At least that means you're not hard to buy books for! I like fantasy, sci-fi, that kind of thing.

While he's surprised that it's a textbook she shows him and not a work of fiction, he doesn't comment on it. He doesn't really get how you can want to read a textbook for fun, but if she enjoys it, who's he to tell her otherwise?

When she offers her notebook to him, his brows rise in hesitation, but he finds himself nodding before he can say 'no'.

Yeah, okay - is there anywhere round here we can sit down? That might be easier