michael corner (cornerfied) wrote in riddikulus,
@ 2008-02-01 17:33:00

Who: Michael Corner and Evelyn Rivers
Where: Library
When: Sometime after dinner.
What: Michael is bored. Someone needs to entertain him.
Rating: n/a
Status: Incomplete

As of lately, Michael was not in the best of moods. He was still facing the ire of all the students who were annoyed about this house elf fiasco, but perhaps some of that was his own fault. Maybe. He wasn't the one who made the elves go mental! They did that all on their own. If he would only just put on a happy face and get down on his hands and knees so he can beg for forgiveness, that could possibly solve the whole problem, but he certainly wasn't going to that when his ego was in dire need of uplifting, not deflating. Maybe if he ignored it, it would go away. That was the easy way to solve problems when he was younger, why couldn't things still work like that?

It was difficult for him to focus on what he was reading, even if he usually could find a way to enjoy whatever reading assignment they were giving. A confused brain mixed with an anxious body was a lethal combination for trying to study. At least he had this one sentence memorized, as he had read it nearly two dozen times already. Giving up, Michael slammed the book closed and shoved it back into his bag. He glanced up and looked around, his brain tingling with that sensation one gets when they come back to realty and remember their settings. No one seemed to be paying him any attention, sadly, so he got to his feet, trying to be as noisy with his chair as he could, and started to walk along the shelves of books. His attention was elsewhere until he felt himself bump into something, or someone.

"Sorry," he responded, not knowing just how sorry was until he looked up a moment later to see who he had knocked into.

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evrivers
2008-02-02 01:20 am UTC (link)

Being short, Evelyn Rivers had an extremely low center of balance. And an unexpected collision sent that center of balance reeling. The enormous pile of books she had stacked in her arms (so enormous she had been unable to see over them, and was probably why she ran in to whoever it was) toppled to the ground.

"...Pants!" was all she could manage, the need for the prefix Merlin's completely escaping her. When she glanced up irritably, she saw Michael Corner, the one the house elves had been murmuring about.

Evelyn still had no idea exactly what he had done, even with their muttering. House elves weren't even supposed to mutter, so whatever he had done must have been very insulting.

"Erm, hi," she mumbled and bent down to pick up her books, ready to just get on her way and hope he hadn't noticed her strange outburst.

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cornerfied
2008-02-02 01:32 am UTC (link)

Michael didn't think he'd been walking too fast, though he most likely could have been skipping along the rows of books without really even knowing he was doing so. His brain was so far out of it that he could have just knocked over the Queen herself and he wouldn't have cared. Or at least he wouldn't have invited her for tea and biscuits.

The sound of a slightly familiar voice was what kept him from continuing along his way, and he folded his arms and arched an eyebrow curiously as he glanced down at Evelyn Rivers on the floor. He could have sworn he heard something about pants, perhaps his own, but if someone wanted his pants then that was an entirely different story.

"Hi," he echoed, turning on his gentleman-like charm and bending down to help her with her books. Merlin, why were there so many? Did they all come from her arms, or did she bump into the bookshelf and take half of those books with her? He shrugged to himself and forgot about those questions as he offered her a smile. "Sorry, again. Are you alright?" There was a bit of playfulness in his voice, as he was trying not to chuckle, but he wasn't mocking her, just simply trying to keep the mood light in case she was angry.

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evrivers
2008-02-02 01:39 am UTC (link)

They had been in perfect order! All those books! How many were there, twelve? Thirteen? And she had the pages marked in the enormous one, but it looked like all the makeshift bookmarks had fallen out. Everything was ruined!

What came out was a quiet, "Oh, no, it's fine." She couldn't really trouble anyone, really. They all had their things to be done, too... Maybe she was being selfish. Michael probably had somewhere to be.

Like the kitchens?

Evelyn glanced up at him, making eye contact momentarily before returning to re-order her books. When she pushed her damned fringe out of the way, a splotch of ink that had been on her hand was transferred in a smudge across the bridge of her nose. "No, I'm okay, thank you." After a moment of awkwardly shuffling her books, she stopped and glanced up. "Where were you heading so quickly?" she asked, hoping not to offend him.

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cornerfied
2008-02-02 01:52 am UTC (link)

Michael was trying to peek at the titles of some of the books without being completely obvious. Maybe there was something in there, something completely inappropriate...did Evelyn really seem like someone who would be carrying around inappropriate, at least to some, books in the library? No, but that didn't stop him from wanting to know if there was some hidden side to her that he had never seen before. It didn't seem like there was anything of much interest, anyway, at least nothing he could think to strike up a conversation about.

"At least I didn't smack into your face. It would have been terrible of me to ruin something so nice, yeah?" he responded casually, also thinking to himself that he wouldn't want to deal with any blood that could be spurting from her nose if he had bumped her there. Thinking about noses made him look at hers just as a dark splotch of ink made it's way to the bridge of her nose. His grin deepened.

"I was hoping to find some excitement in this dingy library, actually," he answered, using his hand to rub at his own nose, hoping she would pick up on the sign. He could have just wiped it off himself, but she was one of those people he was still unsure about. "And where were you heading with half the contents of the library?"

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evrivers
2008-02-02 02:03 am UTC (link)

Evelyn could see him peering over her shoulder, trying to look at something. She turned beetroot when she thought for one wild moment that he might have been trying to sneak a glance down her shirt. Her hand immediately twitched, as though she was ready to hold her already high-buttoned collar closer together, but then realized that he was only looking at the books. Self-consciously she positioned herself so that she was blocking most of them. Somewhere in her mountainous pile for school work, she had planted some historical fiction book she found misplaced in the History of Magic section.

She was so concerned with hiding the book, and trying to remember where it had fallen, that she almost didn't hear him mention her face being "something so nice." It took her a moment to realize what he meant, and she quickly cleared her throat and looked past him. "Erm, yeah," she murmured, feeling the red creep back into her face and neck.

When he started wiping at his nose, she squinted in confusion, but didn't take much notice. As he talked, he did it again, and she wondered rather obliviously if perhaps the "excitement" he had found in the library had actually been a substance all too illegal.

Evelyn tried to lean further back inconspicuously, in an attempt to shield the sweeping epic novel behind her. "Oh, I'll just be studying in here," she said, probably all too casually. She paused and asked, trying to study the space beneath his nose, "What exactly did you find so exciting?"

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cornerfied
2008-02-02 02:18 am UTC (link)

Could she possibly have known that he got more curious when she went to block his view from the books that were left on the floor? He wasn't one for subtle little hints, especially these kind. He was good at picking up on them, and his mind would have wandered in a direction even if he had knocked Snape over and he was trying to hide whatever it was that had fallen. She didn't seem keen on sharing any fascinating titles, however, so he took to shaking his head and pretending to lose all interest in the books altogether.

Not very talkative, he said in his mind, wondering if he really was missing his trousers or something. Was there something in his teeth? Rotten breath? Was something crawling around in his hair? That was an alarming thought. Or maybe he just smelt so good that she couldn't speak. He prided himself on how he smelt, so maybe it was overwhelming for those who weren't used to it. It also made him want to keep complimenting her to see what would happen.

"What are you studying? Would you like a study buddy? I'm pretty good at that." Clearly she wasn't picking up on his hints, and his own nose was starting to get annoying with the itching of the non-existent itch. Bloody non-existent itch. "That ink really adds to your features. Would you ever consider leaving it there so I can appreciate it whenever I see you?" Michael asked, finally reaching over and tapping her on the tip of the nose so she'd know what he meant. Finally.

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evrivers
2008-02-03 12:39 am UTC (link)

When Michael tapped her nose, she suddenly realized why he had been wiping his own so profusely. "Oh," she said, laughing. "Thanks. That tends to happen a lot." He had a wide smile. Using her sleeve, which was already considerably smudged with ink, she rubbed her nose until it was hopefully clean.

She stopped rubbing immediately, though, when she heard mention of a study buddy--she had spent the past week in the library with her nose in her Transfiguration textbook. She thought Michael was taking the class, and before she could stop herself, blurted, “Oh, Merlin, how are you doing in Transfiguration? I’ve been so lost in the class lately, I don’t know why I even took it. Is it hard for you too?”

As she prattled on, her eyes wandered (as they often did) down to the stack of books that Michael had helped to straighten for her. Apparently, the embarrassing book she had picked up was not behind her. It sat on the very top of his stack, and on the cover was a painting of a longhaired man caressing the cheek of a woman in period clothing, with some sort of ridiculous title like Hearts Aflame.

Evelyn sucked in a breath, feeling her face turn a lovely shade of crimson, but quickly barreled on in an attempt to distract Michael, “So, yeah, uh, study? I think that would be great, don’t you?” She clawed out to take the stack of books from him.

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cornerfied
2008-02-03 03:00 am UTC (link)

What if she still didn't know what he had been talking about? Michael briefly wondered if he was going to have to take out a quill and some parchment and literally write down a message to her about ink being on her nose, but that thought disappeared when she started to wipe away any proof that anything had ever been on her face. "I usually get it on my chin," he responded. "But that's because it always itches there. I don't know why, really." Okay, so that only happened once, but he decided to mention it anyway.

Ah, Transfiguration. Now that was one of the things he knew he was good at, along with Potions. It was actually quite enjoyable, too. Certainly more than Herbology, but he wasn't going to start a rant about that. "I'm pretty good in Transfiguration," he said casually, trying not to let his voice show that he knew he was damn good at it. "Don't think I ever got a bad mark in that class, really. I could help make it easier for you, if you'd like."

Michael was always one for watching people's faces when she spoke to them, mainly so he could attempt to read any sort of emotion they were feeling. It wasn't hard to sense that Evelyn was suddenly thinking about something else, and he followed her line of vision, even as it quickly shifted back and forth, to a book right on the top of the stack. It looked like some sort of...naughty literature! Or perhaps not, but that wonky looking man certainly had a lot of hair.

"Yeah, of course. What were you reading?"

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