Better to ask for forgiveness then permission [Krums & Hoh]

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"Hey. Remember, we're a team," Dan grinned at these words, another one of their little inside jokes. Though, it was really a joke in any sense. "Always," she added and he gave a nod, letting out a long breath.

As Nik came back into the room Dan smiled at him in greeting, and took all of his energy not to move his hand. They had to get used to this. Had to. Otherwise what was all this for? They had to learn to be best friends and... well, Dan had to learn to be his best friends sisters boyfriend and vice versa. Nik asked how school was, and Dan waited for Irina to answer first. When she was done, bringing up the cursebreaker thing, Dan just chimed in quietly, "schools good."

Magi made that comment about not letting Nik catch them and Dan bit down on his lip, looking down to keep from laughing. After a moment he looked back up, "so, do you prefer Magdalena? Or is there something shorter you'd like to go by?"

Irina Rose Krum
@magdalena
@jill9

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@magdalena , @daniel , Irina Rose Krum
<3

As Irina spoke, his eyebrows rose. She mumbled out quite a bit and he actually chuckled at her, rubbing his eyes. Well, he'd definitely be glad about this wine after tonight. "Well it seems like you're pretty busy, Irina. I'm proud of you." Niko's smile was true, and he was honestly very proud of Irina. She was following her dreams and doing what she wanted to do...which is what he should be doing, but wasn't. Niko's parents wanted their only son to be a Quidditch Star, and that is what he was doing, no matter how much he wanted to be a healer. "I'm glad you're pursuing your goals, Ri. It's what you should be doing." Dan's comment about school was quiet and his eyes lowered at him gently. "The champions will be announced soon. Are you nervous?" Niko knew Dan usually wasn't quiet like this, maybe it was because there were so many people.

His eyes shot right towards Magdalena. "Stop egging them on, we're not children, Magdalena." He finished his drink and filled his glass back up, and took another large sip. Nikolai wasn't going to say anything. It was just...so weird. Having Daniel around since they were children and now...this? It was something he was going to have to get used to, even if it wasn't his favorite.

[Irina Rose Krum]

At Nik's mention of the champions, Irina tensed. She was glad for the pressure of Dan's hand on her leg, for all she wanted to do was curl up in a ball and rock back and forth.  "Yes, they will be," she muttered, looking over at Dan.   She knew he could feel her nerves jangling, so she took a deep breath and sighed.  "I  just want the announcement to be over and done with, I hate waiting, it feels like it's been forever," she declared.  She offered Niko a small smile.  "But thanks for being proud of me, and saying it out loud," she said, adding a little teasing in at the end.  She knew her brother would be proud of her; she just wished he would also follow his dreams, for she had a feeling being a star Quidditch player was not it.  She noticed her leg was jiggling lightly and she stopped.  "I promised I'd tell you once the champions have been selected if it was me, but can we please talk about anything else?  I'm a ball of nerves thinking about it," she pleaded.  She  picked up her half empty wine glass and took a large gulp, coughing slightly as it went down.


@magdalena
@daniel
@jill9

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The conversation gravitated towards Irina and Dan's schooling, and Magdalena was only half paying attention. Something about the tournament. It sounded as if Irina had entered her name. Magdalena couldn't imagine putting her name in the Goblet. Thinking about it, she wouldn't have entered hers if the tournament had been during hers and Nikolai's 7th year. For some reason 'eternal glory' didn't sound that appealing. But it would be interesting if Irina was champion, because then that would be a father and daughter chosen to compete in the same tournament. She just reclined back against the couch, crossing her legs as her gaze slowly wandered from Nikolai, to Dan, to Irina, then back again. Only it soon settled on Dan as he asked her what she preferred to be called. She immediately shrugged. "Magi, Mags, Lena. I don't really care much. Whatever is easiest for you." Nikolai in particular called her 'Olli', and she intentionally withheld that possible nickname choice. Only Nikolai was allowed to call her that. That, and offering the nickname would mean explaining that she was an 'Ollivander'. Ollivander wasn't just a famous British wandmaker. The family was renowned in all of Europe. And she didn't like the attention the name brought, considering recent events...

Magdalena raised an eyebrow as Nikolai said they weren't children and her gaze left Daniel to focus on Nikolai on the other end of the couch from her. Oh.... She was extremely tempted to tell him to stop acting like one then. So, so tempted.... But she knew she was already dangerously close to crossing a line. So, she somehow managed to bite her tongue, holding the snide remark back. That didn't mean she didn't fix him with a look that accused him of it. Her facial expressions were harder to control then her words, it seemed.

@jill9
Irina Rose Krum
@daniel

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Dan smiled at Niko as he asked about the tournament, and then again let Irina answer first. He knew that she was more excited and nervous about it than he was, and he would rather her do the talking anyway. He patted her leg as she asked for a subject change and he chuckled, "woah, easy there, Ri," he said as she gulped down the wine. He turned back to Nik, "I'm nervous. But more for this kid then for myself," he nodded at Irina with a grin.

Magi answered his question and he nodded, "I think I'll go with... Magi," he decided proudly. "You can call me Dan. Or Daniel. Just not Danny," he chuckled. Very few people called him Danny. And mostly only in jest. Nik could call him whatever he wanted. At that he pointed at Irina, "that goes for you too," he joked.

Then Nik was getting snippy with Mag again and Dan frowned, keeping his eyes on Irina. Were all adult relationships like this?

@magdalena
@jill9
Irina Rose Krum
here you go ya greedy monkeys:P

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@magdalena , @daniel , Irina Rose Krum
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Irina's reaction to his question about the tournament made him smile, but he was still worried for her. He'd heard stories of the tournament from his father, mostly about Cedric Diggory, who he is named after. Some were good, others not so good. But if they were having the tournament come around again, it must be safer. "Jeez, Irina. Take a chill pill. It'll come soon enough, I just want you to be safe you know."

He laughed at her comment about him saying it out loud. "Awe, Ri, I always tell you how proud I am of you!" Niko made kissy faces towards her, chuckling. "I'm sure you're a bit nervous, Dan. I'd be, that's for sure."

Magdalena ignored him, as did he.

[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina calmed down more when Dan patted her leg; he had that effect on her. She sometimes found it hilarious that he was the one calming her down instead of vice versa, but he had told her he wanted to feel everything from her, good and bad. Sometimes she wished there was a way she could take away anything bad he was experiencing due to heightened emotions from those around him. She watched as he frowned at Magi and Niko, and felt the urge to tell him that their relationship was different from theirs. They were more than just boyfriend and girlfriend; he had even said so that afternoon under the willow tree. Maybe it was because he was an empath and she was clairvoyant, but their connection ran deeper than the skin. She wasn't sure how to compute that through her emotions, but she gave him a smile that hopefully spoke what she was thinking. “Danny is what Niko calls you, and I’d prefer not for you to think of us in the same way,” she finally said with a small wink. She raised her head and sniffed the air; the meatloaf must be nearly done for how delicious it smelled. Her stomach grumbled in protest. “That smells almost ready,” she said, trying not to sound too eager.

@magdalena
@daniel
@jill9

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Magdalena grinned as Dan decided what he wanted to call her, and then shrugged as he went on to share his own nicknames. "Dan's fine with me. You introduced yourself by it." Magdalena primarily didn't call people by their nicknames unless their names were long like her own, or they didn't go by their full name. Nikolai knew that from experience. Sometimes she'd call him by a nickname, or some other name, but it was, primarily, Nikolai. That was what his parents had named him, so that was what she called him. It had nothing against nicknames, and heaven knew people needed to shorten her name because it was so long, but she'd always felt weird using nicknames.

She glanced at Nikolai once more, who was now full on ignoring her, and rolled her eyes. He'd accused her of being a child, and yet he was just as childish.

@daniel
Irina Rose Krum
@jill9

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Dan agreed with this whole wanting Irina to be safe thing. He grinned at Nik as his best friend said he was sure Dan was a bit nervous. Dan shrugged, "naah." Irina then commented on Dan's 'Danny' comment and he chuckled, patting her leg again, "yeah, I'd appreciate not seeing you two in the same light thanks. Though," he turned back to Nik, "Nik is a great snuggler," he grinned.

He nodded at Magi as she answered him and then turned back to Irina when she commented on the food, "patience, young one. There is more to life than food," he joked.

Irina Rose Krum
@magdalena
@jill9

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@magdalena , Irina Rose Krum , @daniel
<3

Nikolai rose an eyebrow at Irina and laughed. He definitely didn't want Dan seeing him in that way either, it was quite creepy and not okay. Niko had called him Danny a few times, but generally stuck with just Dan. It was only when he was teasing him mostly, he called him 'Danny Boy'. Niko smirked at him. His jaw dropped slightly at Dan's next comment, but he quickly recovered and wiggled his eyebrows at him. "You're a great snuggler, yourself, Danny boy."

Chuckling, he put his glass down and got up. As he walked behind Magdalena, he gently pulled a piece of her hair. He turned his head, smirking, and walked into the kitchen. He pulled out the meatloaf to let it cool down and shut off the stove. Taking out some green beans he began cooking those, as well as some rice. Nikolai took out plates, knives and forks and began setting the table. Bringing the meatloaf out, he watched the three of them, realizing how happy he was. With a quick sigh and smile, Nikolai grabbed the bowl of rice and the other bowl of green beans and set them down. "Dinner's ready, you three!" He sat down, knowing very quickly that either Magdalena or Dan were going to sit next to him.

[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina mocked indignation at the two best friends complimenting each other on their cuddling skills. "Hey!" she exclaimed with a small pout, trying not to laugh.  She shot a quick glance at Niko; hopefully he realized that really that was all they did.  She was fairly positive that he'd done far more with Magi than she wanted to think about, but she was not about to ask.  As they started to get up to go to the dining room, Irina squeezed Dan's hand.  "I suppose we can cuddle tonight," she said quietly, then laughed.

Walking into the dining room, she saw Niko was already seated.  Glancing back at the other two, she decided to make an executive decision on seating.  Niko and Magi were sort of acting like children, so they'd just have to learn how to get along again.  So she sat diagonally from Niko, a small smile playing at her lips.  She wondered how the rest would fill in to the table.  "What else do you have for us Niko?" she asked her brother.



@magdalena
@daniel
@jill9

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Great snuggler? Magdalena raised an eyebrow, her gaze going between Nikolai and Dan. "Should I be worried about why you know that?" She asked curiously, her head finally tilting a little as a smirk touched the corner of her lips. When Nikolai got up to head back into the kitchen, and proceed to tug on her hair, she turned to stick her tongue out at him. He might see, or might not. Either way, it didn't matter.

As he called them in for dinner, she slowly got to her feet. Irina was ahead of her, already taking the farthest seat from Nikolai... And knew immediately that was intentional. Curse it all. So either she had to sit next to Nikolai... or across from him. She thought, quite intensely, trying to decide. Finally she took the seat next to Irina, and across from Nikolai,

Irina Rose Krum
@jill9
@daniel

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When Nik wiggled his eyebrows at him, Dan just kept his smirk in place. He chuckled Mags question and shrugged innocently, "dunno. Maybe you should, maybe you shouldn't." At Irina's little exclamation he turned toward her, giving her a faux sympathetic look. "Don't be jealous, Ri," he mused.

Soon, Nik was calling them from the other room and Irina and Dan stood. Dan leaned in toward her as she muttered about snuggling tonight and he nodded, pressing his forehead against hers for one moment, "can't wait," he said softly, all joking aside

Then they arrived in the kitchen and it looked like Dan got to sit by Niko, which we didn't mind! "Looks great, Nik," he said, gesturing toward the food.

@magdalena
Irina Rose Krum
@jill9

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@magdalena , @daniel , Irina Rose Krum
<3

The comment Dan made towards Magdalena about them snuggling made Nikolai crack up in the kitchen. She should be worried...not really, but it was still funny. He hadn't expected Dan to make a comment like that, which made it all better. Irina sat down diagonal from him and questioned what else he had. Niko tilted his head and gave her the most confused face. "Huh? There's meatloaf, rice, and green beans." He was so confused. The food was all on the table in front of her. What did she mean?

Nikolai intently watched Magdalena as she sat in front of him, and then Daniel next to him. He rose an eyebrow at Magi and smirked at her. "Thanks, Dan. It probably tastes good too." He chuckled. Nikolai wasn't the best cook, but he made pretty decent food. At least he thought so.

[Irina Rose Krum]

Irina smiled and felt her cheeks turned pink as Dan mentioned how he couldn't wait.  She chose to stay silent, but just gave him a smile as he pressed his forehead against her own.  Niko and Magi could do whatever they wanted later; she and Dan would have their own room and be in the own little world just the two of them.  "I only meant dessert or bread; if I had known I would have brought pudding or something," she said as they all sat down, flashing Dan another smile.  She knew it was his favorite dessert; she had gotten it made for him for his birthday.  But Niko didn't need to know the details of that night.

She cut up her piece of meatloaf and took the first bite.  "I must say Niko, I think Mum would be quite impressed with your cooking skill improvement.  Though I do think I'm still the better cook out of the four of us," she said after swallowing.  She winked at him though, letting him know she was just teasing him.

@magdalena

@daniel

@jill9