Counter Time

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As the day gets closer to sundown, the mood of the library keeps getting cozier with it's light that doesn't hurt your eyes and the quietness of the surrounding and probably due to the cold and cloudy weather.

The library is extra quiet today, not much people—no people at all except for one. The popular nerdy one Ace Kleinhaus with his unusually white hair, (let's normalize white hair!) his face had that faraway look in it, which cannot be described in words and his pale complexion almost white that makes him stand out a lot. Even as he's leaning on his chair you can see that he's tall by the way he's uncomfortably sitting there, his eyes are closed making his thick curl eyelashes that makes every woman envy being emphasized, his long slightly calloused hand with his old silver ring that sits perfectly on his pinky finger which has a small diamond on top was visible while holding a book on the table and by the slow steady movements from his chest can you tell that he's asleep.

Mrs. Cali, the old librarian saw the scene in front of her eyes and decided to send in her assistant—Thia to wake the man up. Thia Everhart is a slender young lady, you can see she takes good care of her body and her complexion is fair, she has a bubbly dark colored hair that sways down to her waist which was being tied up today, her amber eyes which was hiding under a thick glasses lights up as her attention turns to Mrs. Cali, her slender smooth hands full of books. "Yes Mrs. Cali? " Her voice was sweet and shy as she answered placing the to-be-put-books to the counters turning her whole body to the old librarian. "Wake Mister Sleeping Beauty and tell him this is no place to sleep. " Her eyes turns to the sleeping man near the shelves and her pinkish lips that has visible wound from picking on the dead skin earlier formed a thin line, unsure of how she will be able to do what the old librarian ask or where will she get any courage to talk to a man—a handsome one if she may add.

Her attention was snapped back by Mrs. Cali's fingers in front of her face. "Are you listening, Miss Everhart? " Which she immediately answered with a nod, she fixed her skirt and her coat exposing the school's logo and headed towards the man. She practiced what she's about to tell the man in her mind but as soon as she's a foot away from him suddenly everything turned dark.

Ace felt a slight poke on his cheek which makes his body flinches and his mind starts to regain consciousness as the poking continues. He opened his eyes and revealed a dazed and confused beautiful emerald eyes through his glasses meeting with the determined yet longing amber eyes with a face of someone a little bit older than him wearing a gentle smile but said nothing. She regained composure and cleared her throat before softly speaking "Excuse me, sleeping is not allowed in the library. " Which was what she was asked to do, Ace's eyes lingers on her for awhile trying to process what she had said, his slightly open mouth and empty eyes made Thia chuckled softly before speaking slowly. "No sleeping, please. " Smiling gently at Ace who regained his composure and smiled back at her.

"I'm sorry, I guess I just got a little tired and...... " His voice trails off as his memories of last night's dreaded review came in his head which Thia noticed by his expression changing, the bags under his eyes are the proof of his exhaustion. "Ohh, I wouldn't have mind if it's just me around but the librarian is present today, I'm sorry for disturbing your rest. " She answered raising her hand in front of her like a defensive behaviour. "It's okay, really. I should have been more careful. " He says as his cheeks are tinted with slight shade of pink from being embarrassed of his actions. "It's quite okay, well.. " her voice trails off as she looked around and pointed to the back corner of the bookshelves before continuing "If you really want to catch up on sleep, there's a table over there in the corner where the librarian couldn't see from her counters. "