Proud

Horace always wanted to be a passerby and treated everyone like one too. Hence he immediately forgot this woman once he left the earlier scene.

On the contrary, this woman had remembered him even though he is just a random man who witnessed the scene of her heroic act of the hero saving the beauty.

Which hero would remember his audience? But this woman did.

She is definitely different and unique.

Thus, after the word beautiful, two other words were added in Horace's virtual dictionary that describes the woman who is standing in front of him.

While Horace was thinking about this woman, she felt embarrassed for being called out in public.

She had always been a tough woman who would point out a person if she liked him or if she disliked him.

Her instinct made her subconsciously shout at the man in front of him as a 'good-for-nothing' the moment she had seen him. But with her emotions, she had forgotten the fact that she was now standing in a library.

How could a person shout in a peaceful place like a Library? She is not that mannerless either.

She felt embarrassed the moment she had realized the fact that she screamed in a Library making everyone look at her like she was a weirdo but to add salt to her wound, the man whom she just addressed as a 'good-for-nothing' had reprimanded her in front of everyone.

It is really insulting to be insulted by the person who she had just insulted a few seconds earlier.

But still had enough thick skin to not show any fluster on her face. She tried to look boldly at Horace but her quivering eyes had betrayed her already.

Horace understood that she was very embarrassed but was very proud to show her real feelings outside and he sighed.

These people with some strength are always too proud to show their weakness in front of everyone.

Sigh! Okay then. Once again he would accommodate another proud persons' nonsensical wishes.

He bowed a little and spoke softly, "I am sorry for being harsh, miss. But that is my job to do so. Please don't feel bad for it."

As soon as he apologized 'sincerely', the woman felt a lot better and all her fluster vanished in a moment for being insulted earlier. Her eyes once again turned bolder as she looked at him straight.

But as the man just bowed to her, she felt bad for insulting him now. Yet she did not apologize to him and acted as if nothing had happened while nodding her head as if she is forgiving him for now, "Hmm.. Okay."

Horace once again sighed to himself at her haughty behavior but still thanked her nonetheless. "Thank you miss. Now please tell me, how can I help you?"

She then realized that she came to a library and called the librarian for a reason and took a book out of her bag that was slung onto her shoulder while speaking, "I need to return this book. I also need another book. Can you tell me where to find it?"

She then gave the book to him along with a slip of paper on which the name of a book that she needs is written.

Horace nodded and gave the register to her to sign and took the book she just gave back while looking at the name of the book that she just gave.

Horace gave her the directions to find the book, "Go straight and turn to your left after you crossed two rows. You will find this book on your right from there."

She nodded her head while thanking him and immediately left following his said directions.

Under his watchful eyes, she went straight as he said but when she was supposed to turn to her left, she very confidently turned to her right.

Horace was flabbergasted at her confidence when she couldn't understand even such basic directions. He really wouldn't be able to understand these strong and proud people who have so many flaws and shortcomings and yet they look down on others just because they have one good feature.

He just shook his head and headed in her direction and grabbed hand before she could turn another corner somewhere. The woman was shocked by the sudden pull on her hand and looked back with anger to find Horace is the one pulling her.

"What are you doing?" She asked but maintained her voice to stay in a low whisper as she didn't want to make another sound in the library creating another embarrassing situation for herself.

Horace gave her a dumbfounded look as he replied in a calm voice, "This is the wrong route from what I had shown you."

The woman was once again flustered as she avoided meeting his eyes while trying to lie, "Well I was looking around for a while. I will go there a while later."