The longer that the school year went on the more that Hyun Ki was missing the summer. H missed working in his mother’s sweet shop, helping her get the smaller baked goods ready in the morning. Interacting with all the people that came in.

One of the few places that Hyun did open up was around the little shop. It was easy because he grew up in there. Here though it was still hard. So many kids and so much stuff that he still didn’t know.

As much as Hyun Ki missed being home he wouldn’t trade being at the school for it. Hyun was truly excited to learn everything he could here. He walked into Mabeob the first year without a lick of magical knowledge. His father had a grudge against this world for whatever reason. Hyun Ki thought it was all so fantastic, yes there were some jerks around, but their were jerks back home too.

That was not how his father saw it. The man was furious that his son had decided to go to the magical school. Hyun’s mother was supportive at least. Even if she was as clueless as he.

He ducked down the halls with his books held close to his body. Library. Just get to the library. Hyun was chanting in his head. Normally he would just stay in his room and work. If he was feeling brave he would study with Ha Neul. Recently he had the chance to spend a lot of time with the Sunsuhan, even if it was just studying together. It was nice.

It took a lot more ducking and waving and whispered ‘pardon me’s’ but Hyun Ki had made it to the library. There he stood looking at a more full than he would have liked. Honestly Hyun was hoping for a computer but those were all full. Even all the table’s were full. Hyun took in a deep breath and tried to figure out which table would be the easiest to just slip in and join.

There as one he spotted with a fellow Gajang. Being a prefect had helped him at least pick out his house mates easier than if he wasn’t. It was only a small boost to his confidence. Honestly he needed a giant kick to it, but baby steps weren’t bad.

“Uh excuse me…do you mind if I sit with you?” He peeped standing with books still held closely. If the answer was a no he would most likely just turn and walk all the way back to his room where he probably should have stayed in the first place. Possibly just look for Eun Min and see if she wanted to make a study party out of it.

As Hyun was getting stared at he started to chew his lip. Situations like this were the worst. Hyun Ki barely spoke up, he didn’t like to ask for help. It wasn’t a pride thing at all it was because he didn’t want to bother people. The longer it took for his question to be answered the more he regretted even asking in the first place. Hyun Ki felt dumb for interrupting what the other was even… He glanced quickly at the computer screen not being able to help his curiosity.

His house mate finally move and Hyun quickly looked away, a small blush making it’s way to his cheeks. Now he just felt bad for possibly invading privacy. What little he did see seemed interesting. There was a part of him that wanted to know more about wizerding equality. The whole reason his father denied the magical word was because of that very reason.

Hyun Ki sat down carefully and set down the various books. “Thank you” he said with a small nod. He took some time to open on and get a notebook flipped to an empty page. Once everything was situated he glanced at the other boy. “I’m Hyun Ki, by the way,” this was the part where he hoped that formally he had not met the other Gajang.

As much as he wanted Hyun couldn’t get the web page out of his head. Everything looked fascinating. It would be nice to understand a little more what his father was so disgusted with that he denied a very big part of himself. Then there was a little voice that said if he got into it then his father would just pull him out of school say he was better in the muggle world. That the cruelty of the hard core blood purists was not worth it.

Still he was going t dare the question. “What was it you were looking at earlier?” He felt the burn again behind his cheeks because he was admitting to prying into personal information. “If you don’t mind me asking.”

“It’s nice to meet you Kang Hwa” At least this wasn’t going as badly as he was expecting. Hyun had to admit he thought his house mate was a little spacey but the beginning of the year did that to people. Getting back into the swing of homework and tests. Still he was nice enough to let him take a seat next to him.

Sure he had dared to ask about the website but didn’t really expect to get much of an answer. He watched curious as the other Gajang tugged the laptop back so Hyun Ki could look at the screen as well.

It was a clever site, disguising itself like that. Hyun moved a little closer his curiosity breaking his normal shy conservative thing. Hyun was the type that didn’t ike breaking bubbles if he didn’t have to.

“Oh wow,” Hyun smiled as he looked over all the information. Of course he assumed that there had to be things like this around. Obviously blood purity was still an issue in the community, he almost didn’t get to go to this school because of it. His mother refused to let him go to a different country. She didn’t want to have her baby so far away. When his father learned that the students of Mabeob were sorted he was very against Hyun attending.

Hyun Ki looked over at the boy with a smile. “So you fallow all this stuff often then?” He asked. Not that he could consider himself an activist exactly but he wanted to know. Maybe he could get involved some way prove to his father that things could change, finally mend this rift in his family.

The other boy seemed to start to relax a little. It helped Hyun Ki to do the same. He watched the website scroll trying to take in all he could before the information moved by. There was so much to catch he would have to try and remember how to get there may be have Kang Hwa write it down or show him again?

Hyun Ki turned so he could see everything better and also pay attention to the other boy. He had trouble placing the look on his classmate’s face. It almost seemed femilure. As Kang Hwa spoke Hyun Ki frowned. It seemed that his father had the opposite experience. Hyun’s own dad hated what he found at Hogwarts, was disgusted by the separation of blood how pure bloods would treat those that were lesser.

Hyun had no problems with anyone who wasn’t pure anything. Eun Min, Hyun’s good friend a fellow Gajang. She was half French or something and that didn’t make her any less of a wonderful person. Hyun Ki’s affections were shown towards a boy who was from japan. Sure Ha Neul’s family was mostly Korean but there was a good chance that the younger Sang cousin was half Japanese.

He sat back and took a moment to think over everything he was just told. “Well my father deny his magic,” Hyun started to share. “When I was growing up and little things would happen because of it…well I thought he hated me.” A pained smile crossed his face. “He just hated how there was a separation in the magical world and I guess the wars and stuff that had happened scared him out of it.” Hyun never quite understood because there was war in the muggle world too.

“I’m shocked that he even let me go here.” Hyun Ki looked around the library quickly. Yes they were sorted by blood but there was so much more to appreciate, like the simple fact that they had magic in the first place and a chance to study it.

Hyun Ki shrugged feeling that he didn’t exactly help with his own story. “I guess…anywhere we would have gone probably has the same issues.” If they were in a different country they would have to deal with being Korean in the Uk or Scandinavia, Paris, or America. Knowing the hate that his father had in his heart for the wizarding world and still going to a place like Hogwarts it seemed that Mabeob wasn’t really that bad.