Komi's schizophrenic friend

Author's note: Sorry for the wait again. I promised to put out more chapters, but I'm still not motivated enough to mass produce content for this story.

Anyways, this chapter will include something that didn't happen in the manga. I won't spoil what it is, but be prepared.

This chapter actually might become the second longest or longest, which it definitively will if I make this Author's note too long, so enjoy this chapter!

-Communication 8: I'm Ren!-

Tsumeno Taikoro. Full name Tsumeno Tameyoshi Taikoro. 15 years old. He's quite an extortionary high school student, considering he has schizophrenia and basically always wears a kimono. His father also is a very wealthy man, being the boss of a major company. However, he gets nervous while passing the street when the lights turn red and no car is around.

"Damn, this year has been quite strange so far...", Tsumeno thought to himself, "Weirdest thing of all is that I'm Shouko's friend."

All of a sudden, someone appeared behind Tsumeno without him noticing. Tsumeno then got knocked out and dragged away without anyone else noticing.

Ren Yamai. In her opinion she's an ordinary high school student. She doesn't really like studying, she loves fashionable things and she has a lot on her mind, but she also has a bunch of friends that make her happy.

But right now, she has a crush on none other than Komi-san herself.

Ren Yamai followed around the Goddess of the class for some time, being addicted to Komi's lingering scent and a strand of hair.

"Calm down. Compose yourself, Ren Yamai.", Yamai-san thought, "Let's say hello to her first. A cheery greeting and we're set on course to being friends."

"G-Goooddd morning Ko-Komi-san, woof, woof!" Himiko Agari exclaimed before Ren Yamai could utter a word. Agari-san then looked at Yamai-san and ran away in fear.

"Don't you dare talking to a Goddess like Komi-sama!", Yamai-san thought, "Anyways, let's try it again."

"Komi-san, mornin'!" Najimi shouted out before Ren could greet Shouko. Najimi then realized that Yamai-san was there.

"Oh, Yamai-chan! Mornings!" Najimi said.

"Ah, Najimi-chan. Good morning!", Ren Yamai replied, "Aren't you just as goddamn lively as ever!"

"G-Goddamn?" Najimi asked in a quiet tone.

"Ah, good morning to you too, Komi-san!" Yamai-san finally managed to say. However, Komi-san just glared at her.

"Komi-san is so lovely!", Ren thought to herself, "I feel so much at ease. It makes sense, doesn't it? It would just lessen her worth if she were to acknowledge some random nobody like me saying hello to her out of nowhere. Komi-san ignoring my greeting makes me very happy!"

"Yamai-chan?" Najimi asked as Ren cried tears of joy.

"Ah, Najimi-chan, come over here for a bit." Yamai-san said in a relatively normal tone. Najimi then followed her while Komi-san still was trembling.

In the hallway...

"I wanted to ask this for a while, Najimi-chan.", Yami-san said in a threatening voice, "What is your connection to Komi-san?"

"Um, Yamai-chan? You're acting different than normal." Najimi said.

"Just answer my question!" Ren yelled at them.

"W-We're just friends..." Najimi replied.

"Najimi-chan, we're also friends right?" Yamai-san asked.

"Y-Yeah..." Najimi replied.

"So obviously you're going to introduce me to Komi-san, right?" Yamai-san asked in a more threatening voice.

"Well, she might kill me if I refuse..." Najimi thought to themselves.

Back in the classroom...

"Komi-san, this is Ren Yamai." Najimi said.

"I'm Ren Yamai, it's nice to meet you!" Ren said in a more cheery voice. However, Shouko started to tremble again.

"Oh my god, is this real? Those large round eyes, smooth hair, and that juggly trembling!", Yamai-san thought to herself, "She is as cute as a chihuahua! I want to touch her, stroke her, lick her, go out with her! But I can't, Komi-sama is a goddess!"

"Um, what compels you to be like this, Yamai-chan?" Najimi asked in confusion.

"I just need to act as usual, damnit!" Ren thought to herself, completely ignoring what Najimi asked just seconds ago.

"So tell me, Komi-san, do you like hamburgers?", Yamai-san asked Shouko, "I accidently made too much for lunch. If you'd like, could you eat some of it?"

Komi-san then looked at Yamai-san for a bit. She then looked at Najimi, who still trembled whenever their eyes met. After looking back at Yamai-san, Shouko noticed that she was sitting at Tsumeno's desk.

"Do your best." an imaginary illusion of Tsumeno told her. Komi-san then nodded to approve Yamai-san's offer.

"HELL YEAAAAHHH!" Ren then exclaimed, which confused Najimi and Shouko.

"Ah, sorry! This isn't what you think!", Yamai-san quickly replied, "Well, it might be, but I was just happy!"

Komi-san still glared at Yamai-san.

"Ah, it's time for homeroom!", Ren said, "I'll see you later, Komi-san!"

"Well that was awkward..." Najimi thought. They then looked at Tsumeno's desk only to realize that Tsumeno was missing.

"Taiko-kun didn't come to school today?" Najimi asked in confusion, with Komi-san looking at them.

"Damnit, I don't know what Komi-san is thinking without Taiko-kun being around!", Najimi thought, "Taiko-kun, come here nooowwww!"

Meanwhile at a different place...

Tsumeno woke up after sneezing loudly. He then looked around and was confused.

"Where the fuck am I?" he thought to himself. He then tried to free himself, but it was impossible.

"Damnit, I can't even move an inch?", Tsumeno thought in anger, "And how the fuck did I end up here?"

Tsumeno then looked around and saw something awkward.

"Huh, pictures of Shouko are on the walls?!", he thought, "There are even some that look like some rough collage pieces pinned together! There are even pictures on the ceiling!"

Tsumeno then looked at the collages and noticed something.

"Hold on, isn't that other girl on the collages Ren?!", he noticed, "That bitch! How did she even get all those pictures of Shouko? And what will happen to me now? I swear, I will rip this whore's arms of the next time I get a chance!"

Three hours later at school...

"Yamai-chan, can Komi-san and I come to your house after school?" Najimi suddenly asked.

"Eh, that's a bit sudden, Najimi-chan!", Ren replied, "I mean, it's nice that that Komi-san is coming with us, but why?"

"Well, even though lunch break is over, you're still sitting at Taiko-kun's desk.", Najimi said, "I thought you want to talk some more because of this."

"Shit, that person is still there.", Ren thought, "But I can't say no if Komi-san is coming to my place!"

"Yamai-chan, are you alright?" Najimi asked.

"Of course you can come!" Yamai-san replied after thinking for a bit.

"Fifth period has started, so return to your seats." the teacher then said.

Almost three hours later at Yamai-san's home...

"Damnit, I'm getting hungry..." Tsumeno thought to himself.

"Excuse me for the inconvenience, but my room is a bit messy, so please wait for a bit." Yamai-san said outside the room.

"Alright, sorry for coming so suddenly." Najimi replied to her.

"She is coming!", Tsumeno thought to himself, "But why is Najimi visiting her? If that person is conspiring with Ren, I'll rip his arms off too!"

Yamai-san then entered the room and approached Tsumeno.

"Taikoro-kun, do prefer the sea or the mountains?" Ren suddenly asked.

"I'd rather prefer the forest, you dumb bitch!" Tsumeno muttered in anger with his mouth taped.

"No need to be that aggressive.", Yamai-san said, "I'll burry you later anyways."

"Yamai-chan, can we come?" Najimi asked from outside the room.

"Not yet!" Yamai-san quickly replied, after which she put Tsumeno in her closet.

"Listen, a person dear to me is visiting right now. If you're noisy, you'll be buried.", Yamai-san threatened Tsumeno, "But if you're quiet, you won't get buried. Got it?"

"I know I'm getting buried either way you piece of shit!" Tsumeno thought as Yamai-san closed the doors of the closet.

"Welcome to my room! Please sit down!" Yamai-san told her visitors.

"Najimi, I swear that if you are working with Ren, you will get your arms ripped off!" Tsumeno thought. He then checked the aura of the room and was frightened.

"T-That aura is Shouko's!", Tsumeno realized, "Damnit, what is Ren going to do with her? I need to free myself and intervene before it's too late!"

Tsumeno then proceeded in freeing himself after getting an adrenaline rush, but he hit the closet door in the process.

"Ah sorry, our neighbours can be quite loud sometimes!", Ren said, "Anyways, I'll get some tea for us! Oh, and please don't open my closet!"

Yamai-san then left the room in order to get some tea. However, Najimi went to open it shortly after, with Komi-san following him. Both of them were surprised to see Tsumeno in the closet. Tsumeno himself was happy to see that Najimi wasn't on Ren's side and that Shouko was alright.

"So you saw it." Yamai-san said after coming back, now holding a knife in her hand.

"S-She has a knife!" Najimi thought, freaking out.

"Don't misunderstand, Komi-san. It's not like Taikoro-kun was getting in the way of us two getting closer, it's just for your sake.", Yamai-san said, "Even though he might be smart and muscular, his spare time activities are the most boring! He probably doesn't even have a TV! Also, he's saying lots of bad words. A guy like this isn't good for you, Komi-san."

Before Shouko could say that Tsumeno wasn't like that, Tsumeno dashed at Yamai-san. As he twisted himself in preparation to punch Ren in the face, she swung her knife at Tsumeno. Najimi then screamed in shock while Shouko almost fell over. A deep cut went down the entirety of Tsumeno's back with the back of his kimono being sucked in blood.

"You damn bitch, this is your death sentence." Tsumeno muttered in an almost sadistic tone.

"Oh, don't worry.", Yamai-san said in her most sadistic voice, "I'll make sure to cut you down into tiny bits of meat."

Tsumeno dashed at Ren for the second time. However, pain kicked in before he could punch her, bringing him down onto his knees. Yamai-san was about to cut Tsumeno's neck as Komi-san dashed in between the two. The knife then hit Shouko's left hand, inflicting a small cut. Najimi then passed out while Ren herself stood there in shock and dropped her knife.

"Shouko, are you alright?" Tsumeno asked while clutching his teeth in pain. Shouko then took a piece of paper and started writing despite of her injury.

Sorry for intruding. I know you want to be friends with me, but I'll decide my friends myself.

After writing this, Shouko helped Tsumeno to stand up and the two left the room with her carrying Tsumeno's school stuff. Ren meanwhile still was shocked.

"I couldn't even say anything back and I even injured her...", Yamai-san muttered, "Ahaha, now she definitively hates me. Ahaha... ahahahaha..."

"T-T-T-T-Taiko-kun, h-heeeeeelllppp meeeeeee!" Najimi thought after regaining consciousness, not realizing that Tsumeno and Shouko were already outside of the house.

Some time later at the Taikoro residence...

"Man, you had some serious luck.", the private doctor of the Taikoro family said, "You probably would be confined to a wheelchair if that cut went a bit further."

"Hey Shouko, could you please get the bandage roll?" Tsumeno asked after the inspection of the injury was over. He then started blushing as he realized that Shouko had stared at his muscles while he was only wearing his boxer shorts.

"S-Stop glaring at my muscles and get the bandage roll!" Tsumeno yelled. Komi-san then blushed as realized what she had done and quickly got the bandage roll. The doctor then wrapped the bandage around Tsumeno's body above his legs minus the shoulders, arms, neck and head of course. The doctor then helped Tsumeno putting on a new kimono after which Shouko helped Tsumeno in the front of his room.

"Thank you for bringing me here.", Tsumeno said, "Please be careful on your way back home."

Shouko however didn't go away, instead she had a little blush on her face.

"Are you alright?" Tsumeno asked in confusion.

"T-Tsumeno, is it okay if I slept at your place tonight?" Komi-san asked.

"Well, it might calm me down.", Tsumeno said, "But you'll need to wear a kimono in order to enter my room. Wait here, I'll get you one."

After having said that, Tsumeno entered his room. About two minutes later, he came out with a wooden box.

"Voila, in there is your kimono.", Tsumeno said, "I originally made it for my former girlfriend, but you can have it. It even comes with a fan and a compact parasol (Note: A parasol is an umbrella meant to block out sunlight for those who didn't knew that.) for summer."

After noticing that Shouko was hesitant to pick the box, Tsumeno realized that she was blushing.

"D-Don't get the wrong idea.", Tsumeno said, "It's the only kimono for women that's around. And since you're my first friend in a long time, I'll let you keep it. Oh, and I'm allowing you to change clothes in my room."

Shouko then entered Tsumeno's room and changed clothes while Tsumeno stood outside of his room next to the door. After five minutes, Shouko opened the door and went out of the room.

"How do I look?" Shouko asked Tsumeno, who rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"B-Beautiful...", Tsumeno muttered in sheer astonishment, "Damn, I'm sure that the entire school would freak out if they would see you in this kimono..."

"I must admit, it's really comfortable." Shouko said.

"Ah really? As I said before, my former girlfriend never wore it. I'm just glad that those 50 hours of work turned out good." Tsumeno said.

"Y-You worked 50 hours on this?" Shouko asked in shock.

"Yeah, but work was divided over ten days.", Tsumeno said, "Anyways, I've realized something. Even though you have communication disorder, you seem pretty fine when talking to me."

"I j-just don't want to appear rude or weird to you..." Komi-san muttered.

"Don't worry, I can understand your problems.", Tsumeno replied, "After all we're pretty similar since schizophrenia also could be classified as a form of communication disorder. Anyways, let's go to sleep. The events of today were enough for me."

After having said that, both of them entered Tsumeno's room. Taikoro-kun then prepared a mattress for Komi-san to sleep on. The two then lied down in order to sleep and get over the events of that day.

A few hours later...

Tsumeno rolled around his bed and kept muttering a few words. He was covered in sweat as he began to punch around with his fists and feet as well.

"N-NO!" he suddenly screamed, waking up in shock. He then looked around only to see that it was just a dream.

"Damnit, this was my sixth nightmare this night." Tsumeno muttered. Just before he was about to get back to sleep, he realized that Komi-san was awake as well.

"Are you alright?" Shouko asked.

"Just a nightmare." Tsumeno replied. After laying down however, Tsumeno noticed that Komi-san had sat down at the edge of his bed.

"Please tell me what's wrong." Shouko said.

"I just don't seem to get over what happened today..." Tsumeno muttered. After having said that, there was an awkward silence. Neither he or Shouko didn't know what to say next.

"Cuddling isn't bad, is it?" Shouko asked all of a sudden.

"W-Well, it shouldn't be bad..." Tsumeno muttered in response. Before Komi-san could say something, her phone rang. She was so shocked that she accepted the call.

"Shouko, are you alright?", Shuuko said on the other side, "You haven't come home today, where are you?"

"I'm at Tsumeno's place.", Shouko answered, "He was injured today, so I came along to calm him down a little."

"Is that so? Well then, sleep well!" Komi-san's mother said before ending the call.

"She's not questioning that you're sleeping at a boy's place?" Tsumeno asked, being a bit shocked.

"You've slept at my place too." Shouko replied.

"Right...", Tsumeno said, "Anyways, I'll try to sleep again. Good night."

Before Tsumeno could close his eyes, he saw Shouko laying down in his bed. Shouko then embraced him and pulled him close enough to her that their faces almost met.

"S-S-S-Shouko, what-t are you d-doing?" Tsumeno asked in shock.

"You said that cuddling shouldn't be bad.", Shouko said, "I don't want you to suffer from nightmare all night long."

"S-She's so kind..." Tsumeno thought to himself as his negative thoughts went away. He and Shouko then slept in and Tsumeno didn't suffer from any nightmare for the rest of the night.

The next morning...

Tsumeno slowly woke up after having slept pretty well for some hours. A nice smell then went into his nose, which resulted in him being fully awake. He then saw Shouko, who was already awake for over an hour, with a bowl of ramen in her hands.

"Good morning, Tsumeno. Here's your breakfast." Shouko said. Tsumeno then bowed in order to thank her and took the bowl. However, he didn't start eating.

"I'm sorry..." Tsumeno muttered after about a minute.

"Sorry about what?" Shouko asked in confusion.

"Sorry for dragging you in yesterday.", Tsumeno said, "Because of me you got hurt. I'm not worthy of hearing your voice..."

"Don't apologize. I was the one who got you injured." Shouko said.

"That's why I stopped having friends after my breakup with my former girlfriend.", Tsumeno said, "I just can't bear the feeling of me getting hurt or me ending up hurting someone because of being friends."

"That's why I stayed here.", Shouko said, "I wanted to redeem myself after ending up in hurting you indirectly."

After having said that, Tsumeno suddenly hugged Shouko while tears of happiness flowed down his cheeks.

"T-Thank you, Shouko..." Tsumeno muttered. After a few minutes, Tsumeno let go of Komi-san and ate his bowl of ramen before it would get cold. After that, Tsumeno went outside of his room so that Shouko could change her clothes. Once she was finished and both had brushed their teeth and washed their hands, Tsumeno and Shouko picked up their school stuff and went to Itan Private High School.

Later that day at school...

"Taiko-kun, Komi-san, get over here!", Najimi suddenly yelled, "Yamai-chan wants to apologize to you!"

Tsumeno and Shouko then went to the place were Najimi and Ren were, with Ren surprisingly having a guilty expression on her face.

"Taikoro-kun, Komi-san, I'm sorry for what happened yesterday, especially for injuring both of you. Komi-san, I'm sorry the way I acted. Taikoro-kun, please try to understand me.", Ren Yamai said, "You see, I'm something what people call a Yandere."

"I want to apologize too, Ren. For insulting and assaulting you yesterday.", Tsumeno suddenly said, "You see, I have schizophrenia."

"I'm sorry for not realizing that. I'll try to be kinder to you, but don't expect major changes in my behaviour too soon.", Yamai-san said, "And Komi-san, sorry for being a bit forceful on you. I just hope that we can be friends."

"Sure." Komi-san replied, which removed all sadness from Yamai-san.

"R-Really? Thank you so much!", Ren said, "Oh, and Taikoro-kun, I'll bury you if you touch Komi-san."

"Don't worry.", Taikoro-kun said, "If you do anything to Shouko, I'll rip your arms off."

"And so they're both back to normal..." Najimi thought. After that, the school day then continued normally.

-Communication 8: End-

Author's note: Phew, I'm finally done with this chapter. I had at least five scenarios in mind for the time after Yamai-san realized that Shouko and Najimi looked into the closet.

Anyways, thank you for reading this chapter!