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chapter 21 - in the haze
Ominis and I found ourselves in the Room of Requirement one Thursday evening.
He dreaded our tutoring but I finally convinced him we had to get started sooner rather than later if he wanted to pass Potions.
I conjured up an extra potion station inside the room after the main hallway, right beside where I set up the rest of my potion stations. They were barren now. I hadn't been using them as much as I did last year.
Ominis was well aware about the Room of Requirement, but what shocked him was the fact it revealed itself to me. And that the room was neatly decorated and not at all scattered as the Room was often known for.
This was the first time I ever told anyone about the Room, let alone brought anyone else here. Not even Sebastian knew. It never came up.
"Don't forget to lower the heat of your cauldron," I instructed while I sat on the couch, busy painting some posters and invitations for the Halloween dance.
The dance was in two weeks! I've been scrambling trying to get everything sorted with the food from the kitchens, and then the drinks, not to mention the music and decorations. At least Constance was willing to help me with it all since she was the one who convinced me to do it in the first place.
I was dying from the pressure of this school year. I was pushing myself beyond the limits I was capable of in the academic department. But it was fine. Truly. There wasn't anything I couldn't be capable of.
"Y/n, I'm not sure I'm doing this right."
With my eyes still on my paintbrush, I heard Ominis sigh loudly. I did one last brush stroke of the letters then dumped the paintbrush in the water glass.
I made my way over to Ominis and checked on the flames. I was teaching him how to make a perfect Wiggenweld Potion. I figured we had to start somewhere easy.
"Here." I gently took his hand and guided them up, near the cauldron. "Hold out your wand and your hand. Do you feel it?"
He nodded, hesitantly, feeling the flames as he hovered his wand and hand near the bottom of the bubbling cauldron. "Yes, it's not too hot. Seems almost warm? But still enough to burn your hands?"
"Yes, exactly." I chuckled a little. "When it starts feeling like that, it means the flames are on low. They aren't going to burn your potion, so keep that in mind."
Ominis gave me a grateful smile. "Thank you, Y/n. I don't know how you have the patience with me."
"I'm more than happy to be here, Ominis." I patted his back, smiling. Although he couldn't see my face, I was sure he could feel it.
