A Day At Work

[Erizir "Erol" Domarian]

A young looking man, relatively new to the city and to the school itself; a teacher by the looks of him. . . A dark, fitted suit, tailored to a more slim physique. Black as pitch, neatly pressed, immaculate. A wine colored shirt under the jacket, cuffs sticking just out from the ends of its sleeves, his wrists exposed and hands placed neatly on a rather extensive looking book. A tie, pinned to his shirt by a small but ornate pin that had a ruby as its centerpiece kept the black line of cloth from lolling out from the jacket. A pair of glasses rested over his eyes, stuck by the bridge of his nose as hazel orbs rapidly scan the pages of the text. On occasion, one pale hand rises to rub at his cheek or to run through his hair before patting the wavy, pitch locks back into place.

A sigh escapes him, teeth biting at his lower lip a moment before he begins to trace the text with his finger, taking a pen in his free hand, he starts jotting down essentials onto another sheet of paper in a fine-hand, legible. Not cursive, just average writing. Chemical formulae and theories from the looks of it; the stuff of modern-day chemistry mostly; although there appeared to be some added bits here and there. Little footnotes under the main ones, detailing substitutions for certain chemicals, elements, and ingredients. . . Sometimes the footnote on toxicity of something, emphasizing the potential hazard involved in handling such things - to how something in the correct dose could be beneficial to one's health. So he was either a Teacher here at the school, or he was a highly-advanced student.

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The young and mature looking man was accompanied by a young blue-haired woman, sitting across the table from him. Mr. Domarian appeared to have his eyes glued to the book he was reading. The library was quiet as usual and yet it was awkward for Shiro. Her golden orange gaze shifted onto several things around her as she tried to find something to catch her attention. It didn't occur to her that she could possibly pick a book to read while waiting to be given an errand. But, it would probably distract her from listening to him if he requested her to do something for him. She hoped that Mr. Domarian would come up with something for her to do so she could leave him be.

No matter how shy and nervous she was around him, she wanted to break the silence more than ever. The teacher let out a sigh and Shiro shifted her gaze onto him while freaking out internally. Is there something wrong? It didn't take long for her to calm down, realizing that it must have been stressful for him to put a lesson together for his class. A small smile appeared on her face as she admired how hard Mr. Domarian was working. Her smile faded and she looked somewhat concerned for the man. "U-um.. is there anything I can do to help?"

[Erizir "Erol" Domarian]

He was always a calm sort of man; to most it was eerily so, in fact. "Off-putting" has been the common descriptor, but he appreciated this girl nonetheless. He could hear the awkward shift of her figure just in front of him, the irregular beat of her heart at the sigh he let out; how it almost skipped and ended up leaping in fright. Still, she wasn't nervous around him for the most part, and he appreciated it. He could tell from how anxious she was though. . . She didn't like being idle, which made her all the more desirable really. Most teachers would kill for an aid that truly wanted to help, and he had one such girl right in front of him.

As she spoke though, he stopped, as if on cue; hands halting as he glanced up at her from behind his glasses, head tilting upward to fully face her while he took a breath. Then, just to reassure her that she hadn't annoyed him. . . He grew a soft smile. "Of course, Shiro." He replies, sliding the paper he was just writing on aside to get to a blank one. "Just a few books; they're all in the natural sciences section, so you won't have to be all over the place. Here, let me just. . ." He trails off, pen scribbling away at the sheet, jotting a few names down. "Theories of Darwin; A Treatise On Evolution" and "Chemist's Cook-Book! A Beginner's Guide." Then he taps the second title with the pen, adding a small note beneath it, speaking as he does so. "The cook book one; bring it over to a photo-copier, we only need pages thirty-seven through. . ." He trails off, tapping his chin for a moment. "Forty-three. And truly, thank you, Shiro."

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The woman hesitated when the man's hazel gaze lifted up from the book and landed on her. Even if his gaze was a soft and gentle one, Shiro felt like he could see right into her soul. It was like that for most people that would try to make eye contact with her or people that would stare at her. Her golden orange eyes averted away from Domarian as she was attempting to avoid too much eye contact. She knew it was rude not to make eye contact with someone speaking to her but it made her feel very uncomfortable. Every once in a while she would glance over at the teacher and she caught a glimpse of something on his face.

Is he.. smiling? Her gaze returned to Domarian and it lingered on him for a while, filled with curiosity. His warm smile made her feel a little bit better and her heart slowly started to beat regularly. "Of course, Shiro." His movement was followed by her orange gaze because she wanted to pay close attention to him, making sure she would have a less likely chance of messing up the task he would give her. Or, that's what she hoped would happen if she paid attention.

"Just a few books; they're all in the natural sciences section, so you won't have to be all over the place. Here, let me just. . ." "That's nice. They will all be in one place~" she said in a cheerful tone followed by a light giggle. That certainly makes my job a little easier. Now, I just have to remember which books he wants me to get. It was an easy task and that made her happy. There was a likely chance she wouldn't mess it up but sometimes easy tasks would still get the better of her.

"Theories of Darwin; A Treatise On Evolution" and "Chemist's Cook-Book! A Beginner's Guide." What..? Domarian went out of his way to write down the titles of the books for her. He's so nice! A smile started to form on her lips and then it faded away quickly, her head hanging a little bit. Or, maybe he knows that I might mess this up if he didn't write those things down for me.. "The cook book one; bring it over to a photo-copier, we only need pages thirty-seven through.." Photo... copier? Oh! He must be thinking of a printer. Heheh~ duh.

"Forty-three. And truly, thank you, Shiro."
Her head lifted up and she forced a smile on her face, extending her hand out to take the sheet of paper. "You're welcome.. I-I should be thanking you. I don't think I would have remembered all of that if you didn't write it down for me." Her smile wasn't genuine like she wanted it to be, and it was forced as an attempt to hide what she was truly feeling. It was an easy task from the start and Domarian made it easier on her.

Despite all of that, Shiro still struggled with the lack of confidence she had in herself. Shiro took the sheet of paper from Domarian carefully and slid her chair back a little so she could stand up. While standing up, she bumped into the table clumsily. "I-I'm so sorry." People nearby looked over in their direction, curious of what made the sound. Shiro's cheeks turned red in embarrassment and she pushed her chair underneath the table, quickly walking off to the natural sciences section of the library. That was embarrassing!

Shiro gathered the three books from the natural sciences section and made her way over to the printer. She checked the paper several times to reassure herself that she got everything she needed. Everything was fine until she met with the printer which she thought would ruin the good luck she had at the moment. Please, be nice to me today. I make myself look like an idiot all on my own. The printer cooperated with Shiro as she made copies of the pages thirty-seven through forty-three in the cookbook. "Phew.. I'm so relieved. Thank you so much, printer. All done~" she told herself and brought the books and copies over to the table where Domarian was sitting. "H-here you go.. that should be everything." Shiro tried her best to place everything neatly in front of him on the table and she asked, "Is there anything else you need?"