Layin' Low in the Library (Gojyo)

[raven]

Raven sat in the library. It was lunch time and she knew it was prime time for her to get beaten, tripped, scratched, tormented.. etc. And so she was hiding. She didn't want to put herself in that kind of position so like the scared shy little girl she was she was hiding in the library sneaking bites of her sandwhich when the librarian was busy. She officially hated it here. That was all there was to it. She hated this place and wanted to go back home. Sadly there was no where to go back to. She had been forced to sell her grandmother's house so she could by a flat here and ended up affording a nice loft. She lived alone and hated that but then again she was pretty sure destiny was making sure she never had company for long.

The girl would just get used to being around someone really opening up and finding out who she was when.. BAM suddenly fate came up and made her lonely once more as if nothing had ever happened. It was hard to trust again. It was hard to open up to show her smile and to talk. She still was a very self conscious girl finding herself neither interesting or pretty. Especially her thick accent which plagued her words. She sighed as she read one of her all time favorite books. She was a bit hidden in the back of the library but if you walked by the windows in the front juuust right you would see the shy girl sitting there reading.

[bruce]

(As i walked htrough the hallways not really having a trued destination, I kept catching my mind wandering to that pretty girl named raven. Yes she was shy and didn't seem like much of a talker but she seemed like a very innocent person, someone i could really get to like.

As I walked through the ahlls i looked through the library windows, Only to see that cute girl who kept drifting into my mind. Watching her she seemed deeply troubled and sad.

Opening the doors to the library I walked into the library and headed to the little corner raven was sitting in. Sitting down beside her I smiled)

"It may be out of place for me to say, but you seem so..troubled, if there is a better word for it"

(I said as I looked into her beatiful blue eyes and leaned back on one of the book cases)

[raven]

Raven was reading and eating her lunch when the librarian wasn't looking as food and drink were supposedly not allowed. And so she waited til she passed her blue eyes would watch her and then she would take a bite of the sandwhich hidden in her busted bag. She was into reading her book figuring that no one was really going to bother her when suddenly the weight on the small couch shifted and she winced. She looked up hestiantly and when she heard the voice and saw who it was she smiled at him softly. He was the one from class that said he would protect her. She blushed immediatly at thinking about that and bit her lower lip as he asked her what was going on but in a more polite manner.

"Honestly, I"m.. afraid. To be honest. I don't have anyone to help take care of me, if I get beaten like I did at my last school. So I.. I am being a coward I suppose. Hiding in here. But I.. I am not a fighter." she said softly as she looked for the librarian and handed Gojyo the other half of her sandwhich.

It was home made roast beef. Real roast not the crap you buy in the stores. It was on fresh baked bread and she blushed as she nodded for him to eat it. She didn't eat much anyway though as much as she worked out she really ought to eat more. She closed her book and set it aside.

"What brought you to the library?" she asked softly looking into his eyes with her own.

[bruce]

(Hearing her words I nodded my head and continued listening)

"well your wrong hun"

(I said with a smile as she handed me her sandwich)

"i'm here to take care of you, i already said i would protect you, and thank you for the sandwich"

(I said with a smile. I then took a bite of the sandwich and chewed. Tasting the beef I swallowed and smiled)

"thank you, the sandwich is very good. and I came here for you, you looked troubled and I came to see you"

(I said with a smile as I leaned back on the couch she was sitting on and smiled as I looked into her eyes)

[raven]

Raven blushed when he said she was wrong. Wrong? Wrong about what exactly. She had no idea what so ever. Then he began to explain and she blushed even deeper when he said he would protect her. She didn't know what else to do but blush and she looked up and over at him.

"You're welcome. And thank you for.. saying you'll protect me. No one has ever done that before. Said that." she said as she looked down at her lap.

She blushed again and spied him out slightly with her blue eyes a soft blush still on her features as she looked over at him.

"So.. you came here for me? I.. I don't know what to say." she blushed a bit more. "Thanks." she said looking down still in her lap her shy nature taking over.

"Why were you not at lunch?"

[bruce]

(Watching ravin I began to smile again when I saw her blush. She sure was shy, but i liked that about her. Hearing her words I continued to smile very softly)

"your welcome, and I was not at lunch because I don't know, I was walking around aimlessly when I noticed that i could only think about one thing the whole time I was walking around."

(I said before taking a small bite of the sandwich and chewing. I then looked into ravens eyes. Her eyes were so stunning, I did not know what it was but she seemed to have the most wonderful eyes.)

"besides, I had to come look for you, everyone knows that lunch is the best time for some hircine high student to try and hurt someone who is not a fighter"

(I said tilting my head slightly and smiling)

"what kind of a person would I be if i just went and let such a beatiful girl like you get hurt while I wandered around"

(I said with a friendly wink and a smile)

[raven]

Raven blushed as he said he met her eyes with his. He said he could only think of one thing while he was walking around and she silently wondered what it was. But it was private and she wasn't going to pry into it. She smiled and ate the last bit of her half sandwhich. She smiled as she looked for the librarian and pulled out a small bag of homemade chocolate chip cookies stealing one she sat the other three in his lap for when he was done with his sandwhich. She was a cook and a baker and so everything was homemade when it was Raven. Not to mention now that she had no one to share her days and things with she had to do something to keep herself busy.

He said that he had come looking for her because lunch was the prime time for the Hircine students to try to catch the Varronians off guard. She knew that nodding in affirmation. She was in the library for that very reason hiding out a bit so that she wasn't such an easy target. She blushed a deep deep red when he called her beautiful and a soft smile crossed her face. It was one of those things that she could never believe about herself.

"I appreciate the sentiment." she said softly as she looked down at her lap letting her hair fall to a curtain so he couldn't see her face unless it was moved. "You didn't have to though.. I'll be allright. I'll ... make it somehow." she said softly.

[bruce]

(When she put the cookies on my lap I smiled and finished my sandwich)

"why thank you my dear"

(I said after i finished my sandwich. I then noticed how her lower her head so that her hair would cover her face. Listening to what she said I smiled. With my hand closest to her, very softly and slowly I pulled her hair back slowly so that she could see me and I could see her. I did this to make eye contact with her for what i was going to say next.)

"It's not because i have to raven, it's because I wanted to, I wanted to see you again"

(I said while looking at her with a very small smile as I held her hair parted from her face very gently)

[raven]

Suddenly she felt a hand in her hair. No one had touched her hair since Felix and she felt the sting of tears for a moment remembering all the times he told her not to hide her face. Gojyo pushed her hair back gently and it made her look up at him. Her eyes glistening softly as he told her that it wasn't that he had to. But that he wanted to. Not only did he want to protect her but he wanted to see her again. But why? Why would he want to see her? She had nothing special going on. She was just a shy Russian girl that didn't want to get beaten that was all she had nothing special to attract some guy to her.

Carefully she reached up tucking her black hair behind her ear so he didn't have to hold it there any more. She lifted her head and looked over at him gently. She didn't know what to say to that so she thought maybe if she changed the subject it would help a little. So she did.

"So.. tell me about yourself .. anything." she said softly as she looked at him his hand was still close but she didn't mind. She was blushing deeply though that had started back when he touched her hair.

[bruce]

(Seeing her tuck her hair behind her ear I smiled very gently. Since there was no need for my hand to be there anymore I slowly brought my hand to rest on the back of the couch.)

"Well I grew up in an orphanage, In the orphanage I was always in trouble for picking fights. I don't know what it was, but when the students made fun of me for not remembering my first name I went balistic....my first name is not gojyo, I can't remember what my real first name is, so I just go by the name of gojyo. I learned martial arts at the age of ten when my master adopted me from the orphanage to go live at his dojo as an apprentice."

(I said before Taking a bite out of one of the cookies she ahd given me. Swallowing the cookie I smiled slightly)

"now Instead of being the old trouble maker I once was, I prefer to live life with a more carefree attitude and have some fun. What about you?"

[raven]

Raven smiled softly as he suddenly moved his hand away from her. She didn't mind, again she wasn't terribly used to dealing with the public. Not to mention that he was a guy. She listened to his story and she raised her brow slightly as he told her he was an orphan. She smiled softly they had something in common in a way but she wasn't sure how a German boy got to learn martial arts but she wasn't going to question him either.

"Me? Umm well I was born in Russia. At three I was given to the orphanage. There I lived until ten. I was adopted and brought to Varron where my parents are. And they didn't like me because I am a quiet and shy girl not a happy and hyper girl. So they sent me to live with my grandmother. She died there, in Varron and then when we all had to move I moved too. Here. But my parents didn't come. And so now I am here but alone. But I think I have always been alone, so it is no different now except the boyfriend I had left me while I was on a trip to Russia and that is my story." she said with a shrug.

She sighed softly and took a few sips of her water bottle not sure what else to say it was still hard to trust someone right now after what Felix and her parents did.

[bruce]

(hearing her story i nodded my head. It seemed we almost had the same story...almost. Putting my arm around her shoulders to rest on her far shoulder I gave her a gentle friendly hug)

"I know it's hard to get by when your alone and you think noone loves you. It's hard to walk around with a smile on your face for someone else when you don't want to wear a smile. You may be right about here, that your alone...but Don't worry about it"

(I said as I looked into her beatiful blue eyes)

"cause with me at this school, you'll never be truly alone, whenever you may need me, i'll be there, so you don't have to hide anymore my dear, not with me here"

(I said reassuringly as I gazed into her stunning blue eyes that somehow captivated me so, they were full of beauty and innocence the one thing I have never really noticed about anyone.)

[raven]

He put his arm around her and pulled her into one of those friendly side hug things. She blushed deeply. But he continued speaking and she listened. He promised that so long as she was here at this school she would never truly be alone. That he would always be there for when she needed him. She blushed softly as she looked up at him. He seemed to always be looking right into her eyes and it always made a blush come up on her features. She smiled shyly.

"Thank you. I appreciate that." she said with a smile.

"So why did you come here? To San Francisco?" she asked softly as she looked at him for a moment before dropping her gaze. "Why did you come here all the way from Germany?"

[bruce]

(Looking down into her eyes I smiled when i heard he question)

"why did I come here from germany? So I could just be me"

(I said as a small hint of sadness could be seen in my eyes, then as quick as it had come It was gone)

"Back in Germany Everyone thought of me as the little punk gojyo, noone treated me with respect but expected me to respect them. To me respect doesn't work that way, they would need to earn mine just like I would need to earn theres. I lost a lot just because of my reputation. I even got thrown out by my master and the closet thing I have had to a family, all because of my stupid actions. So I decided to come here to start fresh, noone knows me just like I know noone"

(I said with a smile that would make it seem as if the hint of sadness was never there)

"so why did you transfer here? you could have gone to any school could you not once varron went under??"

(I asked her as I looked down at her with a small smile)

[raven]

Raven smiled at him. Though she could see that like her own past his was not pleasant. But that wasn't necessarily a bad thing. Perhaps it was good for him, because it enabled him to learn more about himself and develop who he was. That was important. To learn who you were by whatever means you could. She smiled at him shyly and nodded as he asked his own question.

"At first, it was because my friends were coming and I had few. I'm a shy girl it's hard for me to.. get people to be patient enough to get to know me." she said softly as she looked down her hair falling to hide her face on it's own accord.

"But my friends backed out, and I had already set up a place here and sold the house I had there. So I came, in hopes of making new friends." she said softly as she continued looking in her lap.

"It's different here. But .. I'll settle. I'm sure.. right?" she asked with a smirk but didn't look up.