Closed a lawless land

[Mikael Nightray]

It was rare for Mikael to venture out onto the Grounds on his own. It was rare for him to venture out really. But that was also because there hadn't been a need for him to get out of the castle until this semester. With Tiziano now in the school, even with his attention mostly focused on ensuring Eurydice's safety, he could feel that his brother was there as well to keep an eye on him. While he had given up on maintaining a low image for his grades considering Theodore's presence and his prefect status, he would have still liked to continue practicing his dueling within the school while he could. With Tiziano's presence however, he hadn't been able to actually duel with his friends or with Hinata as much as he would have liked if his brother hadn't found himself here. And so there hadn't really been any outlet for Mikael's frustration and so all he could do at the moment to organize his thoughts was to hang out about the Cliffs on his own. Or at least until Elio got out of class. He was sure he'd told his boyfriend where he would be just in case his class ended early as it sometimes happened since they were getting close to the end of the year.​

 

[Elio Boneheart]

Elio was finding it hard to believe that he would soon be leaving the school. Even though he hadn’t been in the school for as long as some people, Mikael for example, and even if he hadn’t felt like some of the things the school did were good, or even right, that didn’t change the fact that it had been a major part of his life for two good years - and he wouldn’t have Mikael without it. He’d enjoyed the short year he’d had with Rhys, and it was fun to get to know the people in the school too - Anisha, Zerrin, Miranda, Teddy - there were others, like Bailey who’d somehow managed to become his best friend. He shook his head and sighed as he looked for Mikael, surprised he wasn’t waiting outside of his class today. The cliffs, he’d said, and though it was out of bounds normally, he was sure it was fine if he was with a prefect. He saw him quickly and moved up behind him to wrap his arms around him, because he liked using his height to his advantage sometimes. “Hey.”​

 

[Mikael Nightray]

Mikael could hear someone coming up the Cliffs, which is why he had his wand held loosely in his hand. None of the other heirs were here except his siblings, but you never knew. Julian was here after all, and after the conversation he'd had with the child's father, Mikael wasn't inclined to trust him at all. The arms wrapped around him had released the pent-up tension however, and the voice had him putting away his wand in quick order. He frowned. "Your class end early?" he said as he turned his head to look at his boyfriend, his hand coming up to caress his cheek lightly with his fingers in greeting before putting his hand back down. He hadn't noticed how long he'd been standing there, there was just so much to think about. Julian. Laurent. Tiziano. Eurydice. One thing at a time Mikael. One thing at a time.​

 

[Elio Boneheart]

“They’re all just review classes,” he said, shrugging, “most of the time I’m not sure the professors even know we’re there or not.” he shrugged, clocking the wand Mikael subtley put away. He was jumpy today, though Elio could sort of understand, especially since they’d started dating Mikael had never really been touchy feely, not like Elio. He was warming up to it though, Elio could tell. He leaned around and kissed Mikael on the nose before he released him. “What’re you doing up here then?”​

 

[Mikael Nightray]

"Thinking," Mikael said quietly before taking Elio's hand in his when his boyfriend decided to release him. He wasn't the most affectionate, but here, at least without other people around and watching, he could initiate. "It's been harder to practice dueling with Tiziano around but he's at least handling Eurydice," he admitted. In the years since coming to Hogwarts, Mikael liked to utilize the Dueling Chambers as much as he could, practicing his spellwork and occasionally dueling with the other Slytherins. With Tiziano around, he was more hesitant to show what he'd learned from Felicita, the skills he'd been building up to this point and hid from his family. Which brought his mind back to other matters. "I need to deal with what's going on with Eurydice," he said as he ran a hand down his face before shoving it back into his pocket. He was almost pretty sure he knew who dared target his sister, but he didn't want to be wrong. One more talk with her perhaps to tell her his suspicions. And of course, there was that other matter. He looked at Elio intently, as if trying to see and understand. He didn't tell anyone about Laurent asking to meet with him. Hadn't wanted to be stopped since he wanted to know what the man was up to. Didn't want Elio or Eurydice anywhere near the man either. He couldn't keep it from Elio forever, however. Especially since it was Julian feeding his father information. Julian who was adamantly Rhys best friend apparently. What information Julian gave Laurent exactly, he didn't know. "I met with Julian's father." So many things to think about and plan for.​