi sort of zoned out a bit more, partly missing the exchange between Belle and her father...but she didn't miss when that Gaston dude came back and tried to propose to Belle...again.
Her one hand was still clutching the necklace around her neck, but her other hand had idly reached into the buttered popcorn and popped a few into her mouth, chewing them slowly. "
He sort of reminds me of Connor," Kurumi ALMOST laughed.There was an obvious hint of airiness to her voice, one that hadn't been there in over a month.