Closed flies like it’s a race

[Hinata Edogawa]

OWLs were entirely too stressful and Hinata dreaded to think of how things were going to be when NEWTs roll around. Especially with the career path she’d recently decided on. Or well, she’d decided and would have to see if she was going to have the OWLs to back it up. If the exams went well, she’d probably start figuring out how to tell her parents. But for now, it was studying that was fraying her nerves just a little bit. Which is why she decided that it was probably time to go for a fly. Thankfully, Jonah had been all too willing to lend her his broom. After taking a look around the Pitch just to make sure that no one was around, she hopped on the broom and shot up into the air. She didn’t hesitate one bit before doing fast laps around the Pitch, it didn’t take long to find her rhythm and there was nothing but her on the broom zooming through the air.​

 

[Enzo Walden]

Enzo was making sure he spent as much time as he could exploring the Hogwarts castle. It wasn’t as impressive as Beauxbaton but it was a new place and he wanted to see as much of it as he could before he went back to his own school. After seeing a lot of the school he decided he wanted to get some flying practice in before the game. It might have been a pointless game with a school they had no relationship with, but he still wanted to win it so he headed down to the Quidditch pitch. When he arrived at the pitch, he saw a familiar face zooming through the air. He climbed onto his broom and flew up to meet her.

 

[Hinata Edogawa]

Hinata didn't know how long she'd been flying for. It was seldom that she got to do this, preferring to keep her Quidditch and flying skills on the down low. Or well, she just preferred to stay on the down low in general. This year had been quite a lot of firsts for her; she'd taken her studies very seriously this year, she'd decided on a career, and she even joined - and won - the duelling tournament for her year. Now, she was on a broom in school, racing around the Pitch while it was surprisingly deserted. It was nice. She didn't notice when another person joined her in the air until they were practically on top of her, and she pulled her broom to a sudden stop as she blinked at the boy in front of her. She knew him, well, she'd met him once and hadn't seen him since. Because he went to a different school. And he was here now. And she was staring at him while they were hovering up in the air, and what in Merlin's name say something. "Hi," she said lamely, which then promptly made her blush furiously because hi? Really?​