The Unknown Service

The Unknown Library

***Chapter 2: The Unknown Library

**"CAIUS-CHAN"***

"Caius-chan, buy me this" I looked at my brother with puppy eyes while pointing the book I want in my laptop. "Can you shut up? And Sherlock Holmes? Can you get out of my room?!" He said irritatedly.

"Your answer is just simple, I say, you will say yes, let me borrow your credit card, I will walk to that door, swing it open and get out, I know you appreciate that and I will too so that is a win-win thing right?" I asked and I know I tricked him.

"Ugh, fine," He said that made me smile with victory over me. I swing the door open and walk halfway through. "I and Cassius will use this fantastic bye," I said smiling in victory going inside of Cassius room, buying everything on an online shopping website. And especially going to the mall buying everything we want.

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"Good afternoon Sia," I heard the librarian, Mrs Smith, she is still young and like me, she is also a bookworm. "Good afternoon too, Mrs Smith,"

I walked through shelf to shelf, finding a delightful book until I found one. ***Theory Of love*** "Theory Of Love? English Version?" This looks interesting, I walked to my usual place here, beside the garden window with plants hanging there, it gives me a relaxing vibe while I listen to songs.

***"I got a heart, and I got a soul, believe me I will use them both"*** * (18 by One Direction)

Reading a gay-love novel is weird, but I also like this story. Just then, suddenly, I found someone I didn't expect to see, Oajun.

*What's he doing here?*

I saw him arranging books in the shelves here in the library, and when I noticed everything, now I know why he is here. Looking back at my book, sighing while reading silently.

He looks irritated might be he's forced to do something, his uniform wrinkled near his collar, bruise in his left cheek his lip look like there is something bleeding and his fist is red, and his hair is messy, my conclusion based on my deduction earlier, he caught in a fight behind the school cause he has a leaf in his hair, and as I know there is a lot of trees behind the school.

I looked outside, and I saw a lot of their fans and others are going inside, I then got up and get my things including the book I read. I walked to Mrs Smith's table and greeted her, giving her my library card and borrowed the book. Walking in the streets, looking down, listening to the song and thought...

*Never thought the most isolated library can be the most crowded one,"

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I am in the cafe where Cassius and Caius is handles; I walked inside greeted by the workers and asked if I want my usual order and they said it is in the house and consider it a gift from them, then I smiled at them climbing the stairs to the third floor.

They are great aquaitances of mine; I spent hours here to help when I'm bored, then I will have my salary from Caius or Cassius.

At the third floor, I smiled as I saw the instruments. My first love. I put my things at my usual table, in front of the single-hung window. Sitting at the high chair turning around, strumming G and B then C.

*"Do you love the rain, does it make you dance

When you're drunk with your friends at a party?

What's your favourite song, does it make you smile?

Do you think of me?"*

I heard someone coming up and thought it was just the worker that brought my order.

*"I've spend ten thousand hours, and ten thousand more,

Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours,

I might not gonna get there,

But I'm gonna try,

If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life,

I'm gonna love you,"

I strung the last chords smiling then get the electric guitar and strum the C then G then G.

*"Breathin', but I've been dyin' inside

Nothin' new and nothin' feels right

Déjà vu, so I close my eyes

Let the demon sing me a lullaby

Today's a present that I don't want

So I'm wonderin' in this world

Am I really the only one

Who's been wantin' to hide out

From the sun and run?"*

Then I heard someone coming up and ignored it.

*"When we live a life

Always dreamin' for a dream to come true

So I live this life

Wanting something I can't see

And something I can't reach

Or something that could not exist"*

I then heard the drum playing, I smiled as I saw Cassius playing it.

*"I feel like I became a zombie

Not alive, but I'm still walkin'

When the sunrise is upon me

I'll be waiting for the day to pass by, oh why?

I became a zombie

And there's nothing that can cure me

So tomorrow I know I'll be just the same

You'll see me wishin' to stop and close my eyes"*

As it ends, I smiled at him. "Cassius-chan, when did you get here?" I smiled at him while putting back the guitar. "Well, I coincidentally go here to see the workers, and how is the cafe doing, then when I climbed up to the second floor, I heard you strung some chords."

"Sigh... It's been a while since I play around here," I said and walked to the keyboard playing random chords. "And it's been a while since you played your first love, how bout this, let's switch, I'm in the guitar, you're in drums." He said and stood up.

I  smirked and gave him the guitar. "So, what should we play?" He asked and played random chords. "How bout Beautiful Scars," I suggested. "Game" He said and prepared his guitar, I just chuckled putting my headphones and spin my drumstick warming up to play.

*"Broken all the pieces I've been shaping lately

Focused on the things that didn't make no sense

Guess that growing up was never meant to be easy

Yeah, I got used to doing everything sideways

Didn't really care about how everyone felt

Hiding my emotions down in different ashtrays

Oh, but what is lost ain't gone

No, you can't just let go

'Cause it's a part of you that will make you strong

Embrace your flaws

I'm not gonna fight back what I've become

Yeah, I've got bruises where I came from

But I wouldn't change if I could restart

I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars

I've been going way too hard on myself

Guess that it's the reason that I'm feeling like hell

But I wouldn't change if I could restart

I ain't gonna hide these beautiful scars"

I took off my headphone and heard someone clapping. "It's been a while since you two playing around here, how long has it been? Three weeks?" Mrs Agatha Adams, the manager here, but his husband is covering for her since she's pregnant.

"Yeah, how's your pregnancy?" I asked her. "It's good, Dimitri is healthy and good, and Eric is still guilty that he cannot help me all the time." then she looked at her phone and smiled at us. "It's nice to hear you guys playing around here again, but I need to go since I have an appointment, ciao,"

"Ciao." We waved at her and sat down at my usual table. "Hey, I still have Caius' credit card, wanna go shop?" I asked, and then we smiled wickedly at each other. We opened our laptops and bought anything we need and want.

"Hey, sire Cassius and Sia, orders are prepared," Jamie said and put our dishes and drinks. "Jam, it's been a long time since I saw you, how's your honeymoon?" I asked. "Yeah, we missed you being here playing and helping here, and it is fine in Hawaii, we got to know each other more since our three-years relationship, and how bout you how's college, and when will you have a boyfriend?"

"It's fine, just a little stress here and there, and being in a relationship is still not in my plans yet, still I want to graduate with no problems," I answered her. "Very good girl, since I won't let you have a boyfriend until you're in your fifties," Cassius said, and I just glared at him. "Just say thanks that in a relationship is not in my mind yet, look at Jam, she and Kramer dated since they're twenty-three and now they're twenty-six, they have a happily ever after,"

"Haha, it's been nice to meet you guys, I need to go, I still have a shift," She said and go. Cassius being an i***t he is eating his pasta and has sauce all-over his mouth, I just rolled my eyes at him and ate my spaghetti.

*If they deliver my order, who is the one coming up before Cassius?*

I looked around and saw the band and ladies sitting beside them. Might be their weekly girlfriends. I turned to Cassius, and he drinks his Soda. "Hey, did you know Alli will come back at the end of the month?" I asked him and he just looked at me, surprised. "It's been six years and he will comeback, he flew to a goddamn country when you were twelve years olds and just hugged you and said goodbye,"

"He promised me he will comeback and now here he is coming back for me," I said at him, he brought back the memory I want to forget when I was a little girl.

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I walked to the library and gave back the book I borrowed and greeted Mrs Smith. I then turned on the humidifier and put the cactus at the table, vibrating my phone till two in the afternoon, relaxing in my sit focusing at the cactus and let my thoughts flow until Hypnos cradle me in his arms sound asleep.

Oajun saw me staring at the cactus. He just ignored me and continued to work. An hour passed. He walked pass me and still saw me staring at the cactus that made him worry; he waved his hands in front of me. "Don't disturb her, she's sleeping peacefully." Mrs Smith walked to him that made him flinched. "Eyes wide open?" He asked and Mrs Smith nodded.

"She's using that technique since she was in highschool, she's using that cause she is afraid that this library will be a sleeping chamber, like, she is sleeping there, someone saw her and then the other will slack off and do it here," She said. "So, she is always here?" Oajun asked. "She is not always here, she is here every day,"

"I like her, she can go everywhere on concerts or anywhere here, but she likely to do sitting there in a peaceful location reading every book and imagine things," Mrs Smith said. Oajun smiled as he patted my head. He saw me in his classes, canteen, the cafe, and now, he knew where he can slack of some time, in the library.

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I felt my hand vibrated and soon woke up, saying goodbye to Mrs Smith and walk to my class, Biology, walking past the girls where huddling and listening to a song. Waiting for the professor, I sense someone's staring at me; I look at the person and instantly regretted it, Oajun; he is smiling at me, I just looked at the window beside me. Call me a snob or whatever, I just hate someone's staring at me.

"Good afternoon class, please open your textbooks at page ninety-three,"