Komi's schizophrenic friend
Author's note:
Hello dear readers, this will be the first of a bunch of chapters that will differ from the actual manga storyline. Since I'll often put chapters together, these chapters are added as compensation. And don't worry, I already have one or two story arcs made from my compensation chapters ready.
But now, have fun reading the story!
-Communication 4: Sleepover-
Itan Private High School
A regular school day at Itan Private High School. The teacher taught the students of Class 1-1, with the students themselves contributing differently. While some were at the verge of falling asleep, others like Tsumeno Taikoro contributed a lot. And after what felt like an eternity, the school day was over.
"Man, it's finally weekend..." Najimi muttered as he/she didn't really like studying.
"Even though I'm normally contributing a lot during the lessons, it's always nice when the weekend comes.", Tsumeno said, "Finally some time for garden work and meditating."
"Meditating, seriously?" Najimi exclaimed.
"Hey, it's at least healthier than just playing videogames the whole weekend!" Tsumeno shouted back at Najimi.
Do you need to work on your garden that much?
"Well, I only need to care about some flowers, but it shouldn't take that long.", Tsumeno answered, "Why are you asking?"
My mum said it would be possible to arrange a sleepover at my place from Saturday to Sunday.
"I'm in!" Najimi quickly responded.
"The thing is, I always go to the shrine on Sunday morning with my family.", Tsumeno mentioned, "But I think I can leave the shrine visit out for once."
"Hey, when you and some friends slept at my place, you always dragged us to a shrine visit on Sunday morning!", Najimi exclaimed, "That's favouritism!"
"Shut the fuck up." Tsumeno said in a more menacing tone. After that, the three went separate ways as the weekend started.
A short time later in the Komi residence...
Tsumeno and Najimi want to come for a sleepover.
"Oh, is that so?", Komi's mother asked, "Wait, who is Najimi?"
A new friend.
"Ah, so you have two friends now?", Shuuko asked, "I'm happy for you!"
Remember, we still need to prepare for the sleepover.
"Geez, alright..." Shuuko said. After that the two started some basic preparations for the sleepover.
The next day around noon...
"Thank you for the sleepover!" Najimi exclaimed as he/she entered Komi's home.
"Najimi, please calm down.", Tsumeno said in a harsh tone, "This isn't your home."
"Says the guy who forced me and others to go to a shrine visit on Sunday morning during sleepovers!" Najimi countered back at Tsumeno.
"You filthy peasant, I'll show you some force!" Tsumeno shouted as he prepared to punch Najimi into his/her face.
"Please calm down you two." Shuuko said in a more friendly tone. After that, Shouko, Tsumeno and Najimi went to Komi's room.
"So this is your room Shouko?", Tsumeno asked, "It looks very tidy. I like that."
"Geez, stop with your stupid tidiness and order bullshit..." Najimi pleaded. Shortly after, Tsumeno packed him/her at their neck. He prepared to punch Najimi into the face like he tried before, but Shouko grabbed his arm before he could.
"Please stop with that." Komi asked. Tsumeno actually complied and let Najimi go.
"Ah, so you like reading books!" Najimi exclaimed after seeing the bookshelf in Komi's room, to which Shouko nodded.
"Hey, wanna play rock-paper-scissors?" Tsumeno suddenly asked.
How does that work?
"Well, in rock-paper-scissors, there are three things you can use. Rock is a fist, scissors are kind of like the 'Peace'-sign people use everywhere in these days and paper is a flat hand.", Tsumeno explained, "Rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, paper beats rock. Easy to understand, right?"
It is.
"Well then...", Tsumeno said, "Rock, paper, scissors!"
Shouko had rock, Najimi had scissors and Tsumeno had rock.
"Well, looks like you're already out, Najimi." Tsumeno said in a sarcastic.
"You two are cheating!" Najimi exclaimed, trying to get his revenge.
"Sorry Najimi, I can see through your deceptions.", Tsumeno told Najimi, "Anyways, rock, paper, scissors!"
Shouko and Tsumeno both had scissors.
"Again.", Tsumeno said, "Rock, paper, scissors!"
Shouko had rock while Tsumeno had paper.
"Sorry Shouko, but I win." Tsumeno said to his friend in a calm tone.
"Hey, you're going easy on her with this!", Najimi exclaimed, "That's favouritism!"
"Did I ever say that you and I where friends again, Najimi?" Tsumeno asked him/her.
"You didn't." Najimi swiftly replied.
"Then do not complain." Tsumeno said. After that, the trio played a bunch of other games for a few hours.
In the evening...
"Dinner is ready!" Shuuko yelled through the house. A few minutes later, everyone sat at the table. Tsumeno looked at two persons he didn't see before.
"Oh the adult man here is my dear husband Masayoshi!", Shuuko chirped, "And that young handsome boy here is my son Shousuke, who also is Shouko's younger brother!"
"That's a nice small family." Tsumeno replied.
"Oh, Shouko here made some of the food herself!" Shuuko chirped.
"Really?" Tsumeno asked in astonishment.
"Yup, the sushi here was made by her!" Shuuko said. Tsumeno took a bite and was astonished.
"Oh man, that's delish!", he exclaimed, "Even all the expensive food at home can't be compared to this!"
"Wait a second, could it be that you're the son of the Sagiyoshi Taikoro?" Shuuko asked to which Tsumeno simply nodded. After that, everyone ate their food quietly. Najimi and Shuuko occasionally talked during dinner but the others only slightly listened or ignored it.
"Thank you very much for the food!" Tsumeno said as he bowed. This perplexed Najimi and Shouko who have mostly seen Tsumeno's cold side until this point. Tsumeno then noticed Shousuke going to his room and decided to follow him.
Shousuke Komi. A handsome boy. The key difference between him and his sister was, that Shousuke didn't need to communicate, as he could do basically anything by himself. He started making a card tower, only to let it collapse shortly after. He then made himself a training rack, but the bar fell out of its holding before Shousuke could do pull-ups.
As he checked the manual, Shousuke couldn't find a mistake that he made. Shortly after, Tsumeno, who had watched through the door hole, entered the room and silently repaired the training rack. He then left Shousuke's room and went back to Shouko's room, while Shousuke started training.
"Hey Shouko, could you please say Taikoro-kun's first name?" Najimi asked his/her new friend. Komi-san turned to Najimi and then suddenly started to blush violently.
"Don't listen to that weirdo.", Tsumeno said, "You don't have to say my first name."
"T-T-T-T-Tsumeno...", Shouko said, "Can-n I d-d-do a favour for y-you?"
"S-Since you're asking, please bring me a tea." Tsumeno said while he blushed slightly. Komi-san then left the room and came back a few minutes later, giving the cup with the tea to Tsumeno.
"Wow, it's actually my favourite kind of tea!", Tsumeno, who already drank a bit of the tea, said, "Even the amount of sugar is perfect!"
"I'm glad y-you like it..." Shouko replied. There was a short moment of awkward silence, after which the two blushed violently.
"Aww, I think you two fit together perfectly!" Najimi said. After he finished his sentence, Shouko and Tsumeno fell onto their backs and passed out.
"Oh they passed out.", Najimi thought to himself/herself, "Well, I think I'll go to sleep."
Najimi laid down on a mattress provided to him/her and slept in. About fifteen minutes later, Shouko woke up after passing out earlier. She saw Tsumeno laying on the ground, and gently moved him onto the mattress provided for him. She then put the sleeping blanket over him, but slept in sitting next to Tsumeno before she could move to her own bed.
The next day...
The night passed by really fast as Sunday began. The three along with the rest of the Komi family ate breakfast, after which Najimi and Tsumeno prepared to go home.
"Thank you for letting us stay over!" Najimi exclaimed.
"That was no problem!" Shuuko said. Najimi then left, with Tsumeno preparing to leave.
"So, until tomorrow, Shouko." Tsumeno told his friend. But before he could leave, Shousuke appeared and gave Tsumeno a note. After looking at the note, Tsumeno simply nodded and then started walking back home.
Tsumeno had just made his second friend.
-Communication 4: End-
