His Dashing, Introverted Presence

Not long after the embarrassing incident earlier, both Sakura and Ken proceeded with constructing their PowerPoint presentation in Ken's MacBook. Sakura still needs to work hard in the cafe if she also wants to purchase a laptop of her own.

"Here it is, the definition of the quadratic equation," Sakura pointed a page to Ken in which the latter leaned his head a bit to look closely before typing it all down on his laptop.

It was at that exact moment that Sakura felt her heart beating so hard that she thought she was having a mini-earthquake inside of her. She could also feel her hands shaking a bit as well.

That's why Sakura quickly looked away before the guy could notice that she was staring at him.

Following that, Ken also started writing down sample equations from the book so that they could show the whole class how to answer them next Tuesday.

They went on like this in the next couple of minutes until they were able to finish the whole PowerPoint presentation and Ken is now in the process of proofreading every slide to see if there are typos or misspelled terms that they missed to see earlier. So far, there were none

On the other hand, Sakura sneaked a glance at her wristwatch and was happy to see that there is still time for her for leisure reading before she goes off to work.

Looking back at Ken, she asked, "Are we done here yet?"

Ken was still typing a few words on the laptop before he clicked the period button and tilted his head to his right to look at the girl seated beside him.

"Yeah, I think we are done here," he replied.

Sakura beamed. "Great! Then you can leave now while I find a fiction book to immerse myself with."

After that, she stood from her seat without waiting for Ken to respond and simply walked away to the shelf where the fiction books are neatly arranged in alphabetical order.

Sakura was then filled with excitement once she saw that the shelves were filled with literary classics like The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, To Kill A Mockingbird, and many other great books that she wasn't able to purchase!

Seeing the bookshelf filled with these kinds of books truly ignites her introverted heart!

Sakura then starts selecting what to read but later finds herself having a hard time deciding what to read first. Oh, this is truly a troublesome experience for a bookworm, you see!

Having debated for a few minutes which classic to read first, she then chose The Great Gatsby and collected other classics that she didn't pick to be borrowed later for her to read in her apartment along with this one.

Sakura was already on her way to the counter to borrow these great books when she also happened to go past Ken, who is currently choosing books to read as well.

"Oh, I thought you already left," Sakura pointed out, and eyes the guy sliding his fingers at the books placed on the third row.

"Just wanted to check for some books to read here," Ken said casually with his eyes still fixed on the books.

Sakura shrugged, "Oh, okay then. Happy reading." before turning on her shoes towards the library counter to secure a borrow slip for all the books she planned to read at home.

It only took her less than a minute before her books got approved for take home before she occupied a vacant table nearest to her and sat down to start reading.

In under an hour, Sakura read almost a fourth of The Great Gatsby

She was so immersed in it that she didn't feel Mori Ken took the seat on her right and also began reading one of Anne Rice's literary works, The Feast Of All Saints.

It was not later than a minute that Sakura turned to the next page when she finally noticed the guy sitting next to her that she forgot what she was reading for a brief moment. She was at loss for words as she witnessed Ken so immersed with his book. Every flick of those pages with his slender fingers and every blink of his eyes makes the girl's lips part in awe.

Truly, she hasn't seen any man who is as sexy as that just by merely reading alone.

Wait, did she just think Mori Ken was sexy? She must be insane for thinking like that!

Sakura, knowing that she would lose focus with this man next to her, stood up from her seat in frustration, causing Ken to turn away from the book he was reading to look at the girl who just stood up beside him.

Sakura stormed off from here without hesitation and ran to the door, hoping to get out of here and away from Mori Ken as soon as possible before her mind is totally corrupted by thinking ridiculous thoughts.

Forget about leisure reading. I'm going to finish all of these at my apartment after work!

***

Sakura might indeed be successful in avoiding Ken's enchanting presence at that time, but a few hours later at work, she finds herself face-to-face with him once more when he enters the cafe's door.

"W-welcome home, master," Sakura welcomed him amiably, but also felt a cold sweat roll down her back for seeing him not long after ditching him at the library earlier.

Sakura, it's not like he knows it's you he's facing right now!

Just like the usual thing she does, Sakura would lead Ken to his seat and write his order right away. Then she would dash inside the kitchen to relay his order to the cooks to prepare his food.

Once his food is done, Sakura would pick it up from the counter and start turning on her shoes right away to go back to his table as quickly as possible.

When she went to his table to serve his order, she caught sight of him sitting with his book from earlier, and she was once again charmed by his dashing introverted presence...