Akai Ito
@thatismhgy
Blake had been waiting for this moment for what felt like years. Centuries, even, and if she might be allowed to exaggerate a little, millenia. This was the culmination of all her experiences, every moment of joy and hardship. All her struggles had led to this single moment of intense triumph.
A new book had been released. Not just any new book, but the final book of one of her favorite authors. Their magnum opus, their ultimate work. Red String by Kris Scarletta had been released not even a full 24 hours ago, and already it was in Beacon's library, ready for her to check out. Beacon was surprisingly up to date when it came to getting new books added to their catalogue, even fiction novels that some people wouldn't be able to appreciate. Some might judge Kris Scarletta for her literature, but Blake knew better. Where some might see her riveting writing as some sort of low-brow writing, Blake could discern the truly complex writing as Scarletta dove into the nuance of a relationship between her novels' protagonists.
So concentrated (or some might say obsessed) was she with acquiring her new reading material that Blake didn't even give her usual polite greeting the assistant librarian manning the check-out desk, instead bee-lining for the section labeled "New". There it was! No one had snagged it yet! With a small and satisfied smile, Blake calmly sauntered over to the book, staring with a small amount of awe at the beautiful binding with the crimson colored letters Red String looking back at her. She reached for it with trembling fingers.
"Huh?"
As focused as she was, she didn't even see the other set of fingers that were reaching for the same book, knocking her free of her stupor. Her eyes traced the fingers up along a dark colored arm clad in the brightest yellow clothing Blake had ever seen, until they rested on the face of a fellow female student, one she had seen before but never talked to. Green eyes stared back into Blake's own amber.
"Oh. Uh..." she said intelligently, as her brain hadn't yet caught up with her body. "Sorry?"