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freeasabookFeb 7
[after a cold night in which Hiyoko runs out of firewood, she goes to the library sick.]
Nageki?
"...what is it?"
Umm, I'm returning book that've wandered away from home to their loving families, and--
"Wandered away from home? ...ah. Misshelved books."
Right. I'm almost done, but... where do you think this one goes? I flipped through it, but I can't tell if it's fiction, or psychology, or science, or what!
"It should have a genre mark."
Genre mark?
"Isn't there a label near the bottom of the back cover?"
Oh, yes, there is! But it's all numbers.
"...you work here and you don't remember the classifications? How have you been filing them up until now?"
Woman's intuition!
He stares at me with eyes like scornful daggers. Stop iiiiiit! You'll leave a hooooole!
"Give it to me. This is... natural science. It starts with 4, so it's physics. The second number is a 5, so-- are you listening?"
Yes. Yes!
"The second number is a 5, so this is a book on seismology. So it should go--"
[whump]
"! Miss... Tosaka...? What's wrong, miss Tosaka? ...hey, say something...! Somebirdie... somebirdie...! How can I get someone else's attention...!? ...."
[he breaks the library door, Ryouta finds Hiyoko sprawled in the doorway and gets her to the infirmary]
[after a cold night in which Hiyoko runs out of firewood, she goes to the library sick.]
Nageki?
"...what is it?"
Umm, I'm returning book that've wandered away from home to their loving families, and--
"Wandered away from home? ...ah. Misshelved books."
Right. I'm almost done, but... where do you think this one goes? I flipped through it, but I can't tell if it's fiction, or psychology, or science, or what!
"It should have a genre mark."
Genre mark?
"Isn't there a label near the bottom of the back cover?"
Oh, yes, there is! But it's all numbers.
"...you work here and you don't remember the classifications? How have you been filing them up until now?"
Woman's intuition!
He stares at me with eyes like scornful daggers. Stop iiiiiit! You'll leave a hooooole!
"Give it to me. This is... natural science. It starts with 4, so it's physics. The second number is a 5, so-- are you listening?"
Yes. Yes!
"The second number is a 5, so this is a book on seismology. So it should go--"
[whump]
"! Miss... Tosaka...? What's wrong, miss Tosaka? ...hey, say something...! Somebirdie... somebirdie...! How can I get someone else's attention...!? ...."
[he breaks the library door, Ryouta finds Hiyoko sprawled in the doorway and gets her to the infirmary]
