Evan Lee Gildred
Eva followed the words that flowed from Sensei's mouth with intense scrutiny and interest. It was almost difficult to believe that such a thing was occurring here at this school, let alone affecting him so personally. Sure, he had heard of fairy tale and their actions, but this was a school for learning, filled with kids just going about their day trying to learn about themselves and the world around them. Who could ever bring war and violence to such an environment? They were surely a monster, no better than the villains of stories and myths. It frightened Eva, but also made him incredibly angry. How could he ever try to confront this person, let alone do so without exposing himself to everybody? The only person who knew about him was Solo and he didn't give a damn about anything it seemed.
As soon as he had permission to leave, he bolted with the rest of the ones who did so, waving to the teacher in passing as he left. He held his bag close, clutching it to his chest as he waded his way through the ever crowding halls. Solo never even came back to the class, he wondered where he had been all this time. Wasn't he curious as to what all the ruckus was about? Eva kept his head down and made his way back to where all of them had been talking before the interruption. There was no sign of Solo, he obviously had decided not to just stick around there. But where could he have gone? Eva was worried about him, as he was for all his fellow students. But Solo seemed to be a magnet for bad attention, getting beat up and being a bit of an instigator himself. All these stories of Oz and fairy tale had him even more worried for his wellbeing.
Eva decided to search for him in a few of the nearby rooms, the result always coming up empty. The cafeteria was slowly filling with people preparing for the evening meal, but Solo was nowhere to be seen. He didn't even try the library, the idea just not even seeming like Solo's type of scene. Finally making his way outside, he searched the nearby grounds, his worry escalating by the minute. The worst fears jumped into his head, possible abductions by fairy tale, the wolf boy lying dead in a ditch somewhere. After all his searching, there was really only one place left to go; the boys' dorm.
Pausing in front of the entrance, he thought about what it might look like if he were to go in there searching for somebody by their room. Surely the boys wouldn't mind so much as the girls, should somebody of the seemingly opposite sex go wandering through their halls, but it still opened up a rather uncomfortable can of worms. Even just standing in the doorway, he got a few strange, sometimes lewd looks by the boys coming and going. Eva had slowly been getting used to this kind of attention ever since he started dressing this way, but it still caught him off guard from time to time. He couldn't ever remember looking at or even thinking about any girls in such a way before as these boys had been doing. The thought struck him as curious, his own feelings and emotions still a mystery to him.
After a few more moments of quiet contemplation, he stepped through the doorway, his feet carrying him down the boys' hall with ever quickening tempo. He glanced nervously at the door plaques, searching for the name he needed. A few cat calls and whistles came his direction from a few of the more ill behaved boys, but nothing as to completely unnerve him. He couldn't believe it, but he actually felt more at home in the girls' dorm than he did in the dorm of his own 'real' gender. A few more minutes of desperate search later and he finally found what he was looking for. The room that was marked for Solo and his roommate. Loud, bombastic music came blaring out from the interior, hardly muffled by the closed door. Somebody was home, Eva just wasn't sure who. Knocking as hard as he could on the wood, he hoped in vain for an answer, knowing that he probably wouldn't be heard over the stereo. He thought about trying the door for a second, to see if it was unlocked, but thought it too rude to try. Ready to turn away and admit defeat, he paused as he felt a hand reach behind him and flip his skirt playfully. One of the boys from before had followed him and decided to take part in the juvenile prank, probably to look cool in front of his friends. Letting out a surprised shriek, he blushed and instinctually reached for the door handle in front of him, only to find it surprisingly unlocked as he hurried inside and shut it behind him. He could hardly hear the rowdy laughter of the boy on the other side over the blaring sound system in the bathroom adjacent to the room, but it still took a second for him to get control of his emotions.
Seeing the steam coming out from under the bathroom door, it was safe for him to assume that Solo was most likely in the shower. Deciding it best not to try and interrupt, Eva curled up on Solo's bed and tucked his legs close to his body as he waited. Even if Solo didn't much care for classrooms, he would probably want to hear what the teacher had told all of them. Eva was just happy to see that his friend was okay. That was most evident by the sound of his singing just barely audible over the music, Solo's voice recognizable even in song. He didn't much treasure the thought of having to leave the dorm again on his own, and he sincerely hoped that Solo's roommate didn't come back and get the wrong idea either. Solo was just a friend, nothing more. But he was genuinely glad that his friend was okay.