“Excuse me, I’m returning these books I borrowed two days ago.”
The librarian looked up and smiled. “Oh! Hi there Yana! Good to see you again! Thanks for returning them on time! ” He took the books from Yanako’s hands and slid the book return slip in front of her along with the pen for her to sign. She signed the slip like she usually do and hand it back to the librarian where he stamped ‘RETURNED’ on it just as always.
“No, I should be the one thanking you. The book helped me a lot!” Yanako replied. “Say Mr. Watanabe, I brought my friend Sara with me today. Is it okay if we stay here and just look around for a while?”
The librarian chuckled softly. “Yes of course! You can do anything you want as long as you won’t be a disturbance to the people around. This is a public library after all.”
“Thanks Mr. Watanabe!” Yanako said and gestured Sara to follow her through the bookshelves.
Sara is Yanako’s dorm mate and best friend. She is very cute and attractive. Her eyes are round and as blue as the sky. Her hair has natural big curls and is golden brown that reaches her waist. Her body is properly proportioned and her skin is as smooth and as white as milk. She is the type that people will really adore in just one glance.
“You really are a bookworm aren’t you?” Sara said while looking at Yanako who is busy looking at the line of books in front of her.
“Why’d you say that?” She absentmindedly asked.
“It’s too obvious! Even the librarian is your friend!” Sara said laughing.
“Well, I guess you could say that.” Yanako replied still scanning the shelves.
Sara flipped her hair. “Don’t you get bored reading this stup –”
“Aha!” Yanako exclaimed cutting Sara in mid sentence. She pulled the book out of the shelf. “Found it!” she faced Sara and smiled. “Let’s take a seat!”
They sat by the first vacant table they could find.
“So, what were you saying again?” Yanako asked looking directly at Sara.
“It’s nothing.” Sara smiled and scanned the pages of the book she randomly picked from the shelves. “Why do you prefer staying here in the library than going out shopping?” She asked still not looking at Yanako.
“Well, it’s more peaceful here and I can learn a lot of amazing things.” Yanako replied while turning some pages of the book she chose. “Besides, I am not fond of going out.”
Sara laughed. “As your dorm mate, all I can say is that I can’t agree more on what you said.”
Yanako smiled. It can never be denied that she is a bookworm since she spends her leisure time in the library or on bookstores. And judging from what she usually wears, she is a person that doesn’t like to stand out. She is a complete opposite of Sara. She just wears simple clothes like a plain t-shirt and pants. She doesn’t even bother wearing makeup. She ties her hair up and she wears glasses. You could only see her wearing a skirt on school days since its part of the uniform for girls.
“Oh, Before I forget…” Yanako took out a book from her bag and handed it to sara. “Here you go! I’m done reading it. Thanks for letting me borrow.”
