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2021-09-08 23:27:07"Do you have to bring all those school notebooks with you?" Her brother asked for the third time that day as he closed the box and taped it.
"For the last time Haruki, those are references from when I need some information while I work. If you're not going to stop complaining about how heavy my belongings are, you should just sit down and watch while I pack by myself."
Haruki grumbled something about uncute little sisters as he carried the box and put it on top of the growing pile of boxes. More than half of those were her books and they didn't even go through half of her collection. Perhaps she needed to tune things down a little bit.
Even though the third room in the new apartment was filled with shelves, there was a limit to how many books she could take with her since she was going to share them with Jun.
"So, how did the first night go?" Haruki said standing up and looking at her waiting for her answer with undivided attention.
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