Chapter 4: Done for Today
I open the computer lab door to find it incredibly dark.
"Odd…" I say to myself. I hear some rustling in the darkness and decide that before I move on, I need to shed some light on this. So I flick the lights on. "Oh hello," I say to a caramel skinned girl with purple hair sitting at the computer I usually use. "I didn't think anyone else would be in here on a Saturday."
She smiled
"Neither did I," she said cheerfully yet meekly.
I gave a weak smile back.
"Why are you in here?" I asked as I sit at a computer across from her.
"Oh I just transferred. I decided I should do as much as I can to catch up," she said with the same smile.
"Oh…where are you from then?"
"Japan."
"Well that's coincidental. My roommate's from Japan."
She continued working with a smile. Not much else was said after that, which is fine with me. I need to work on my paper.
If only I could maybe concentrate on the stupid paper. I'd look at the book, I'd look at the monitor, and all I can think about is how loud her typing is. I don't know why but this girl's presence is really annoying to me.
I can't take this.
"Well," I say as I stand with my things already packed up, "I think I'm done for today."
"Oh?" she said ever so nonchalantly. "Have a good afternoon then." I swear I could feel my face twitch as I walked out. I shut the door and look down at the ground.
"Chu!" I could have fallen over.
"Wha…" What is this thing? A monkey or a mouse or what?
"Chu!" it said again pointing at the door.
"Eh…? You want in?"
"Chu!!" it said nodding.
"O…k…" I open the door and this purple thing runs in. "What on Earth…?" I'm not going to think about it. I just want to go home.