The boy shook off the leaves like a wet dog; Ari was surprised to see just how easily he shook off the fall, like it hadn't bruised him or his ego in the slightest, as though he was somehow untouchable. And he wasn't even a Gryffindor.
Amusement tugged at the corner of his mouth - the other boy's high spirits were almost infectious enough to suppress his concern. He was laughing it off already, see, falling out of the sky. "You're welcome," he said sheepishly, half-wishing he had not. The boy clearly hadn't died, and he hadn't been any help, so really, it had been an overreaction. He really had to stop worrying about everything all the time.
Easier said than done: Ari watched as the Slytherin boy gathered up the remains of the broom, the real casualty of the accident. Ari didn't know much about brooms, really, but even that looked beyond the work of a hefty Reparo. He was surprised again to observe how little impact the destroyed broom - the boy's own, he assumed - had on him, too: a wince aside, he seemed unflappable. "Sorry about your broom," he offered, his brow furrowed in sympathy. He was sure other boys he knew would have been sobbing by now.
Amusement tugged at the corner of his mouth - the other boy's high spirits were almost infectious enough to suppress his concern. He was laughing it off already, see, falling out of the sky. "You're welcome," he said sheepishly, half-wishing he had not. The boy clearly hadn't died, and he hadn't been any help, so really, it had been an overreaction. He really had to stop worrying about everything all the time.
Easier said than done: Ari watched as the Slytherin boy gathered up the remains of the broom, the real casualty of the accident. Ari didn't know much about brooms, really, but even that looked beyond the work of a hefty Reparo. He was surprised again to observe how little impact the destroyed broom - the boy's own, he assumed - had on him, too: a wince aside, he seemed unflappable. "Sorry about your broom," he offered, his brow furrowed in sympathy. He was sure other boys he knew would have been sobbing by now.
