You continued wandering around like a lost puppy. You didn’t even care about where you are now, but as long as your insane friends don’t see you, everything would be just fine. You climbed the staircase towards the second floor. Wow, there’s not much noise in here. Maybe this is the “calm zone” among the booths. Perfect! You totally needed rest from the shrieking and shouting outside. You scanned the serene booths on the hallway. 

Chess booth? Hm, not your thing.

Origami booth? WTF?

Ah, here it is! Library booth! Maybe they have mangas in here! Smiling, you approached the guy with overly thick glasses sitting at the front table.

“Hey there! I’m here for a star.”

“Star?” he raised his eyebrows, and gave you a long, scrutinizing look from head to toe as if to check that you weren’t an elephant disguised as a human. Wow, for a nerd, he’s kind of rude. “If you answer all these questions correctly, I’ll give you one.”

He passed you a piece of paper with about 10 questions written in history science and math language. Problem is you only speak derp language. There is no way you could answer these without having your brain ooze through your ears.

“Um, how can I know the answers to these? I’m not that smart.”

“Well, that is why we have books in the library booth, duh.” He looked at you as if you were the most moronic person he has ever seen. Scoffing at this arrogant bitch nerd, you decided to just walk inside before you get the urge to choke the living peanuts out of him. Many people, um, nerds, were already diligently reading books inside, and you kinda felt out of place. Studying has never been your thing, and that would probably not change soon.

“Who was the most idolized living hero during the renaissance period in Rome?” You read the first question to yourself as you walked towards the history section. “Well shit can I just answer Superman?”

But of course not. You need that frickin star for that final exam exemption, and you would do anything for it even though it means reading all the history books in here. Ok, that was an exaggeration. Maybe just a page or two. Anyway, you pulled out random books from the shelves and flipped some pages, but the sentences were so complicated and hard to understand for normal humans like you. In the past minutes you have spent, you still didn’t get any question answered. Ah, maybe you should just find another booth. One that does not require inhuman intelligence. Why did you even think about entering this place?! Now that nerd at the front would probably laugh at you. Dammit.

As you turned to leave, you suddenly heard something sliding, and you whipped around. Then, an incredibly thick book bumped against your ankle. You looked up again, but nobody was there. What the—? Is there a ghost in here? Like Moaning Myrtle or something? Why would it help you anyway?

Brows furrowed, you picked up the book, and it was so damn heavy that you had to find a table to place it upon. You took a seat and scanned the book.

“1,001 HISTORY,SCIENCE, and MATH FACTS,” the very front said. Curious, you opened it, and there was a piece of paper at the second page. On it were page numbers, neatly written with red ink. Finally, hope lit up your face as you started flipping through the pages indicated. Indeed, the all the answers could be found there, and in just within minutes you already have answered six of the super easy questions. But then, you froze as you realized that the magical piece of paper was torn. It just so happened that the remaining four questions seemed to be the ones written in the missing piece. Nooo!!! This can’t be!!!!

Wait. Maybe you accidentally ripped it when you were carrying the book. Yeah, that must be it. You quickly stood up, but did not realize that someone was passing by, and you practically rammed your head into his face. Both of you fell down, yelling in pain. After the stars stopped rotating around your head, you blinked several times to check who was the other person. It was a boy.

“Hey, are you ok?!!” You immediately went to help him, and he seriously looked in pain.

“Would you mind shutting your mouth? This is a library if you’re too stupid to realize that.” The annoying nerd at the front yelled at you.

“EXCUSE ME TRY SLAMMING YOUR BITCH HEAD AGAINST THAT TABLE AND SEE IF YOU DO NOT SCREAM IN PAIN.” You yelled back, and the other people in the library snickered. Serves you right, nerd. No one calls this gurl stupid, got that bish? You returned your attention to the poor boy, and saw him frantically picking up his things. Quickly, you helped him.

“I’m reaaally sorry, I didn’t mean to hurt you. I was just—“ you froze as you picked up a small piece of paper. It was ripped at the side, and there were numbers written in red ink. Page numbers. You can’t be wrong. The handwriting is similar. Scurrying to your feet, you went back to the book and placed the small paper next to the big one. It fits like a puzzle.

“You...,” you looked up at the boy. He was standing there nervously, flushing a faint shade of red. “Was that you that gave me this?”

“Um...,” he gulped and tried to make eye contact, but realized that he couldn’t. He wouldn’t stop fidgeting. He was taller than you, and looked rather handsome, so why was he acting all scared? But honestly, you found this quite adorable.

“Why didn’t you just hand it to me? I don’t bite people.” You laughed and gave him a friendly tap on the shoulder. “Here, sit.”

You forced him to take the seat across you. You put on the friendliest smile you could muster, but it seemed to be a waste of effort because he wouldn’t look up anyway. Ok, he must be scared of people.

“Ok then, I’m ______. And you are...?” You held out your hand for a handshake, and he looked at it nervously.

“D-D.O...,” he reached out and slightly shook the tip of your finger. This almost made you giggle. Awww! Such a cute creature!

“Ooh, what a cool name! Thank you for helping me with this. I really appreciate it.” He looked up again for a second, and forced a quick smile. This made you sigh. “Are you scared of me?”

 He slowly shook his head. You sighed once again. He must be too scared to admit it to you.You cussed at someone right in front of him. Of course he would be scared! “I’m sorry about that. I’m just like that to rude people, but I can be nice to good people too. That’s how my logic works, I guess... If I even have any...”

“Of course you have!”

This made you look up. Did he just... speak?

He quickly returned his gaze to the floor, though, and mumbled. “I- I mean, nobody is stupid...”

Whoa. D.O spoke! Is that an achievement? A world record, maybe? You must reply! Don’t waste his effort! Think of something!!!

“Do you like bananas?”

Ok shit. That came out wrong. Dammit of all things that was what you've got, brain?!!

As expected, he looked up in shock and stared at you. You could only stare back. Um... awkward...

He suddenly laughed, “Yes, I like them...”

“Really? Wow... me too.” You ended up laughing at the ridiculous situation. Then, he suddenly grabbed your questionnaire and started writing in lightning speed. Then he slid it back to you. The rest of the questions were already answered. In paragraph form. Within seconds. Holy cow.

“Ok are you secretly a god because I could actually be a worshipper right now.” You stared at him in awe. This made him laugh again. Dat cute laugh. So adorable!!! You wanted to pinch his cheek, but no, you have to hold yourself back, because he might think you’re violent and decide to leave! That would be so heartbreaking!

“You noisy girl you only have one minute. Pass that now or no star for you!” The nerd yelled again, immediately spoiling your mood. Such a party pooper. And you were just starting to have fun!!!

“Err, D.O, excuse me for a second, I’ll just go punch someone in the face. Don’t leave, ok?” You gave him a quick smile, and fortunately he smiled back. You ran towards the front and slammed the paper on the nerd’s desk, showing the most pissed off face ever possible. You did not forget to crack your fists right in front of him. Fortunately, he seemed intimidated since he did not dare speak any word while you were there. Good, ‘cause one insulting word from that braced mouth you wouldn’t have hesitated to break his teeth. As soon as he handed you the star, you ran back to the table, but your face immediately fall when you saw that D.O was no longer there.

“He must have not liked me.” You mumbled. Yeah. Why would an overly cute and smart boy even like a violent girl like you? Psh. Sighing, you picked up your bag. Then you noticed a piece of paper peeking out. Brows furrowing, you pulled it out, and there were words written in red by a very familiar handwriting.

I’m not nervous because I’m scared of you. You have such a beautiful smile, and I can’t stop blushing whenever I see it. I just didn’t have the nerve to say it to you earlier, I’m so sorry! o///o

And I bumped into you in purpose. It wasn’t your fault. I wanted a reason to be close to you. I’m sorry again! o///o

So, if I didn’t creep you out, if I'm worthy of one second of your life, may I ask you one favor?

Can you please turn around?

Without even thinking, you whipped around, and bumped your head into someone. You stumbled backwards, but the person grabbed your waist to keep you in balance. It was D.O.

Slowly, he removed a hand from behind him, and revealed a cute paper flower. Biting his lip nervously, he shyly looked at you, and forced a smile.

“Hi.”  

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