Unrestrainable Emotions

Not many people visited the library during the weekends. A few stragglers huddled in quiet corners, but the bustle of scholarly activity could not compare to an average day while school was in session.

Guan Lei sat next to Shen Xi and pretended to read a book he had picked up from his dorm room.

Maybe it was their proximity, but Guan Lei could have sworn he smelled a fruity fragrance emanating from Shen Xi's person. It reminded him of citrus blossoms, a pleasant smell.

Guan Lei felt his eyes droop as sleep beckoned with its cool, whispered sighs flowing from the library's central air-conditioning.

Shen Xi paused, listening to the slow, even breaths of the person next to her. Guan Lei was fast asleep in his seat, his head lolling from side to side.

Before she could stop to process her actions, she reached out to support him, trying to prop him up even as she handled him like a hot potato.