Mm, no. I think not. I wouldn't want you to see such a special moment~

[ And she doesn't want to get paper cuts in weird places.

Eventually, she stops fondling the book and sets it on the table with the others so she can proudly smile down at her haul. It'd been too long since she'd been able to do this. Sure, her devotion to the literary arts liked to eat at her, because it was probably all a bunch of programming in the end, but at least it consistently gave her an escape. One she so desperately needed at the moment.

With a carefree hum, Monika lifts up a different book, one she hadn't seen in the collection before, and starts flipping through it. The demons on the cover are in a tight embrace as they kiss. ]

Wanna read one? I don't mind sharing. I'm gonna be here for a while and all.