Bepbepbepbepbep shouted the alarm clock into Robin's ear at 7 o'clock in the morning. He just sighed as he silenced it and raised himself up from his bed. He had been up to 3 at night to get ideas about what to do for his story, so he had only slept 4 hours. He lived in a small apartment downtown with only a 20 minute walk to work so he weren't that worried to work late. He went straight into the bath and took a cold shower to wake him up and brushed his teeth afterwards. He then put on some clothes, made a little breakfast and went right out of the door after he had put on his giant coat.

On the way to work picked he up a newspaper and a cup of coffee from the newsstand on the way so he could stay awake. After a short walk had he arrived at his workplace, the local library. While it was the local library was it also the third biggest in the city so there was always a lot of people. He entered and left his coat in the workers area when he meet another librarian.

"Hey Miriel" greeted Robin. The glassed woman looked at him before looking at the clock.

"5 minutes late. You need to get up earlier from now on" she told him.

"Nice seeing you too…" said Robin with a sigh before taking a sip of his coffee. He then yawn openly.

"Up all night again?" asked Miriel as they entered the public area.

"Yeah, I really need to find a good idea or else I'm stuck here forever" told Robin.

"What's wrong with that?" asked Miriel sincerely curious. Robin and her just looked at each other a while before Robin said "Forget it"

"Fine" said Miriel. "So, did you have any new ideas?"

"Yeah" told Robin as he took a note book out of his pocket. He then handed it to her and she flipped it through.

"That's quite a lot of ideas" told Miriel. "I'll look through them when I isn't busy"

"Thanks" said Robin as he walked out amongst the books to put the returned ones back where they belonged.

It was soon lunch time for lunch and Robin was working hard on an empty stomach. He regretted only eating a fried egg in the morning but he hadn't had time for anything else. He was just done with a third batch of returning books and was standing at the top of a ladder to put the last in its place.

"Ahem!" heard Robin from under him and he looked down to see Miriel. She held up his notebook and said "I have read it"

Robin slide down the ladder and asked "Was there anything good?"

"Let's talk over lunch" told Miriel. Robin nodded and asked "The usual place?"

"Yeah"

"Then let me get my coat" told Robin as he began to push the trolley back.

15 minutes later they sat outside a small café next to the library and had just ordered their lunch.

"So…" began Robin. "Which of them did you like"

"15: The Dragon is the Knight? 22: A Slave and a Princess. 25: Dark Stories" she told him. He sat there and waited till there coffee came before asking "That's it?"

"What do you inquire of me?" she asked.

"What did you like about them?" asked Robin a little awkward. Miriel took a sip and said "'Dark Stories' was about how a young man fought to stop an insane genius who used his brilliant mind to create an army of undead war machines to take over the world. A serious and dark world is right up my alley but it reminded me about Frankenstein too much"

She took another sip and continued.

"'The Dragon is the Knight?' was at first glance a stupid comedy but it offered an emotional tie to the character right at the beginning since he tried to hide his other side from the other knights"

This made Robin smile till she harshly added "Still, I believe only a true buffoon would mean it was incredible"

Robin sighed and asked "And what about number 22?"

Miriel looked up from her coffee and said "It was good. I liked the settings but it needed a little more… depth"

"Got ya" said Robin as their orders arrived. "I'll just got to add some depth to it… huh"

"I believe so" told Miriel. The conversation from there on drifted to casual talk and awkward questions from Miriel.

It was now around 14 and Robin was working hard with accepting returned books. Then suddenly could he hear a girl shout off the top of her lungs "RROOBBIINN!"

"Nowi! You can't shout in here!" said a boy's voice in a hushing manner.

Robin sighed and excused himself so he could walk to the entrance. There stood a small girl with long green hair and a brown haired boy with a big hat on, wearing similar school uniforms. He just stood with an awkward smile while the girl just smiled.

"Nowi, how many times have I told you to be quiet in here?" asked Robin.

"25!" said Nowi, coming up with a wild guess. She was completely unfazed by the disapproving look from Robin.

Robin sighed again and turned his and asked Miriel who was behind him "Can I get a 10 minute break?"

"If you get her out of here, then yes" told Miriel before walking off. Robin nodded and went to grab his coat while Nowi waved Miriel goodbye.

They sat outside on the stone steps and talked.

"Robin! Are you still single?!" asked Nowi.

"Why do you ask me that every time we meet…?" asked Robin.

"I have heard that adults who isn't in a relationship are losers" told Nowi innocently. "So big bro Robin is a loser"

"Hey, don't call me that!" said Robin annoyed. He then calmed down and asked "How's school doing for you two?"

"It's boring!" told Nowi.

"It's unfair…" said Ricken.

"How come?" asked Robin.

"Guess who the top of our class is"

"No idea"

"Nowi…"

"No way" said Robin blunt.

"Hey!" came from Nowi. Robin just laughed at that response before looking at his wristwatch and said "And… times up!" before walking back to the library.

"Eh! Can't you stay longer!?" asked Nowi. Robin looked back and said "Unlike someone here, I am not done for the day so I have to return"

He then waved to them and said "But let's meet up another day and continue to talk, ok?"

Nowi and Ricken nodded and ran off.

When Robin had returned to the library was the first thing he meet with was a lovely scarlet haired lady who said "Excuse me"

"Yeah?" asked Robin.

"Do you work here?" she asked him. Robin just answered with "I do"

"Where is the story books?" she asked.

"Depends on the genre. What are you looking for?"

"Fantasy. A friend recommended a couple of books of the genre and I figured I would pick them up while I was here"

"Wait a minute" told Robin before going over to the trolley. There was a lot of fantasy books there so he figured he could show her the way since he had to get there anyway.

"Follow me" he told her and she followed.

A minute later were they in the fantasy book aisle.

"Here we are" told Robin "The city's greatest collection in fantasy"

"Wow…" was all the woman could say in response. Robin looked at her and could just see that she was thinking about how she would find the books she was looking for.

"What are you looking?" asked Robin.

"Huh? Umm, three books. First, The King amongst Fools…"

"A great choice. A story about a man rising through the ranks of the military and still have that heroic feeling about it"

"Lords of Elements…"

"A good old stereotypical High Fantasy adventure. Great story"

"And… Shadow of a Ruler"

"Oh… that's a really dark story. Are you sure you want to read it?" asked Robin.

"It was highly recommended so I would at least give it a try" told the woman.

"Ok, get ready to get depressed" warned Robin. It took him two minutes to find the three books and he told her "You can borrow them for a month so just read to your heart's content"

"Thank you" she said and then gave him one of the warmest smiles he had ever received. He didn't even know how to react before felt a light blush on his cheeks.

"A-anyway, just enjoy them. It would have been waste to borrowing them if you didn't like them" he told her.

"Don't worry, I will" she told him before waving him goodbye. He just waved back and smiled. He then thought to himself "What the hell just happened…?"