Open chaos and revelry

[Mikael Nightray]

Out of Character:

Open after @Elio Boneheart

Mikael Nightray, unlike his sister, did not care for gatherings such as this. In fact, he'd never actually attended the school events until Eurydice entered Hogwarts New Zealand. He only started to go to keep an eye on her, for good reason in his opinion. This year, however, he was not attending for his sister and was instead present so he could go to the Yule Ball for the first and last time with his boyfriend. Even now, it was a bit of a sore point that Elio was older than him by more than a year, which was why his boyfriend would be leaving the school a year earlier than Mikael was. While he didn't particularly care about attending events like this, he did prefer to spend time with the Gryffindor - especially when he wasn't being such a headache. A rare occurrence. Perhaps, though, this was also a time to ask Elio if he wanted anything for Yule. Mikael hadn't exactly figured out yet what to get his boyfriend for a gift. "Have you seen Eurydice yet?" he asked as he handed Elio a drink that he got for him. He hadn't seen her come in yet, and if he didn't see her in half an hour, he was going to have to ask Elio if he'd be willing to go up with him to the Hufflepuff Common Room to check on her because his sister willingly missing a ball would definitely be raising a couple of flags on top of everything other flag that he'd noticed surrounding her this semester. Still, there was no use worrying for the moment since he was also here to spend time with his boyfriend.​

 

[Elio Boneheart]

"No, but she's probably fine," this was probably exactly why Eury didn’t like telling her brother things, and honestly it was usually even worse when he was out of the loop, since it meant he worried about things. The problem of course was that Elio didn’t know what to say, because he didn’t actually know if what he was saying about Eury was actually correct, since she didn’t really talk to him anymore like she used to. He took the drink from Mikael and quickly downed it before wrapping his arms around him. “Don’t worry about your sister, let’s dance that’s what Yule is for, you can’t make me stand in the corner or not and watch for your family,” he said, pouting. If he was going to come to a party he wanted it to be a party.​

 

[Mikael Nightray]

Mikael wasn't exactly sure if both he and Elio believe that Eurydice was fine. Between Primrose Kaster telling him that Eurydice was likely being bullied, approaching Terror of all people, a Hospital Wing visit, and clinging to both he and Elio every now and then, he was pretty sure that his sister was not fine. But it was frustrating because Eurydice was also stubbornly keeping quiet on the matter. Still, his boyfriend was also probably right that she was likely going to be fine tonight. If she were to show up tonight, which he was sure she would, it would likely be with that little sh!t William Potter-Cade, who he was at least sure was not bullying his sister. "Very well," he said with a small nod. For as long as Eurydice showed up and stayed cheerful in the Ball, he would not interfere with her night with the Gryffindor. Even with Elio's arms wrapped around him, he offered his boyfriend a hand to take, "Would you do me the honors of a dance?"​

 

[Elio Boneheart]

The thing about yule balls, or balls in general was that they seemed to make mikael all kinds of sentimental. He knew that Kael was probably worried about Eury, but since there wasn’t much they could do, he wasn’t sure there was much point in trying anything tonight. She would probably be with that boy that was related somehow to Professor Cade if his last name was any indication. He looked down at the hand being offered to him and laughed slightly. “Why do you always insist on asking me things so formally?” His boyfriend was really a drama queen. More than a drama queen. He didn’t know what was higher than a Drama Queen he supposed, but maybe a Drama King? Only the title didn’t really suit him he thought. “Okay. We can do that.” he said, putting his hand in Kael’s.​

 

[Mikael Nightray]

"Because it occasionally amuses you," Mikael said without missing a beat. There really was no other reason at this point for him to do so. The first time he did it, he would never admit it to Elio, but he had been floundering. It wasn't like he'd immediately known how to talk to Elio when they'd become a couple from family friends - which was honestly a very, very generous label for their initial relations - he still didn't know how to communicate with Elio most days. But that first time he'd formally asked Elio for something, it amused the Gryffindor, and he'd decided to do that for as long as he could get away with it. Still, his boyfriend would respond to it with laughs and exasperation and so, he would continue to do that. He took Elio's hand and led them to the dance floor. Once they were there, he decided against a formal dance and so moved both his hands to Elio's waist, pulling him close so they can sway to the music.​