Kevin tried to hide a faint blush as he flipped through the pages of his Runes book. Being close to the librarian hadn't really struck him as a point of pride or skill, really. He had spent many hours in her domain over six years, and from time to time, struck up conversations with her when he had no study buddy. She was incredibly helpful when it came to finding sources for long essays, and once, although Kevin would never tell anyone about it, she had grabbed a handful of books from the Restricted Section for him.
"It's no big deal. I get on well with my teachers," he said simply, deciding not to add that it was in part because he didn't have many close friends.
He dug into his bookbag to find a quill and some parchment and stumbled upon an extra couple of candy canes. Huh. Kevin had packed more of those for the librarian than he thought.
Kevin extracted the extra peppermint sticks and put them on the table.