-Excuse me, I wasn't paying attention.- she apologized with her musical voice.
Amadeu stuttered a reply before turning completely red.
-Mai.- she announced, he looked at her without understanding.- My name, it's Mai. Yours?
-Amadeu.- what was happening to him? He was acting like a teenager. He thought as he shook her hand.
-So, are you looking for a specific book?- Mai asked.
It turned out that they both were looking for the same book and there was only a copy. Amadeu let her have it and she promised him to lend it to him when she was done. After that book there were more, and after those meetings to read at any of their places. Before they even realized it they were dating. Amadeu was deeply in love, his stomach turned into a knot every time he saw Mai, yet she was so easy to be around. She was carefree, extremely intelligent, and had a wicked sense of humor that almost seemed out of place in a person who looked so fragile.
One night they were laying on the sofa at Mai's place, reading while cuddling, when Amadeu felt the need to tell her how he felt. He set his book aside and kissed Mai on the brow. She turned around and kissed him softly, his cracked lips feeling the tenderness of hers. He looked into her eyes, it was the right moment.
-Mai, I love you.
A flash of something crossed her eyes, a spark, a shadow. She grinned and all her teeth were pointy, but Amadeu couldn't see it as she was kissing him again. Mai bit his lip until blood came out, but it didn't matter as he was totally under her control. She stood up, took him by the hand, and led him down to the basement.
-Now you'll stay here with all the other fools.- she said, her pointy teeth still dripping blood.
Amadeu found himself a spot to sit on and joined the crowd of blank-faced men that waited for their fate down there. Mai smiled at herself proudly, it was so easy to fool them.
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