[AQ] Several Magic Pages [Mitsuo & Fuka]

[Fuka]

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The Heart’s Egg
+ Description: There’s a book on campus about all this egg business… it’d help you out a lot if you could find it to learn about everything. It might be in the library, or left in a common room; someone else might be looking for it though, or maybe you could look for it with a friend--maybe a friend even already knows about it and its whereabouts!
+ Follow Prompt: +1 Guardians, +1 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Requirements: None
+ Submitted by Pai

Most of Fuka's weekday afternoons, when he wasn't on the job with work-study, were spent at the library; he was in 2-A, but he wasn't really cut out for 2-A, and so he constantly had to keep vigilant in order to remain there; his natural aptitude was average at best, and so long hours were spent daily, going over lessons again, doing homework and checking carefully every answer, making sure he had everything learned and memorized that he needed (especially in math--math was tough).

As a result, he'd become a library regular; which was good for his image, he thought, as he already spent a good amount of time socializing to allow it to balance out that he was both social and studious; and also, it made him easy to find, allowing for anyone to access him at any point, which was also seen as quite a plus. And so he kept himself nose-deep in his bath textbook, jotting down notes and answers here and there.

... But he couldn't help the fact that he was rather distracted. On his trip here just the other day, it had been to pick out and read a book that was found in the children's section of this very library, which was on the nature of magical eggs and wish fairies and something along those lines; which not only did he have, he had two of them--and they'd just recently hatched.

The two of them had been sitting in his bag, bickering amongst each other after Fuka had confined them to it for being too loud while he was trying to study; Thesis, the calmer one, had initially said something to upset Zeal, the hotheaded one, and within moments they'd ended up in a heavy back-and-forth debate over ideologies as to how Fuka should be conducting his studies.

And while he quite liked both of the little things (which had an official name, he was sure of it, but he wasn't sure what that name was), they were interfering with his plans for the moment; he supposed they still had to learn of his general routine and such.

... At the same time, though, it was hard not to keep glancing over to the children's section to see if anyone else was going for the book. He didn't know how many other people on campus had these odd little things, no less how many had newer ones, and so he couldn't stem his curiosity. It may have been cutting into his study times, but...

[Mitsuo Takahashi]

Mitsuo was on a mission!

He was going to find every damn painted egg that ever existed on campus!

Well, actually that was more of a side goal (or perhaps it was kind of a main goal...but ah who cares about details like that?!). Really he was more on a quest to find that book that Kirishigi-sensei had talked about. Truthfully, a part of him had found it a little hard to believe the teacher's words. Not to mention the shock he felt when he learned that the sun-patterned egg he was holding actually existed. Yet, he had unexpectedly found himself mulling over the astronomer's words more than he had thought he would. The egg comes from the heart...and they come from wishes... Honestly, he would have laughed at its absurdity and its childishness, finding it more amusing than anything else. Yet...the way the teacher seemed so mysterious and cryptic, and having that soft smile on his lips...it had simply made his mind wonder more and more about the egg in his room rather than the homework on his table.

And perhaps he wanted to believe in the magical feeling of it all.

He still didn't understand where the feeling was coming from. Nor did he understand what his real stance about it all was. But, as he stared at the egg that was sitting on his table, he couldn't help but find his mind going back to the book Kirishigi-sensei mentioned. And deciding there and then that tomorrow, he was going to find it and read it. Why not, after all? And if anything else, whether the book really existed, or it was a joke, he would probably be able to laugh it off and use that time to find the painted eggs that were supposedly scattered all over campus.

And so there he was, pushing the library doors open, before he peered inside and glanced left and right. Wow, look at this library! ...Okay fine he wasn't really into libraries much, but he could admire something like that right? Closing the doors behind him, he looked all around the place with a determined expression on his face. Alright, he was here, now to find that book!

....Before he realised he had no clue where it even was.

Um.

He was about to turn towards the librarian - until he spotted a painted egg sitting on top of a shelf. Whoa, he had only been here for less than a minute, and he had already found one! Immediately he pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and a black pen, and he quickly scribbled a short description of the egg onto the paper. It was a golden coloured one, painted with what appeared with intricately lined roses. Whomever painted it must really enjoyed painting that kind of thing! He quickly noted it down. Yellow with red flowers. Yup! That'll do!

But wait, there was more! What luck! He was quickly scribbling them down, moving all around the library yet he never realised that he was moving towards one particular area. Until when he finally jotted down the last egg he had seen, he looked up to find himself in the children's section. Whoa, when did he get here? He was just at the front moments ago--

That is, till he spotted it.

The Heart's Egg.

"There it is!" he suddenly cried, loud enough for anyone nearby to hear him - and after a few Shhhhhhhhhhhs! aimed at the offender, he quickly clapped a hand to his mouth, bowing his head sheepishly to those whose concentration he had disturbed. Right okay, this was a library Mitsuo, please do not be an idiot like that again. Looking around to make sure that no one else was glaring at him for making noise, he slowly reached up to grab at the spine of the book. And first thing he thought of was Wow, this was a cute cover. No wonder it was at the children's section. His hand moved to flip open the cover.