Ep5
"Similar encounter"

Ruby wasn't all that used to walking around Uranohoshi, she was certain of that when she wandered into the library. But it wasn't that bad, it was quiet enough to calm down her racing heart, the smell of old books refreshing her instead of the incense that was always burning in her house, it always caused her headaches.

She had always been afraid of people, when the moment came to meet new people she just stuttered her name and looked down, unable to say much more.

With her right hand alone she could count the number of friends she had so far and three fingers would be too much.

In fact she only had Yoshiko, the only person weird enough to not have any other friends, just like herself, it was good to struggle with someone, she felt like she wasn't alone.

It wasn't that she didn't like Yoshiko, she liked her, the girl was always so free, always expressing herself the way she wants, not afraid of anything, Ruby wanted to be like that sometimes.

Well, excluding the fallen angel part, she wasn't ready for that.

"Uhm? Its strange, I thought I closed the door yesterday, zura." A voice said from outside the library, Ruby stiffened, running to hide at a nearby shelf.

"Hello? Is someone in here?" The voice asked and Ruby wasn't sure if she had been caught, so she decided to remain silent.

"It's okay, you can come out zura."

Being found out, she could only squeak and open her eyes which she didn't realize were closed and glanced at the counter and saw a girl sitting there.

"How did you know that I was here?" Ruby thought she had hidden so well.

"Something smelled like strawberries and I liked it so I had to enter." The girl said and Ruby's pounding heart sent some blood to her face, blushing her cheeks.

"Uuh..."

"What's your name? Zura?" Ruby's mind was running a mile a hour so the question left her stuttering more than usual, the girl's smile was something that she had never seen before, and this was making her head a mess.

"Ku-Kurosawa R-Ruby." She muttered after a long struggle to get the words right.

"Then let's go Ruby-chan, class is starting soon. We are in the same class after all, zura," After saying this the girl grabbed her hand and started pulling her towards the door, this time, Ruby's pounding heart was for other reasons than her shyness this time, "Ima Kunikida Hanamaru, I hope we can be friends, Ruby-chan."