lovefiction | khy + kis

ii.

wait, i can't not do the project and it's too late to ask if i can do it myself or change partners. well not like i have anyone else to do it with. ugh now i really have to go research and work with that dick.
     i walked to the library a few blocks away from chani's house. it was older, like it hadn't been remodeled since the 70s. the bookshelves were dusty and some of the fluorescent lights would occasionally flicker.
i went up to the counter where a guy was putting away returned books, his back turned to me. i cleared my throat so he could hear me.
"hello, may i help you?" he turned around and smiled. his smile... holy shit.
"uh.. yeah.. um, do you know where there would be books on kepco?" he gave me a funny look. "i mean, it's for a project. i'm not that boring."
he chuckled, "it should be over there in the historical nonfiction aisle. if you need any help then just come back and ask whatever question okay?"
"thank you sir, and thanks for offering." i headed towards the aisle he had pointed to.
the library was pretty empty except for some teenagers on the computers and older women flipping through magazines.
i finally found four books about the korean electric power corporation and sat down at a table to study.
that shithead, he played video games with me too yet here i am researching all of this by myself. i'll really have youngbin tell him off later.
after about 20 minutes of "studying", i found myself dosing off. reading up on the history of a power company sure is fun! however, i heard an object hit the table i was sitting at and quickly looked up. it was the same guy who directed me to the books, this time he had a cup of coffee.
"i saw you start to fall asleep but doing your project must be important right? plus it's only been 20 minutes since you got here, you need to keep going. i made you some coffee to help you stay awake." he smiled again and waved the cup towards me. the smile that instantly takes your breath away.
"oh wow, thanks a lot!" i took the cup into my own hands and took a sip.
"that's what i'm here for. i mean, i'm not a barista but.." he chuckled then turned the other way. "anyways, you should get back to studying and i should get back to organizing. good luck on your project."
i would've said "thanks again" but he was already walking off and i didn't want to piss off the other readers.

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two hours had passed and mostly everyone was gone other than a couple other students who were nose-deep in textbooks and the strikingly attractive librarian-turned-barista.
i gathered up the books and went to the self check out desk, which was basically the fromt desk. i got out my card and scanned the barcode, then checked out the books.
the same librarian came up to the desk on the opposite side of me so i was facing him.
"oh hey." i smiled at him.
"so, how did it go?"
"boring. what else can you get from studying though?" he chuckled. "you said i can ask any question right?"
"yes of course, go ahead."
"can i get your number?"