It was Saturday morning when Liane decided to visit the owner of the book café, who also happens to be her friend, and read novels that will inspire her in her future books or just stories as what she called them. The book café's English name "little book café is translated to Latin, making it "Casu Libellus." Latin cafes are also the inspiration for their front name design.
The name was written using gold letters in a Broadway font and contrasted with a dark blue hue. Below the front entrance name is the double sliding glass doors. The interior of the book café also has a little inspired Latin, and it can be seen in the arcs of the posts. The large space with a cream wooden table and chair for one person will greet you when you entered the building. This space is for signing events of authors or writers. On both sides of it is another set of double sliding glass doors. On the right side are the books for teens and adults or everyone that ranges from 15 and above years old. Books are arranged accordingly and neatly in the tall white painted shelves, and it is extended up until the high ceiling of the stand-alone building. The white ceiling is decorated with box-like paper chandeliers where different genres of books are written. Below that are the wooden tables and chairs painted with cream and accompanied by a white desk lamp. At the end of the library is the library owner that is sometimes busy taking tea, coffee, cakes, and other available food and drinks inside the building.
On the other hand, on the left side of the building are for kids. Unlike on the right side, this room is low ceilinged and decorated with stickers and floor mats in case of slipping. Coloring books are available in this area. Food and drinks are not available in this area as kids tend to be running around when their guardians are not watching them. Unlike the other two rooms, the staff is a must in this area. Sometimes, the staff plays with children; they read them storybooks, sing with them, and assist their guardians with whatever they need.
However, this day, instead of the shop's Latin-inspired front entrance, a sea of flashes and colliding people greeted her. She pushes her way through the sea of shouting people and their cameras, and after several minutes of squishing and colliding, she successfully made her way through. Inside the building, people are a lot calmer as they are entirely in line. The large hall for event singing was literally like a sea of people but in an arranged order. Liane wonder who the author caused the influx of people into the library is and found out that it's the famous fictional writer Mr.Skyler Taevas, as it can be seen in the rectangular banner hanged on the ceiling. The author rose to fame after his debut with his book entitled Trepidation. She envies him because he managed to fulfill her long-term dream to be a famous and recognized writer. As she was about to enter the right side of the building, she caught a glimpse of Skyler.
After the book signing event of his first bestselling book ended, Skyler decided to visit the building's right side. As he entered the room, he caught a glimpse of a woman who is beaming with happiness just by reading the page where the foreword is written, and she is even standing.
Curious as he is, he follows her movement that day. He watches her closely, from her turning of book pages, tucking her long brown wavy hair behind her ear, and when he is caught, he pretends to be arranging the books that are obviously put correctly. This curiosity eventually becomes a habit and worsens only when she smiled at him when she caught him staring at her.
One day in the library, as he is doing what he always does, he thought of finally sending her a message and knowing what she feels about him. Using his creativity in words, he talked to the owner, who happens to be a woman's friend. He asked Ara if he could mess the arrangement of some books and place her on those particular shelves when she arrived at the room. His day ended after he gets permission from Ara.
As he told the library owner, Skyler messed the arrangement of some books early in the morning. After messing with the books, using his hooded jacket, he hides his face and waits for Liane to enter the building and signal Ara to do what he asked of her.
Even though Liane is baffled, she just followed what Ara told her to do. Her confusion doubled, and she raised an eyebrow at her friend when she saw lots of books piled horizontally instead of vertically.
"Just read them," Ara told her and leave her alone with a smile plastered on her face.
As she stared at the books in front of her, she noticed that each book's spine is facing her, and when she read them downwards, book titles eventually formed a poem. It's a book spine poetry!
She read them one by one with excitement.
Love Sparks by Erika Jane
The minute I saw you by Paige Toon
Everlost by Neal Shusterman
In your eyes: A Novel by Laura Moore
Confusion creeps into her as she continues to read the books that are arranged "for her," according to Ara.
After reading all of them, Ara ordered one of her workers to arrange the books accordingly. Just by seeing that, Liane thought to herself that this worker will be tired every morning if ever this person doing spine book poetry continues. Afraid as she might be, she tells Ara to just say to the person who did the books to just introduce her or himself to her like a normal being or just stop. Ara just shrugged her shoulder as an answer to her request.
Liane's day continues like normal after the happening that occurs in the morning.
Because of the strange person who just create a mess in the library, Liane decided not to go into the building for a week.
Thinking that the strange person already stopped, Liane, decided to finally visit the book café, only to find a man standing on the first shelves while holding a pile of books arranged horizontally that created a spine book poem.
It's him! She said to herself.
She was astonished that the person really reveals itself, and it doubled when she sees who this person is.
It's none other than Skyler Taevas!
It felt like her heart pounded outside her ribcage because of her nervousness.
Then Skyler asks her to read the last poem that will he will create using the spine of books.
How to love
After
A spark unseen
Ignite
Everlost
When you were here
Something like normal
In perfect light
She's speechless. Liane's ability to speak was suddenly taken away from her by this being in front of her, and she doesn't know what's the reason behind this stupidity.
As both of them are in their own world, Ara is filming them. She never knew that Liane could be rendered speechless by a man. Nonetheless, she roots for the two to be a couple as she thinks they match each other.
The library has witnessed the courtship of the couple. They would spend their days in the corner of Ara's café reading books, drinking their favorite beverages, talking, or just being the average sweet couple that they usually are. And even after several months, the couple is still healthy, they may be busy with their career, but they find time for each other.
