Arthur was packing up his things off his desk when a little girl ran up, peeking just over the edge of his desk.
"Um... Mister?" Her voice was quiet, high pitched, and Arthur couldn't help but smile at how cute she was.
"Yes, ma'am?"
She seemed a bit caught off guard at the title but giggled and placed a won book on the librarian's desk. "Can you check this out for me? Mum said I could use the check-out machine thing but I dunno how to use that."
The blonde man nodded once and sat in his office chair, rebooting the computer as he glanced over the title of the story. "Peter Pan is one of my favorites. You picked a good book."
"I like this story 'cos my name's Wendy just like her's!" She smiled, showing off a mouth of missing teeth.
"That's amazing! I bet you're just like her."
"Yeah, 'cept my brothers are ruddy and older than me." She wrinkled her nose.
Arthur chuckled, scanning the book before setting the receipt in the front cover. "Here you go, young lady. I hope you enjoy the story."
The young girl squealed in excitement and grabbed the book, skipping off back to her mother. Sighing, Arthur shook his head with a small smile and turned off his computer. He slung his messenger bag over his shoulder and grabbed his keys out of his sweater pocket, glancing over his desk before turning and starting toward the door. Giving a small wave to the old woman who sat at the front desk, he stepped out the door and into the chilled air of England.
He stopped by a small café to purchase a cup of warm tea and put one hand in his pocket while he headed home down the busy street. The Brit pulled out his phone to check the time and frowned at the sight of a missed call and a text message.
Lukas:
Hey, what do you want to do about dinner tonight?
Arthur internally groaned. He hadn't even thought about dinner, but clearly his roommate had.
Arthur:
I've got no idea. Want to just order a pizza or something?
He was just setting his phone back in his pocket when it vibrated again.
Lukas:
Sure, so long as it's pepperoni.
Arthur snorted and placed his phone back in his pocket. Sipping his tea, he turned the corner and ran straight into someone. His cup was crushed and steaming hot tea ran down his front.
"I'm sor-"
"You better be bloody sorry! Asshat! Watch where you're going, you blithering idiot-" The Brit stopped as he looked up into the face of two intimidating men. One had wild golden hair, his dark blue eyes sparkling as his lips twisted up into a grin. The other had a much nicer haircut, though one piece of the wheat blonde mop stuck up annoyingly. He had blue eyes just as his friend, but his were lighter and framed by a rectangular pair of glasses. But something was off, Arthur could feel it.
"He's sorry, but he's also kind of an idiot," Glasses replied, grinning just as his friend was.
"Oh don't start on me-"
Arthur glared and held up his broken cup. "Idiots." He shoved the cup at the wild haired one, who shrieked and tossed the cup to his friend, before shoving them apart and walking past. He hurried off into another café, grabbing napkin before running into the bathroom to wipe off his nice dark green sweater.
Alfred watched the small Brit walk off with a dopey grin, to which Mathias promptly smacked off.
"Hej? Alfred? You there buddy?" He teased.
The American narrowed his eyes and shoved the Danish man. "Yeah, I'm here, idiot."
Mathias laughed and turned to glance back at the small man who Alfred seemed to captivated by. "So is that him? Thought there were two?"
"There is. They live together."
"Really? You think they're like... Lovers?" Alfred nearly choked.
"No way! They're just friends! There was some other guy in their group, but he was taken out last year- the guy with pointy teeth."
"Oh yeah! Mr. Vampire! So, this'll be an easy task right? 'Cuz they already live together, we could just follow this human home and take them both out!" Mathias nodded and wiped off a bit of leftover tea from his long black coat.
Alfred shook his head, adjusting his glasses. "No. We've got to plan things out, otherwise we'll be hunted... Just like they are."
The Dane nodded, his smile turning a bit more malicious. "Great, 'cuz I'm starving."
A/N
I hoped you enjoyed this chapter of Librarian's Pet, seeing as it is one of my first stories. It was a bit short, and I'm not proud of that, but I hope to have the rest of the chapters of this story longer than this was. But I still hope you enjoyed this and I'm looking forward to writing more!