peeks his head into the library, and breathes a sigh of relief after spotting his not-quite-brother

walks up behind him, and looks over his shoulder to see what he is working on

heard someone come up behind me and turns to look, jumping in surprise. "Eduard! You scared me. What are you doing here?"

adjusts his glasses, "As if you even need to ask, I'm here to check up on you."

"It's a good thing Raivis made ravenclaw, otherwise I'd be running around the whole school trying to keep an eye on the two of you"

smiles. "I'm sorry, for not making Ravenclaw, though I'm glad to be Hufflepuff. With Feliks being in it, too, it's interesting, to say the_

least." Even though he was the oldest, Eduard always seemed to try to "look after" them.

that an 8 day age difference means nothing, and I may as well be the oldest one. "So Toris, nothing troubling going on, I trust?"

looks up at him ignoring the question. "Would you liketo sit down? You're kind of unsettling me."

doesn't even hear the last part of that sentence and sits down, "Thank you for the invitation,

Now, I'll ask one more time, nothing troubling going on?"

shakes his head, glacing towards the Libary entrance. "Nothing. As you can see, I've been studying."

'Thank goodness, Ivan's been particularly.. playful.. lately. At least one of us has been spared this time'

relaxes a little, and leans forward "Sure are studying hard, aren't you? What have you taken upon yourself today?"

if only Eduard knew.. "Oh, uh, " he turns his book towards the Estonian. "Feliks has been wanting to know his animagus. So I was looking up_

about it, so we both could learn."

eyes brighten, delighted at the Lithuanian's studiousness "Oh? And how's the research coming along?"

pushes his hair behind his ears, "Well enough, I suppose. I'm figuring out way to do it, trying to find if there's any easy way. Feliks_

have some problems otherwise.."

"Ahh, Feliks. How is he? Still the flamboyant little upstart?"

looks at him, "Flamboyant little upstart? Is that not an insult to him?"

"I.. didn't mean for it to come off like.. I apologize, Toris. He is a friend of yours, and I should respect him as I do you"

looks down at the ground, regretting his stupid little joke

shakes his head. "It's alright. He is quite flamboyant, to say the least. Just a few days ago he tried to turn his uniform pink." He laughs_

softly at the memory.

glad that Toris is not angry with him, "pink? ..Well, it isn't against the school rules, and to be perfectly honest, it suits him quite well

don't you agree?"

nods. "It does suit him. Though thankfully it failed, his spell. Otherwise, I couldj ust see him being the main target of the Slytherin's_

bullying." He frowns at that, hoping it doesn't come to that.

frowns as well, "Those slytherins.. I daresay the entire school would be better off without them, especially... you-know-who"

blinks, wondering if he meant Ivan. "You-know-who? They're a menace, that's for sure."

clenches his fist "Mr. Braginski and the rest of his snaky little cohorts need to be dealt with! ...By a teacher, of course.."

's eyes widen at his vehement reaction. "I agree.." He sighs. "There's nothing we can do but avoid him." He cuts himself off before he_

accidentally revealed that he had been trying to aviod the Slytherin, and that's why hewas hidden in the Library.

's hunch was right, something was wrong after all. "You've been.. avoiding him as well, I see."

freezes up, not looking at him. "Who in Ravenclaw and hufflepuff haven't..?"

looks at him with concern, "Toris, there's no need to hide anything from me. I know for a fact that Ivan's been targeting us Baltics_

You, me, and Raivis. I see Raivis every day, so I know all about what happens to him, but I don't have the same luxury with you."

puts one hand on toris' shoulder "Please, I worry for you. What's been going on?"

shakes his head. For all he knew, Ivanwas hiding in the corner listening right now. "It's nothing I can't handle. Don't worry."

sighs. "Well.. if you say so, I suppose you are capable of handling things on your own.. But if something occurs that you can not handle_

then do not hesitate to come to me or Raivis, we.. are practically brothers, after all."

nods. "Thank you, though if anything happens, I'd rather not involve you two. I'l lgo to a teacher or something, if it gets to that."

silly, he got all caught up in the moment and forgot about the teachers, some prefect. "Ah, yes.. That would be the suitable course of_

action."

nods, glad he's not mad at him for not wanting to go to him. "I'm glad you agree.."

knowing himself he'll probably keep quiet just to hope Ivan'll leave him alone.