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Natasha Fortune (ms_fortune) wrote in noctemrp,
@ 2012-09-16 20:26:00

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character: hunter dale, character: natasha romanoff, location: hogwarts abandoned areas, thread: complete

Who: Hunter and Natasha
What: Talking and walking around some abandoned areas
Where: Hogwarts halls/abandoned areas
When: Saturday, Sept. 15, after lunch
Warnings: None.

After she finished eating, Natasha stood up the entrance at the Great Hall and waited for Hunter. She actually felt relieved to be able to talk to him again. While she couldn't completely lower her guard around him, he was one of the select few that seemed to understand her and that she enjoyed talking with.

Since arriving at Hogwarts, she hadn't really spent time talking to anyone. She was alone most of the time, so it was a repeat of her last school. She was at least able to explore a bit of the school, though she had more places to try to find. There were areas she hadn't been in yet and she still didn't know what the heck a 'room of requirement' was or where it was located. With her exploring, she was able to find a few places and clean them up. She did tell Hunter she would help him and if it meant getting help herself, all the better.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-18 01:09 pm UTC (link)

Hunter immediately looked forward to telling Fawn about Sara, about her plants, and everything he had learned so far. Even on a short walk through the castle, he was already missing her. He followed contentedly beside Natasha, as she started down another corridor. He had felt he knew her decently well before, but seeing her flustered at the nickname… that had been very new. He hadn't expected to see her flustered, and expected it was nearly as rare on her as it was on him.

"So, your nickname, Foxy," he tested the waters, holding back the blush that threatened to return. "Is this from the same boy that leaves you so confused?"

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ms_fortune
2012-09-18 03:24 pm UTC (link)

Natasha was quiet for a few more steps. She wasn't sure if she should openly admit or deny it. It was probably apparent if she admitted or denied it, so she thought about turning it around.

"Would you be confused if Fawn gave you a nickname that complimented you?" Looking at Hunter, she wouldn't even know what nickname to give him. She wondered if it was because she lacked social skills, if it was a culture thing, or if it was simply because he was a hard person to name. She assumed the two formers were more correct.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-19 03:34 am UTC (link)

Hunter couldn't help but notice that Natasha hadn't answered his question, but paid it no real mind. The relationships between girls and boys had never been of real interest to him. Truthfully, he had never understood the purpose, other than for the continuance of the species. Well, he hadn't understood it before this summer. He thought perhaps now he understood.

"I suppose I see what you mean," he replied. "I've never had a nickname, never really wanted one. I would let Fawn call me whatever her heart desired, but if she were to come out with something like Foxy, I suppose I would be a little bit..."

He searched for the right word, as the blush returned.

"Flustered."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-19 03:59 am UTC (link)

She was glad she wasn't alone in that respect. It was an embarrassing sort of nickname, but she also liked it. She wondered if it was a strange reaction to it or normal. She wanted to know if her confusion and such was founded over some guy, but it was also humiliating to admit, so she phrased it differently.

"Exactly! Yes! Let me ask - if Fawn called you Foxy because of your hair or because you were 'her little fox,' is it strange for it to confuse you and make you happy at the same time?" Just remembering how he called her 'my little fox' made Natasha blush again.

Her cheeks were still pink as she came to an abandoned, yet cleaned-up classroom. While the other classrooms around were dusty and dirty, this room looked polished and pristine. The desks were pushed to the side and it looked like there was plenty of room inside.

"Here. This is one of the areas. I cleaned up the place when I found it. Aside from the ghost, it's usually quiet around here. It's a possible solution for you, but there are other areas."

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-19 04:33 am UTC (link)

Hunter's eyes widened slightly, as Natasha showed him the classroom, and told him of her efforts to clean it up. He stepped inside, slowly, as though his footsteps might break some spell and it would become a dusty mess again. He knelt at the edge of the space, at the center of the room, his fingers trailing over the stone floor. His eyes closed, picturing what it could be. The space was just big enough for... for a bed. Hunter felt a newly familiar heat swirl up inside him, and quickly stood up, clearing his throat and pushing the feeling down inside him.

"I've never really told anyone this, besides Fawn," he admitted, looking nervous. "I don't have many friends. Well, any really. And the other boys think there's something wrong with me. But I find it all confusing."

He couldn't help but remember back to everything that had happened over the past few months.

"The first time Fawn and I really kissed, it was the happiest I've ever been in my life. But it also felt like my brain would explode. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Is it like that for you?"

It was a personal question, and Hunter knew Natasha might just turn it back on him, but he wanted so desperately to know if it was just him. Fawn seemed so at peace with it all, he sometimes wondered if there really was something wrong with him.

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ms_fortune
2012-09-19 05:10 am UTC (link)

She watched him with curious eyes, wondering just what was going through his head. As soon as he started speaking, she perked up, a ghost of a smile on her lips as she listened.

"It's like that for me too." She bit her bottom lip and rocked back and forth on her heels. She hesitated, but at least a name was never asked. "When he kissed me, I felt something electric between us, like I could melt right then and there. I felt extremely happy too, like-" she clicked her tongue, trying to find the right words. "Like everything was perfect.

"Even if I didn't know what to do, my body did seem to crave certain things, like his touch. I'm sure my hormones take over when my brain shuts down. Does that happen to you as well?" She knew it was an extremely personal question, but she hoped her honesty would help and be met back with the same. It felt like a relief to have someone to talk it over with.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-19 05:35 am UTC (link)

Hunter swallowed hard, as his brain tried to compartmentalize what it was he was hearing. Natasha was a pretty girl, a pretty red-headed girl, and although he trusted his brain to keep her and Fawn separate, he feared gaining some sort of strange Pavlovian response to her presence. After all, his body had become quite traitorous over the past few months.

"My brain never really shuts down," he said. "Maybe that's part of my problem. I may... want something, but my brain over thinks it all."

There had only been a few moments that his brain had whited out, all of which had so far occurred as he was reaching his peak. But he surely wasn't going to say that out loud.

"And it's all new to me. I never even looked at anyone before Fawn. I know there are boys who like girls, and boys who like other boys, and such. I never liked anyone that way."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-19 01:33 pm UTC (link)

"Over thinks it? How so?" she asked. She walked over to one of the desks and sat down on top of it. "Like it stops you and you analyze far too into things?"

She wasn't surprised by his admission. Rather, she was curious about it. "So what is it about Fawn that drew you towards hers? Was it because she's your twin or was it something else? Something deeper?" She had heard of people not really being attracted to others, but Hunter's case was rare and special. Even she was attracted to someone else at her old school, but it didn't end well.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-19 04:18 pm UTC (link)

Hunter leaned against an opposite desk, though his back stayed straight as an arrow. He pulled his wand and quickly made sure that the door was shut tight. He had already risked their safety that day in the woods, and had been lucky enough to find Natasha accepting and trustworthy. He wasn't going to be so foolish as to let his tongue slip and risk it all again.

"I suppose Fawn and I would have had to love each other, or hate each other immensely," he smiled, settling into the story he had never really told, but knew like the back of his hand. "There were no other children in the house and my father had us home schooled. We didn't even really play with other children, as he was always worried we would be kidnapped and held for ransom. I suppose it was a valid concern."

Hunter had always been surprised how much freedom they had at Hogwarts. Once they had turned thirteen, the private guards had been taken away, his father finally content with the school's own security.

"So it was just the two of us, filling our days. We knew every corner and crook of each room in that house, along with the secret security passages we weren't supposed to know about. We told each other stories. Slowly, the house became our castle and Fawn was my Princess. Don't get me wrong, I know her flaws. She's stubborn, and horribly fanciful, but she's also kind and generous. She's all the things that I'm not."

Hunter cleared his throat, becoming aware that he was getting carried away.

"It has only been this year that it changed somehow, and I don't know how. Our parents had always warned us off of sleeping in the same bed, or giving each other the innocent kisses that children give. I never understood why. And then one day, around the end of last year, I suddenly knew why. I didn't just love Fawn; I needed her. I yearned for her in a way that... well, not many people would understand."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-20 04:05 am UTC (link)

Natasha listened, nodding every so often. She crossed her legs, putting her elbow on top of her knee and resting her chin on her hand. It really did sound like they lived a sheltered and privileged lifestyle, but given their father's job it was understandable. The more she learned about him, she thought the more she seemed to understand him, bit by bit.

"You do need her. It sounds like she balances you out. I wonder if that balance is what drew you to her." Before he could say anything, she waved her hand and gave a small smile. "It's not a bad thing. It's strange, but as you talked, I could tell you really and truly care for her. Even that day in the forest, you seemed much different from the other times I talked to you. It's like she brings out another you.

"When I mentioned you two, I heard you two are 'close. It's a twin thing. You only hang around her.' That sort of thing. I think I can understand why now though. If I yearned for someone like that and if they brought out another me, I think I'd want to be close to them as well."

Just thinking that brought on another hurtful pang to her. She sat up straight, shrugging it off. She had to tell herself that feeling was all in her head.

"It's good we're... friends." Damn that word was still foreign to her. "It will dispel those 'close' rumors and the perceptions people have. It should be beneficial to your relationship."

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-20 04:24 am UTC (link)

Fawn really did bring out another part of Hunter, one that he kept hidden away from the rest of the world. He was quite sure that the rest of the school would laugh their heads off at the idea that he would tell fairy stories, while staring up at the stars, or that he was excellent at skipping rocks over the lake. He supposed anything other than reading and the damn violin would be a surprise to them.

Hunter couldn't help but laugh at Natasha's assertion.

"Oh, I don't know," he replied. "I thought that for a moment as well; that being seen with a girl might dispel some of the rumors about me. I'm afraid that if anything, if may just start some about you."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-20 04:50 am UTC (link)

"Like what?" she asked. She thought as long as the other Russian students in the school didn't recognize her, any rumor that people could come up with would be much better than anything they could say. "It might be fun to hear what people come up with about me. Unless a certain 7th year says a few things..." and she was sure he wouldn't, "then any rumors said would be laughable."

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-20 05:05 am UTC (link)

"Oh, who knows?" Hunter said, dramatically. "Perhaps you're some young looking spy, who has been planted at the school to try and seduce State secrets out of strange, stuck up Hunter Dale. This school could come up with almost anything, and they would likely believe it, before they would believe that I have a girlfriend."

Although he didn't let the smile leave his face, Hunter's stomach soured slightly. He had always had a strong feeling about the identity of Natasha's 'friend', but now he was quite sure. He kept his mouth shut, not wanting his personal distaste to distract from a perfectly good conversation. It did bring up a question in his mind, which he weighed for a moment before giving voice to.

"I... if you don't want to answer, please don't but... have you ever been with a boy?"

Hunter hoped that he didn't have to clarify what he meant.

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ms_fortune
2012-09-20 05:19 am UTC (link)

"I believe I'd be interested in that spy secret if only I could be told how to become a spy." She had to wonder about him and how he presented himself if the school would believe that over any dating sort of secret. She looked up and tapped her chin. "Would it actually be believable that I could seduce you if they won't believe a girlfriend secret?"

She turned red at the next question. She glanced at him, then away as she tried to find her voice. "Been with? I- well- I'm sure you've gotten farther than I have." Not unless what the two were doing in the forest was as far as they've been, then she'd be the same as him.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-20 08:02 pm UTC (link)

So the answer was no. Hunter had to admit he was a bit surprised. From what he saw and heard everyday, it had appeared to him as though every other witch or wizard was naturally sex-crazed. That, and Natasha was admittedly a very pretty girl.

"Well, I did say try to seduce me," Hunter corrected her. "And it wouldn't be the first time. Last year a few of the older boys paid off some Gryffindor girl to try and get me to sleep with her. She sat right in my lap; it was repulsive. I stood up, she fell on the floor, and the name calling just got worse after that."

It was then that Hunter had decided he must have something wrong with him, but had quickly made peace with it. Sometimes he wished that he had never discovered that secret part of him that longed for Fawn physically. It was so confusing.

"Do you understand it at all?" he asked, trying to ground his feet to the floor to keep from pacing. "Sex, I mean. Fawn and I, well, we haven't done much. Part of me wants her desperately, but another part of me worries I'll hurt her. I have no idea what it's like for a girl; I barely know what it's like for me! She's just so innocent."

So innocent that she hadn't even know that a man ejaculated at orgasm. Hunter treasured Fawn's innocence, and yet a new, slowly growing part of him, wanted to end that same innocence. It all scared him.

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ms_fortune
2012-09-21 05:04 am UTC (link)

She started to wonder if she had gotten further than him. She bobbed her head to the side a bit, a smirk on her lips as she told him, "You're much nicer than I am. At least you stood up. I would have pushed her off. How did you find out their plan?"

The topic of sex always managed to make her cheeks turn pink. She was probably the worst person to ask, given her cynical nature, but she was trying to be more open so she thought she'd give a more open answer. She had to wonder just how innocent the twins were.

"Sex in general? The most to understand of it is pleasure," she answered. "I don't understand it all, but if there's someone you desire, you want all of that person, yes? You want them to feel good and you want to feel good just by them. You want her to feel good, right? Or do you just want her sexually?" She hesitated a bit, but decided if Hunter was being so open, so could she. "When I was with someone, he was- I didn't know why then, but he was focused on making me feel good. I changed that, because I wanted him to feel good too. Maybe if you like someone, their pleasure will be important to you or you just want to know that you're making them feel good.

"As for pain, well, it's best you two go slow." She really couldn't imagine them going fast, but it was still good to warn. "For a girl, any friction while dry would be painful. Inserting can be painful and uncomfortable as well. It's probably best to practice with your fingers on her before... moving on."

Natasha flushed. She was starting to feel like someone's parent with the way she talked and instructed.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-21 05:27 am UTC (link)

Hunter was just as confused as before, if not more so. Friction and insertion and... it was all just too much to take in at once. The pleasure part he understood, however. That was all he really needed, to give his sister as much pleasure as possible. Hunter shifted uncomfortably, before mumbling a quick 'thank you', though he wasn't sure if he was thanking her for the information, or just for not laughing in his face.

"Girls don't just sit in my lap," he explained, reverting to Natasha's first comment. "That was the first clue. Once she hit the ground, however, the boys started laughing and she started yelling at them about how there wasn't enough money in the world to convince her to fuck me. Her words, not mine."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-21 05:47 am UTC (link)

Natasha refrained from hitting her palm against her face, though she desperately wanted to do so. She thought she made things awkward, be it by not knowing how to talk to someone or her own lack of experience. She was almost glad for the change in conversation.

"Glad to know that no matter what country or what school, there is always an immature mudak wherever you go. Given that and the so-called party someone from my house threw, it seems you need to be on your guard at all times."

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-21 02:31 pm UTC (link)

"Ah yes, the pig party," Hunter frowned slightly. "I heard about that. Yet another thing I was spared, as inviting me would have attracted far too much attention. It's not always a bad thing."

Fawn was far more likely to be invited places, and she always assumed she could bring Hunter as well. He had once heard a Hufflepuff girl refer to them as a 'two-for-one special', though it had been said in kindness, rather than malice.

"You don't seem to be a big fan of your House, so far."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-22 04:33 am UTC (link)

"What is there to be a fan of? I see elitist people wherever I go, whether it be by blood, by house, or by money. It's a constant reminder of my old school, only without the dark magic.

"I still don't see the point to any of these houses. I know the strengths Professor Ryan has told me, but I don't see how others use said strengths to strive well for their supposed houses. It seems more of an excuse to split everyone up and encourage 'teamwork' with a random group of people." She really didn't like the 'teamwork' sort of method. She was taught to be alone and to use her own strength. She couldn't see how anyone else could help her, let alone how she could help anyone. She supposed it didn't help that the two people she befriended were in a much different house than herself.

"Are you a fan of your house?"

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-22 04:51 am UTC (link)

"Oddly enough, I am," Hunter replied, biting softly at his bottom lip, in concentration. "Though, as I said before, it isn't really my House. Had Fawn not been sorted first, I could have ended up where you are."

And what an experience that would have been. No matter what the Hat had seen in him, Hunter wasn't sure he could have survived Slytherin House.

"Hufflepuff House is unique. It accepts what is commonly termed 'the rest', that is, those who don't match strongly with any other House. I think this makes many of its members more accepting, less elitist. We have our idiots, but every House does, I'm afraid."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-22 05:01 am UTC (link)

Natasha's olive eyes glanced down then. She wondered if she was in Hufflepuff, if she would have been more accepting. It also made sense why the one guy she liked was so open and accepting of her, scars and past and all.

"I tried your trick, of talking to the hat. It said I was far from a Hufflepuff and certainly not a Gryffindor. If I wasn't too ambitious, I would have been in another house. It seems you lucked out with threatening the hat." She smirked as she got up from the desk. She couldn't dwell on that sort of thing, not when she had a mission in mind.

"C'mon. Let me show you the other places around the school. They're also cleaned off. I swear, this school has a lot of unused areas. I should make a map of the whole castle."

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-23 02:53 am UTC (link)

Hunter stood back up, from his leaning place on the desk. He had never thought that Natasha would be placed in Hufflepuff, but he couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if she had been. Many of the other students in the House were accepting enough to ignore him, but it would be nice to have a friend close, other than Fawn. He followed her out the door, and back into the hallway.

"I don't even know if the castle would let you map it all," he said, looking up at the high stone walls. "She would likely send one of her spirits after you, or perhaps call on the Gods to throw you off track. No, she has too many secrets she wants to keep, I think."

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ms_fortune
2012-09-23 03:18 am UTC (link)

"I'd like to see her try. It may be a bit hard to send in something I don't believe in." She put her hand on the wall and looked at the old stone. She couldn't help but smirk a bit. "Knowing my luck though, any and everything would be sent my way."

Her fingers traced the cracks and crevices as she made her way down to the dungeons. While she walked, she started to realize how silly she may have sounded, but shrugged it off. He did start it.

"I guess a map won't be needed. Secrets aren't meant to be shared with everyone. We're just the lucky few that are privileged to them, don't you agree?" she asked, looking back at him with a small smile.

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loyal_hunter
2012-09-23 03:35 am UTC (link)

Hunter watched as Natasha's fingers traced along the walls. It was a common thing for someone their age to not believe; even he was often unsure how strong his own beliefs were. His mother and father had gone off of the walls when he had decided at thirteen that he was no longer willing to follow their religion, declaring himself to be a follower of the old Celtic gods instead. In his mind it was all myth and legend. He just chose to believe in ones that glorified the earth under his feet, and not some realm he couldn't see.

"Secrets are for those who need them, I think," he said, returning her smile. "I certainly know that I need them now. Perhaps you do as well."

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