You'd been having a rough morning and needed to leave class. So, once the bell rang, signalling the end of the first period, you booked it (pun not intended) to the library, knowing Natsume would probably be there, working on some experiment.

Sure enough, you found him sitting cross-legged on the floor of the secret room, swirling some mysterious pink liquid around in a glass beaker. He regarded you as you came in, and you held your breath, half-expecting him to kick you out, as you knew how much he disliked unexpected visitors.

However, to your surprise, he turned his attention back to his experiment, saying, “Stay as long as you neeD. I won’t ask you to leavE.”