There wasn't an excuse for her error, but suddenly Kristoffer thought he might be able to forgive her anyway.
Stupid little Hufflepuffs in the way, she had started, sounding resentful, and this reached his ears like music. Metaphorical music, like the satisfying crunch when a bludger hit someone smack in the nose. Like the fizzling sound of another Gryffindor melting their cauldron. Like the rush of a stinging hex in the air. His heart may even have had the audacity to skip a beat.
Kristoffer's eyes edged a fraction wider.
What was this girl's name again?
So she hadn't seen him, but still, there was no need for him to stare, he reminded himself, watching dreamily as the Hufflepuffs in question skittered off in alarm. He forced that look back to his usual nonchalance as his eyes returned to her, and he finally gathered himself together enough to say something. "Idiots," he commented in casual agreement. "I'll track them down later, dock some points. Maybe get them a detention or two." Now that was hyperbole, and - given granting detentions required authority beyond his own - perhaps too far as a gesture of goodwill; but it never hurt to bandy about his power, especially not when he was trying to be impressive.
Stupid little Hufflepuffs in the way, she had started, sounding resentful, and this reached his ears like music. Metaphorical music, like the satisfying crunch when a bludger hit someone smack in the nose. Like the fizzling sound of another Gryffindor melting their cauldron. Like the rush of a stinging hex in the air. His heart may even have had the audacity to skip a beat.
Kristoffer's eyes edged a fraction wider.
What was this girl's name again?
So she hadn't seen him, but still, there was no need for him to stare, he reminded himself, watching dreamily as the Hufflepuffs in question skittered off in alarm. He forced that look back to his usual nonchalance as his eyes returned to her, and he finally gathered himself together enough to say something. "Idiots," he commented in casual agreement. "I'll track them down later, dock some points. Maybe get them a detention or two." Now that was hyperbole, and - given granting detentions required authority beyond his own - perhaps too far as a gesture of goodwill; but it never hurt to bandy about his power, especially not when he was trying to be impressive.
