the overwhelming gaze looks around here, there

[It's growing dark by the time B-ko descends from the library's top floor. She texted A-ya earlier, but received no reply. Ah, the guy's probably gone and wandered off somewhere around here, hasn't he? For all she knew, he could be napping in some forgotten corner. One day, she'll forget about him when she leaves. He might even become a skeleton and transform into one of those urban legends he loved so much.

But he's lucky this time, because she wants to drag him back to her dorm for a study session. B-ko scours the floor, checking behind any place he might've tucked himself in when she finds him at the table she left him at.

Fallen asleep in the middle of it, huh...

Heavy book in hand, she gently bops it on his head.]

Wake up.