misborncat | [carpe] For Neville -closed-

"They prefer them delivered," Neville remarks with a chuckle. By now, he's dug up a rather plump earthworm, which he begins attaching to the hook.

Oh yay, Ianto! I love Torchwood and Ianto. Please don't let my using GDL as a PB influence you. There would be some confusion at first, but there are others with the same PB in the game and it works out, yes?

Asato straightens up to come and watch him,ears pricked forward. "They do?"

Oh, I'm not worries. I just thought it would be amusing. ^^

Neville grins. "I was joking," he assures him. "But personal experience has taught me they definitely like worms." He holds up the hook, worm wiggling on the end. "And now we put this in the water so I can prove it."

Oh good! Because I think it would be as well! <3

You do have his attention. "You're good at using the ... rod?"

^^ <3

"Fair enough," Neville nods. "Thanks to my Uncle Algie. I don't suppose fishing with a pole is all that complicated," he adds with a shrug. He tosses the line out into the water. "Now you wait to feel a tug, or see the rod bend."

Asato's eyes follow the nearly invisible fishing line. "I see..." He steps back and picks up his netting, shifting it in his hands to hold it properly before throwing it out over the water in one smooth motion. There's a line that he's still got wrapped around his fist to draw the net back in later.

"After our first catch, we'll trade methods?" Neville smiles over at his friend. He's comfortable hanging out with Asato, and his smile is warm and companionable.

Asato nods. "Yes!" He shifted his grip on the line he held, giving it a sharp tug.

Neville is actually watching Asato closer than his own line. Using a net is probably a lot more efficient way to fish, and it's obvious Asato knows what he's doing. "Thanks for fishing with me," he smiles, and then looks back out over the lake.

"Why would you thank me?" Asato is honestly curious. "I like you. I enjoy spending time with you." He smiled warmly.

"You're my friend."

Neville has to consider Asato's question carefully because he doesn't have a ready answer. "I'm -- not entirely sure," he admits, speaking slowly. "Perhaps I'm just aware that you could spend your time with any of your friends today, and you chose me," he finally answers, and gives Asato a shy smile. He'd been the fifth wheel in his dorm at Hogwarts for so long, he's grown accustomed to not being chosen first in social situations, even just hanging out at the lake.

He thinks about that for a moment. "I think I would choose you even if I had a hundred friends." Which he doesn't.

"You're easy to be with and," here Asato thinks again, pausing as he tries to come up with the right words. "And I just like you. You're one of the closest to familiar that I've been around."

And his typist isn't sure that makes sense to anybody aside from Asato.

It doesn't make clear sense to Neville, but he makes sense of it nonetheless. In fact, he blushes lightly, but his smile is warm and bright. "I think that was probably an incredibly brilliant compliment. And that's exactly why I'm thanking you," he grins.

Asato's ears flick and he blushes a bit, smiling. "Konoe told me I was always too blunt. Some people didn't like that."

"Blunt? I prefer someone that's straightforward," Neville points out. "But I don't think you were overly blunt just then. i'm not sure what 'closest to familiar' means, but like I said, I think it's probably a compliment." He returns the smile.

Asato thinks for a moment, tugging on his line again.

"I mean that you're the closest a human has been here to what I know," he begins slowly. "You remind me of Konoe and Kagari. Cats that were nice to me."

"Then I suppose I'm honored," Neville answers quietly, watching his line. Fortunately the sun was reflecting off of it, making it visible.

"I feel comfortable around you." Asato adds quietly, not sure if that really is a compliment to Neville or if he's making things awkward now. He's never been good at social cues.

Neville looks back over at Asato and gives him a warm smile. "I'm glad. I'm comfortable with you also. It's been very easy, to become your friend."

"Did you have many friends, back where you're from?" He's guessing that Neville was popular.

Neville wasn't exactly popular,and he's not thinking in those terms anyway when he answers. "I was very fortunate. When I got to Hogwarts, I shared a dorm with four other boys, and they all were good mates," he smiles fondly in memory. "Have you met Harry Potter? He was one of them -- he's here actually. And Luna, Ginny, Hermione." He's grinning. "I grew up mostly alone, so it was nice to make friends at school."

Asato shakes his head. "I don't think I've met any of them," he says. "But I'm glad that you have friends here too. What was school like?"

"Oh! Only Harry is here. You should meet him -- he's brilliant," Neville smiles fondly. "But we don't hang out much. He's married, and Malfoy -- we were not friends in school." He's not smiling now.

"Have I told you that students were divided into four Houses at Hogwarts? On your first night, you're sorted into one of them. Harry and I were in Gryffindor."

I'm so excited about Ianto! I changed a few of Neville's icons (the ones that were overtly Ianto-ish; I like the new ones better for Neville anyway, esp this default I made. XD

Asato shakes his head. "I don't think I've heard much about your school. I wasn't allowed to learn with the others when I was young... Are all schools like yours?"

The houses thing is well outside of anything this cat can find a frame of reference for.

I'm excited too. ^^ Not when it comes to rewatching Children of Earth though.... *whine* I like the new icons!

"Hermione said non-wizarding schools weren't at all the same," Neville shares. "Except boarding school, but my parents went to Hogwarts, and their parents did -- it's all I know, really."

He looks over at Asato. "I don't think that's fair, you were left out of school. Who made that decision?"

Aww, thank you! *hugs* I don't envy you watching CoE. I get sad just recalling it. I adored Ianto. :( I'd truly hug you right now if I could (and you'd allow it! lol) Using *hug* icon for you! <3

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