⫯ honeydukes sweetshop

@－ ❛ ɢ ❜：leo silverthorn。⁰³ He wasn't expecting him to admit that the impact of the snow ball he just threw hurt but he was quick to recover and let Leo bring his arm around him. No one would believe on how much the boy's eyes sparkled in thought of the sweet taste of candy. "Hey, don't just say inhale candy that's unfair I wanna eat it too not just inhale it like some kind of drug... As long as you're paying then." Well, eating sweets is his kind of drug anyway. Jacob didn't need to be tempted by the look of one piece of candy in a shop. One little mention and he'll be begging to go to one shop that sells one of the best cheesecakes they have. The hufflepuff decided to follow him towards the shop right across. "Well, yeah. Your name is Leo also the same name on one of the zodiac signs, Leo the Lion and you're from gryffindor. How can I not name you simba from the lion king? I had to." There were a number of disney movies he watched once and he had to give a lot of people he treasured with a certain nickname saved on his phone.

@－ ❛ ʜ ❜：jacob caxton。⁰³ Leo’s barely concealed facade cracked as Jacob’s snowball hit him square in the chest. He doubled over once again, laughing.“Okay, okay, fine I may or may not have thrown a snowball.” He brushed off the snow and threw his arm around the other boy’s shoulder. “Well, I was gonna head to Honeydukes to fill up on some candy, care to join me, darling? inhaling some candy could count as a breather right?” Leo pointed across the street towards the sweetshop. The candy in the shop windows were calling out to Leo. he wasn’t used to not having candy on him at all times and it was not a feeling he cared to live with for a long while. So he started to lead the two of them towards the shop hoping that the display would be enough to tempt his friend to join him. “sooo … simba, huh?” It was an adorable nickname.“I like it not gonna lie” he didn’t expect to hear it at Hogwarts because of the muggle nature of the nickname but it warmed his heart nevertheless.

@－ ❛ ɢ ❜：leo silverthorn。⁰³ The laughter that emitted from his friend's mouth made it clear that the culprit of the short snow ball fight had to be no one other than Leo. His poor attempt in trying to hide the fact that he was the one who aimed the ball of snow made Jacob believe in him more that he was in fact the same person who tried to hit him with it. "Leo, you literally hit me with one just now." The hufflepuff huffed, bending down to recreate the same action he implemented towards his dear friend just moments ago. Jacob made his own snow ball and hit Leo's chest without warning as if trying to hurt him using the snow. His little form of affection never phased the 3rd year. Receiving head pats and or ruffling his hair made him grow used to it. "It doesn't matter. Just..." He thought for a moment for a good response to his question, choosing his words carefully. "...wanted to take a breather."

@－ ❛ ʜ ❜：jacob caxton。⁰³ Leo doubled over with laughter as soon as the snowball hit the Hufflepuff. He may have thrown that a bit harder than he intended to. The sudden sounds of his laughter seemed to startled his puppy as Sammy suddenly started to bark up a storm. Leo Kneeled on the ground and picked up his pup while trying to stifle his laughter. Upon hearing his name being called, he stood back up still unable to stop his giggling. "Hi Jakey~ " after taking a deep breath and composing himself, he stepped forwards closer to the boy and tried (and probably failed) to appear like an innocent angel. "Snow ball? what's that I've never seen one before~" wincing at his own poor attempt at faking innocence, he decided to change tactics and distract the boy instead so he ruffled the hufflepuff's hair and patted his back softly. "What are you doing out here in the cold, bud?"

@－ ❛ ɢ ❜：leo silverthorn。⁰³ Each step he took on the surface of the snow made it harder for him to proceed towards his destination. Two imaginary hollow blocks weighed down his shoulders while he took another step closer to the shop nearby, located in hogsmeade. It almost felt as if he was still farther away from what he envision it to be. Emotions can do wonders to a person's thought process. Overwhelming sadness has done quite a number on him for hundreds of times over the years he's spent inside the castle like university. A place for people such as himself, accepted and welcomed to the fullest.

Did he truly make the right choice for himself?

He isn't foolish and naive to think this could possibly benefit him and his capabilities now, would it?

Before turning back to retreat into his dorm room, a cold substance had given him an impact on the back of his head. Jacob moved forward abruptly, his train of thoughts disrupted from the person who decided to pelt snow on the back of his head. What just happened? There he turned back to find a familiar gryffindor who doesn't seem to be alone at that given time. A small puppy caught his attention as well as one of his friends whom he assumed had hit him with snow from the cold surface of the ground. In an instant his expression changed from a long frown to a small smile. Although, his snow pelting talents were no match from the cloud haunting his mind.

"Simba? I-I mean-- Leo?? Were you the one who threw that snow ball at me?"

@－ ❛ ʜ ❜：jacob caxton。⁰³ It had been a very exciting day for Leo. Being home for majority of the break had felt really nice. especially since his final few weeks at Hogwarts had been hectic to say the least, the break had felt more than needed. He had greatly missed playing around with his little sister, cuddling up with Sammy in front of the fireplace and more than everything, his afternoon tea time with his mother. Afternoon tea time with his mother during the holidays had become somewhat of a tradition at the Silverthorn house after Leo had started Hogwarts. It was timed perfectly with his Little sister's nap time to give the mother and son some peace and quiet to have a heart to heart. They would sit by the fireplace with tea and cookies and sandwiches and Leo would fill his mother in on everything that happened at Hogwarts during the semester. All the shenanigans he got into with his friends and all the classes he had to take, anything else that he could remember. Before he knew it, it was time to go back to Hogwarts and of course he couldn't just leave without causing some form of destruction at the house. So he bribed his sister with the last of his candy from honeydukes to distract his mother while he sneaked their dog Sammy into the floo network. it worked somewhat until his mother realised what was happening. The last thing Leo saw before he transported to a fireplace at the hog's head was his mother stomping towards him with loud " LEON WILLIAM SILVERTHORN".

He could barely hold in his laughter as he stepped out of the fireplace in the hog's head tavern. She was going to be furious. He wouldn't be surprised if his muggle mother found a way to apparate to Hogwarts to give him a piece of her mind. he shivered at the thought, he was not too excited about the earful he was bound to get. He quickly gave a once over to the puppy in his arms to make sure she had made it there unharmed before stepping out of the tavern and letting down the puppy to run around in the snow. " good girl, don't go too far Sammy". he quickly wrapped his scarf around his neck before following the snow loving puppy into the alleyways of Hogsmead. He had taken but a few steps when he noticed a familiar figure walking towards the honeydukes sweetshop. A familiar figure that didn't look to be in the best of moods. Leo ,Still wired up from the heist he had just pulled, decided the best course of action would be to sneak up on his friend and surprise him with a snowball to the face. He quietly crouched down beside his puppy and pulled her up into his arms " Alright Sammy, I'm gonna need you to be really quiet now! we have a mission" he tried to sound as serious as he could with a -eating grin across his face. the only answer he got was quick across his face. "good enough for me~ it's snow ball time" He put Sammy down once again and pulled as much snow as he could towards himself in order to make the biggest snowball he could. After double checking that the Jacob was still there, he got up and as quietly as he could walked up closer towards the other boy before pulling the snow ball above his head and chucking it straight towards the boy.

@－ ❛ ɢ ❜：leo silverthorn。⁰³ It was cold, the type of weather he incredibly dislikes to a plague. He continued to take a small stroll outside and right into hogsmeade in hopes of grabbing a different attention from what he was thinking for the past hour now. He knew he didn't have to get himself out of hogwarts just to keep himself composed due to his train of thoughts clouding over him. If this was the only way where he could let go of everything that's gone through him then he would.

Should he grab something warm to deduce the feeling of the chill running up his spine? He rubbed his hands together to form a small amount of friction in between. Hoping to get himself warm in the slightest even if going on a walk this winter season would ease him and his worries. Where must he go from here? He knew he has a few more days before his term starts but the taste of home seems so lost from the tip of his tongue where it dried off a long time ago. A bitter sweet memory that never ceases to come back each chance he made it through. He thought he's overcome this feeling of being so homeless, so... alone.

I guess its always been the same as it was when he was living inside the orphanage. He was still that little boy running around and making friends like the little sunshine he was. The boy with no name until he was adopted by the Caxton family. Jacob is his name, he is Jacob Caxton. A child who still has no idea of where his home lies or if he ever had one in the first place.

"Home..."