Nopan Mahou Shoujo

Chapter 3 📚 Library Girl (3)

Classes had ended for the day and she was on her way to the library meeting place on a splendid day in spring. The cold from winter quickly subsided and the weather became nice. The days have gotten longer and the plants are starting to bud again. It became green outside.

For a school library, it had a rather big collection of books. They covered every subject, even ones that are not taught regularly. The multiple aligned shelves formed corridors. It even had two separate floors with scientific text books on the bottom floor and literary books like novels on the top floor.

Kouhei would already be waiting on the top floor of the library at the big table, like on every other meeting day. He even skipped the last lesson in order to slack off a bit more but he would not let the opportunity to converse with Hanako slip by.

With her carefully prepared notes of what to discuss today, Hanako entered the library. Instead of directly going to Kouhei, she took her time to look for a specific book she had in mind that would help for one of her homework assignments.

After a quick search, she was able to spot the book in question. Since it is one of the less frequently requested ones, it was stored on the topmost row on the shelf she was standing in front of.

"No one can reach this..." She said to herself while stretching as far as she could. Her observation was correct. She would just barely reach the books on the rank below the one she was hoping to get. Stretching as far as she could proved not to be enough, so she was on the lookout for some students with a different stature, who might be able to reach it.

There was no one else on the bottom floor of the library she could ask for help - classes just ended and she got here as fast as she could. Then she spotted a little stool that would enable even her to get the book. She moved it to the front of the shelf but quickly paused.

"No one is here, right?" She made sure, this time not to ask for help but to be certain that no one would see her. Especially since she started wearing her skirt a little bit higher again according to what she learned from Kouhei.

With an elegant step she got onto the helping stool.

"Nnngh..." It still wasn't enough. She could almost get hold of the book, but not quite. She extended her arm as far as she could, stretching even more and standing on the tip of her toes.

"Yo, Shou, did you hear about the soccer clubs practice match yesterday? They said it was a nail biter!"

The voice of two students who just entered the library was heard right behind Hanako. On the hunt for their own research material, they passed Hanako in close proximity so that the quick step of them even swayed her skirt a little, which was now located on the shoulder-level of the two boys as she was standing on the stool.

The corridor of shelves didn't leave much room for more than two people. So the distance between Hanako and them was less than an arm's length.

Her eyes went wide out of surprise - or rather shock - and blood ran through her cheeks making for a healthy red blush. The far outstretched hand was quickly moved back to her skirt to make sure they wouldn't notice her not wearing panties.

But the two students were already gone, around the corner into the next corridor of shelves. Hanako was able to hear them from the other side of the corridor and let out a sigh of relief.

Once again she stretched as far as she could and miraculously she got hold of the book, not without standing on her toes again.

"Lucky!" She thought, but then lost her balance and fell to the carpeted library floor with a loud thump, buried in books from the shelf.

"Are you okay!?" one of the two male students rushed over from the next corridor just to find her in a position that was fair to be called problematic.

One foot still resting on the stool she lay with her back on the ground. Several books bumped onto her. One of them landing flipped open on top of her head and another one conveniently landing in front of her crotch. This book saved her from an even more embarrassing situation because otherwise her skirt would be completely open to the sight of the helpful student.

"...Oops", she said with her tongue slightly sticking out, trying to play down the situation. "Well, I got it", smilingly and proudly she presented the book she was eager to get.

"Let me help you get things in order. Shou, come here for a sec and give a hand!"

As a team of three people they managed to restore the original order the books were lined up in. They also collected all the notes Hanako brought on multiple pieces of paper for the magical girl meeting which were also scattered all over the floor.

"Thank you so, so much!" Hanako bowed down in front of her two helpers.

"Don't worry about it. Good luck with your task. When I got that book last year, it was a nightmare", one of the boys remarked while returning to the next corridor.

"Phew", another sigh. Hanako dodged two bullets in the span of a minute. How long would her luck last?