Middle Court Yard

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"Winchester, down in England. I grew up in an orphanage." Chase shrugged, at ease with this fact. He had no memories of his parents. "It was a wonderful place. Very homely. I wasn't very sociable, Brynmor was the only friend I had then."

'Really? I didn't realise you were so close to my brother..' she murmured, surprised. Of course, her famiyl had practically lived separately from each other. 'I assume Brynmor just did.. Death Eater things.'

Chase shrugged. "I don't know, but he was a very good person to me." A fond smile lingered on his expression. "My turn. Which out of your siblings do you consider yourself closest to and why?"

'uh-' she hesitated, tucking her hair behind her ear. 'I really don't know. I mean, Mer and May are pretty close, but i guess i was closest to Syd-' she stopped herself, feeling a stab of pain rush into her chest.

An apology instantly tumbled out of his mouth. "I- I'm sorry, you don't have to answer the second half if you don't wish to." Chase had honestly meant it as a harmless question, and didn't want to give her any discomfort if he could help it.

She took both of his hands in reassurance, smiling gently. 'It's fine, i just remembered that, well, she's dead.' Inhaling she started again.

'I was always closest to her because we were both the outcasts in our family. We were odd, even at Desouza standard. We were as quiet and as timid as each other, i guess i needed that.'

'who looked after you growing up?'

"The man who was the head of the orphanage." Chase brushed his thumbs over the backs of Ace's hands as he spoke. "He was a kind old man. He was my father figure, in a way. He never failed to be supportive, and always pushed me to see how far my intelligence could stretch.

"What do you consider your greatest achievement?"

'I..can't think of any from the top of my head.' his gesture tickled, making her emit a quirky laugh. 'and yourself?'

He shrugged, laughing lightly as well. "No idea."

She started giggling again, hesitating. 'May i try something on you?'

"Of course," he replied, attempting to control his laughter. He managed to stifle it into a soft chuckle.

Her hands crept up his arms, under his shirt, making light and airy movements. In short, she was trying to sustain his laughter, tickling him.

He started laughing against his will, but he looked confused at the same time, which only served to confuse him further when he realised that he didn't understand it.

'I'm tickling you.' she explained reading his expression. 'It's a movement with usually evokes uncontrollable laughter from the recipient.' Ace continued, but was cautious.

"I-It's odd," he gasped, making an attempt to squirm away, but still laughing.

'You can always fight back too.' she added, stooping her onslaught for a few seconds. Her eyelids creased with happiness, enjoying the sound of him laughing.

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