As promised, Derek had spent part of his night reading the book Yuri lent him. While not nearly as quick as her, he was impressed that he managed to finish most of the book in a couple of hours.
When he took the bus the next day, he used the opportunity to finish the last few chapters, closing the book just as he reached his stop. "Not a bad read! Although some pictures would have been nice..." He gave a cough upon hearing his voice go unexpectedly high-pitched. I haven't read anything with pictures in years...and textbooks don't count!
Walking into class, he was mildly surprised to hear Yuri's voice before reaching the front row. "There you are, Derek." He turned to find Yuri standing in the hallway, smiling. It was when he noticed her meeting his own gaze without having to look up that he felt a little insecure about only being 5'5". She seems like someone who doesn't mind, though.
"Nice of you to wait for me, Yuri."
"I'm just very excited to hear your thoughts on the novel." She clasped her hands together as she spoke.
Walking towards their usual seats, they spent the next half hour discussing Bradbury and which parts stuck out the most. Yuri seemed to hang on to Derek's every word, and he himself was far more interested in Yuri's analysis than he would have expected.
After class, Derek turned to leave, assuming Yuri would be in a rush again, but suddenly heard her call out. "Derek, w-wait! Um...I have to...ask you something..."
Could this be it? Is she going to reveal her feelings for me? "Sure, Yuri! But I thought you're usually busy right about now."
"Oh, I can be a few minutes late, t-this is important to me..." She took a deep breath. "W-would you...be interested in j-joining our literature club?"
Huh, that's not what I expected...but, if this lets me get closer to Yuri, then why not? "Uh, sure! That sounds like fun."
"Really? That's great!" She gave a sigh of relief. "I was worried you would get annoyed if I asked you to spend more time with me...I'll introduce you to the club tomorrow, okay? We can walk there together." Yuri only gave a small smile, but her little body movements gave away how overjoyed she was.
"Oh, can we exchange numbers?" Derek suggested. "I think it'll be more convenient if we want to talk to each other."
"Ah...yes, I think that would be good." Derek pulled out his phone. If he was paying attention, he might have noticed that his contacts were full of people he wouldn't recognize, and none of his old friends were listed. Afterwards, the two bid farewell and Derek finished the rest of his school day.
Before getting on the bus to his apartment, he couldn't help but take a brief detour to the library. "Um, hi. Do you have any comics here?"
Later at night, Derek found himself enraptured by the detailed imagery of Spider-Man and other superheroes.
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