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Nyle looked up from his pocket guide, his blue eyes lighting up with mild surprise but quickly softening into a warm, welcoming gaze. He smiled, recognizing the hesitation in the girl's expression and finding it all to relatable. It was probably how he looked at at least two-thirds of the Hogwarts population.
“Oh, hey, no need to apologize!” Nyle chirped. “I didn’t mean to startle you.”
He glanced down at the flower in his hands and then back up at her, his fingers lightly tracing the petals while he debated something. A couple somethings but one of those somethings was whether or not to share without prompt. After a brief moment of internal debate, he rashly decided that if she’d wandered into this greenhouse, there was a good chance she had some interest in Herbology herself. Maybe she even had a personal project she was working on - at least, that’s what his hopeful, slightly nervous heart wanted to believe.
“This one? It’s a fascinating plant. It’s known for its... translucent blossoms when wet. It's called a Diphylleia Skeleton Flower and I was just looking it up in my book because it is quite curious that I found it around the outskirts of the forest considering it is not native to this area at all," he explained, eyes darting around a bit so as not to linger on her face for too long. "...but it’s also part of a study I’m doing on the potential for medicinal uses in aromatherapy. Some flowers have a sort of, well, a healing aroma, you know? I’m looking into how certain herbs could work together to create something poignant." He paused, giving her a look as if to gauge whether she was following or if she found it interesting or if she was looking at him like he was a runspoor with ten heads. He couldn't really tell which - he wasn't particularly good at reading people with his eyes. “It’s kind of a mix of magic and nature...and...um...I'm sorry...I'm rambling...” he laughed while rubbing the back of his neck and twisting his fingers into his blond hair at the base of it.
He shifted a bit, motioning to the plant life around them. “I come here often, working on projects like this. If you’re into plants, feel free to hang out. The, uh, more the merrier!” His gaze softened again and he actually managed to still his gaze on her as he continued. "You’re new here, right? I'm Nyle. A Hufflepuff second year." And then he made up his mind about the other thing he had been debating and gingerly pulled one of the flowers off from the cluster to hold it out to her to take. "What’s your name?"
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