i o u. -ishimondo story

chapter ten • okay but wtf is math

couple months after the previous events
TL;DR, Taka and Chi are friends, Mondo and Taka are friend(s) or neutral maybe who knows. They don't talk to each other much but it'll surely change

Some cold day in November, Kiyotaka took a visit to the library.

In school, there were upcoming finals. More towards the end of the month, but to prepare for breaks soon. Today he's taking the textbooks back, carried in a bag while walking to the library. He and Chihiro had studied during lunch that day for math and science. They both agreed that they've "Got this test in the bag" (Chi's words, not Taka's).

He entered through the front doors and a small bell rung, alerting of a new customer. The librarian gave him a wave and pushed a cart to another room. Another librarian motioned for him to go up to the counter and drop off the books.

"Got all your notes done?" She asked. Kiyotaka smiled and nodded.

"Yes! I'll be reviewing them throughout the week and I do think I'll pass it."

"As always." The women laughed and checked in the books through the computer. Before she could put them on another cart to be stacked away later, he put his hand out.

"I know where those go, I'm about to check that section for another book. Would it help if I just put these up for you right now?"

"Yes, actually. That would be a big help, we're low on staff today." She took the stack of books and placed them into Kiyotaka's hands. "Thank you, Ishimaru!"

"You're very welcome!" He carefully carried the books towards the aisle, looking down at the title of one, and making sure he remembered the notes. He repeated a few mathematical formulas in his head, along with chemistry and physics notes.

I'll pass this test...right? These are way more notes than usual. Well, Chihiro said we'd do good. I believe them.

Kiyotaka looked to his left to hear small bits of laughter from younger kids in the library's Children's section, with parents reading to them. From the other side of the library there were frustrated sighs, from students who were studying, he guessed.

He began to put up the top books into their shelves neatly, then made his way to the next section while staring down at another title. All the books were dropped from his hands when he felt his body collide with another person's, resulting in both of them dropping everything and roughly landing on the floor.

"WOAH-"
"SHIT-!!"

"Language..." He commented out of habit Kiyotaka rubbing the back of his head.

He looked up to see the other person facing the ground and rubbing their head too. Kiyotaka sat up and started collecting the books from around him.

"Apologies! I wasn't watching where I was going and-"

"Whatever it's fine." They grumbled and started to help pick the books up. Kiyotaka got a good look at them, wearing a hoodie and beanie and their hair was covering the top half of their face. They also had purple eyes and-

"Take a picture, it'll last longer."

Right he was staring. "Apologies! I just thought-wait you sound familiar."