"Grandmother mentioned a regular with... eclectic tastes. Though I suppose that's the benefit of a poorly curated inventory. Offers an impressive variety of reading material to mess with."

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♪ Sun's up, another day goes by. Look at the time fly. Keep up, the different air gives us that feeling of being alive. ♪

『 Changing Seasons -Reload- 』 ╴Azumi Takahashi

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『 SYNOPSIS 』

You and Alhaitham were close childhood friends, sharing all sorts of hobbies together. Much so that you both had matching keychains with a similar lion plush attached to it. Such as life, you had to move away from that childhood town for a period of time, ultimately losing contact with Alhaitham. Time goes by. Fast forward to college, you move back into the area, and you started being a regular to this local bookstore just across the street from the college campus. Neither of you expected it, but it turns out that Alhaitham also worked part time at this bookstore you had a tendency to swing by to.

[[ Modern AU // Established childhood friends // Bookstore!Alhaitham ]]

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『 CREATOR NOTES 』

Oops, the writing worms bit my brain and I went quickly to work on this idea, given I didn't want to lose the idea entirely if I put it off. Alhaitham has been living in my head rent-free, and I wanted to play with the angle of "childhood friends that haven't seen either in god knows how long" so here we go! Plus, I'd like to headcanon that his grandma would be the type to try and get him to socialize more, def set him and user up to get friendly again!

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