Chapter 5: Ch 5
Time quickly come to pass the sunshine fade and was replaced by a gleaming sunset outside.
At the end of the class before the Teacher dismissed them she assigned groups of students a day on who will take a responsibility in cleaning the room at the end of that day.
Unfortunately the first student who got picked is Tadano via lottery what's even more unfortunate was that nobody wants to be at the same day nor even group as him so it's only himself.
However for Tadano that's a win, when the Teacher is about to force some students to be with him he stopped the Teacher and took on the responsibility himself.
(A time to be alone? A domain only for me? Hell yeah!)
He nodded and shouted in his mind besides theres not much trash to clean anyway just blackboard cleaning and aligning the chairs.
As for the rest of his classmates they got assigned in groups, and so going back...
Class had ended, after the dismissal some students went home immediately, some students hanged out with their newfound friends but a certain someone didn't stood up and just sat there until everyone was gone.
Two people left, alone inside the room all time is theirs for the taking, cold wind blew inside the room causing a chill in ther spine to both people inside the room.
Tadano broke the silence.
"Komi-san?" A warm voice resounded inside the silent room besides the sound of Tadano wiping the blackboard.
"....."
"Uhhhhh, Komi-san? Are you there?"
Tadano feeling the awkward atmosphere brewing stopped cleaning the board and turned towards Komi, there she was petrified for some reason.
"Are you okay Komi-san?"
Still Komi is petrified its like medusa casted a curse on her or something, Tadano took a deep breath and went towards Komi.
"Ta-" she spoke.
Tadano tilted his head a bit.
"Ta?"
"TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-TA-..."
A series of machine gun like sound came out of Komi's mouth that Tadano was perplexed and he chuckled.
"Is this deja vu?"
After a while Komi's gunshots stopped and she calmed down while Tadano is just sitting at the seat opposite of hers then she suddenly stood up and picked up her bag and bolted out of the room out of sheer embarrassment and a hint of disappointment.
"WHAT THE-?! WAIT KOMI-SAAAN!"
Before Komi got out Tadano reached for her wrist and caught her then he spoke what's on his mind.
"Are you....perhaps bad at speaking with others?"
Tadano didn't know what to feel when he said this whether he should laugh or cry or both because he already knows it so he just stayed silent.
Komi hearing what he just said felt a twinge of hope in her heart her tense body relaxed and so because of that Tadano released her wrist.
Komi slowly turned around and then glared at tadano, her mouth opened.
"Ha."
"HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA"
Please do note komi is not crazy she just has a severe communication syndrome get that straight.
"Komi-san...ha ha" Tadano sweated a bit and scratched his cheeks.
Moments later Komi calmed down
"Lets take a seat shall we Komi-san?"
Tadano and Komi chose to sit by the window near the blackboard and took in a fresh breathe of air then Tadano turned to Komi and spoke.
"You really are bad at speaking"
Komi flinched because of the cold harsh truth she then proceeded to nod her head once.
"What are you trying to say earlier Komi-san?"
Even if he did read the manga he knows it's already bound to change especially when he caused a massive ruckus earlier so even if he remember the lines, fate can change so now he don't know what is she trying to say even the way they met is very different so might as well scrap the whole knowledge about it.
When Komi heard it she looked at Tadano but she didn't speak she just vibrated she is still having a trouble speaking.
(Too bad I already have a solution to your problem)
Even with him knowing the solution he wanted to stay with komi for just a bit longer it's not everyday he can see a character come to life until now, let alone piss one off.
Tadano suggested to Komi.
"Why don't you try and write on the black board like you did earlier?"
Komi looked at tadano as if she's saying "great idea" she picked up the chalk and wrote on the board.
The chalk felt too smooth and wont write so she decided to roughen the chalk by writing downwards, she looks like a cat that's scratching or something.
(Komeow-san)
[How did you know I'm bad at speaking with others?]
Tadano with his shamelessness spoke the same line in the manga along with a proud look, like he just solve a math problem except he had ai to help him.
"I just took a guess, considering how you reacted to things you tend to tremble a lot, when people talk to you, you scare them and lastly you haven't spoken a word properly since earlier, piece by piece I connected the dots and came to conclusion that you must be bad at communication?"
99.9% accuracy!, Tadano just stared at Komi's eyes not blinking whatsoever it's like he's trying to bore a hole to Komi.
"Did i guess right?"
Komi however glared at Tadano again she then turned towards the blackboard and wrote on the board.
[Yes, whenever I talk to someone other than my parents I get nervous a lot]
[I actually want to chat with them, but when I do I just glare at them. I think they hate me]
[Some kneel down and beg for forgiveness some even faint some even cry]
[Do they hate me?]
[Of course they do I tend to glare at them all the time, how will they want to speak at someone like me....Haaaa]
Her hand trembled it seems as if she wants to get something out of her chest and the perfect therapist?, Who else but the person currently present in the room.
[Back in middle school I was alone I tend to eat lunch in the bathroom because I can't bring myself to talk to my classmates and so i was comfortable there]
[Every children doesn't want to play with me even though o tried approaching them]
[What should I do?]
"....."
"....."
[Im sorry]
Tadano couldn't see it but Komi bit her lips remembering her terrible memories of her childhood as well as her general life.
Komi became down in the dumps as she continues to write, then it progresses to things about degrading herself. He can only stare at Komi pitifully at this situation, he walked towards the desk and grabbed another chalk then he wrote.
[The night wind is chilly, huh]
(If I'm deep at this plot already then let's say fuck it i'll help Komi-san besides Im bored anyway)
Tadano gaze at Komi and continued writing on the board.
[Yes] Komi wrote.
[Im sorry if I glared at you earlier]
[It's fine I understand]
[....]
[....]
[....]
[....]
They wrote and had chat with each other slowly filling the whole blackboard with their heartfelt conversation, during their chat Tadano glanced at Komi he chuckled.
(Komi is just a normal girl)
[What is it?] Komi asked.
[Nothing]