2 II

"You're here again, Mr. Johanne." The librarian greeted Mykael when he entered the library. "You can call me by my first name, Mrs. Claire." He said with a smile. "I prefer it that way, My boy. Aren't you gonna eat again? You're always skipping lunch!" Mykael chuckled. "I'd rather read books, Mrs. Clare." He said as he walked towards the bookshelves.

He started to scan the books that are in the isle where the novels are. He's in the mood to read something about mysteries. When he couldn't find a book that piqued his fancy in that isle, he walked towards the next. When he did, he saw a girl on the library's ladder. It was the girl who carried books to the library yesterday. She also seemed to be looking for a book to read.

"Sherlock, Sherlock, Sherlock..." She muttered as she scanned the books that were on the higher shelves. Mykael also started to scan the books in the lower shelves. "Ah! Found one!" She whispered to herself. Mykael glanced towards her direction without turning his head. She looked happy that she found the book but when she tried to reach it, her foot slipped from the ladder. Startled, Mykael ran towards her and fortunately catching her before she even fell to the ground. "That was close." Mykael muttered under his breath. "Th-thank you." The girl said to him.

"You should be careful when you use the ladder." He said pulling the ladder a little bit to the left and climbed on it to get the book the girl was trying to reach earlier. "Sherlock Holmes— Study in Scarlet, was it?" She nodded. Mykael got it out from the shelf and got down from the ladder. "Here you go." He said handing out the book to her. "Thanks again." Said the girl obviously embarrassed. Mykael was about to walk away when she held onto his wrist.

"Uh, can I at least know your name?" She asked. Mykael turned to face her and smiled. "Mykael Johanne. And you are?" She looked up to face him. "I'm Kathryn Mendez. Thanks for earlier, Myk." She said and reciprocated his smile. Kathryn got a glance on the wall clock that was behind Mykael and realized it was almost her first class in the afternoon. "I gotta go. It's almost time for my class. Oh, no. Again, thanks for earlier." She walked away waving her hand goodbye. Mykael just chuckled.

"Sherlock Holmes, huh?" He muttered and reached one of the copies of the same book Kathryn got and walked towards the librarian's desk to fill up the form to borrow the book.