The last lesson of the day seemed to go slower than a snail because, as previously stated, it was math. I hate math. I hate numbers, I hate addition, I hate subtraction, I hate multiplication, I hate division and I hate everything in-between. I glanced at Ushio who was sitting at the desk next to me. She had an unusually happy look on her face, a look which made me question whether or not the work had broken her brain. I took a quick look at her textbook only to see that the numbers and equations were perfectly written out and every answer seemed to be correct.

"I take it you like math?" I whispered as I tilted my head towards her, my head still facing the front of the room. She giggled quietly.

"Sort of." She whispered back. "I don't know, it's just easy for me." I sighed and looked at my textbook which looked like a toddler had scribbled in it compared to Ushio's.

The lesson eventually ended and the class began to pack up their things and head home. Ushio stood by my desk as I was packing my textbooks into my bag. "So, are you still coming over tonight?" She asked.

"Well, you did invite me." I smiled at her. Her smile grew wider.

"Great!" She beamed. "But it may have to be a little bit later. I wanted to check out some of the clubs after school."

"Oh? What clubs?" I asked as I stood up.

"Well actually, I wanted to see if I could join the school's drama club." I could feel my eyes widen with curiosity.

"Really? I never pictured you as the artsy-type."

"Well, actually, my mom and dad both used to be in the drama club back when they went to this school. They always told me stories about how they got to put on a play for the school festival and I thought it'd be cool to follow in their footsteps." Ushio explained with a soft smile on her face.

"That sounds pretty cool." I told her. "How about we talk more about it tonight?" Ushio's face lit up.

"Sure! That's a great idea!" She said as the two of us stepped out into the hall.

"Great. I'll see you tonight then." The two of us said goodbye as we went down opposite ends of the hallway. I was about to head down the stairs when the doors to the library caught my eye. I decided to step in for a few minutes when I remembered that there were some books I wanted to look for. The room was empty aside from one, familiar girl standing by one of the bookshelves.

The girl turned to face me with a friendly smile and bowed her head to me. "Hello there Ayumi. It's nice to see you again.

"Is that you, Izumi?" I asked.

"So you remember me?"

"Well, it's kind of hard to forget somebody who crashes into you with their bike." Izumi giggled.

"Oh, right. I'm really sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it. I'm fine."

"So what are you doing here?" She asked.

I shrugged. "Same as you I guess."

"Oh, so you're a library monitor too?"

I raised an eyebrow at her. "What do you mean 'library monitor'?"

Before I knew it, the two of us were seated at a small table, each with a cup of tea and a stack of books at out sides.

"I don't belong to any clubs or sports teams, so I decided to ask the librarian if I could volunteer here since I spend most of my free time in the library anyway." Izumi told me as she sipped her tea.

"So… are you some sort of genius or something?" I asked as I did the same. She giggled at me and shook her head.

"No, not at all. I just love books. I spend a lot of time reading all sorts of different novels in different genres. Romance, comedy, tragedy, action, adventure, the list goes on and on."

"Oh I get it, you're a bookworm then."

"I guess you could call me that." She giggled again as she blew her messy, chestnut-colored fringe out of her green eyes. "What about you? Do you like books?" I smiled at her.

"Well, yeah but I prefer writing to reading." Izumi looked at me curiously.

"Really? You're a writer?"

"Well… I wouldn't really consider myself a writer since I've never finished anything I've written."

"Still, I think it's pretty cool. I've never met a writer before." I sighed.

"I told you, I'm not a writer. I just dabble, nothing more."

Our conversation was cut short by the sound of the great grandfather clock in the room clanging its great bells together, making the two of us jump in out chairs.

"Oh boy, it's already that late?" I said as I stood up from my chair. "Sorry Izumi, but I've got to go." Izumi gave me a warm smile.

"That's okay. I'm going to hang around in here for a little longer."

"I guess I might see you tomorrow then."

"I sure hope so." She said as she grabbed the books off of the table. "Oh, by the way. If you don't mind, do you think I could read some of your stories sometime?" I chuckled.

"We'll see." And with that, I waved goodbye to Izumi and began walking out of the school and towards my apartment before heading to the Okazaki household.

I quickly popped into my apartment to freshen up a bit. Even throughout the day my hair got annoyingly tangled as a result of the crashes with Izumi and Takeo. They were both really nice people, I guess the school is just filled with people like that.

I decided to change out of my school uniform and into a white tank top, peach colored sweater, jeans and sneakers before I called my parents to tell them where I was going, left the apartment, locked the door and made my way to Ushio's place.


I know you guys probably wanna hear more about Ushio and the Okazaki's, and trust me, it's coming, but this chapter was basically just so that you guys could get a better idea of what Izumi's like. I'm trying to make these characters as likable as possible since the characters were a major part of what made Clannad and Clannad After Story so great. If you have any idea of anything that could make the characters better then don't be afraid to message me.

Also, i'm still adding new characters at a slower pace but if you guys have any idea of your own original characters, message me and I'd be more than happy to put them in the story if I like them.