I slid the door open and yawned. The classroom was quiet today, everyone had gathered at one corner. I heard Gumi squeal and she jumped out of the crowd.
"Miku-chan! You're so lucky! How come you never told me that Kaito-san was in your class?"
I cocked my head to the side in confusion. Gumi puffed out her cheeks and squealed again.
"Look!" She pointed to the crowd. Kaito rose from his desk and smiled at me.
"Miku!"
Everyone turned to glare at me. Was Kaito really that popular? I mean, even the guys were looking at me suspiciously.
"She's fine! Besides Miku, you owe me something since I saved you, right?"
I took a step back, I could feel Gumi's eyes burning into my back.
"That's right, you tripped over a box of delicate shōjo mangas and destroyed them!"
Gakupo the book club manager came storming through the door.
"You Miku Hatsune and your fellow friend Kaito must do voluntary work in the library for a month!"
"Wait, what?"
Kaito seemed surprised as well.
"I didn't cause any trouble!"
Gakupo fumbled with his glasses and mumbled something to himself.
"But you were there at the scene of this crime! Therefore you are responsible!"
Gumi giggled and whispered,
"Such a drama queen"
Gakupo swung his head to look for the mysterious voice but Gumi was well hidden among the crowd.
"Right then, I will be seeing you two after school then. An hour everyday until the month is over."
He elegantly walked off and slammed the door behind him.
I slammed my head against the wall.
"Sorry for the trouble Kaito."
"It's fine, only for a month right?"
I nodded. Everyone else seemed to be angry at me for getting Kaito caught up in this mess. Yes, even Gumi. The next two periods went by with a breeze. I ended up sitting right at the back since everyone wanted to be around Kaito. Lunch was the same, Gumi ended up sitting with Kaito.
"She really likes him doesn't she?"
Meiko ripped a piece of her lunch and popped it in her mouth.
"I think it's more that she 'admires' him.
"Same thing. You know you're pretty lucky to get noticed by a guy like him."
I shook my head.
"It was coincidence."
Meiko shrugged and threw the remainder of her lunch in the trash.
"Yuck, lettuce."
By the time the bell went for home time I was pretty bummed.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Kaito poked my forehead and laughed.
"We have afterschool duties, remember?"
I sighed. Great, I really wasn't in the mood for lining up books or hearing a lecture from Gakupo.
As Kaito and I walked to the library I felt my heart throb. Come on, snap out of it! It's just a guy, just an extremely hot guy. We arrived at the library not long after Gakupo. He still seemed pretty mad.
"Where would you like us to start boss?"
Gakupo seemed offended at Kaito's smart comment.
"You could start by writing me an apology letter." He hissed.
He gestured for me to go and sort out a bunch of mangas that had just arrived. Kaito rolled his eyes at him and followed me.
Sorting out the mangas was harder than I thought. There were so many different types! I gave up after 10 minutes.
"You're friends with Gumi right?"
Kaito threw another shōnen into its pile. I nodded my head.
"She's such a cutie!"
Kaito smiled.
"But not as cute as you!"
I flinched and felt my cheeks burn up.
"Stop fooling around!"
I flicked his forehead and continued sorting out my pile of mangas. After half an hour Kaito whined about how boring this was. I agree, I am never working in a library.
"Let's play a game."
He fetched a book from the shōjo pile and flicked through the pages.
"I'll read a line from the book and impersonate someone as if they were reading it themselves!"
To be honest, I thought the game was quite stupid. I was proven wrong after the first go.
"I'm not a nerd, I'm a specialist."
Kaito said trying to imitate Gakupo.
"Gakupo!" I giggled. This was fun, a whole lot more fun than sorting out mangas. Kaito handed me a book and pointed at a page.
"We just witnessed a classic example of what I call miss directed rage, I believe the technical term is being an ass."
I shouted out firmly, trying to imitate Meiko. Kaito folded his hands in his lap, he was thinking.
"Sounds like something Meiko would say."
I laughed. We filled up the next half an hour playing that game.
"What is this?"
Gakupo looked horrified. I stumbled to my feet. We had made a COMPLETE mess of the mangas. Gakupo sighed and gestured us to go away. Yes, we got to go home now!
"Thanks for the fun and exciting day." Kaito grinned at me. He gave me a quick peck on the cheek and snickered. I punched him in the ribs and shouted,
"Stop fooling around!"
Kaito grabbed me by the arm and said,
"See you tomorrow, Miku-chan."
