Library Adventures III
Silence came back to
the library again. Erika still looked into the eyes of Vittorio, who
kind of started to regret what he did.
He became more and
more sad and tried to slowly look away, but the puppy eyes of Erika
fixed him in his position.
He didn't dare to
look away. She got him; and she knew it.
Her tears ran down
on the floor, the dropping noise was the only thing one could hear.
Next to their breathes.
"E.. Erika..."
Vit said regretful, looking at her. Closing her eyes to cut off her
tears, she stood up.
"I will go then...
Looks like I don't belong to the library..." she said, without any
exertion. She started walking towards the exit, scuffing her tail
over the ground, leaving her book at her armchair.
She was very slow on
food, the burden of her feelings weighed on her heavily. Just as she
was about to take the door, Vittorio shouted.
"WAIT!"
Erika stopped moving
quickly as she was about to look back. But suddenly, something
wrapped their arms around her and hugged her.
It was Vittorio. He
held her in his arms, crying on her shoulder.
"I am so sorry...
I shouldn't have yelled at you for that... I see things like these to
be very easy, that's why I didn't understand in my arrogance how you
couldn't get all these things right... I.."
He stopped as a paw
was held on his muzzle. Erika wanted him to shut the hell up.
"I want to learn
how to read and how to count..." she said with such a conviction,
that it made the vice shiver.
Vittorio looked into
her eyes and commenced smiling.
"I will teach you,
Erika."
From then on,
Vittorio taught Erika everything he knew, she was a fast learner. And
she soon could read pretty decent.