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Connor grinned when Rowan mentioned that Abaddon was in as good a mood as usual. He pondered the snake in question, knowing the creature didn't always seem to like him. "Well, I'm glad she's doing alright." He nodded, tilting his head back and forth, attempting to gather exacts about where the girl was. When he heard the door open, the teen perked up, his hand dropping down away from Rowan. At the girl's next words, Connor tensed, his cheeks heating rapidly. He fumbled with his cane, sliding it together, then clipping it to his belt loop. With his head bowed, Connor nodded a bit when Rowan mentioned his name to her mother.

When he heard a sinister hissing, the boy tilted his head up, noting that the sound wasn't from Rowan. No, it was far more harsh, coupled with the fact that Rowan soon told her mother to speak where they all could understand. As the older woman spit off insults, Connor felt his cheeks, ears, and neck heat up. He bit his bottom lip, trying not to be hurt by the words. At the drop of a hat, the younger girl promptly spoke up, defending her sisters and other family members, before finally defending him. He normally wouldn't ever step up to someone, particularly an adult, but in this case, Connor took a step closer, gently resting his hand on what he presumed was his friend's shoulder. "Missus Yaxley? I-I just wanted to thank you. It wasn't until I heard you hiss your insults that I realized just how well-adjusted your daughter is. Not only that, but how well I was raised... as a muggleborn, that is." His shoulders were pushed back, the Ravenclaw doing his best to stand tall and appear brave. Unfortunately, Connor didn't exactly know how to look brave, but he knew how to sound brave... which he was pretty sure he did.

The boy stood his ground for a second...... until he realized what he had said. After all, his moment of bravado was simply a facade. All of a sudden, he felt the bile rise up in his throat, his cheeks and ears heated up rapidly. He coughed quietly, wishing above all else that he had his brother beside him to defend him. Colton always knew how to talk to people, where the younger twin had always been a wallflower. Their mom had always told them younger siblings tended to be quieter, but Connor attributed it all to his being blind. It was hard to make friends when he couldn't see anything, but Rowan had accepted him right away. For that, the boy figured he owed her credit. Not many people would elect to take him under their wing, particularly with a mother as nutty and mean as Mrs Yaxley. Honestly, he figured Rowan had to be the bravest person he knew.

Hikaru was here with his mom to get his books and a new cauldron, he had melted his in the last week of the school year. he had already gotten the other suplies. They usually got the books on the last trip. With Hikaru they would always leave a bookstore with more than they intended to get. His mom was off getting the cauldron while he was browsing the shelves with a book list in hand. If he found some good deals he could perhaps get an extra book too.

Hikaru had been looking at his list so intently he did notice a girl un till she said hi then struggled to get a book. "Oh! Yea sure here let me get it" He said grabbing the book and passing it to her. "You would think the would put the first year books lower." He said with a nervous smile. He had one of his second-year books in hand, Standard Book of Spells Vol 2, to be exact. "did you need any help finding your books? I do come here a lot." He said, he wasn't lying at all he always came here.

"Glad to meet you." Hikaru said "Yes I'm going into my second year, I'm in Ravenclaw." He shifted is book to be more to his side. "If you are still looking for your books perhaps I can help. I always stop here when I'm in Diagon alley, so I know the place well." He asked sounding slightly nervous. He was practically a regular here. He preferred to buy a book a opposed to just borrowing it was nice to keep it to read again. Hopefully he wasn't too awkward

Hikaru smirked. "Yea I am kind of a book nerd." He said sheepishly. She wanted a book recommendation? He was good there. "If you're looking for history I found Quidditch Through the Ages a good read even if you're not into quidditch." He partly hoped she was a quidditch fan, that was his other favorite topic, being the keeper last year helped that. He hoped to stay on the main team again this year. "It goes into a lot of history about brooms and the sports that influenced it." If the girl didn't already think he was a nerd she certainly would now.

"Here I'll show you!" He said waiting till she grabbed her stuff to lead her to the section of quidditch books. On the way there she mentioned her dad having been a chaser when he had been at Hogwarts. "I'm the only one so far in mine to play but my dad likes it too. I'm the keeper, though every year all spots are up for tryouts so, I hope I get it again" He said fully unaware of how nerdy he was sounding. "Well I had to replace it twice, but I've lost track long time ago on how many times I read it, but here it is" Again it was higher almost too high for him, but he got it by knocking it off and catching it. He passed it over to her. Seeing a new one reminded how his current copy was getting worn.

"Well, I tend to read things too much." He said smiling meekly. She started to dig around for her money. "They post announcements near the great hall for the exact time and date for each house, but they start shortly after sorting." He said. "They stick them in a place so everyone can see." she seemed ready to pay. "Oh hang on one more book for me and I can check out with you." He said unsure if his interaction with her would last past that. It would be great if it did but he didn't want to be too forward and weird, he did that plenty on his own