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There were very few people in the library. Roman walked in and went to the shelf with reserved books. He had received the message that his book had arrived from another library a few days ago and had finally found time to pick it up. But he couldn’t find his book, even though it was quite large. It was a modernized version of Dracula and since it came out he had wanted to read it, but at the time he finally went to the bookshop it was sold out. He was lucky that the library had one. He turned around to go to the service desk to ask where his book was and faced a pale guy wearing a black-purple hoodie, which was a bit strange because it was summer and he lived in Florida, so it was certainly not the weather for hoodies.
‘Were you looking for this one?’ the guy asked.
He was holding the book.
‘Yeah.’
‘I’m sorry, I saw the title and was curious. I didn’t see the “reserved” sign.’
‘Oh, it’s fine.’
‘Alright, I just thought…’
‘You thought what?’
‘Oh, nothing, just, you looked a little… confused.’
‘Heh, I just wondered why you were in a library wearing a hoodie in this kind of weather…’
‘Oh, ehm, yeah, my brother and me, we’re kinda sensitive to the sun, so in this kind of weather, we always need to go somewhere inside and wear clothing that covers as much skin as possible. It kinda sucks. And about why the library, it was my brother’s turn to choose where we were going and he’s a huge nerd, so he always chooses something like the library, a bookshop or a museum or whatever.’
‘Yeah, that definitely sounds like it sucks…’
The guy nodded. Roman decided he wanted to know more about him.
‘So… you like books about vampires too?’
For a moment he thought he saw a smirk on the guy’s face, but if it had been there it had disappeared immediately.
‘Yeah, I like to compare the descriptions of vampires from different books. It’s kinda funny that in almost every book it’s different.’
‘And you’re saying that your brother is a huge nerd, don’t wanna know what he’s like, then…’
The guy chuckled.
‘You definitely don’t want to, Logan really can be unbearable sometimes.’
‘Did I just hear my name in the same sentence as the word “unbearable”?’
Another rather pale guy came closer from behind a bookshelf. He was slightly taller than the one he’d been talking to and was wearing glasses and a necktie. Roman wondered why for a moment, since there wasn’t anything special going on, but decided not to ask.
‘You heard correctly, L, and you know it’s true.’
‘Hm, well. Anyway, my name is Logan, pleased to meet you, what is your name?’ Logan said, turning to Roman.
‘I’m Roman, pleasure’s all mine.’ Logan nodded at him.
‘Anyway, Virgil, we should be going.’ Logan turned to his brother again, who’s name was apparently Virgil. Roman looked at his watch. It was 12:20 pm.
‘Ehm, I heard from Virgil that you guys are very sensitive to the sun and it’s on its highest point right now, so you might want to wait some more time…’
‘Ah. Yes, fair point, I tend to lose my sense of time when I’m in a library or bookstore, I thought it was earlier. In that case, I’ll be going back to reading.’
He went back to where he came from. Virgil smirked.
‘Told ya, huge nerd. But… do you maybe have time to stick around for a while, I’m done reading and Logan isn’t really good company at the moment, and on top of that I’ve forgotten my headphones so I can’t just sit down and listen to my music like I usually do.’
‘Oh, yeah, alright. I was going to catch up with a friend, but we didn’t really know where we could go, so is it okay with you if I call him to come over here? He also likes this kind of fantasy stuff. Actually, I’m glad I found someone who enjoys that. Most people think we’re weirdos…’
‘Sure, if he thinks it’s okay.’
Roman put the book that he still had in his hands in his bag and took out his phone. He looked around, decided the library was empty enough to make a phone call inside and dialed Patton’s number.
‘Hey, Roman.’
‘Hey, Pat, is it okay with you if we meet in the library? I’m there and I’ve met a guy who’s stuck here with his brother ‘cause they burn really quickly in the sun and his brother is reading all the time so it’s kinda boring for him. He likes the same kind of fantasy stuff, so I thought we could chat together ‘till they can leave.’
‘Oh, yeah, sure, on my way. Are you making sure you aren’t flirting with him too much? We wouldn’t want someone else falling in love with you, would we, kiddo?’
‘Patton!’
‘Only teasing you, kiddo!’
‘Please don’t while you’re here!’
‘Oh, why’s that, kiddo? Normally you don’t mind. You like him or something?’
‘See you in a bit.’ said Roman before hanging up the phone while hearing Patton laughing. Virgil tilted his head and asked:
‘What was that about?’
‘Eh, yeah, Patton enjoys teasing people and puns a little too much sometimes…’
Virgil smirked again.
‘Don’t wanna know what would happen if he and Logan met. Logan does nót enjoy puns. We'll have to make a point of keeping them apart 'cause they probably won't like each other...’
‘Or we could let them meet and enjoy the show. Could turn out pretty funny.’
‘Or that…’