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Every morning Kavi usually did his run around the grounds with his brother Vikram, but today his brother had said something about needing to practice for Quidditch and that he would be skipping their run. Kavi also wanted to practice, but since he wasn't on the main team, apparently it wasn't as important? Well, it was a Slytherin practice for one... but still... He had been frustrated for most of the run, thinking that his brother was shirking their run to do something else and blaming practice. After all, a bunch of girls at the school seemed to crush on him and Kavi was sure that Vikram had to be taking advantage of that. After all, she wouldn't know, right? Kavi rolled his eyes and stopped jogging, needing a moment to recombobulate his thoughts. Usually it was just the brothers out this early in the morning, but today he heard movement coming from nearby the tree. As he approached, he saw a girl dancing outside of the reach of the aggressive tree. He'd seen her around the school before but he didn't know her name... truthfully he didn't really know a lot of peoples' names. He knew the Hufflepuffs on the team with him and some of his classmates' names, but that was about it. Unlike his brother, he wasn't very people and definitely not the talkative type. Kavi was definitely impressed with her dancing; grace like that was hard to come by. As a football player, he was pretty graceful himself, but that was in regards to running and avoid other players... He'd never admit that as a younger boy, he had been enrolled in dance classes. The only other person who knew that fact at the school was Vikram, and if he mentioned it, Kavi would share that Vik took those same classes.

Oh crap, she saw him and Kavi was just standing there creepily, staring over at her while she was dancing. She didn't seem to mind though as she politely greeted him. Oh, and she knew his name too? He... didn't know hers though. Okay, breath and act normal. You got this, he thought to himself. "I was just... uh, doing a morning jog," he said awkwardly, then shrugged and added, "I was uh... jogging past the tree and I heard someone so I came over to investigate." Why was talking such an awkward experience? How could Vikram do it so easily and Kavi was just a weird kid? He could talk and act normally over voice chat in his games, but when it came to talking to people not his family, he always acted so weirdly. "So... uh, you know my name but I don't... um... know yours?" Gods above, he sounded so unsure. He felt very self-conscious and almost wanted to walk over to the Willow just to get himself out of this weird situation.

When she said that she had also paused runs to investigate things, Kavi nodded and smiled a little when she talked about finding bunnies. The brothers usually ran around the grounds when they were at school and they had seen many animals alongside the forest, but they never usually stopped for them. This was probably the first time he'd stopped on a run that wasn't to tie his shoe or something. After another little moment, she did introduce herself as Tambry Hattley, a third year Ravenclaw. Well that explained why he didn't know her. He didn't really know any Ravenclaws to be honest. Then she said something in what he assumed was French before offering a small bow. "You, uh... already know my name is Kavi Bhattacharyya... And, uh, yeah, I usually go running with my brother. Weekdays, we usually do rest days on the week ends." He scratched the back of his head and shrugged, not really sure what to say other than that. "I've... um... never seen you out here before. Do you... come out here often?" Oh boy, that sounded very cheesy... Did real people actually talk like that?

This was probably the longest conversation he'd had with someone since coming to the not counting with his family members. He had some friends back in the neighborhood with whom he played football with, and then there were his online friends that he played games with. But since coming here, he hadn't really made any friends. Tambry laid out her schedule and it seemed that she too was pretty active, though she preferred the more... artistic active forms. Whereas he played football and ran, she preferred yoga and dancing. He assumed, based on her outfit, that she did ballet, which was a pretty physical activity. When she asked about their usual route, Kavi nodded and said, "We... uh... have a couple different routes we run, depending on the weather and whatnot. Sometimes we... um... go down and run along the Forest and sometimes we go down to the Lake. Vik likes to get some swimming in when it's warm but... uh... I'm not a big swimmer. It is good exercise though." He shrugged. Vik usually just dressed down from his runners and hopped right into the lake, but Kavi was a little more... reserved... and also, he just didn't really like swimming. "Other than dancing and yoga, do you do any other sports? I mean, I know you're on the Quidditch team too... Me too... But like... uh... I also play football." Gosh, he was so awkward and he knew it too. He felt a little warmth come to his cheeks, but he tried to ignore it.

He chuckled a little when Tambry seemed uncomfortable with the idea of swimming in the Black Lake, then mentioned that she'd panic and drown and if something brushed against her. "Yeah, Vikram likes to free dive to try and find the mermaid colony. I can barely swim out that far and he's crazy with diving that deep." It was starting to get easier to talk to her and Kavi felt a little more confident speaking. Especially since they were talking about something he enjoyed... fitness. If she was into video games as well, well, then she could easily fit into his friend group. Though right now at Hogwarts, that'd be a bit of a lonely group since that currently only included his brother. She asked if she could join him and Vik on their runs and he shrugged a little. "I'd have to ask Vik cause it's usually just us two on the runs, but I don't think he'd mind if you can keep up. We do run a lot." They were both long distance runners and had competed in many long distance marathons around the world. When she mentioned gymnastics and acrobatics as other physical activities she did. That meant she was definitely pretty flexible. Kavi himself was also pretty flexible, since you needed to be for football, but also he did practice yoga as well. "That's pretty wizard. I just... mostly play football with my friends at home and go running with my brother. And Quidditch of course." He shrugged, but smirked as well. The Bhattacharyya brothers hadn't been to dance classes in a while and Kavi didn't share Vikram's love of climbing things.