 Anashti l Brat Pack l Sally & Dr. Finklestein
While he had connected very easily with Aryan, the ease with which he had talked to the other boy was not something that was typical for Drake either. He was generally so shy with strangers, but he had been trying to put on a show to his mom that he was FINE being left alone and the other boy had instantly been easy to speak with. Maybe because Ary was such a good listener? Or maybe it was just his own kindness was so abundantly obvious. Whatever it was, Drake was really really thankful for it since now he had a best friend.
Had it been something they spoke of, Drake would have assured him Bryony was definitely always civil! They both cared about Aryan, so even on the few instances when they'd found themselves alone in the common room they did sit and try to chat. It just... wasn't as easy as with others. And that probably wasn't entirely Bryony and whatever insecurity she had either - maybe it was just Drake's previously aforementioned discomfort around new people that had made it difficult for the two to really connect.
They still had time though.
While he was learning a lot more about creatures than he had known prior to their friendship, which was truly a perk of them sharing their interests, but even still all of the names of the dragons were foreign to him and he didn't know much about any of them. Drake's eyes had grown wide as Aryan listed them off, looking down to his book as he tried to flip through to dragons and looked at each names. "Wooooow! That is a lot of different types of dragons! I'll have to start reading about them now!" Because that was quite a few things it sounded like he'd need to catch up on. "Did you have a favorite type of dragon?" He knew his favorite creature was mooncalves, but maybe he had a favorite of the largest of the reptilians. A soft smile appeared at Aryan's words, before a small nod in agreement joined the expression. "Me too. I think I'll still miss you a bit though." But it was only a few months and then they'd be reunited again!
Drake was stiiiill trying to dry off Ary's head, apologizing as he went which... he definitely was doing too much of. He giggled a bit when Ary told him to stop, his next one having more of a cheeky tone to it. "I'm sorry!" He replied, before the hand reaching towards his face made him laugh again and drop the towel.
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