Closed here's to all the bad decisions

[Stefan Zhefarovich]

Durmstrang was boring in Stefan's opinion and this was definitely not the first time he wondered how his parents had ended up sending him here of all places. His mum joked one time that she and his dad had decided on his school purely by using darts. It just so happened the dart landed in Durmstrang. He couldn't believe she said that, though he could actually believe it with his mum. She was flighty and impulsive, and it wasn't like the Nightrays had it all up there. His dad though. Actually no, he could see it. He just went along with mum's whims. Stefan was pretty sure his dad spoiled his mum a lot which is why he'd grown up used to just seeing mum cuddled up with a big black cat. Like big big. So yeah, Durmstrang was boring. Especially since he didn't have enough cousins to lively up the place. Most of his cousins were probably in the two Hogwarts branches - largely unfair. Now, with another school year having just started, he was most annoyed that it would be another year of boredom - it was only the first day but he could already see it. And so with his grumbling, he did quite expect someone to bump straight into him just at he turned at a corner. ​

 

[Victoria de Lacey]

Tori had her face in her schedule. She’d barely had time to meet her new dorm mates when one had been thrust into her hands and she’d been told she was expected in classes that morning. She was still rushing to hurry up and maybe pick up some German, she had some very, very basic greetings down, but she was mostly, hopefully, relying on the fact that spells were the same no matter what country you were from. A protego was a protego whether it was in english or german, right? Well that’s what she was relying on, so she certainly hoped so. Charms was apparently on the… was it the sixth floor? Or… maybe that was saying it was outside? No, not sixth floor, it only had four floors. She scrunched up her face in concentration, so she didn’t notice when she came walking around a corner and directly into someone. She stumbled backwards, eyes going wide with shock.

“Oh -!” she tried to keep herself from falling, and barely managed to grab onto the boy she’d walked into to keep herself from stumbling. He helped to steady her, and she smiled lightly at him in thanks. “Sorry, accident,” she said, her accent definitely not local as she spoke to him in barely achievable german. Her cheeks flushed pink in embarrassment. She looked at him properly, he was kind of cute actually, which made her cheeks flush even harder. She was a bit surprised by the reaction because she didn’t think she’d ever blushed about a boy before, not Felix. She went to say something, but the words got stuck in her throat, so she laughed nervously and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. “Didn’t… uh… see you.” She tried again, still not really gripping the german.​

 

[Stefan Zhefarovich]

Stefan definitely did not expect anyone bumping into him, though the person grabbing on to the front of his robes made him instinctively wrap an arm around their waist to secure them against him. It would be bad after all if the person fell and brought him down with them. It took another second for the female voice to catch up to him as he looked down and locked eyes with a girl he's never really seen before around the school. He blinked once, twice, just looking at her until her barely-there German caught up to him. Why did she sound cute? He didn't ever think accent could be cute. And what was she turning pink for? "Yeah? Hopefully now you do," he said with a chuckle as he slowly loosened his hold - though didn't yet let go, he can wait until she moves away on her own - once he thought she was steady on her feet. Perhaps, she would have an easier time with English. There would be plenty of chances in the semester to practice her German after all. "Where you off to in such a hurry?" he asked as he gestured at the hallway with his head towards the direction he thought she was headed to.​