Forgive & Forget.

[Kaia Baros]

Kaia Lutrova yawned sleepily as she ascended the stairs of the North Tower. Usually Kaia spent the afternoon reading in the Common Room until she got hungry or fell asleep. But today it seemed that the other Ravenclaw students had the same idea she did. 'I'm not really sure how half of the students in there were even sorted into Ravenclaw in the first place.' Kaia rolled her eyes. Okay so she had been a bit moody lately and all, but still. Was a bit of quiet time too much to ask for? Apparently to them it was because a whole group of them decided to sit there and do nothing but talk loudly about their pointless lives. Kaia wondered if people ever sat down and just listened to themselves speak. It would likely open their eyes to how small their lives actually seemed compared to the big picture. Kaia nearly smirked at her own thoughts. There she was, sounding like she was some wise old man who knew everything. When really Kaia knew absolutely crap about anything. Kaia was only fifteen years old. She didn't know crap about love, about life, even about herself truly. Who was she to say that she knew someone that she didn't live in the shoes of for a day? Kaia wish she knew why Zayne was upset with her. She tried thousands of times so say that she knew why he did what he did. Was it him being ungrateful? Scared? Or even him being selfish? But Kaia wasn't Zayne. So she didn't know. All she knew was what she was feeling. Hurt. He was supposed to be her best friend. She told him secrets about her life, hell she even shared macaroni and cheese with him and she shared that stuff with no one. So obviously he was important to her. Then he went and did this sort of thing. Kaia wanted to be friends with him against, they've been friends since their first year at Hogwarts. Did three years honestly mean so little to him. Kaia settled herself upon ledge next to the stone window that overlooked the grounds of the castle. It was sort of peaceful here. Kaia clutched the book in her hand tightly until she was able to place it in her lap. The ledge had just enough room for her to sit on thankfully. This would be the perfect place to just sit and read.

Kaia felt like the days were slowing down on purpose. Testing her in any way possible. Any sanity she had left, it was planning on sucking out accordingly. 'I wish this year would hurry up and be over already.' Kaia thought to herself as she opened up the book to the page she was last on and started to scan the pages carefully. Whenever Kaia was upset or angry she often read. It was the only thing she could other that hit someone. Kaia turned the page and let eyes follow a couple of students as they passed her. They looked to be a couple of first years just hanging out. Kaia wished she had someone to do that with. 'I could always try to make some new friends. Even if I'm horrible at meeting new people and getting them to like me.' Thoughts clouded her mind and Kaia felt herself grow sleepy. All of this thinking was making her tired and grouchy. It would just be easier if she could be invisible or something. Then she wouldn't have to look at people and be worried about them looking at her and thinking about her. Kaia couldn't read. Her mind wouldn't shut up long enough for her to do so. There was just too much swimming around inside of there. A frustrated sigh escaped her pale lips and Kaia slammed her book shut. There was no point in reading right now. Her eyes closed for a moment. Just a moment. But that was what had Kaia remembered how tired she was. Both physically and mentally. It was harder to determine which one was stronger though. Kaia wasn't sure why her body wanted to sleep so badly, but it overpowered her will to read, which was pretty serious. Before Kaia was able to even realize it, she was fast asleep. Her small head resting up against the glass window and her book resting in her lap. Only Kaia would find this sort of place comfortable enough to take a nap on.​

 

[Zayne Baros]

After Charms, Hades Lutrov the Second managed to talk some sense to Zayne Anton Baros. Now he was feeling bad. Muggle-borns, Aurors, they were all after pure-bloods. Apparently if Suzanne had not died, then he would have been the one that was killed or something because of the hatred. Zayne would be the target, and he was saved. He could not thank Kaia enough. She saved his life. And now he was with both his mother and father, and both of his sisters. Zayne's family was slowly coming back together, and he was getting to know his family more, the females of his family anyhow. Zayne just needed to find Kaia, and to sort out everything. He didn't know how to do that since he was the one doing the ignoring. For all he knew, he was too late to work things out and become best friends again. Kaia had been avoiding him, well, it was the opposite way around, and he knew that there would not take much to make her think much different on many things. She was stubborn. And she was brilliant. There was not much that one could do without someone to enjoy it with. Zayne was currently looking around the castle, for his best friend. He started from the grounds, but there was no sign of her there. He was not about to look in the forbidden forest. He preferred not to get in trouble. Especially not with Professor Styx. It was a nightmare to get in trouble with him from what he heard anyway. Zayne then went inside of the castle, and he looked around on the ground floor. He still could not find her anywhere. He started to search, up and down. He went into the dungeons, where they had first met. Zayne did not find her there either, and he eventually started to work on the castle, and starting up. He just wanted to find Kaia and tell her that he was sorry and that he was thankful for what she did. Even though he told her not to, but she knew what was best for him. That was why they were so close. Zayne eventually made it to the sixth corridor where he had to take a break in order to catch his breath from looking all over the damn place, for one girl. What if she was in the Ravenclaw common room? He could not go in there.

Finally, Zayne decided that he would seek help in low places. Zayne found Hades the Second, and he asked where Kaia was, before Hades said that he did not know. Well that was not the answer that Zayne was looking for, so Zayne asked where she would be, before he pointed at the towers, and he left Zayne alone. The Slytherin thought that he had annoyed the taller, creepy Hufflepuff before he ascended the stairs that would go to the towers. He should have known that she would be up here. Alas, when he reached the north tower, it was when Zayne paused in the doorway, and could not believe what he was looking at. Kaia was asleep against the glass window, and her book was resting on her lap. She was up here, sleeping. That wasn't really normal Kaia behavior to him. Zayne thought over the options, that he could leave her, leave her with a note, or wake her up. She had a temper, but Zayne was not scared of that. He was hardly scared of anything. He approached the sleeping Ravenclaw, before he placed a hand on her shoulder. He had a gentle touch, and he didn't want to disturb her too much. Worst of all, he did not want to move her too much or else she might fall onto the stone floor. Zayne decided to make himself known, if he had not already by his hand on her shoulder, with his American accented voice, "Hey, Kaia, brilliant Ravens don't sleep on a day like this." A day like this, they needed to be outside, and doing what they loved to do. As far as he knew, she loved to be adventurous, and she adored to learn things. Moreover, he knew that she loved to take risks. After all, they climbed trees, dove into the lake, did many sort of things together. He didn't want her to fade away like that. She needed to get some fresh air. And moreover, she needed her best friend back. And he was here, if she would have him back.​

 

[Kaia Baros]

Kaia tensed up when she felt a gentle hand on her shoulder. But the soothing voice that came after was what pulled her from her sleeping state. Light purple orbs peaked out from beneath a thick bed of girly lashes. They fell onto Zayne and Kaia nearly sighed. "I pretty sure that genius need more sleep than other people." Kaia muttered under her breath but still loudly enough for Zayne to hear. That was the excuse she had for her sleeping habits. She knew it wasn't really true and so did Zayne, but it was just what she liked to say. That she was a genius and she needed a lot more sleep than most people did. Yet here he was being his usual self and waking her up. Kaia yawned and pulled her tired head away from the window she had been resting it upon. Her body was tired. All she wanted to do was sleep and sleep. But right now there was an even bigger calling. That was Zayne. Kaia didn't dare let her purple orbs meet with his pale gray ones. She was afraid that if she did she would see something she didn't like swimming in his eyes. Kaia wanted her best friend to stop being mad at her. All she did was ask her dad for help. To make that woman stop being like that to him, in the end she brought his little family together too. It wasn't like she had killed the woman. She just assisted in it. Zayne was free though. He had his actual mom spending time with his actual dad. Why was he so angry at Kaia about that? It had been a long time since Kaia had gone on an adventure. It was kind of lonely adventuring by herself. Especially when she got stuck into sticky situations and needed someone to help her out of them. Like when she went rock climbing and slipped and fell. If Zayne had been there she might not have hit her head and had to go to the freaking Hospital wing that she hated so. Kaia pushed herself off so that she wasn't sitting in the wind sill anymore. Now she was standing next to him. "Whoa. When did you get so tall?" For the first time Kaia actually began to notice that he was so much taller he was compared to her. When had that happened? Since girls normally matured faster than boys Kaia had always be around the same height if not a wee bit taller than he was. Now he was like a giant and Kaia was stuck where she was, looking up at him practically. Well this was unfair. Kaia struggled to find something to face. She needed to say something, but what would be appropriate.

"Are you done ignoring me?" That wasn't quite what she had been hoping to say because she would have rather said, I miss you or something. But her stubborn side wanted her to remain being mad at Zayne. Not because he was mean but because he had no idea how much it hurt to have him ignore her like that. She had no one to talk to or turn to when she needed help, it was like their adventures and four years of friendship meant nothing to him. Who could do that to another person? Kaia understood that he might have been scared but he didn't speak to her about it at all. Kaia's thin frame leaned up against the wall. If he did suddenly start to forgive her she wondered vaguely what it was that had changed his mind. Because getting through to someone who was scared was like getting through to someone who couldn't understand the language you spoke. It was hectic. They had no morals except to run and misunderstand the thing they were frightened of. That was why fear was so powerful. "Because I'll be honest. I don't think I can sit around anymore and let people be mean to me." Other have been mean to her before. But Kaia was very good at brushing off what others thought, especially when she felt as if they were inferior to her. But when she got treated like this from the boy she thought to be as her best friend, she felt horrible. Zayne was honestly the last person she expected to treat her like this. Kaia stared at him, there wasn't a lot of anger behind her eyes but it was evident that she was sad. She wasn't the same either. Kaia hated feeling lonely thanks to her parents. She didn't want Zayne to do this sort of thing to her too. ​

 

[Zayne Baros]

Zayne could feel her body tense up, but it may have been because of his touch. She was sleeping, but it seemed that his voice had reached in and pulled into into the conscious state. Her purple eyes were always nice to look into, and she looked at him as well. Zayne dropped his hand from her shoulder, and listened to her mutter. It was hard to understand but he managed. "No, not really. Come on, you do need to be awake on a pretty day like this." He knew better than to believe her words but she was just wanting to sleep, and Zayne was not going to let her. After all, she dragged him to do lots of things he wasn't really comfortable with until he put his foot down, and now he was not going to let her sleep when she wanted to. It was only fair. Zayne didn't know that he was projecting out of his eyes, but it was warmth instead of the usual cold that he had there, for some odd reason. They were always like that when he was around her. Liquid silver, as warm as it could be when it was melted. After all, she did help save his family, and him, so the least he could do was to help her in any way possible. The vile woman was gone, and he was starting to hate her kind because of what they did to him for no reason. Blood status was no reason to harm someone, emotionally or physically, it was just pointless. The growing hatred was seeded, and it just needed to be watered. Which it would be watered in the future. However it seemed like his words were getting to her since she was bit sitting by the window anymore. And now she was standing next to him, and he thought that she had gotten shorter or something because he was taller. Zayne just noticed this, and wondered if Kaia would stay little forever. She could probably ride on his shoulders if he could get her on his shoulders that is. Apparently Kaia just realized how tall he had gotten, and he looked down at his body before he shrugged his shoulders. He actually did not know. It must have been during this year. Fourth years got growth spurts, right? "I guess this year?" He shrugged his shoulders again because he really did not know. He knew that when he first arrived here, he was short, and she was probably his height if not a little bit taller. But now the tables have turned and he was the taller one. Perhaps this could be used to his advantage later on, if she would take him back as a best friend.

When the big question came out, he looked down at her before his eyes went to the floor. He was done ignoring her, because he was here wasn't he? But it was blunt and to the point. Finally he let out a sigh and he said, "I'm here, aren't I? Your um, brother kind of knocked some sense into me. I should have been thanking you, instead of avoiding you. Kind of owe you my life really." Zayne believed Hades' twisted logic because it all made sense to him, why he was hated so much and why there were not as many pure-bloods anymore. They wanted to keep their blood pure, and the others did not like that so much. However with the explanation of the brother interfering and talking to him, that should tell her that it was Hades that fixed all of this, and that everything that they had now would go to him. It was kind of obvious about what's going on and such like that. He nodded at her and he wanted to give her a hug, but he managed to hold it off for right now. "I can understand that. I promise it won't happen from here on out. From me, and not while I am around. Besides, when are you never honest?" Zayne had a soft smile by that point, and one would be able to tell that he was being sincere. He wanted to make things right, and this was a start. Deciding that enough was enough, Zayne stepped forward and embraced Kaia in a friendly hug despite her leaning against the wall. He was taller now, so he could at least do that and pull her from the wall. He wanted to tell her that he missed her, that he never felt more alone in his life during his time of fear, but that was sort of a given with this hug that he was giving her.​

 

[Kaia Baros]

Kaia wanted to add in that Zayne could be a real bum sometimes, especially for waking her up. But she was so happy that he seemed to forgive her. In her mind it was merely comforting to know that he didn’t forget she even existed. "You’re forgiven, Zayne. If you ever do something like that again, I’ll…..I’ll…..do something horrible.” Kaia added in as she wrapped her arms around Zayne’s back. She was surprised that he had gone has far as to hug her, but she liked the feeling. Affection was something she saw little of. So it was a nice surprise to see something else, even if it was from her best friend. Kaia released Zayne from his hold and nudged him. Now that they were friends again, Kaia felt like they had a lot of adventures to catch up on.

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Kaia could scarcely believe that she was a fifth year already. Not a mention a Prefect on top of it all. It was a huge honor. One that Kaia wore proudly whenever possible. To Kaia’s surprise, Zayne had received a Prefect badge too. It was pretty cool that her best friend had been able to patrol with her and whatnot. It made the long nights just that much more bearable for her. The holiday’s were closing in and Kaia knew she should probably be studying for the upcoming exams. Well, the Owl’s weren’t happening until the end of the year but Kaia knew she needed to start going over the material while she still had the chance to. But instead of studying, Kaia found her mind wandering elsewhere. Or rather, found her mind wandering to the image of a certain someone. For some reason Zayne had been on her mind a lot lately. It was weird for her. Sure, she thought about him often because they were best friends and all, but lately she’s been seeing him a light so different than what she was used to. Like how cute of a smile he had. Kaia had never noticed that before. But now it was close to all she could think about. It was kind of annoying. It clouded her mind when she needed it least. Whenever Zayne was around it got really bad sometimes. For example, the other day Kaia found herself admiring the shape of Zayne’s butt when she was walking behind him. What the hell?! His freaking butt!? What was she? Some sort of animal? That was an awful thing to be thinking about a friend, especially someone who’s probably not into that sort of thing. Kaia shook her head roughly as she tried to expel the thoughts from her head. She was supposed to be meeting Zayne soon and she would be absolutely useless if her head was filled with nothing but inappropriate thoughts. Kaia wasn’t sure why she was feeling like this, but she disliked it. What was this feeling that was overtaking her entire mind, body, and soul it seemed like?

Kaia leaned against the wall of the North Tower and sighed. She hoped Zayne would be here soon. If he continued to keep her waiting them all she was going to be doing was thinking about him and ugh! This was a disaster. "Why do I keep thinking like this?” Kaia asked herself as a sigh escaped her lips. Was she starting to like her best friend or something? That wasn’t something she was ever supposed to be doing! Kaia had known Zayne since they were both in their First year. Now they were in their fifth year. Five years now they’ve been by one another’s side. It would be too awkward to be having feelings for him now! Kaia blinked and turned her head when she saw Zayne approaching. She remembered back to earlier this year when she was given flowers and stuff by Zayne. It was really sweet of him. But it made her wonder if he had ever had feelings like that before too. Kaia’s cheeks turned a faint red color as she removed her body from the wall. "Zayne! Hey!” Kaia greeted him with a gentle wave as she approached him. She was happy he was finally here because now she might have an easier time getting him off of her mind. It made little sense, but Kaia knew she would stop focusing so much on her feelings while she was around him. Kaia greeted her best friend with a brief hug that she released quickly. "I was worried that you had forgotten about us hanging out.” Kaia admitted as she crossed her arms over her newly developed chest and smirked. Zayne didn’t seem like the type to forget either. Kaia was just being paranoid. Was he interested in other girls? Why did she care if he was or if he wasn’t? She needed to be supportive!

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[Zayne Baros]

Being a fifth year had been great to the new Slytherin Prefect. Zayne had not been expecting to receive the badge after his sister had. Zayne wondered if Amycus had gone to school, if she would have gotten the badge too. He bet that she would have, since she was really smart, at least to him she was. Zayne made sure that he did not forget about his little get together with Kaia. He did not have to patrol today, and he was not teamed up with anyone tomorrow either. He was lucky to have escaped that. Zayne knew that his OWLs were going to be tough, but he really only cared about three classes and those were the basics that he would need for his job, the only three that he really needed anyway. He didn't mind the others actually. He would probably get a passing grade, but nothing too impressive with the other classes he was taking. He honestly did not care for them and he was not going to change that mind of his about it either. He was remembering things about Kaia, and he was wondering if he was starting to like her, which was wrong because of their friendship. He didn't want to jeopardize that at all. Sometimes he thought that her hair really looked nice, and her eyes were easy to get lost in, like he was looking into purple gems. It was incredible. Zayne hoped that these feelings would go away though, since he didn't want to get awkward and think of how well she developed, which he did like. Oh god, he was thinking of her body, and now he felt really bad about it all. What would she say? She would probably hit him if she caught him staring! Zayne started to blush heavily because he should not be thinking about her in that manner at all. Kaia was his best friend, he shouldn't be thinking of her in such disrespect.

Perhaps there was a reason why he was feeling like he was but he would need to talk to his parents or something about this. He would just have to get to know what was going on and some information about this all. The Slytherin Prefect walked up to the North Tower where it seemed to be his spot with Kaia for some odd reason. Zayne loved heights and he preferred to get up there. He just didn't want to keep thinking like he was with Kaia. It was just something that was getting on his nerves and making his palms sweat. His stomach felt weird too. His best friend made him feel really weird because of these things. He didn't want to feel them, but he didn't know how to get rid of it anyway. He remembered giving her roses the beginning of the year and it was something that he thought that he should have given her since she was left behind for like, a year or something. He just didn't want to let her go through that again. As soon as he entered the room where Kaia was at, his eyes went to purple orbs and he blushed faintly. Zayne smiled when she greeted him, and he waved back as she approached him. "Hey Kaia!" One could tell that he was happy. His smile was shining throughout the North Tower. He was really looking forward to today because they were going to be hanging out. She was worried that he had forgotten about the hanging out, as she briefly hugged him. He hugged her back as well. Zayne looked down at her and he shook his head, "Of course not, I would never forget about us hanging out." He allowed his arms to rest limply at his side since he was not wanting to deal with folding his arms across his chest. It made him seem more muscular since he started working out this year. Zayne would never, ever forget about his best friend. She was the most amazing person in the world.​

 

[Kaia Baros]

Kaia noticed that Zayne seemed to be in a good mood today. There were days when Zayne was a bit moodier than usual, but Kaia figured it was a guy thing and left him alone about it. "You seem like you're in a really good mood today." Kaia mused with a half-smirk rising onto her face. She was happy when he was in a good mood. He was always a lot more fun to be around when he wasn't grumpy. But Kaia actually enjoyed being around him no matter what mood he was in. It was just easier when he wasn't in a bad one. Kaia brushed some of her hair out of her face. "That's kind of true, I don't think you've ever forgotten about us hanging out. I guess I should rephrase my statement. I'm glad you skipped out of studying for the Owl's to come hang out with me." Kaia nearly rolled her eyes. Of course Zayne would never forget. Out of the both them she did think he had a better memory than even she did. But she knew the Owl's were coming up, and that he would likely be busy with studying for them. Kaia on the other hand barely studied. She often got good grades without constantly studying for them. It wasn't something she liked to admit, because it made her seem like a lazy brat, but it was true. The more she studied the worse she seemed to do on exams and quizzes. Kaia glanced around the room, forgetting about her previous statement. What should she and Zayne do today? They often went off on adventures, usually outside the castle, but today Kaia kind of felt like exploring around in the castle. Perhaps in the kitchens, Kaia was craving a nice handful of gooey chocolate chip cookies. Hopefully Zayne would agree to that, because Kaia's stomach wasn't going to leave them alone until she got a couple. Kaia's hand snaked over to Zayne's where she lightly grabbed his wrist and tugged.

"Let's go down into the kitchens and snatch some cookies. I'm so hungry. Then you can choose where we hang out today." Kaia made an offer. They do what she wanted to do, then they would do what Zayne wanted to do. Actually, Kaia kind of wanted too just cuddle with Zayne, but that was weird. Best friends do not do that to one another. People would start to think they liked one another if they did stuff like that. Kaia pulled again, trying to get Zayne to follow her. She knew he liked cookies too, so it wasn't like he was going to be tortured. He might not like being around the House Elves though. Kaia didn't mind them. They weren't awful creatures, especially not when they shared their food with her. Kaia realized she was still hanging onto Zayne's arm and blushed. It was almost like she was holding his hand or something. Kaia wondered if he ever thought about holding her hand. A thought came to Kaia, she wanted to ask him something, and she would use his sister to do that. Even if Kaia had never heard Mylie say such a thing. Hell, Mylie barely talked at all when Kaia was around. So I heard your sister talking to Hades the other day, and as your best friend, I've gotta ask, is it true that you like someone?" Kaia was using the best friend card right now. But a part of her truly was curious about this. What if he did like someone? Someone that wasn't her and that girl, or guy even, stole Zayne away. That would be the worst thing ever. So Kaia was going to try her best to figure out what was going on, and if there was, if there was anyway she could stop it now. Kaia let her gaze fall into Zayne, awaiting for him to confirm or deny her suspicions. <i></i>​

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[Zayne Baros]

Zayne was about to say something along the lines of, "Well, I am spending the day with you, so why wouldn't I be?" but he held his tongue for the moment. It would make him sound like he had feelings for her. Well, he did, but she probably did not hold them for him though. "well, I've had a good day today, and it will only get better from here." There. That didn't sound too romantic. It sounded perfectly friendly. He smiled at her before he wondered what they were going to be doing today. Hopefully nothing dangerous. Zayne still remembered the pain from breaking his arm that one year. When she rephrased her statement, he merely chuckled, and remembered the intensity of those OWLs. They literally drove him insane. "Those OWLs have me wanting to rip my hair out. If I could grip enough of it that is. I hate those things, you have no idea. Anything to keep from studying them in all of my free time." Zayne wondered how she was doing with the OWLs, but he chose not to ask her of something like that. He was frustrated enough with them, and he thought that she would be about the same way. She was a Ravenclaw, but that did not mean that she loved studying. In fact, he often thought that she would be better off in Gryffindor or something like that. Zayne looked down at his hands and wondered what it would feel like to hold her hands. He desperately wanted to, and wondered if she would be up for that. He almost doubted that she would be anyway. Since she seemed to be one of those girls that needed to really like someone to hold another person's hands. When she said that they should go down into the kitchens, he almost sighed. He just walked from the dungeons, and now she was wanting to go all of the way down to the dungeons and get some cookies? Really? He looked down and noticed that she was holding his wrist and tugged on him.

"Okay. Then maybe the lawn or something. I feel like going outside." He shrugged a bit. He really wanted to take a walk down the shore, but he could not help but see that she was still holding onto his wrist. He looked over at her and wondered if she was going to let go, and if she was going to even catch on. He hesistantly followed the other Prefect though. They first met when they were in the kitchens or somewhere close, and got chocolate chip cookies. While he was down, she gave him one. It seemed to be their thing. Which he did not mind. Well, even now, she was still hanging on, and then he noticed that she blushed. She brought up Mylie, and her talking to Hades, about whether or not he liked someone. He didn't remember Mylie ever knowing that he liked Kaia. He blushed and coughed a bit, before he looked at her and smiled, "I do like someone." Like hell he was going to tell her that he liked her. Well, then again, he could, but he was not really ready for a commitment. He was good with what they had now, and with promise that they were going to stay best friends. Zayne looked at her, and then down at her lips for a moment. Well, how could he resist? With all of the stress of the OWLs, then a question like that, one could not be blamed. It was like they met half way, before the lips were connected. It was heated too, as he found himself pushed against the wall, his hands cupping her cheeks. He could actually taste her, and she was sweet too. He could keep his body temperature rise, and his lungs starved for oxygen. Once they broke apart, his hands somehow were on her waist, and noticed how close they were. He breathed the fresh hair and all he could say was, "Wow..." And they went on to the kitchen, pretending like nothing happened, though Zayne's mind was racing.​

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