Komi's schizophrenic friend

-Communication 3: Childhood Friend (Part Two)-

"H-Hey Komi-san..." Najimi muttered as they approached Shouko, who still was petrified. But Komi-san didn't answer.

"L-Let's just go home..." Najimi muttered. Shouko nodded and then followed them.

On the streets of the city...

Najimi Osana and Shouko Komi walked along the walkways of the city they lived in. There was an awkward silence between the two, and Tsumeno Taikoro, who followed them for safety, was worried about that.

"Hey Komi-san, do you remember the time we first met?", Najimi asked, "Back in elementary school?"

"Duuuuhhhh." Shouko replied. She wanted to say "I do", but her voice left out the "I" and put much more empathy on the "do".

"Sorry that I said we couldn't be friends.", Najimi said, "I didn't mean it."

Komi-san simply nodded.

"But I must say that you are pretty popular Komi-san.", Najimi told Shouko, "Do you have any secrets to share with me?"

Komi-san then menacingly glared at Najimi as she wanted to deny the statement that she was popular.

"Are you okay?" Tsumeno texted Najimi via his phone.

"I give up." was Najimi's reply.

"Well, looks like even the 'great' Najimi can't hold a conversation with her..." Tsumeno quietly muttered to himself.

"NAJIMI!" two voices suddenly burst out, which scared Tsumeno and Shouko a little.

"Heh, found you Najimi..." the larger of the two persons said.

"Seems to be some of Najimi's childhood friends.", Tsumeno thought, "This surprised me a bit..."

"Hey Maa-kun and Shii-chan, what's up?" Najimi asked the two.

"You moved away without telling us anything!" Maa-kun mourned.

"Right, Maa-kun is so lonely without you, Najimi!" Shii-chan added.

"So, is there anything you want?" Najimi asked.

"Actually, there is.", Maa-kun replied, "You see, after you were gone, I realized how much I treasure you in my heart, Najimi! PLEASE BE MY GIRLFRIEND!"

"That not possible since I'm a guy." Najimi quickly answered.

"Just tell us your real gender..." Tsumeno thought to himself in disbelief.

"Najimi, I've already made up my mind..." Maa-kun said, after which he chased Najimi for a bit. He then captured them.

"You can't escape from me, Najimi!" Maa-kun said. But shortly after, Komi-san confronted him.

"What is it?" Maa-kun asked, but he soon saw his keys in Komi's hand.

"You... Muh... Dr... Op... Th..." Shouko muttered at Maa-kun.

"Great Shouko, you talked to a stranger!", Tsumeno thought, "You're getting better!"

"Wait, what did she say?", Maa-kun asked himself in his mind, "Is she..."

"Last time some retard did this to Najimi, I murdered him, using nothing but the keys to his own house!" was the thing that came up in Maa-kun's mind.

"Shii-chan, run!" Maa-kun exclaimed as he started running.

"Maa-kun?!" Shii-chan screamed as he ran after Maa-kun. Komi-san actually wanted to say "You might have dropped this", but it ended in a misunderstanding.

"I think I can be friends with you, Komi-san." Najimi replied after a short while. Shouko then glared at them.

"Haha... I totally got the wrong impression of you, Komi-san!", Najimi said, "You're so funny! Hahahaha... Hahaha!"

"What's gone into him/her right now?" Tsumeno asked himself in his mind.

"I-I actually thought that you were the kind of person that sucks out blood from people or something like this, Komi-san!" Najimi told their new friend.

"Ok, you're just crazy..." Tsumeno thought to himself.

"Come on, let's go home already!" Najimi exclaimed as they started running.

"So, it looks like you've made your second friend." Tsumeno simply said. Komi-san was so happy that she jumped into the air.

"Umm, what do we do with the key?" Tsumeno asked, as Shouko still had Maa-kun's key.

"L-Let's bring it to a police box." Shouko answered. Tsumeno was a bit shocked that she could talk normally with him, but quickly came back to his senses.

"Yeah, let's do that." he simply answered. The two then started to continue their way as well, with Najimi being way ahead of them.

The next day at school...

"Hey Komi-san, wanna eat lunch together?" Najimi asked as lunch break was beginning. This moved Shouko emotionally since it's the first time someone asked her for lunch. She quickly nodded much to Najimi's surprise.

"And what about you, Taiko-kun?", Najimi asked, "Do you really want to eat lunch alone? Food tastes better if you when you eat with friends, right?"

"I'll pass." Tsumeno quickly answered. But Shouko grabbed him at his lower arm and looked him into the eyes.

"Ok, I'll come along..." he muttered. The three then made their way to the school's canteen and got their meals.

"So Komi-san, what kind of music do you like? Why do you want to be friends with me? Do you want more friends? What kind of shampoo do you use? What do you think of Taiko-kun?" Najimi asked Komi-san in one go. This amount of information broke her.

"Well, she wants to make 100 friends." Tsumeno said, helping out Shouko.

"That few?!" Najimi exclaimed in disbelief, as they had thousands of friends.

"Don't say that!" Tsumeno shouted at Najimi's face.

"Ah, Komi-san, my throat is kind of dry.", Najimi said, "Please buy me a Standbakes' non-fat milk pistachio deep mocha deep cream Frappuccino with Choco syrup, Grande."

Komi-san at first was overwhelmed by the information, but she went none the less.

"Najimi, what the fuck are you thinking?!" Tsumeno once again shouted at Najimi's face.

"Relax, Taiko-kun.", Najimi said, "You see, I still have three lunch appointments."

Najimi then made their way to their next appointment, while Tsumeno went after Shouko to keep an eye on her.

Some time later...

Komi-san was standing in front of Standbakes Coffee, being nervous to enter it. But after some time, she found the courage to enter the store.

"Good luck, Shouko!" Tsumeno encouraged Komi-san in his mind. But shortly after, she went outside again due to the sheer amount of people inside. But she collected her courage and went inside again.

"We'll take your order here!" a waiter shouted before Komi-san would sit down. She then approached the waitress in order to give the order.

"So, what's your order?" the waiter asked. Komi-san went through what Najimi had said to her in her mind, but she was too nervous to speak. The waiter then gave her the menu to pick the order, but she couldn't find what Najimi wanted.

"A-Are you alright?" the waiter asked Shouko, but he soon realized something.

"I KNOW WHAT YOU WANT!", he suddenly exclaimed, "PLEASE SIT INTO THE CORNER OVER THERE WHILE I PREPARE THE DRINK!"

"So, here's an Enola fantastic Valencia orange bitter chocolate brownie with nutty flavour sauce pistachio sauce on walnuts chip chocochip cookie chip soy milk creamy Frappuccino with whole lotta sauce whole lotta whip cream and whole lotta chip!" the waiter said as he put down the drink. Shouko knew that it was wrong, but she was to nervous to say it, so she just took it and went away.

Some time later...

"Komi-san, that's not what I ordered..." Najimi said as Shouko gave them their drink. Shouko then pouted in order to show slight angriness.

-Communication 3: End-