Closed Like the Sunshine

[Airen Gates]

Airen was hanging out in the courtyard, stretched out in a sunny space and sketching the entrance to the castle, humming to herself and working on the shading. She liked looking at the castle- it was so pleasing to look at, the coolness of the stones against her bare feet, the patterns she saw in the marbles. She loved it, and she hoped to be good enough someday that she could capture the castles beauty properly. She hummed as she moved her pencil, enjoying the breeze and the nice day, chirping happy hellos to anyone that happened to wander by.

 

[Horror Zhefarovich]

Horror Zhefarovich had many reasons to avoid being outside, and that was the sunlight. But alas, he needed to practice his martial arts with his twin. Terror and he had different schedules with them being in different years. Horror was done for the day with Terror though. He no longer held that grudge that he had at the beginning of the year. One could say that Horror might have mellowed out a bit. He walked through the courtyard, and heard a chirp of a bird. No, that was a greeting. He stopped walking and looked in the direction of that chirp. Oh, it was that Airen girl. She was optimistic as ever, and still irked him to some extent. How should he teach her how dangerous the world is? He’d come up with something. “You are acting like a mosquito with that high pitched buzzing.” He was referring to her humming.​

 

[Airen Gates]

Airen slowed as she heard a familiar voice, and smiled brightly. "Oh, Horror, hi!" She shifted, moving to walk beside him instead. "Sorry," She laughed. "I can't help it. Sometimes the music just gets stuck in your head." She explained. "But anyway, how are you?" She asked, giving him a bright smile and not minding how cranky he was.

 

[Horror Zhefarovich]

Horror would not know what that was like, since he never had music get stuck in his head. Some questions, perhaps, and events, but never music. Perhaps he should read up on that. It was likely common for those that listened to a lot of music, and to his dismay, it seemed like she was going to tag along with him. "Better now, a little bit. Wondering what classes I might drop after the OWLs since I took every elective offered this year."​