Legolas arrived early to school as usual. Today he simply couldn't sit still when he had breakfast with his father. After all, it was the first day of school after the long summer holiday. (I suppose you and I wouldn't feel this way when we need to go back to school, but still, he was young.)
He watched as his fellow classmates trickle into the classroom from his seat, looking up occasionally from the novel he was reading. He was so engrossed in the story that it seemed to be just a few minutes before the class teacher, Miss Williams, did the roll-call.
'Sam Wilson.' 'Here.' 'Amy Sharon Davies?' 'Here, miss.' Legolas let the voices fade into a drone as he stared out of the window, only breaking from his stupor to confirm that he arrived. 'Aragorn… Elessar?' His head snapped up. Elessar? This surname sounded familiar.
The classroom door flew open and a boy with unruly dark-brown hair rushed in. 'Sorry I'm late, Miss,' He panted, 'Traffic was a bit slow.' Miss Williams smiled. 'Ah, there's our new classmate. Everyone, meet Aragorn Elessar.'
The class erupted into a frenzy.
'Elessar?'
'Isn't it that… that murderer or whatever?'
'No! I'd heard that Elessar transported cocaine!'
'That ain't correct! I heard from my parents that…'
Legolas thought, So that's why it's so familiar. He inspected the boy in front of him closely. Aragorn had curly hair that framed his face, and light grey eyes that would have been rather scary if it didn't hold the terrified look it did now. He also seemed to be rather skinny. He wore faded jeans that were too large for him and were patched up in multiple places. The straps of his backpack looked like they were going to fall off any second, held together only by a bobby pin.
'Alright children, hush now please.' Miss Davies said. The class fell back into silence. 'Aragorn, please sit at the empty seat right next to Jack.' Said boy didn't look too happy with the arrangement, but he didn't say anything as the newcomer slid uncomfortably into his chair.
The next few lessons passed quickly. Aragorn would occasionally raise his hand to answer questions, but he eventually grew less enthusiastic when the class burst into murmurings every time he spoke. Legolas felt bad for him, and sought to approach him at lunch.
By the time the lessons were over, Legolas had almost forgotten about Aragorn. Everyone had already filed down to the cafeteria, and he was prepared to leave the classroom as well when he realized Aragorn was still in there.
His hand left the doorknob and he turned towards the boy. 'Uh, hey!' He attempted, then winced at how feeble it sounded. Aragorn looked up from his sketchbook, startled. A grin was quick to form on his face though. 'Hi! Legolas, right?' Legolas gave his a quick nod in confirmation, and walked closer.
'What are you doing?' Aragorn turned a slight shade of red. 'Um, drawing.' Usually Legolas wasn't the more talkative of his classmates, but this time he decided to take the lead. 'Can I see?' he asked. Aragorn hesitated for a moment before he slid the sketchbook towards the blond-haired boy. 'See, ninjas!'
Legolas must have looked rather shocked because Aragorn turned a deeper shade of tomato and dragged the sketchbook back to his side of the desk. 'Oh, no no no…' Legolas stuttered, raising both hands in reassurance. 'It's okay. I… uh… I like ninjas too.' Aragorn didn't look convinced. 'Really! And I think your drawing's pretty good as well!'
A small smile tugged on Aragorn's lips. 'You wouldn't make a very good ninja.' He said suddenly. Legolas blinked. 'See, with your long bright-blond hair and all. The moonlight would reflect off it.' Legolas reached up to touch the tips of his hair unconsciously, like every time someone mentions his long hair. He was still a little self-conscious, although he's not as embarrassed as he was before.
'Well, I'm pretty good at sneaking around.' Legolas shrugged. 'I could be an assassin.' 'Like Hawkeye and Black Widow.' 'Yeah, exactly! You're a Marvel fan too?' 'Uh-huh, totally.
'I read all the comics, although I can't watch the movies. My family doesn't have that much money.' Aragorn seemed to shrink back a bit when he mentioned this topic. 'You can come over to my house sometime. I got all of the Marvel movies.' Legolas offered, and smiled as Aragorn brightened up once more.
Legolas found that Aragorn was quite talkative once you've gotten him to open up. The two boys talked and talked, completely missing lunch, leaving their food untouched.
Many of the other classmates gave Legolas strange looks as the classes started again, but the blonde didn't care. After all, in his opinion, why judge someone for something they've never done?
At the end of the day, the boys walked towards the entrance of their school together. Legolas paused before it, seeing that Aragorn is heading the opposite way.
He held out his hand. 'Friends?'
'Friends.'
A/N: So sorry! It's been a while since I've posted (a long, long while), and you guys have my apologies. Writers' block (again) and also because I kind of lacked the motivation.
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