[b]Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma Public Library | Sunday, May 10 2015[/b]

Glancing between the two siblings - and betraying her slight discomfort with an occasional one to her still-clasped hand in between - it was the younger who spoke up first. Elena seemed to be beaming as she explained that it was mostly because of her that the two were at the library - learning English herself was her reason, being dragged by his sister as a change of pace was Alexei's. The latter faced elsewhere as his sister spoke; only speaking up himself when she was finished. He in turn explained that he was catching up on some biology for both himself and his friends - and that they'd been here since early in the morning as a favour. A faint [color=green]"ah"[/color] was all Kotori could say to that - for a moment, she'd wanted to suggest he simply ask a classmate to lend him their notes on the subject. The next, she realised that she would probably have had trouble doing the same herself, so it would be rather hypocritical to try and suggest it; leaving her to instead say nothing before Alexei went on.

As he mentioned her, Kotori quickly brought her free hand up almost defensively at the thought of her being exceptional at studies with a small [color=green]"ah, n-no, I..."[/color] before turning her eyes downward; unsure what to ultimately say. Alexei meanwhile went on, wondering why she would choose to study English rather than any of the more immediate subjects - and furthermore offering to help out, seeing as Elena was enraptured by English books. Kotori meanwhile looked up again and at the girl in surprise - and then Alexei, when he apologised for any would-be offense.

A second time Kotori's hand waved off the words quickly, a shake of her head added for emphasis. [color=green]"Ah, no, not at all,"[/color] she said to alleviate any guilt over the words. [color=green]"A-and I've been studying the other subjects for a while, s-so I thought doing s-something else... might be a good idea..."[/color] she said before looking up again. [color=green]"S-so, I don't want to disturb either of y-you two's studying just to help m-me, really,"[/color] Kotori added, truthfully - she'd already taken enough of their time just by taking a seat, so she could hardly ask for even more. Furthermore, it would have meant asking the aid of Elena without being able to help out Alexei in return, given that she still had second year biology courses and thus little knowledge of the parts of the subject he was likely covering.