Red eyes browsed the bookshelf, a perpetual frown apparent on her face. Kuu had always been quiet and a bit strange like this, but she radiated an even colder aura if that was even possible. Sitsuma practically called the school library his home away from home, studying during his free periods there and watched whoever made their way in the rather lonely room. There were the regulars, the boy with blond slicked back hair, the grayish girl whose bangs hid her eyes, and Kuu. Often times the others came to the library for a quiet place to chat, but there was the odd visitor every once in awhile, ranging from the lost underclassmen or someone browsing the selection available. The boy with blond hair kept to himself similarly to the rest of the regulars, but Sitsuma felt drawn to Kuu for some reason. As if she was hurting.
'That's gotta be impossible. Nobody's ever seen Kuu express a single emotion during her time attending Akademi High School so far.'
Yet here Sitsuma was, observing this aloof girl from the table, eyeing his open book to not appear suspicious. She pulled a book off the shelf, leafing through its pages before her cold red eyes shot over to him. He darted his eyes back down to his book, Kuu followed suit after a few moments, not in a rush to do so.
'She's sort of scary, too.'
He was so distracted by hiding his curiosity from Kuu, that he didn't even notice her taking the chair across from him. Typically, she went elsewhere in the school, almost always the roof, to read her book. She scanned the page with an almost bored expression, as if she was disinterested with everything; even her favorite pastime reading. Sitsuma could feel her cold stare boring a hole into his head. Sitsuma slowly moved his head up to look at her, a cold feeling going down his spine when he looked her in the eye.
"What do you want?" She was the no-nonsense kind of person, her blank stare watching him.
"Um, uh... it's just that... i-it seemed that y-you s-seem unhappy..." He could barely find the words he wanted to tell her, glancing away her.
"I'm perfectly fine." She seemed less fine and more apathetic, but Sitsuma didn't want to bring it up. He still couldn't get past the fact that she was unhappy about something.
"You don't want to talk about it. I get it." Sitsuma got up, pushing his chair towards the table, and he picked up his book. "Just, if you ever have any problems, please give me a call." He hastily scribbled his phone number down on a scrap of paper, pushing it towards Kuu Dere and left quickly.
He couldn't see it, but Kuu had watched him leave, staring blankly at the door for a few moments before averting her eyes to the scrap of paper Sitsuma left. She gingerly picked it up reading over the numbers. She looked at the nearby clock, the time reading 8:00 AM, the only other student, Ken, having left even before Sitsuma.
'I needed a bookmark anyways.' She tucked the paper between the pages of her book, picking it up and exiting the library, closing the doors behind her and approaching the nearest staircase to ascend to her classroom.
I am so sorry that this chapter took so long! I don't want you to bother you, so I hope you enjoy this chapter! I'm also really sorry it's short, though. To Ravencla4life, thank you for enjoying this! I can't wait to keep impressing you, and I hope you enjoy this chapter and the chapters to come!