CHAPTER II "The Breach in Reality"

—Jerry

Rubbing my eyes, I noticed an open-mouthed Jasmine behind her desk. She's staring at something. Her eyes aren't blinking or even moving. She's completely petrified. I decided to follow her gaze and it lead my vision to a secluded part of the library.

I jaw-dropped.

The attention-grabber stood up from his seat and walked towards, wait towards, towards Jasmine! This is so not happening. I am maybe 7 steps away from Jasmine. The closer the attention-grabber gets to her, the more stupid Jasmine's expression turns to. I'm trying to say something but no words came out, frozen feet, locked eyes and an open-mouth.

"Excuse me, miss." He's talking to Jasmine! Talking to her! Jasmine! Say something. SAY. SOMETHING. FOR. HEAVEN'S. SAKE. I just want to slap Jasmine back to reality.

I noticed that she is saying something. She managed to say something. I focused more on their conversation.

"Yes. The return due of that book is on, wait let me check." She glanced at her monitor and looked up at him. "Two days after."

"Thank you, Miss." He grabbed the book and walked out.

My friend and I were both dumbstruck. We are having a staring contest and no one's giving up. We were both startled by the librarian when she told us that it's time to leave. Our shift is over. I forced myself up, my legs feel wobbly because of the scene I've seen.

No one uttered anything on our long way out of the university. But Jasmine broke the silence and smiled up at me. That stupid expression is once again pasted on her face.

"Jerry, please tell me I was talking to. . . Talking to . . Talking to."

"You were talking to Akashi Fucking Seijuro!" There! I said it.

She was stuck on the ground where I told her that she was talking to Akashi Seijuro. Of wait. Kuroko no Basuke?

Jasmine and me stay in the same boarding. The usual routine of eating and taking na bath when we got home was interrupted by an unusual happening. We lay down on our beds with our uniforms on and just dropped our bags as soon as we got inside our room.

"Jasmine, he's fucking real." I said, breaking the silent treatment we're giving to each other. I turned to my side to see the creepiest thing in my whole life. Jasmine with a face-splitting grin on her face! "Jasmine that's so not funny!"

Jasmine lay on her back and shut her eyes. Her grin disappeared and tears fall from the sides of her eyes.

"You know what every anime fan wants? To be able to interact and live with their favorite characters is the biggest dream we could have asked for to happen." She was really crying. "I just talked to Akashi Seijuro."

I am so happy that my bestfriend was able to talk and interact with an anime character. Oh wait. Oh shit.

As if on cue, the thoughts inside my mind came out of Jasmine's smart-ass mouth.

"If Akashi is here, with us. In this world. In our world. Then. It's not just him."

We stayed up all night talking about the possibilities, Jasmine was scared to sleep, she's scared that when she woke up the next morning, everything will be back to normal. Back to those times when we all hope for anime characters to be real.