Lunch break.
"You are here again."
"Yeah"
Harvey and Remy meet again on the rooftop.
They have been close friends since last year, but he still can not stay calm when she is with him alone.
He has no idea why he acts like this whenever she is around.
His heart was racing too fast, and he could not look at her eyes for long.
Actually, he is aware of these feelings, but he is afraid to confront them.
These "what if" scenarios in his head are destroying his confidence.
What if she did not say yes?
What if she does not like him?
What if…
Overthinking is too exhausting.
"Would you like to share with me?"
Remy displays her lunch.
When he saw her smile, he realized what an idiot he was for overthinking something like this.
"Sure."
…
At first, it's just a pity.
A loner who always out of the class.
He always has no group to join whenever they are grouping so Remy decided to let him join with them.
She didn't expected that this is the start of her first love.
After that day, they are somewhat always met on the second library every lunch break or after school.
"What are you reading?"
"Ah! Uhmm… An Invitation from Thanatos."
"The personification of death? Are you reading a mythology?"
"N-no, In fact, this might be a love story or something like that."
"A love story with the personification of death?"
"This is just a short story. Look at these, it's just a few pages. A booklet in fact."
"Yeah, I can see that. A love story featuring the personification of death… May I read it once you have finished it?"
"Sure. In fact, I finished it right before you asked.
He passed the booklet to her.
"Thank you."
She began to read while he was selecting another book.
After a few minutes, she shivered.
"What is this? It is short, but it left me feeling creeped out after reading it. How could this be a love story?"
"The woman he fell in love with wanted to die alongside him. It is a broken love story in the sense that they die at the end, but they do find happiness, right? That is why I am calling it a love story."
"No, did not you read it carefully? It stated that she is the god of death. It means he wanted to kill himself and was looking for an excuse; this is where the god of death comes in. In other words, she is a figment of his imagination. That must be the explanation!"
"You are wrong! She is an actual person!"
"No, she is merely a mental illusion."
These types of conversations become their starting points, and they develop into book buddies.
They do not know when it happened, but they somehow fell for each other and now lack the courage to confess to each other.
…
After finishing her eating, Remy drink her juice.
"Puahh!"
Harvey couldn't help but to think like she is some kind of old woman who's drinking a beer.
After drinking his water, he asked, "Alex is handsome right?"
"Why are you mentioning him?"
"Nothing. I'm just asking."
"Yeah, he is handsome."
"I see…"
He felt depressed as his inferiority complex is kicking.
"But…"
"But?"
"…But he is not my type."
"I see! I see!"
He inwardly celebrate that she didn't feel any attraction to him.
They hear the bell ringing so they go back to the classroom.
…
After school.
Alex is wandering the school.
He forgot to do this yesterday but looking around, he felt that it's really vast as the rumors say.
Walking to the hallway, he saw someone carrying large stacks of books that he couldn't see the face.
She didn't didn't see the wall so she stumbled as she falls and the books.
The books are scattered to the floor.
Alex is quite far but he can rush to help her with his ability but he is not that kind, especially they are strangers.
However, he couldn't just stand since he saw her so he help her taking the books on the floor.
"Thank you."
Now that he look at her, she is quite small than him but she can lift many books.
"Are you a fighter?"
"No, I'm a mage."
"…"
He is speechless.
Anyway, he decided to help her to take the books on the library.
"Huh? Why is there an old building here?"
It's quite far from the main building but he discovered that in this building, there's so many classroom and a library.
"This used to be the main building. It means that this building is a thousand years old now but still alive and usable. Oh, by the way, you can put the books around here."
He put the books on where she pointed.
"Space bags do exist so why are you not using one?"
"Young master, please don't use your common sense here. I'm too poor to understand your words."
"I'm also poor so don't be like that. The teachers must have one, right?"
"It's a space bag. Do you really think that they wanted to let you borrow something that is worth their monthly salary?"
"You're right. Anyway, are you the only one here?"
"There's only the two of us."
"This place is too small to become a library."
"Well, this is not a library. This old building is now a club building and this room is the Literature Club."
She sit to the table.
"Welcome to Okie Dokie Literature Club. My name is Samantha Lithonia and I'm the club president. Do you want to join to our club?"
Alex didn't expected that he will get invited to a club that he is thinking to join.
He enjoys reading books, so he decided to join a literature club, which is apparently required to graduate.
However, when he heard the club name, he felt a sense of déjà vu.
'I do remember! Is that about the AI visual novels that constantly break the fourth wall?'
He coughed.
"I would gladly join your club, president."
Samantha immediately took out an applicant's paperwork after hearing his response.
"Just put your name and signature here, and you are officially a member of our club."
Alex followed her instructions in a matter of minutes, and he handed her the paper.
She smiles evilly, which confuses Alex, prompting him to ask a question that had been bothering him for some time.
"Where are the remaining members?"
"You are actually the second, and I am the first."
"Eh?"
'Did she just scam me?' (Alex)
"Let us expand our club together, Mr. Club Vice President."