"It's really cool. I like figuring out how stuff works."

"Yeah, it can definitely be useful, but I just don't find it too interesting. Languages, though: I enjoy them."

"They're fine if you can do them. I can't."

"Oh well," he says, then finishes off his pasta.

"It's not that I don't like them, I'm just really bad at them."

"That's a shame," he says.

Alright. "What class do you have now?"

Theo checks his timetable. "Geography. You?"

"Government."

"Sounds like great fun. See you later," Theo says, then goes off to find Geography.

Government!

Geography. Rivers and icebergs and whatever.

Then Theo has: Gym!

And so does Sadde!

We meet again.

He gets changed for the lesson, then goes out and sees what they're doing today.

Basketball!

Sadde's eyes might rest on Theo for a bit longer than they strictly should, but you wouldn't notice that unless you were paying attention.

And it is time for people to pick teams.

Theo's not picked immediately, but he's definitely not picked last – he looks pretty athletic, so it seems people are guessing he'll be good at this.

Sadde's not as obviously athletic as Theo, but he's not a stickman either.

He does get picked last, though. And he's not on Theo's team.

Theo's actually pretty good at basketball. And he looks good while he's doing it, fluidly moving from one moves to the next, never double dribbling and mostly successfully navigating his way around the other players on the court.

People don't pass to Sadde, and he mostly doesn't interact with the game unless the teacher yells at him or the others, which causes token efforts from both sides for about two minutes before the status quo is restored.

And in the meantime, Sadde will be watching the hot new guy. Hot and... that's kinda freaky actually, there's definitely something weird there.

Theo's a bit too engrossed in the game to notice Sadde's staring, but yeah, it is a bit weird.

Eventually the game ends, and Theo seems pretty happy with his team's win, especially since he's getting at least partial credit for it. Maybe this new school won't be so bad, after all?

Won't be so bad indeed, especially if Sadde has such eyecandy.

"Good game," he tells the other boy.

"Thanks," Theo says back. "How was your match?"

"Bad," he shrugs. "You're really good."

"I'm okay, but I definitely wasn't the best there," he says, either modestly or obliviously.

"Uh, yeah, you kinda were."