[OOM: Academy (A. Imp)] Ehren

[tavar_of_alera]

It started out in mathematics, of course. They had been working a problem, and a suggestion made by someone was utterly wrong. Tavi could see what to do, but he was several steps ahead. He had no idea what the actual answer was--but he could see how to find the rest of it at a glance

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[furiousmaximus]

Max starts to grin right up until Tavi got to the 'he' part. For just a second Max thought Tavi might not be hopeless.

He sighs. "Fine, fine." He settles against the wall. After all, the cute girl (Effy, he thinks her name is) has another class after this one, and he's not in it, so...

[tavar_of_alera]

Tavi rolls his eyes at the almost-grin. Honestly, there are other things than girls. And girls are way, way too much trouble. He thinks of a girl who asked him for flowers, and another girl who cut his cheek open, deep enough to scar.

After a couple moments of searching, he growls a little.

"Can you see that guy from math class? The one who was answering all those questions?" The ones that Tavi wasn't answering, anyway.

There are days Tavi hates being short. He hopes he'll get a little taller, though he knows he probably won't ever be as tall as Max will.

[furiousmaximus]

"Ehren?" Max asks. Then he realizes that knowing the kid's name indicates that he was paying way too much attention in class. Too late to cover that now, though.

"Short kid? Your height?" Maybe Tavi would just forget.

[tavar_of_alera]

Tavi snorts. "You'd better hope someone gives you lessons in subterfuge if you want to keep that up," he informs Max.

Not that they won't get plenty of that soon enough.

"Yes, him. I, uh, can't see him." Tavi is very faintly pink for a moment.