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[Closed: Kirigiri Kyouko] Private lessons

[North Yard]

[Sano had picked the location consciously. First, it was an open space that opened further to the outside of the castle, but was secluded, obscured by the Northern Tower complex, thus offered enough privacy from prying eyes. It was turned towards the Quidditch pitch, thus not many people passed through the space, unless there was a match, or practice - which would have long ended by this time of the day.

It was past dinner, people in the halls lessened and it was improbable anyone would disturb them.

Sano was ready, waiting for Krigiri-chan, as he started calling her in her head, leaning against a wall where she would spot him easily, his racing broom just beside him. Since it was a private lesson, he saw no reason in using those terrible school brooms. He could at least offer comfort to the miss, if not to the first years.]

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[Oh, she'd been more concerned about murder.

The cultural problems that come with being a transfer student from Murder-Mystery-ville, huh.

She turned to notice each burst of bustle from other students roaming the corridors. This girl was a keen one- and also, not unappreciative of having a crowd in this school.]

Are there empty rooms around that new teachers can choose from? Or is it just- castle magic?

[Hogwarts: A History is not the most engaging book in the universe, alright?

She should get back to trying to tackle that book again. But in the meantime, Harada-sensei's information was interesting. Information from a teacher was not the kind of thing most students knew, probably.]

[Good question.]

You know, I never thought about that.

[But Hogwarts was a pretty big castle and there was no way all of the rooms were getting used at all times. But then again, not all might make viable quarters. All Sano had applied for was 'some tower', because being high reminded him of flying and the Quidditch he could no longer actively play. But in the end, more than the memory of Quidditch, he ended up enjoying the magnificent view.]

Maybe a bit of both? But I think most of the time there's an abundance of free rooms. Especially with all the towers it has.

[There were a lot of mysteries about Hogwarts no one knew about. An old castle with an old history hid a lot of secrets. Most suited to be a magical school, indeed.]

[Kirigiri was beginning to wonder if even the management knew what was going on with this place. Was there a management? She knew there was a Headmistress, but there should be more staff coordinating the routine of the campus.... .....

Nevermind.

"Magic castles were magic castles."]

Oh.

[At the mention, Kirigiri glanced out of the windows to see if there were towers that could be seen from their position.]

.... schooling in an English castle is quite new to me. It's interesting.

[It was probably impossible to know all about Hogwarts, Sano mused. Even the Headmistress, as many before her, had admitted that she couldn't figure everything out. Old castles hid and revealed their secrets as they wished. ]

Where did you study before?

[He asked, out of plain curiosity. And because of the apparent Asian traces in her face, as well as her name. Kirigiri Kyouko didn't sound very english, did it? Well, neither did Harada Sanosuke sound very Irish, but.]

[Her cover story was, well, covered. The existence of phenomenon turning Muggles random magically was apparently too serious a secret to let out; luckily she took to secrets like children took to candy. Kirigiri answered as naturally as if it had been the truth all along.]

I went to a district school in Japan for a few years, and then we moved abroad.[Not entirely a lie. The Headmistress did suggest Mahoutokoro, but it was risky quoting a school she in fact knew nothing about. It was easier to corroborate accounts and spot lies with such an established school.

Since they were on the topic of personal sharing, she put forward a question of her own.] Is this the first school you're teaching at?

[Harada-sensei looked fairly young, so he was unlikely to have worked for too long. Unless the wizarding education system was as haphazard as most things in this castle and using her knowledge of her own world was a terrible comparison.]

I see.

[One of those lesser known schools. Well not like a single school could shoulder the education of an entire country, right?]

Why did you move?

[That was sorta a valid question, since he's lived in Japan for a while as well, before moving to Ireland. He was curious about what reasons people had, to leave where they had spent at least half of their lives.

He chuckles at the question, since he's not asked that often. People usually know what he's been up to since he left school, but Krigiri came here only recently and Sano doesn't mind being asked.]

Aye, 't is. I'm in my second teaching year.

[She had in fact moved at least twice in her lifetime; once with her grandparents, but there was also the move here which..... appeared to be for no apparent reason. Presumably Harada-sensei was referring to the former, which was....... not her favorite thing to talk about. There was a palpable pause.]

I'm not sure. I was quite young then.

Did you grow up in Japan or around here?

[It appeared to be life story sharing time.]

[Sano takes note of the pause and the dodge, and decides not to press the issue. Either she really doesn't remember, or doesn't want totalk about it. Though, if she wanted to, he would lend his ear gladly.

Instead he answers her.]

Both, sorta. We had houses in both, Ireland and Japan. We had this Geisha Statue as a Portkey between them. Since my Mother works at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, it wasn't a problem to get them to issue one.

[Not that he likes to flaunt - not to mention his relationship with his mother is nowhere near good, basically it's close to non-existent, -but there used to be times, when her status at the ministry was convenient.]

But I guess I spent more time here than there. Though to be honest, I feel more Japanese than Irish.

[He adds with a smile and think how paradoxical that is, since he's very little like a typical Japanese, he thinks.]

[So they do have wizard cops of some sort. It seems strange to live in two houses at once- or maybe Harada-sensei simply didn't mention how often they traveled between houses.]

Did your entire family live in one house at a time or-?

[Her attentions are on him- Kirigiri has to admit that she's a little curious, even though it's not exactly the kind of mystery she's looking to solve.

Her general understanding of the world involves most families deciding to settle in one house at a time, and maybe traveling to visit relatives. Either magical families were just weird, or possibly his parents lived apart.

Oh, possible can of worms there. Well, an adult should be able to keep his secrets fine.]

Depends on who had business at which country, but mostly yes. Dad had work in Japan, so he switched the most, but he always came back home to Ireland in the evening.

We'd usually spend the summer breaks in Japan, though.

[But that all ended when his parents divorced. In one moment of anger, his mother had broken the statue and had thrown it into the garbage. He hadn't been there since, not going for a visit even when he played for one of the Japanese Quidditch teams.]

[Spoiler warning: To any browsers wanting to avoid Dangan Ronpa spoilers, there're some Kirigiri-related spoilers below! I tried to make it vague so hopefully it's not too bad.]

[Talking about fathers was not really the best conversation topic, but it wasn't as if the subject was her father, she's old enough to be better than that-]

I think we're almost at Ravenclaw Tower. I can walk the rest of the way myself- unless you're also boarding there?

[On some matters her brain still thinks she's fifteen-and-a-half and matches emotional maturity accordingly, it seems. She was supposed to think about improving her emotional control on this after the last time it was brought up- losing her cool is bad bad bad and could bite her back in important moments- but, well, oops. Too many things on the to-do list.

At least she hadn't snapped just now, but maybe she sounds a little more impatient than usual.]

[It's not very hard to tell that he stepped on the mine, by the way she's preactically escaping. It hadn't been his intention to scare her off and he doesn't want her to think she needs to tell him something, she doesn't want to.]

You know... I haven't ssen him for 12 years.

[He says, thinking it might make her feel better to know, that someone else had troubles in the family as well. He has no idea what her problem with her father was, but he knew it helped to know you weren't the only one.]

And I plan to keep it that way.

[He hadn't forgiven the man yet.

He looks ahead. The tower is just down the hall and there's no one out. It seems safe and he doesn't want to impose himself on her, if she feels uncomfortable, or would rather prefer privacy. They have already passed his turn, he'd have to go back either way.]

You'll be okay?

[He choses his words deliberately, letting her know it's okay, if she wants to walk alone, and also asking if she would be alright, after their conversation took an apparent turn.]

[His latest words are gratifying to hear, as much as she'll never admit it. Someone agreeing with her stance is good enough to start dissipating the sudden rush of anger; Kirigiri finds herself relaxing slightly, not realizing she had tensed up in the first place.

There's a lot of things she wants to say about her father, but most of them aren't objective. It's hard to be objective when it comes to that man. She's not fond of acknowledging the subject.]

Mr. Kirigiri was a very stupid man.

[It does help, but she's also not too fond of talking about her feelings and whether they feel better.]

I am okay. [Kirigiri responds, even if she might not actually be- she believes she's fine, she'll put away the subject as she usually does.] But we're at the Tower, you don't need to walk me further if your room isn't here. Do you need to go further up this way?

[Stupid, huh? Well, that was a good word to describe them, he supposed.]

So was Harada Satoru.

[He nods, giving her an encouraging smile, then scratches his head mischievously.]

We already passed my turn. It's okay though. It's not far.

[He's staying close to the Gryffindor tower, which is just across the floor. Besides, he wouldn't let a girl walk alone to her room, no matter what.]

[The agreement gives her a sense of calm. She won't conclude it after some reflection later in her room, but there's a kind of connection being brewed between them over the shared stupidity of their fathers.

Kirigiri glances down the path to her house common rooms. From Harada-sensei's tone, it seems like he's coming along anyway.]

It really isn't far, my dormitories are just up the tower.

But if you want to accompany me, I don't mind.

[She's the best candidate to be allowed to walk alone her room, by her track record, but it's his choice. Kirigiri picks up her pace again towards the stairwell at the end of the corridor.]

[He chuckles softly, when it suddenly sounds like she's doing him the favor for letting him accompany her, instead of him being the correctly chivalrous one.

He doesn't say anything though, silent in his amusement, as he picks up his pace as well and follow her.]

I'll accompany you. It's proper manners.

[And a teacher's responsibility, he adds in his mind, but he feels like it's just an excuse for him to be chivalrous. A true former Gryffindor, ain't he?]

[Kirigiri had been raised closer to murder than manners, where offers of escort are unusual and potentially dangerous. She usually doesn't ask for the favor of accompaniment even when heading to far shadier places, so this display of chivalry just strikes her as an unneeded expense of effort, but there's no reason to convince him to turn back.

This school is supposed to be fairly safe, after all. If Harada-sensei would like to walk some extra distance he can do that. You could say she's not so Japanese where her sense of what formalities are normal is concerned.]

This is manners required of a teacher to a student? Walking me this far is fairly kind already.

[He chuckles lightly, looking away. One could phrase it that way as well.]

More or less. [He turns to her again, giving her a smile.] I was just raised this way. It's rough and unpolite to let a girl, much less a student entrusted to me, walk back alone, no matter how safe it is. I'm old-fashioned like that.

[He might have been a liberal and tolerant person in many ways, but there were a few outdated habits like this, that he honed. You could be liberal and still know how to behave and have manners.]

[Her first thought is of how inconvenient that could be; too much chivalry could easily put a person in danger. She smiles in amusement at his words- though the dim lighting hides it somewhat- and it's the kind of teasing smirk she's seen other Ravenclaws wear when criticizing Gryffindor house.

Hm. If teachers had houses she could picture Harada-sensei there. ~~(And he actually was from there. But anyway.)~~]

It's a little funny to me, I've been raised on different values.

[But then again, she had recently learnt that chivalry could have its good points, too.]

[He notes with amusement the smirk that he like to call 'the Ravenclaw jab'. Aah, you couldn't deny your house, you just couldn't. There were times when it shone through so clearly, that the founders themselves wouldn't have believed it.]

Different values are a good thing. If we all lived on the same values, the world would stagnate.

[They reached the entrance to the tower and Sano turned to Kirgiri-chan.]

I'll let you off here. Have a good night, Kirigiri-chan.

That's true.

[Nicely said. She was glad the first teacher she's gotten to know wasn't an average salaryman with a plain, forgettable sort of identity. (She's been taught by a few of those sorts in her lifetime.)

Hopefully future lessons would bring more nuggets of knowledge -and wisdom, since Harada-sensei was around for longer than she.]

Mmm- I'll see you next time.

Goodnight, Harada-sensei.

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