 *under pressure starts playing* angst angst baby Lovely™ | Captain Hurted | Ariana's Bane | Resident Antagonist | Unparalleled Delight
Kaiser was not feeling remotely enthusiastic about his return to Hogwarts and the start of his seventh year. But then, he wasn't feeling remotely enthusiastic about anything at all, so it wasn't exactly a wrench to board the Hogwarts Express one more time. If there had been anything out in the free world that appealed to him, it might have been a lot more difficult to not call it quits and officially drop out, but the thought had only crossed his mind a few times. Each time he'd shrugged it off, and resolved to just keep taking things one day at a time.
A member of the group of part-time residents who had been escorted to platform nine and three quarters from Stemp House, Kaiser was one of those who hadn't uttered a word the entire time, other than to quickly say goodbye. He just had very little to say these days, and perhaps he might also have been harbouring an awful lot of guilt for the dejected look he'd seen on little Noah's face when the kid fully realised Kaiser would be leaving for the term.
Goodbyes said and train boarded, Kaiser tugged on the straps of his rucksack (he still used it in lieu of a trunk, and never ever stowed it in the luggage compartment) and ambled down the train corridor. Trying to push away the awareness of just how terrible he felt, Kaiser glanced into each compartment, trying to find an empty one, or, at the very least, one containing someone he wouldn't mind sitting with for a while. Having no luck on either front, Kaiser continued like this for some time.
And, when he reached the end of the train, he turned around and went back up the corridor again, and continued his search. Maybe this was better; for as long as he could remember, so long as he kept moving, kept busy, he felt better, because he didn't have to think. Maybe he could just walk up and down the train for the entire journey. He wouldn't mind that at all.
... Unless he bumped into certain people. That... he would mind. |