5

It has been a few days and I have spent most of my time in the library during lunch and break time. This has been a peaceful time for me because I did not have to force myself to listen to people whisper about me.

I have already figured out what kind of person this body was before it was given to me as my second chance at life.

I already found it funny and confusing that this body had the same name as me. It made me wonder if the strange being that sent me to this world only picked a body based on the name or if it was because this body was already on the path of committing very bad crimes?

But I didn't worry too much about it.

Instead, I was only worried if the person called Hanni goes to the same school as me and will approach me. But for these past few days, I have still been alone, so I stopped thinking about it.

Now I mostly spend my time reading novels in the library for leisure but also reading some magazines. I already made a list of movies and shows I want to watch based on google search.

There were also some recommendations on the magazines I read. I was glad the library had so much variety.

I actually saw this one girl in the library always sitting in the same corner with her back to me. She was reading something so intently that I wondered what it was.

I know I said I didn't mind being alone because I had the books in the library to keep me company. But I also liked befriending people who were like myself and liked to indulge in novels.

That's how I made my best friend in my last life.

I still feel sorry that she had to be with me on the day I got hit by that damn truck.

She must be traumatised by going out with me. I hope she is able to heal and forget me... I don't want her to suffer. She was a good friend.

Thinking of my good friend, I really wanted to make a new start over in this new world.

So what if the original body was a bad person and became a loner who had stalker tendencies. That person was gone now. I am the one who is here now and I want to live a good life. And that good life requires a good friend.

The girl who was in the corner looked like a good student. She was dressed neatly and her dark hair was tied into braids. She wore glasses over her chocolate brown eyes. Overall she did not have a mean face.

I did not want to scare this girl so I decided to sneak a look at what she was reading. If I could find out what she liked to read, it would be easier to start a conversation. But when I leaned over sneakily, I was surprised at what I saw.

This good student with an innocent face was reading a very shocking manga.

The pages were filled with erotic scenes of two handsome men entangled together.

"Ah!" The girl in front of me looked scared when she noticed me leaning over to look.

It seems I was caught.

I felt very guilty when I saw the scared look in her eyes. But I was more shocked that a school library would have erotic manga.

"Oh, uh, hello." I tried to give a friendly smile but instead, I see the good student hold the erotic novel to her chest with a look on her face saying she wants to run away.

Ah. I have scared this student.

"I'm surprised the school library has this genre here." I clumsily laughed.

"This-it-it's not from the school." The student stuttered.

Ah, so she brought it to school.

"Oh. Um... is it good?" I was really trying my best to let this student know there was nothing to fear from me, but she was acting like a frightened bunny.

I should try harder.

"I don't know much about manga but I like to read novels. I've actually written some before."

When I finished saying that, it seemed to have worked in making the student less frightened.

"You write novels?" She asked in a small voice.

"Ah, yes. I do. But I've never written gay romance before. I've only written fantasy novels of either a female lead or a male lead becoming a powerful master. But I like to read genres of all kinds. As long as it's interesting." I smiled again.

"Um, I- I also like reading novels. This-this is just- um, please forget you saw me read this. Please don't tell anyone." The student didn't look as frightened as before, but she still seemed like a pitiful bunny.

I guess she was shy about the manga she was reading. The pictures drawn were very erotic. I can see why she would want to hide it.

Honestly, she should not be reading it at school in the first place, but considering this body of mine did the same thing with her own hobby, I wondered if this was a habit of young students in this world.

"It's okay, it's okay. We all have our preferences. I won't tell anyone, you don't need to worry. But don't read that at school anymore. It could have been someone else who saw you read it instead of me. Make sure you only read it at home, okay?" I put on a big sister face that I used to use on my younger siblings back home, and hope this good student would listen well.

Everything was fine after this.

I found out this good student's name was Mai. She wasn't in any of my classes but we promised to meet here at lunch starting from today.

I was glad to make this new friend. She certainly had an eccentric side to her that nobody would expect, but it was also what made it much more fun to talk to her.

It seems I was not as unlucky as I thought. I was able to make a good friend today.

How fortunate for once.