[November Seventh]

//Book Lovers Day// - First Saturday in November. Also on August ninth.

“Mori’s ignoring me,” the short boy stated. Kamio looked up from the game he was currently playing on his iPod.

“Doesn’t he always ignore you?” the redhead asked, not really concerned. Uchimura sighed.

“Well technically yes, but not really, he’s just… I mean… well you wouldn’t understand,” Uchimura told him, dismissing the idea with a wave of his hand. “He’s honestly ignoring me though right now.”

“Did you do something to piss him off?” Kamio asked with a shrug, not really sure what he was supposed. To do. Uchimura shook his head.

“I didn’t do anything. I was just talking and I asked him if he wanted to hang later and he totally blew me off. Lame.” Kamio shrugged, ignoring the other boy’s complaints as he looked for more moves in his current game of Solitaire.

He was distracted, however, by Shinji.

Who was walking towards their table, reading and walking at the same time, a skill Kamio had thought only Mori possessed.

“You can walk and read?” Uchimura asked the boy the question Kamio had been wondering as well. Shinji looked up from the text and nodded.

“I am told it is an acquired skill though really it doesn’t seem to be that hard. It’s a matter of maintaining your balance as you-”

“Right, whatever Shinji.” Kamio cut him off before he could ramble on for too long. “Why’re you reading?”

“I have been informed that it is Book Lovers Day,” Shinji said, clearing up both the confusion surrounding Shinji and Mori. “And as such I have decided to read.”

//Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day//

“I am very confused.” The statement from Jackal had Marui looking at him like he was crazy.

“Why?” the tensai asked.

“Because you have a bar of chocolate-” Jackal motioned towards it “-Akaya’s glaring at it-” Jackal motioned towards Akaya “-but you are not being attacked for it, nor does it appear he has sustained any injuries that would keep him from approaching.” Marui laughed.

“Oh, that. The chocolate has almonds.” Jackal was still confused.

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“I told him they were pecans,” Marui said with a cackle that was far too evil for his own good. Jackal raised an eyebrow.

“And he believed you? You hate pecans.” Marui cackled harder.

“I know! That’s the best part – I’ve been putting them on things for months now, and he still has yet to realize.” Marui’s maniacal laughter died down slightly, as he added, “And the excuse has done a wonderful job of keeping my chocolate safe on Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day as well.”