Merlin, Sterling was quite grumpy underneath all that energy, wasn’t he? He’d look tough for the audience, but he expected when he only had the school nurse for company he’d be a right baby if it meant being doted on. Ari decided it would be uncalled for to grin about it, so he kept that hypothesis to himself as they stumbled their way up the stairs like it was part of a three-legged race.
He raised an eyebrow at the last remark, though. “I found you in the bushes, didn’t I?” He teased, but relented by pointing out the door at the end of this hallway, as if that were more proof of his brilliance. “And there’s the hospital wing for you. The nurse’ll have you fixed up in no time, I’m sure.” He would say something about finding him sometime later to see it, but thought better of it, so just knocked on the door for him with an abashed smile. They didn’t know each other, after all. Best not to go getting too attached.
(It was a little odd, how the other boy’s arm felt so comfortable leaning on him like that, Ari considered. But probably best not to examine that too closely, either.)
He raised an eyebrow at the last remark, though. “I found you in the bushes, didn’t I?” He teased, but relented by pointing out the door at the end of this hallway, as if that were more proof of his brilliance. “And there’s the hospital wing for you. The nurse’ll have you fixed up in no time, I’m sure.” He would say something about finding him sometime later to see it, but thought better of it, so just knocked on the door for him with an abashed smile. They didn’t know each other, after all. Best not to go getting too attached.
(It was a little odd, how the other boy’s arm felt so comfortable leaning on him like that, Ari considered. But probably best not to examine that too closely, either.)
