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Nov 11, 2016 8:30:11 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2016 8:30:11 GMT -7
Well that was... interesting. How did she bounce back so fast after all that? He was still completely out of breath, his head spinning. But it had worked, he felt much better. He caught his pants and put them back on, but sat down on the edge of the bed to watch her look into the mirror. He chuckled at her words and the pouted as she turned back to take his hands. "You're leaving me already?" he sighed. then he smiled, "yeah, well, we probably shouldn't abuse the power we're being given here... who am I kidding, I'm great at abusing power," he laughed, taking his hands out of hers instead to place them on her waist and pull her close to him, his eyes still looking up at hers. "Wish we could stay here," he complained. What was this? This playfulness that was coming out of him? Well, he'd seen it before, only with her.
Then she was leading him out of the room and mentioned the window wreaths. "Awe yes, and there is one more floor of rooms. To the outside or the upstairs first, my love?'
Irina Rose Krum
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Irina Rose Krum
HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 11, 2016 8:44:03 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 11, 2016 8:44:03 GMT -7
She had more self control than the boy that was an empath, it seemed, and she was pleasantly surprised to see his obvious reluctance to leave. Though if he could peer into Irina’s mind, he’d see that she had no problem just locking the door of the room and spending the entire day there without a care in the world. However, they had a job to do that he had enlisted them for and they needed to complete it. Then, they could lock themselves in that room and never come out. Well, maybe not never, but for awhile. “I have an idea,” she said as they left the room. She siddled up to him and wrapped her arms around his waist. “We work together on getting the window wreaths done, grab some food and tell your mums friend we’re exhausted and need to take a nap. Then not only do we have an excuse to come back up here, but we also won’t be unexpectedly disturbed.” She stood on her toes and kissed him fully before moving back. “Let’s do the upstairs windows first, then outside. I’m already a little sweaty but outside should be saved until I’ve gained a little more composure,” she said, grinning wickedly at him.
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Nov 12, 2016 11:57:02 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2016 11:57:02 GMT -7
He wrapped his arms around her as well as she turned to face him and took his waist. His smile grew at her idea and he bit his lip in thought, trying to decide if they would get away with it. "I'll consider it," he mused, leaning down to kiss her as she kissed him. At her suggestion, he nodded, "sounds great to me. He chuckled, kissed her again, and took her hand to run up the stairs. Once that was all done, Dan led them back down to the main room to grab their coats before heading outside, "I mean, we should at least check in if she needs more help before disappearing," he offered. "Plus, don't you want to help do the tree!?" he asked excitedly. He knew he wanted to.
Irina Rose Krum
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Irina Rose Krum
HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 12, 2016 14:57:29 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 12, 2016 14:57:29 GMT -7
Irina stuck out her lip a little when Dan said he'd take her idea into consideration. "Consider all you want, but just so you know, I enjoy napping without clothes on," she told him slyly, skipping away to head outside before he could process exactly what she had said. She wrapped her cloak around her; it had gotten a little chillier than she was expecting, so hopefully they could hurry up and finish so they could go back inside.
At Dan's next words, Irina's eyes grew wide, and her smile soon followed. "Christmas tree?? Daniel Hoh how did you forget to mention there was a CHRISTMAS TREE to be decorated?" she exclaimed, trying and failing to sound indignant over excited. He really seemed to understand her love of Christmastime, and his enthusiasm seemed to match hers, which made him even more perfect. "I think we need one out here that looks like its' covered in snow," she suggested, drawing a wreath with her wand. Concentrating, she flicked it upwards and a small layer of snow covered the evergreen needles. "So I think that's the last one?" she said, turning back to look at him.
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Nov 15, 2016 9:29:26 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 15, 2016 9:29:26 GMT -7
Dan's eyes widened at her little comment about how she preferred to nap. Then he chuckled, shaking his head. He wanted to tell her that he'd prefer they take it easy with the whole skin contact thing, but he didn't want to burst her bubble. No, he'd cross that bridge when it came to it. He needed everything to be taken slow, but she knew that. She'd understand when he told her that it wasn't easy for him to just lie there with her, right? Even if her emotions were gentle, it was still difficult to do for too long. Still, he did sleep better beside her, so maybe it wouldn't be all bad. Dan laughed loudly as she got excited about the tree, reaching out to place a hand on her shoulder, "I'm sorry! It must have slipped my mind. I think that's important, though!" he said, his laugh dying down. His stomach was getting more used to the excessive laughter, thank goodness. They finished up the outdoor wreaths and he turned to her with a smile, "yeah, last one. Now, tree time!" he took her hand and quickly dragged her back inside where the giant tree was being put up and was un-decorated and simply green at the moment. He turned toward Irina with a wicked smile before moving toward it. Irina Rose Krum
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Irina Rose Krum
HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 15, 2016 10:29:49 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 15, 2016 10:29:49 GMT -7
Irina watched Dan’s eyes widened and realized she’d probably gone a bit too far. Truth was she loved her cozy flannel pajamas; her sisters always joked that she ran cold and that if they were sharing a bed on holiday her feet felt like popsicles. She rarely napped nowadays anyway - she always felt more tired after one than when she originally went to sleep. "Hey. I wasn't being serious, I honestly don't nap much anymore. It's kind of funny to watch you squirm though," she said, adding the last part in as a gentle tease. Still, she was afraid she had made him feel uncomfortable with the comment, but didn’t know how to verbalize that. She still felt that fire sitting in her soul, never fully quenched, and it was a little unnerving.
She brushed the thoughts away though as he took her hand and led her back inside to the giant tree. Thankfully seeing an undecorated Christmas tree could lift Irina up even out of her strange and confusing new thoughts and remind her of a childlike love of the holiday. “What a beauty,” she breathed, walking the circumference of the tree and breathed in the scent of the sappy pine needles. “It’s a balsam fir tree,” she said happily; the aroma was strong and familiar to her as it was the type of tree that the Krum family got every year. Realizing her eyes were shining with tears threatening to drop, Irina turned away and sniffled lightly. She crossed to a box of ornaments that the landlady had just set next to the floor and plucked up a glittering purple crystal ball. Smiling slightly at the beauty of it, Irina hung it midway up the tree and looked at it for a moment, collecting herself.
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Nov 22, 2016 11:13:13 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2016 11:13:13 GMT -7
Dan narrowed his eyes at her, "Hey, I love naps. Don't make fun of me," he teased, and actually stuck his tongue out at her. It must have been that Christmas spirit and her playfulness, but it was making him want to act like a child. Not that there was really anything wrong with that. It was the best thing to be, really, at this time of year. Except that he'd added a whole new level to his life recently and that was very, very not childlike. However, it was playful.
He loved that she knew what kind of tree it was. He watched calmly as she walked around it, but he just wanted to hold her and tell her how amazing she was, and how he didn't deserve her, and how he was feeling oddly emotional right now and he wasn't sure why. Sure, maybe it was because of the moist eyes of her own and the way she was looking at that tree. She moved toward the ornaments and he realized he hadn't spoken in a few minutes. He crossed over to her and she hung the first ornament.
He followed his instincts and quickly caught her waist, pulled her up against him, and gave her a rather passionate kiss. At least, a little too passionate for in public. "Maybe we'll have our own tree sometime," he found himself saying, before his cheeks turned red and he released her, clearing his throat, "so, are we doing this with no magic then? At least until the higher parts?"
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Irina Rose Krum
HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 22, 2016 13:49:01 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 22, 2016 13:49:01 GMT -7
Irina felt Dan’s arms around her waist first; as she reached up to wipe the wetness at the corner of her eyes he spun around and kissed her like nobody was watching. It wasn’t as if they were shy about the fact they were in a loving relationship; there was plenty of hand holding and stolen kisses in the halls of the castle. But times like this when he was both unpredictable and wildly passionate were what made Rina’s heart flutter that much quicker. “I’d like that,” she responded, quiet but bold and quickly kissed him on the cheek as he blushed. He really was adorable when he said something romantic and then immediately flushed afterwards.
Irina’s attention went back to the tree and she circled around it, studying the project that was in front of them. “We don’t want to do too many ornaments low first, otherwise when we’re trying to hang them higher up we might brush into them and then they’d shatter. Obviously, we can fix that but less steps otherwise,” she mused, coming back to stand next to Dan. She looked up at him and grinned. “You could always just let me sit on your shoulders to put up some of the higher ones, or we can do the less fun way and use magic,” she said, the challenge evident in her voice.
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Nov 23, 2016 17:57:38 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 17:57:38 GMT -7
He grinned at her as she said she'd like to have their own tree some time, and was grateful that she didn't look intot he implications of that too much. he was pretty much convinced that he would live with her, marry her, and do whatever it took to keep her by this point but he wasn't up to talking about that in full yet. There wasn't room for that in his confused crazy emotional radar right now. He may just explode. So, her simple answer and kiss on the cheek was enough to remind him how she knew him better than anyone else could.
They soon were looked at the tree, considering what to do. "Ooh, here's an idea. We do opposite of what we did with the igloo," he winked and smirked at that, "and we start with magic first with the top until we get low enough that you can climb on myshoulders and then voila, we'll finish the bottom on foot!" he pulled out his wand.
Irina Rose Krum
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HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 24, 2016 8:35:44 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 24, 2016 8:35:44 GMT -7
Dan seemed to have this adorable way of throwing out little quips about future plans and then turning pink with embarassment. Rina doubted he even needed his empathy to know she had agreed with those thoughts, silently of course. They had months of school left, and then graduation in May. They could talk about the future then; for now she just was happy to enjoy spending time with him as his girlfrined, doing cheesily adorable couply things together and just bask in each others' company.
"Deal," Rina agreed with a grin, pulling out her own maple wand. She levitated several of the lighter weight ornaments up out of their wrappings and nestled them onto the tree - that way they wouldn't be brushed into and accidentally knocked off the tree to be shattered on the ground. With another wave, Irina made twinkling lights appear at the top as well; she'd finish them off as soon as the other ornaments were up. She looked over at him and picked up a ballerina ornament; the tutus glitter twinkled in the sunlight. "Ready for me?" she asked him, gesturing for him to turn around so she could hop up on his back.
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stop it i'm dead <3
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Nov 29, 2016 10:11:29 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 10:11:29 GMT -7
Dan worked on the top of the tree and made his way down, making sure what he did complimented Irinas designs and the things already in place by the pub owner. Soon they were in a good place and he turned toward her at her question. "Always," he answered, pocketing his wand and turning around, "come on up," he offered, waiting for her to climb one. Once she was settled he'd stand up straight, lifting her into the air. "Okay, I'm going to cheat and summon the ornaments to me but you can hang them by hand," he chuckled, starting the process by summoning a few ornaments and handing them up to her. "You know, you're not as heavy as I thought you'd be," he joked, eyes wide as he waited for her wrath. Irina Rose Krum(<3 <3 <3)
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HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 29, 2016 12:58:05 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 29, 2016 12:58:05 GMT -7
Irina smiled to herself at Dan’s simple answer. She knew it meant more than just her hopping up on his shoulders, but he didn’t need to elaborate. It was a dynamic of their relationship that she had had to get used to at first, but found that she really enjoyed. She didn’t need constant verbal reassurances of how he felt about her; she knew by his actions and demeanor. And obviously she didn’t need to tell him either - he could just feel it.
“Fine, but that’s it,” she said as he lifted her up onto his shoulders so she could reach the middle height branches. She took the first ornament, a pair of ice skates and hung them on a tree. She gasped with mock indignance at his next comment. “Hey!” she protested, swatting the top of his head lightly. “You’ll be short a nap partner if you carry on being fresh,” she teased, letting her hand rest on the top of his head as she waited for the next ornament. She wasn’t being serious of course, but she knew he was trying to incite her with the comment.
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Nov 29, 2016 13:40:40 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2016 13:40:40 GMT -7
She agreed to his minimal amount of magic and he chuckled. She was so determined to make this as homie as possible, and he was glad for it. They didn't get to go home and decorate with their own families, but this was the next best thing. Then she protested at his road joke and he laughed as she swatted his head. "Oh no! Don't take my naps away!" he said, feigning panic. He chuckled soon after though, and continued to hand her ornaments. She was playing right into his joke and he loved it. "Hey, hey. I thought it was a compliment, babe. I said you weren't as heavy as- oh, I get it," he knew all along of course, it was all part of the joke!
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HOGWARTS ALUM CURSE BREAKER CLAIRVOYANT
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Nov 29, 2016 14:18:46 GMT -7
Post by Irina Rose Krum on Nov 29, 2016 14:18:46 GMT -7
Irina laughed and bent down to kiss the top of his head. “Knew you’d get there eventually,” she teased him. She placed her hands on his shoulders as she hopped off, feeling that the middle of the tree was sufficiently decorated. “Okay, now we just have the bottom of the tree, which we’ve smartly saved the slightly heavier more durable ornaments for. That way if a customer accidentally barges into the tree after one too many firewhiskeys, most will be unbroken,” she said briskly.
She plucked up one of the wooden ornaments, a toy train, and smiled. “This reminds me of Nikolai’s favorite ornament when he was a child; we never did have one of those train sets though that I’ve seen in the shops of Muggle windows at Christmastime though,” she mused, half to herself. Being a pureblood, both her parents tended to sway towards magic rather than electricity, so an electric train set that went around the base of the tree had been out of the question when they were children. Irina had always been mesmerized by it though whenever their father had taken them into a toy shop anywhere during the Christmas holiday and had been rather envious of some of her Muggleborn of halfblood friends who had them in their homes. She hung the ornament at waist height, before turning back to Dan. Wordlessly, she wrapped her arms around his waist and squeezed tightly for a moment. Then she released him and went back to look for what the final ornaments looked like.
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Nov 30, 2016 14:42:15 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Nov 30, 2016 14:42:15 GMT -7
She was often being nicer to him than she should be, and he was lucky to have that. Soon she was hoping off of his shoulders and announcing that they needed to finish the bottom of the tree. "Awe, you're smart. Maybe you should run a pub someday?" he teased, walking backwards before turning around to start collecting ornaments. At her mention of Niks favorite, Dan turned to look. "Awe, yeah. I remember that thing," he said. Then, after he had hung one of his own, she was suddenly there, wrapping her arms around him for just a second.
But that was all he needed. All her happiness, nostalgia and love coursed through him and he started to feel dizzy with glee. He wanted to just wrap her in his arms right there and pull her as close to him as possible, which was a better thing to do in private. Gods, he loved her so much it made his heart ache. He didn't realize he was just standing there watching her until the last ornament was in place. He hadn't helped at all with the bottom of the tree.
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