My Job As the Librarian Chapter 1
So I've been looking to get into the college game for about 2 or 3 years now. It hasn't really turned out that great. See I'm not sure if I want to go abroad or really just what I want to do at all. In the mean time though, I've been mooching off my friend and living in her apartment. Unfortunately for me she went and got engaged to her high school sweetheart.
So where does that leave me you may ask? With an expensive apartment and no one to pay rent, that's where. Ah but my friend being the, oh so kind hearted person she is, hooked me up with a job where she works. The only catch is, well the job itself. I'm going to be a librarian for Ouran Private Academy.
I only just got out of high school a few years ago and now I have to go back? Speaking of which, I better get going I don't want to be late on the first day. Now let me think, I wrote that address down somewhere.
My automatic reaction is to just look on the inside of my hand because that's where I write pretty much anything I need to remember. My mom would always yell at me saying, 'oh you're going to get ink poisoning if you keep writing on your hand.' Then she would buy me planners but I lose everything, and I know one thing I don't plan on losing anytime soon and that's my hand.
Well anyway I checked and the address was there so I'm off. When I pulled up to the place I didn't expect it to be so big, but I'm up for whatever so this should be fun. Right?
I saw my friend waiting out front for me like she said she would. I walk up to her and greet her with a smile.
"Ah, Mizuki I'm glad you made it. I was afraid you were going to show up late like usual," she mocked.
"You're always doubting me, aren't you? But I showed up early and just for you Nabuko," I spoke in a cheery voice and pinched her cheeks.
She swatted my hand away instantly, "You know I hate it when you do that."
"Which makes it all the more reason to do it in the first place," I said tauntingly while patting her back.
She rolls her eyes at me and grabs my arm, "Come on I have to take you to meet the Chairman."
"Well gosh doesn't that sound exciting," I reply sarcastically as she drags me through the school. We get to a door that has 'Chairmen Suoh' written on it.
She pauses and looks at me, "Now remember he hired you based off my recommendation, so don't make me look bad alright?"
I gave her a cheeky grin and thumbs up, "You have the Mizuki guarantee."
She rolled her eyes at me again and opened the door. Nobuko put on a smile and said, "Good morning Chairman Suoh, this is Mizuki Yamakage. She's the new librarian you hired."
He glanced away from his paperwork and looked me up and down with indifference. "Right well… Could you get her a uniform and send her off to work? I'm afraid I'm a bit swamped at the moment," he asked.
"Right away sir," she said with a bow and left, with me trailing close behind.
I glanced at the dress Nobuko was wearing; I suppose that I will have the same thing. It's not all that bad, a nice black dress going down to above the knees. I'll tell you one thing, these people sure are classy.
We came up to a closet and Nobuko disappears inside in search of a dress my size. "I take it that you're still a size 3," she calls back to me.
"Yep, I still haven't grown at all," I reply drily. She reappears handing me a dress and tells me to get changed. Once I'm done we start making our way to the library.
"Let me explain a few things to you. First off, there are 2 different shifts we take. The first one for you will be to take a cart, filled with the books students return, and put the books back in their places. Then when the first shift is over we take our lunch break. When we get back your next shift will be manning the desk and I'll explain how you do it when the time comes. Do you understand?" she explained. I give her a slight nod.
"Alright, well here we are," she exclaims pushing the doors open.
"I'll be at the desk if you need anything. The cart is right over there. If you run out of books come back and pick up the next one. Will you be alright by yourself?" she says while setting up stuff on the desk.
I stick my tongue out at her, "I'm not a baby Nobuko. I can do things on my own."
"Well excuse me for caring," she laughs.
I walk up to get a cart so I can head off on my way. Now let's see, the first book belongs in the nonfiction section. This will be a piece of cake.
I look up to the rows of bookshelves, so I'm in the foreign language section huh? Well obviosly that means...uh what the hell does that mean? Is there a map around here somewhere? I start venturing further into the library, probably only getting my self even more lost.
Maybe I could text Nobuko and ask her how to navigate myself through this god-forsaken maze. I pull out my phone only to realize that i have no connection what-so-ever.
Get a grip Mizuki you're fine. You're in the Law and Business section and you're perfectly ok. Who the hell am i kidding, you're screwed. Is anyone even in here anyway? I walk through out more sections looking at the tables to see if anyone was occupying them. Huh, typical, not a single living being anywhere.
I park the cart over by a wall and stand beside it. I plop onto the floor in defeat. My first day on the job and I already suck at it.
"Mizuki? Are you around here somewhere?" I hear Nobuko call out from a distance. Oh thank god.
"Nobuko! I'm over here!" I call desperately from the floor.
I watch her come into view, "Mizuki? Why the hell are you on the floor?"
"That's not important just help me get up," I whine while holding my arms out to her.
"Oh, brother," she huffs as she pulls me onto my feet. "By the way, I came to find you because I forgot to give you a map of the library. It must have just slipped my mind," she chuckles but I don't seem to find it all that funny.
She laughs more at the annoyed look on my face. I try to stand my ground but I always end up laughing whenever she does. Cause when she laughs her nostrils flare ever so slighty. You would'nt notice unless I pointed it out but it's still pretty hilarious either way.
"Well I better head back to the desk. It's been a slow day though. There's normally more people here," she put her hand on her chin in thought.
"What do you mean by more people? There's no one here at all," my hands gesture to the empty space of the library.
"Trust me it's just a slow day. I mean, it's monday all the kids are out of it," she reassures me.
"Oh I bet. Well thanks for the map, but uh...when's lunch?" I ask with hopeful eyes.
She checks her watch, "Not for about another hour or so. I'm sure you can last til then. I'll be at the desk. Meet me there at noon for our break. Alright well I'll see ya then."
I guess I better try to put away as many books as possible to make up for lost time. As my cart of books starts to recede and time moves on, I check the clock. It's 11:48 I better start heading back to the desk.
Nobuko was leaning against the desk waiting for me. "Hey Mizuki. So for lunch we have to eat in the cafeteria with the students. I know it's lame, but we have our own table so it's not that bad. I don't know know aout you but I'm starved. So let's hurry before the kids get there," she finishes slightly pushing me toward the door.
"Alright I get it you're hungry. Calm down," I groan as she drags me to the cafeteria.
I got to give this place some props the food is some of the best looking stuff I've ever seen. Once we were seated at our table Nobuko started pointing out some of the different groups in the school.
"That over there is the teachers table, then the jocks and cheerleaders, nerds and dorks, the normals, fangirls, flunkies any thing you can think of really. The school is very diverse," she stated.
"What about that table over there?" I point to a rather strange looking group.
"Oh them... That's the Host Club," she answers.
"This place has a Host Club? How strange, Iv'e never heard of a school having a Host Club," I state in confusion.
"It's actually a rather new addition. Only been together about a year or so. The Chairman's son formed it," she said.
I munch on my food some more and glance over at them, "What's even the purpose of it?"
"Well after school they entertain the girls who visit the club. Each host has a different type in order to fit the ladies desires. Tamaki, the Chairman's son, is the prince type and leader of the group. Kyouya is the cool type and the brains of the operation. So of course he's the one wearing glasses. Haruhi is the natural type, he only just joined recently. He's the one with big brown eyes. Hikaru and Kaoru are the little devil type and they are the auburn haired twins. Although it seems one of them is missing. Hunni is the loli-shota type and he's the adorale blonde one. And Lastly Mori is the Wild type, although he's actually very quiet. He's the mega tall one. If you're so intersted you could go check them out after school. I'll cover for ya," she says winking.
"No way, that's gross they're high schoolers. How do know so much about them anyway?" I question her.
"Well you'd be surprised but the library is kind of like the gossip spot for all the noisy fangirls. It's actual kind of annoying but either way all they talk about is the Host Club. So I've picked up on a few things," she explained.
"Ah I see. So I guess it's pretty populer than," I get up to throw my food away.
"Right they are very popular indeed," she replies stuffing fruit in her mouth.
"Well enough about the Host Club, what do we do after lunch?" I ask.
"Well we get about an hour and a half for our break. After I finish lunch I normally call Tadashi and we talk for awhile. But I guess since you're here I can't do that," she thinks for moment.
"Oh no please don't let me intrude on your personal time with your fiance. I would hate to be a burden," I say sarcastically.
"Oh don't be such a smart-ass," she teases.
"Don't worry though, I'll just do some more exploring in the library so I can get used to it. You just enjoy your phone call," I wink.
"See ya back at the library then," she smiles and waves as I leave the cafeteria.
Once I was back in the library I saw someone waiting at the desk. He turned to me when I walked in. It was one of the twins Nobuko told me about.
"Hello, are you a librarian here?" he asked.
"Yes, I'm sorry I was on my lunch break. Can I help you with something?" I make my way behind the desk.
"Yes I need to check out this book for a class, but I'm kind of in a hurry I don't like to be away from my brother for long," he pleads.
"Of course," I take the book and scan it. A box appeared on the computer asking for a name.
"You're name, please?" I ask.
"I'm Kaoru Hitachiin," he replies.
"Yes, thank you. Here you go Kaoru," I hand him the book.
He eyes my name tag, "It's been a pleasure meeting you Mizuki. Thank you for the book."
There's that Host Club charm I guess. Why were'nt any of the guys polite when I was in high school. I wonder if his twin is the same? The door made an echo sound as he carefully shut it.
The doors opened just as quickely as they had closed and Kaoru came back in. I stare at him puzzled. "Sorry for the inconvenience. I seem to have left my bag in here," he states awkwardly.
"Oh, it's no trouble at all. It's actually been quite dull in here. No one has come in at all besides you," I inform him.
"You don't say? It's such a shame too. The library's a great place. Although I can never get my twin to agree with me," he laughed. "Actually now that I think about it, I havent seen you before. Are you new here?" he grabs his bag.
"Yes. The other Librarian, Nobuko, recommended me to the Chairman. She's a friend of mine," I told him.
"Oh really? She's a very nice girl," he smiles.
"Yeah, that's what she wants you to think," I start laughing.
"I guess I should watch out for her then," he laughs and walks over to the desk.
"Yeah she's been a little crazy lately cause she's trying to plan her wedding and everything."
"Thats sounds exciting. Though she looks a bit young to be getting married," he commented.
"I would agree, but it's sort of different with them. They're high school sweethearts, been dating ever since the 8th grade. Of course they've had their ups and downs though," I filled him in.
"Every couple does though," he added.
"So what book are you reading for class," I change the subject.
He looks down at the book, "Oh this old thing, it's nothing special. I'm not really into non-fiction it's utterly boring. I personally perfer murder mysteries or some sort of adventure type book. What do you like?"
I thought he had to get back to his brother or something, but yet he keeps the conversation going. Not that I mind it's nice to able to talk to someone after spending a day in this empty library. What kind of books do I like though? I'm not really much of a reader. "Uh I think I lik-" but the doors burst open with Kaoru's twin entering.
"Kaoru? Kaoru! Are you in here?" he exclaimed. He spots Kaoru and runs up to hug him. "Kaoru! I missed you. I was worried about you," he embraced him tighter.
"I missed you too, Hikaru," Kaoru hugs him back.
"Don't ever leave my side again," Hikaru pulls their faces in close too eachother.
Kaoru's cheeks go bright red, "Oh, Hikaru. Why do you always have to embarress me in front of poeple."
Oh brother what drama queens. I sigh and rest my chin on my hand. Well it was nice while it lasted.
"Come on let's get to class Kaoru", Hikaru starts pulling him out of the library.
"Nice chatting with you Mizuki", he calls back to me.
"Anytime," I wave at him.
Hm, his brother seems a bit protective. I can't blame him though, they're twins. They must be very close.
The doors open yet again and Nobuko comes in with hearts in her eyes.
"Ah isn't Tadashi just the most romantic man in the world. He made reservations at some fancy place for this weekend. He said he had something very special for me. I must be the luckiest girl in the world," she twirls around the room.
It makes me want to blow chunks when she's like this. It's way to sappy and gross, just kill me now if I ever act like that.
She calmed herself down and turned to me, "So I saw the Hitachiin twins leaving here. What were you doing with them huh?" she winks suggestively.
"Ew blech, they must be like 16. Besides I have better things to do," I proclaim to her.
"Oh yeah? Like what?" she questions me.
My pride shattered as I dropped my head down.
"Exactly," she mocks.
"Oh put a cork in it. We have to get back to work," I say taking a seat at the desk.
AN: Should I continue? Read and Review Please! If you guys like this one I'll try to keep up with it unlike my other stories. I promise! Review!