[It's tempting to go with the second reason. Really, it's not like he needs a reason to want to hang out with her. But...
But that's not the point of him asking. It would almost defeat the point, in fact.
Ezra hesitates, emotions rippling uncertainly, then finally...]
...I'm sixteen.
[Still can't quite bring himself to call it his birthday, but even admitting that much, giving her the pieces she needs to figure it out, is more than he's said in years.]
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But that's not the point of him asking. It would almost defeat the point, in fact.
Ezra hesitates, emotions rippling uncertainly, then finally...]
...I'm sixteen.
[Still can't quite bring himself to call it his birthday, but even admitting that much, giving her the pieces she needs to figure it out, is more than he's said in years.]