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Chapter 3: Break and After


Naruto wait at the entrance of summer festival in his yukata and he think back to few things that happen in between the water park and now. First, he somehow get roped into helping Najimi with her part time job along with Shouko and then he encounter the beauty at playground on his walk, when he greet her, Shouko flee to his confusion. Finally, there was a weird call from some old lady on his phone but it was pretty short and he think it must be a wrong number. Now, he's here because Najimi invited him and everyone else for the summer festival. 'There's not a lot of people with yukatas.' Naruto looked around until he spot Shouko walking up to him in her yukata with her hair tied up in a side bun and honestly, he thought she look really pretty and cute. "Hi, Komi, you really look good." He said and the beauty dig into her purse before she start to tremble with blank eyes. "…You forget your notepad?" She nodded shakily.

"HEEEEEY!" Najimi showed up with huge line of people behind her, "Sorry for the wait, you guys! It's summer! Suuummmmeeeeerrr!"

"Why is there a line behind you?" The blonde asked.

"Hm?" The lavender-haired girl scratched her head sheepishly, "Ahh, I have a thousand bookings for today's festival!" The teenagers stared at her weirdly, "Well, but every friend of a friend is a friend to me!" She skipped off into the festival with the crowd, "Now let's go!"

"…What's with her logic?" Naruto deadpanned before he turn to the beauty, "Whatever, let's go with them for now…" He was about to follow them until he notice Shouko's tremble, "What's up?"

"…Na, nanananananananan." Shouko chanted with shaking body.

"…Are you anxious without your notebook?" He asked, "It's gonna be okay, I'm here for you." The beauty stare at him in silence for a while until cat ears pop up with a relieved huff, "Let's go and see if there's anything interesting to play or buy." They wander around to look at some stalls, "Have you ever gone to a festival before?" She shook her head, "Ah, first time?" She nodded, "Alright, let's go to the shooting range." They approached the said game stall, "You might love it." He take the toy rifle after paying for a turn, "Do you want to try it first?" Shouko nod as she take the rifle from him then crouch down to aim at the prizes…Only to look very confusing. "Pull the trigger." The beauty managed to shoot the top box off the stacking boxes then miss.

"HNNNNNGHHHH!" The teenagers got startled when Yadano Makeru holds her rifle out closer to the prizes, shooting them down…Which she don't get, due to cheating, and she walk away with a rifle up in air as the owner call after her to return the gun.

"…Oooookay." Naruto sweatdropped as Shouko receive a candy box with proud expression, "Congrats, Komi…"

"Heeey, Komi-san, Naruto-kun!" Najimi suddenly appeared with waving arms, "Let's cut candy together!" The teenagers walk over to her at the candy cutting stall, "Hehe…I got really into it…It's my fifteenth one." She poked the needle into the candy block as it break apart, "Ah…"

"…You like this kind of game, huh?" He noticed many broken pieces around her and Shouko decide to give it a try.

"…Na…Nanananananananana n! N! N! N! N! N!" Shouko shook in her seat.

"Ohoo, you're good, Komi-san!" The lavender-haired girl said after seeing the beauty cutting the candy pattern out perfectly before she lean back, "Maaan, I am so sorry about today! I got a thousand bookings! I'll treat you to something as an apology! Is there anything you wanna eat?"

"I want yakisoba and takoyaki." Naruto said.

"I like how you don't hold back with me, Naruto-kun." Najimi giggled goodheartedly before she turn the silent girl, "What do you want, Komi-san? You can't say nothing!"

"…Me…" The beauty whispered after a long pause, "S…Sh…"

"Okay!" The lavender-haired girl nodded, "Mesh it is." She blinked, "Mesh!?" She snapped her fingers in realization, "Oh, melon shaved ice, right?" Shouko nodded, "Okay, wait there, you two!" She get up to fetch the orders.

"Thank." The blonde said before they turn back to cutting the candy and he notice that his quiet friend was staring at him.

"…Na…Naruto…" Shouko said quietly.

"Yes?" Naruto looked up to her.

"…Naruto-kun, it…" She muttered, "Looks good on you…Too…"

"Oh, my yukata?" He immediately know what she was referring to, "Thank you…" He noticed that she was blushing hard with very tiny smile, '…How can someone be this cute?'

"I'm back!" Najimi returned with their orders and they move to find a spot to eat their foods. "Naruto-kun, look, look!" She stick her blue tongue out, "My tongue turned blue!"

"I can see that." Naruto ate his takoyaki with a eyeroll.

"Komi-saaaan, Naruto-kuuuun!" Ren appeared with her friends as she waved merrily, "Sorry for making you wait!" She suddenly fainted as soon as she saw them in their yukata as she skid across the ground to their feet, "Ah…Ko…Na…Yu…"

"Seriously, this girl need some help." The blonde muttered to himself as he lead Shouko away from the fainted stalker and Najimi quickly jab her thumb at a certain stall.

"Next, let's try the thousand line lottery!" The lavender-haired girl grinned as the beauty tilt her head in confusion, "You don't know what it is, Shouko? It's a lottery game, all you have to do is pull a rope that is attached to a prize! If you pull something, you take it! Plain and simple!" She jogged up to the elderly woman, "One try, please!"

"Go on, miss." The old lady smiled.

"Hehe…" Najimi go through some ropes with heavy pant, "Which ever should I pull?"

"I have a good feeling that you're going to have a gamble addiction in future." Naruto sighed.

"THIS ONE!" Najimi pulled a worn rope then a pocket tissues go up, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" She threw herself on the blonde, "Naruto-kun, my honey, avenge me!"

"I'm not your honey." The blonde grumbled but he still went up to the stall anyway and he grab a random rope, pulling it without any hesitance. A latest slim PS4 box come up and the elderly woman scream loudly in defeat, much to Naruto's confusion. "Shouko, do you want to give it a try too?" Naruto fetch his latest game system and the beauty nod before she pull a random rope, won a large box of stuffed cats to her joy.

"Naruto-kun, can I have this?" The lavender-haired girl held her hands out to the game system.

"Here." Naruto gave it to her with a shrug, he already have this game system so there's no need for him to get another one.

"Yaaaaaaaaaay!" Najimi grinned brightly, "For that, I will give you the best night ever in be…"

"Finish this sentence and I'll take it back." He said but it don't wipe a wide grin off Najimi's face.

"Next, we must save some goldfish!" The lavender-haired girl guides them to the fish game stall and the girls crouch down to try scoop goldfishes as Naruto stand back to watch them. Before Naruto know it, Omoharu join the girls and it don't look like they notice her.

"Oh, servants of the rolling red river…" Omoharu muttered dramatically with a smirk, "Here, where the blood vessels flow with a deep crimson…Assemble before me!" That cause Naruto to sweatdrop and it grow when the fishes move away from the chuunibyou, keeping stay away from her every time she change the place. "L-Let us meet again." She stand up then turn around before she notice Naruto and a light embarrassed blush break out on her face as she meekly raise her hand up in greeting. The blonde return it with a light wave and Omoharu leave just like that.

"Aaah, it broke." Najimi whined with broken scoop before she notice Shouko's scoop, "Your's too, Komi-san? That's too bad."

"Here, little miss." The middle-aged man gave her a bag of tiny goldfish, "It's free."

"Oh, thanks pops!" The lavender-haired girl receives it with a smile.

"Here, beautiful miss." The owner hold out a bag full of goldfishes and it look like he have cram them in. "It's free." Shouko decline it with rapid headshake and waves, it's too much.

"Komi-san! Naruto-kun!" Ren appeared once again with wide wave, "I finally found you!" She turned to the beauty, "Komi-san, could you crouch for a sec?" The puzzled beauty obey, "Yes, yes, right there…" She pull out a sausage out of nowhere then aim it down, "Ah, I just bough a sausage! Hey! Eat my sausage!" Naruto swiftly bend her waist another way then shove the sausage down Ren's throat, "GAK!"

"Don't you dare do that again!" Naruto glared at her as the beauty hide behind him.

"MMPH, MM!" The trendy girl look so joyous by his action.

"Now that we're all here, let's go this way!" Najimi take the charge and lead the group to a certain direction. Naruto barely walk with them until he notice that they accidentally leave the beauty behind and he quickly walk back, immediately find Shouko look around with gloomy expression.

"Komi." He called out as Shouko quickly turn to him before she look like she was about to cry, "You know if you get lost, you can contact me on phone and we'll meet right away, right?" Shouko's eyes widened in realization, "Guess it didn't cross your mind, huh?" He can't help but to chuckle lightly before he look around at the crowd, "Look like it'll be bit hard to catch up with others in this crowd…" He start to led Shouko, "Let's wait over there." They end up sitting on bricks near a tree, "…Lot of people around here."

"…" Shouko pick up a stick then write in the dirt, "Yes."

"But we have fun with everyone." Naruto said.

"It was also fun when we were alone together." The beauty wrote before she realize what she just wrote with a blush and she was about to scribble it out.

"Yeah, it was." He agreed with a light chuckle as the beauty's face turn red before he spot the lavender-haired girl and the group coming their way, "Ah, Osana and others are coming." He get up as Shouko look away with light blush and Naruto end up clothesline the stalker when she come at Shouko with white choco banana stick.


It have been few days after the summer festival when Najimi drag Naruto up to a house, "Whose house are you taking me to?!" He demanded as the lavender-haired girl force him to enter the house then up the stairs, "And don't act like it's your house, dammit! That's breaking and enter!"

"You called me and I appeared, duh duh duh duuuuuum!" Najimi opened the door to reveal Omoharu and Shouko in a bedroom, filled with otaku stuff and game systems. "I brought Naruto-kun, too!" She skipped in, "Man, it's been so long since I was last here! Not since grade school! It sure has changed…"

"Ee, ah, wai…" Omoharu looked at Naruto flustered, "Boys are…"

"Sorry, Osana forced me to come." Naruto scratched his head, "That's your room? I'll leave if you want me to…"

"N-N-No, no, you can stay!" The chuunibyou waved her hands with embarrassed blush.

"What shall we play?" Najimi removed her backpack, hat and socks as she hopped onto the bed, "Do you have any four player games? Ah, Numabros! Do you have Numabros?"

"Don't decide on your own." Omoharu grumbled to her but she start the game up anyway.

"It was super popular back in elementary school!" The lavender-haired girl said as the game play its introduction, "You all played it, right?"

"Who do you think you're talking to." The chuunibyou huffed.

"Yeah." Naruto selected a character before he turn to Shouko, who was looking at her controller confusingly. "Want me to explain how to play?" He asked the beauty, earning a nod and he explain the actions, not caring if the game have started. "These are your movement buttons." He pointed to the direction pads as Najimi and Omoharu's characters fight each other while Shouko try it out, "Yes, like that. And you jump with this one…" He pointed at a button as Shouko's character sink into the swamp, "Oh, hit it. Spam the jump button. Hit it as fast as you can!" Shouko's character managed to get out back on the battlefield with sluggish movements, "If you fall into the swamp, you'll get muddy and move slower. Press R2…" She press the wrong button and her character slapped Naruto's character before she look at him guilty. "It's okay, don't worry. It's just an game." He pointed to the correct bumper, "It's this one." The beauty's character shook mud off, "Now you're clean."

"G-Gak, is this…" Najimi cried out in surprise as the mud hit her character's face, "A mud slap?! Who pulled such a high skill technique?!"

"Where do you think you're looking?" Omoharu defeated the lavender-haired girl's character before she cheer with controller above her head, "Yaaaaaaaaay! I've beaten Najimi-chan!" She looked to other with laughter, "Ahaha, did you see that!" Shouko nodded few times.

"I demand rematch!" The lavender-haired girl cried out with gritted teeth.

"Sore loser." Naruto snickered and they finished the match. "You sure have a lot of games." He stares at several stacks of game cases near the television.

"I-I-I'm a gamer, so what?" The chuunibyou glared at him with another embarrassed blush.

"Nothing wrong with that." He shrugged his shoulders, "Just surprised that you have so many games lying around and so diversity. I mean, you get a cute one and another one Biohazard remake…" He stared at the latter game, "Ever speed-run this game?"

"Hai, more than once." Omoharu smirked, "My best record is an hour."

"Oh, I did it within forty minute." Naruto replied.

"…What?" She looked at him bewildered before she shake her head, "Nope, don't believe you!"

"Wanna bet?" He smirked, "Start it up and I'll show you."

"Prove it!" The chuunibyou changed the games then start it up as Najimi laughed and Shouko tilt her head in confusion, having no idea what they are talking about. In the end, Naruto beat the game in thirty-five minutes to Omoharu's amazement and Shouko cling onto his back frighteningly, this game scare her so much! The group plays few different games while chatting a bit until it was time for the guests to left.


Several days later, Naruto was lying on his couch as he watch a show on television until his phone rang and he pick it up. "Hello?"

"Naruto-kun!" Najimi's voice cried, "Come quick! Bring your summer homework!"

"…No, not gonna let you copy my homework." The blonde hang up on her and somewhere else, the lavender-haired girl bang her forehead on her blank homework with a pout.


The summer break was over in a single blink and the school have resume as the students start their new semester. Naruto roll his eyes at the sight of exciting 'fans' around Shouko and he almost get startled with few others when they hear a shout. "HOW I'M JUS' A BUMPKIN!" Naruto turned his head to see a teenager girl with her head in hands and he recognize her as one of his classmates.

'Inaka Nokoko was it?' Naruto blinked at her before he resume his walking, 'Wonder why being from countryside bother her?' He went up to his class and join the beauty with a greeting, also noticing Nokoko standing at the doorway with star-awed expression as she stare at Shouko. 'Oh boy, I hope she's not another crazy one.'

"Sooo, do we have any more classes today?" Najimi asked as soon as she approached them, "It's the opening ceremony today, so it's a half day, right? I didn't buy any lunch!" Her eyes blanked out, "So Komi-san, go get me a sabowey turkey avocado sandwich with…" She gave a long order, "…And a diet cola."

"Oi, go get it yourself." He deadpanned to her, ignored the fact that the country girl was listening in curious.

"Ahaha, I'm not bullying her, Naruto-kun." The lavender-haired girl shrugged, "But I'm still not one with my summer homework, right?"

"Because you're a slacker." Naruto replied.

"Beside, Komi-san, you practiced your communication skills, right?" Najimi turned to the beauty, "Why not give it a shot."

"You don't have to go, you know?" He said.

"C'mon, aren't we friends?" The lavender-haired girl pleaded with her hands, "Help Najimi-chan out of a pinch here!" Shouko nod.

"You'll go?" Naruto looked to the silent girl, "Are you sure?" She gave another nod before she leave the classroom as Nokoko follow her and he turn back to Najimi with flat look. "…Have someone ever tell you're a dick?"

"Once in a while!" Najimi chirped proudly before she shoo him, "Go follow Komi-san and make sure she get my order!"

"Again, you're a dick." The blonde get up to follow his silent friend and the lavender-haired girl just grin proudly.


'I have no idea how to feel about that…' Naruto stared at the country girl as she hide behind the store sign, watching Shouko standing in front of the Sabowey store and he can tell that she was building up her courage to go inside. 'I hope she's not like Yamai.'

"Woooooow." Nokoko said with admiration, "She's so cool! Just standin' in front of that stylish place…I'd just lose mah cool before I enter! She's so calm an' dreamy…"

'…Phew, she's not a stalker, just a fan that look up to Komi.' He can't help but to shake his head at the country girl's misunderstood and he just stay back as the girls enter the store then watch Shouko pacing out of the store before reenter it. He wasn't surprised when the worker makes a wrong order for Shouko, despite that she never utter a word, and the beauty leave with the wrong order. 'That'll teach Osana.' Naruto nod to himself before he turn his head to see that the country girl decide to try order a sandwich but she was trembling in fear, courtesy of her sensitive about her accent.

"Your order?" The cashier asked and Nokoko clam up, don't know what to do until…

"I believe she want to have same order that the last person got." Naruto appeared next to her as the country girl jumped before he turn his head to her, "Right?"

"A-A-Ah, y-y-yes!" Nokoko stuttered as the cashier nodded before she turn back to the blonde, "T-Than' you…O-Oh!" She realize her accent just slip through, "I-I mean…"

"No problem." He waved it off as he left the store, "See you later at school."

"E-Eh, um…" The country girl blinked rapidly, is he in her class? She honestly don't know much about her classmates or anyone at school.


The next day, Shouko won't stop staring at Naruto all day to his confusion and he decides to ask her about it. "What's up, Komi?" He asked as the said girl jerk her head up, "You have been staring at me for a while. Is there something you want to say or something?"

"Call me by my name, please." Shouko held her notebook up over her face.

"Your first name?" Naruto blinked as she nodded, "Why?"

"We're friends and I want someone to call me by my name." The beauty covered her face out of embarrassment, "…So, call me Shouko."

"Sure, Shouko." He said and the beauty blushed heavily.

"Oooh, Naruto-kun is getting closer with you, huh?" Najimi suddenly pop up behind Naruto with a smug grin, "How do it feel?"

"It's a strange feeling but it's very good…" Shouko wrote with a blush.

"Since you're calling her by her name, you can call me by my name too!" The lavender-haired girl pointed to herself as she turned to the blonde, "In fact, you should call your harem by their given names too!" There was a long pause before both teenagers look at her strangely.

"…What harem?" Naruto looked at her funny, "What are you talking about?"

"Hahaha, you have capture the maidens' hearts that Komi-san have recruited for you." Najimi laughed, "Since the school started, Komi-san have befriended many girls and become part of your harem. Even I have been doing some works to strengthen the harem!" She laughed again, "So many girlfriends and no male friend!"

"Hey, males and females can be friend without any romance! That's normal!" The blonde glared at her, "And no, I do not want a harem! That is not a normal thing!"

"Too bad, Naru-hon, you're getting one!" The lavender-haired girl smirked lopsidedly before she run off.

"Godammit, Najimi!" Naruto screamed, "I swear to kami if you do that, I'm gonna…!" He grumbled something under his breath as he rubbed his forehead before he turn back to the beauty, "There is something wrong with this girl." She nodded.


"Testing. Testing." The announcer spoke into the PA system as the crowd of students gather around the field, "The weather is nice today. So without further ado…Let us begin the twenty-third Itan High school sports festival!"

"Victory for our goddess!" Naruto's classmates shouted out together in a huddle and Shouko got startled by their shouting as the blonde shake his head.

"It's the sports festival!" Najimi jumped into their view out of nowhere as she waved batons around like glowsticks, "Naruto-kun! Komi-san! It's a festival! Come on, show some more energy!"

"You're this happy because you don't have to study." Naruto said.

"39.2 degrees." A voice said, "Hoh…" The teenagers turned to see an unfamiliar tanned girl with her arm around Shouko's shoulders, "Nice heat. Najimi-chan." The strange thing about her is that there's a steam coming out from her head.

"Who are you?" The blonde asked bluntly.

"I'm Natsuno Chika." The tanned girl replied as her head turned to Shoku, "So you're Komi-san, right? I'm a second year, nice to meet ya. Your class is…41.5 degrees. Nice heat."

"What's up with the degrees and this 'catchphrase'?" Naruto asked.

"Compared to them, you're super cool." Chika cupped the beauty's chin, "16.9 degrees. Pretty cold." She walked away with a flick of her fingers, "I hope you won't be holding your class back. See ya."

"…That's weird…" He said flatly before he hear someone speaking behind him and he look back with Shouko to see Ren.

"What's with that woman?" Ren tapped baton in her hand like a weapon, "Can I bury her?"

"Go ahead and do it, I hope you'll get arrested and never see the light again for the rest of your life." Naruto muttered as the stalker went off to pump her classmates up before he turn back to the beauty, "Let's do our best at our own pace." Shouko gave him a nod and they listen to the announcer's rules explanation.

"The first match is stretches!" The announcer said loud, "Our vice principal here will decide who does the stretches most beautifully and grant them ten points!"

Everyone start warm up with stretches before the vice principal scream out, "Ah, no, Komi-san, ten points!"

'Totally saw that one coming.' Naruto rolled his eyes lightly.

"The next competition is a class vs. class tug of war tournament!" The announcer said, "The more you win, the more points you get!"

"Komi-san!" Ren approached the beauty cheerily with gloves, "You could hurt your hands in the tug of war, so here, gloves! And if you fall, it could leave a scar on your beautiful legs, so here, pants! You also wouldn't like sand getting into your eyes, so here, googles! Your hair could get tangled with the rope. So here…"

"Oi, cut that out!" The blonde chopped the trendy girl's head hard, "It's too overprotective!"

"Ah, please do it again!" The stalker held her head happily, "And more harder! Enough to give me a bump!"

"…" Naruto slowly back away from her with Shouko, "You fucking need help." The classes start playing the tug of war and his class lose in first round because they lost their strength under a ridiculous excuse, which was touching Shouko's body.

"The next event is the big jump rope!" The announcer shouted loudly, "The number of times you skip the rope is the number of points you'll get!"

"I'll turn the rope." The blonde walked over to take the end of a rope as his classmates start to discussing in huddle and they come up with a ridiculous strategy, which is a group hug with the silent beauty in middle. "…" He stared at his classmates weirdly as he swing the rope around and in the end, his class jumped a hundred time in row without a fail. '…How did they manage to get hundred with this set-up?!' At some point, Naruto wonder if it's possible to change class as his class celebrated.

"Forty-three degrees…" Chika snapped her fingers, "Nice heat!"

"It's the same year mixed gender obstacle relay!" The announcer said after few minutes of setting up as the students start racing, "Further more, in this game our teachers will grant bonus 'Artistic' points based on their judgment!" Everyone watch and root for their own classmates as Himiko got through the horse obstacle then attempting to eating the swinging bread above her head with jumps. The male teachers gave her many points and most male students drool with nosebleed while taking pictures as Himiko's large bust swaying up and down. "Whoaaaaa, Class one gained a lot of points here!"

'…Everyone is going to get arrested at this rate…' Naruto sweatdropped, "Or might get beat up by women.' He watch Himiko hand the baton off to Omoharu and the chuunibyou took a while to reach him, passing the baton off to him in last place. At same time, he notice that Shouko was mouthing her encouragement to him with a cute arm pumps as he raced the others and place second.

"Sixty degrees." Chika patted Naruto's shoulder, "That was some nice heat."

"…What's with you and heat?" He deadpanned at her and the tanned girl walk away with a smile. After a while, the students were hit by a sudden downpour and everyone quickly take shelter under tents.

"My, it really came down. Hopefully it'll stop soon." Everyone turned to the voice, revealing to be Shuuko, and almost everyone thought it was Shouko that spoke until they take a good look at her as she gave them a bow. "Hello. I'm Shouko's mother, Shuuko." She flashed a childish pose, "Thanks for all getting along with Shouko!" The embarrassed daughter rushed over to push her mother away from her class, "Eeeh, but I came all the way here to cheer for you! They're all good kids, aren't they?" Shouko paused before she nod once, "Alright, everyone show me your fighting spirit!"

"Yeeeeeeeeeaa!" Everyone cheered as soon as the downpour halt and the sport festival resumed.

"The first game in the second half is a scavenger race!" Announcer spoke, "You get five points if you reach the end with the correct item!"

"Nana-Naruto-kun…" Himiko ran up to the said teenager as she poked her fingers timidly as soon as the game started, "Err…I know it's a lot to ask for…But…Your jacket."

"Sure." Naruto gave her his jacket and she ran off before another girl approached him.

"Naruto-kun, can you lend me a bit of your hair?" Ren said brightly.

"Yeeeeah, no." He replied flatly, "You're gonna do something weird with my hair…" The stalker bluntly pluck a strand of his hair then ran off while licking it, "…Yup, know it." Shouko jogged up to him after a while then pause for few moments before she point at her own headband, "You need my headband?" The blonde gave her his headband and she give him a thankful nod before she jog lightly toward the goal.

"Naruto-kun!" Najimi ran up to him, "Give me your shoe! Oh, and a thousand yen!"

"No." Naruto rejected her on spot and the lavender-haired girl pouted childishly.


After few games, the sport festival come near to the end and the announcer shout loudly with heavy pants. "And we're reaching the climax of this sport festival! The class relaaaaaaaaay! Each class will choose four people to represent them! The class that comes in first place get one hundred million points!"

'Is that a variety show?' The blonde looked at the announcer's table blankly before he turn back to the track, Shouko have been chosen as the fourth and last runner. He see Chika talking to Shouko about something with her hand sticking out for a handshake before she take it back as soon as the beauty barely move her hand up. Before he know it, Makeru and other racer have reach the final runner, passing the baton in process and the girls raced until the beauty slip on a muddy spot with a hard crash.

"Oooooh! 1-1 just fell down! Did the track get slippery because of the rain awhile ago?!" Shouko slowly sit up with slightly dejected expression until she hear something.

"Komi-saaan! Do your best!" Her classmates rooted for her.

"Come on, Shouko, you can do it!" Naruto called out and the beauty snatch the baton up then sprint pass few runners until she was right behind Chika. They reach the finishing line in the tanned girl's victory by a narrow margin.

"Sorry about calling you cold." Chika said to the panting beauty as she ignored the announcement, "I saw your 120 degrees! You're piping hot! Next year, we're…"

"Shouko, let me take a look at you." Naruto ran over to the said girl with medical box.

"Komi-saaaan!" Najimi also ran over with the rest of the class, "Are you okay!? Are you hurt!?"

"…They care more about her than they did about the result…" The tanned girl suddenly bawl her eyes out with hand on her mouth, "Dwo handred degreef…What good komradef…!"

At the end of the festival, Shouko receive a letter from the vice principal while trembling and almost everyone thought she was frustrated about ending up in second place but Naruto know it was because all attention was on the beauty, making her nervous.


The very next day, the science teacher look up from the textbook to the class with a hum. "So who can answer this question." She scanned the room, "Komi-san…" The said girl look up, "'S neighbor, Satou-san." The beauty look shocked for a moment before her head dip down with a tremble.

"She's not teasing you." Naruto whispered to the beauty and unknown to him, someone was listening in. When the class end, Najimi walk up to them with a dramatic flair.

"Aaah…" Najimi said with hand on her chest, "Summer break…And then the sports festival…Oh, how nostalgic do I feel…I don't wanna study."

"Get over it and grit it." The blonde said before he recall something, "Ah, speaking of festival, the cultural festival is coming up soon."

"Dat!" The lavender-haired girl grinned before she have a one-side chat with Shouko and Naruto notice that Omoharu was inching closer to him then she cup her chin with a smirk.

'Mongrel…' Omoharu think, 'You can read my mind, can't you? I see right through you…Kuku…'

'This girl is thinking I can read people's minds.' Naruto stared at her, it's written all over her face and he didn't notice that Shouko get up to go with Najimi somewhere. "Is there something matter, Nakanaka?" The said girl jumped in startle.

"Fu, fuhahaha!" The chuunibyou boasted with blush, "Naruto-ku…Mongrel! You might be good at reading peoples minds, but it seems you can't read one that has transcended humanity, such as I!"

"Let me guess…" He said, "You're trying to trick someone under the premise that he or she can read minds, and thought 'you can read my mind, don't you', right? Don't everyone do that once in a while?"

"H-H-How did you know?!" Omoharu said surprised before a full-body blush break out on her.


"So you want to know how Shouko feels?" Naruto raised his eyebrow to chuunibyou, they were having a pe class in gym.

"That's right." The chuunibyou replied, "I am Komi-san's sworn friend, thus it is only ovvious I would want to understand Komi-san's feelings. So I wanted to ask yo…" She fidgeted, "Mongr…You for help, Naruto-kun, since you can read minds."

"You can call me whatever you like." He said, "Let's see…Even if you ask me, I'm not…" He feel someone grab his shoulder from behind and he look over to see Ren behind the net screen.

"You'll tell me…" Ren whispered lowly, "About your methods too…And your home address…"

"…Let's try guessing what Shouko is thinking in different situations." Naruto turned back to the chuunibyou.

"Oh, that's actually kind of interesting." The trendy girl chirped.

"It's about time to wrap up so put away the balls." The teacher announced and Shouko bend down to pick up a volleyball but someone pick it up. The beauty turn around to pick another ball up but it was immediately snatch up by Makeru and she stand straight up with blank expression.

"So, what was Shouko thinking?" Naruto decided to use this situation.

"Are you making fun of me, Naruto-kun?" Ren said, "That's easy!" She held her answer sheet up, "It's this! I'm done bothering myself with this, Yamai-chan, Naruto-kun, where are you?"

"No, it's not." He said, wondering where she got this whiteboard from before he notice that Omoharu also have a whiteboard. It say, good work, peasant. "That's wrong too. The correct answer is 'I want to help put them away too'. She's filled with regret."


"Here, look." Naruto pointed out to the beauty as he stand outside the classroom with the girls after Shouko gave Najimi her dictionary and the beauty was staring at Najimi chatting with some students in front. "What about this situation?"

"Well…" Ren held her whiteboard up, "If you wanna talk, give me back the dictionary."

"Nope." He said.

"They are talking so it's hard to approach them." Omoharu said her answer out loud, "Correct?"

"Close but no." Naruto gestured to the worried beauty, "She was thinking if they are gossiping about her."

"Aaaah!" Both girls uttered in realization.

"Aah, a rainbow!" A random schoolgirl squealed as many students ran toward the windows, "A big rainbow appeared!" Shouko look over to the group, "It's really big!"

"This one is easy." He pointed to the scene, "What's she thinking?"

"I want take that picture and upload it onto social media." Ren held her whiteboard up with a lewd grin, "Ah, I gotta tell Yamai-chan about my account. Oh, and Naruto-kun, please give me your account! I want to see your dick pi…" Naruto swatted the board down with blank face.

"No, wrong." Naruto said before he turn to read Omoharu's answer.

"Don't put random pictures of the sky on social media, you weed." Omoharu clicked her tongue.

"Wrong." He said, "She don't have a social app or whatever you call them now."

"Hmm, Nakanaka-san?" The trendy girl smiled to the chuunibyou, "What did you mean by that? Weed?" The chuunibyou gave her a dirty look.

"Oh boy…" Naruto rubbed his forehead before he notice Nokoko admire Shouko behind the door, "Whatever you are thinking, it's wrong." He turned back to the girls, "She want to go and see it but she can't get close because there's too many people."


They almost spend entire day guessing what Shouko is thinking and Naruto kept telling them their answers are wrong. "I am the one who understand Komi-san better…" Ren panted on floor with her right arm on whiteboard.

"I…" Omoharu lie on floor with heavy pant and some sweats, "I am the one who played alone with Komi-san…"

"…Both of you does not get a single answer right." Naruto stared down at them with a heavy sigh until he notice that the beauty was standing behind her, "Oh, hey."

"Kokokokokoko…" Both girls scurried backward away from the blonde and the beauty, "Komi-san?!"

"What are you doing?" Shouko asked with a tilted head.

"Wh-What, you say…" Ren nervously glanced to Omoharu, "What are we?"

"W-We just happened to bump into each other along the way and we were walking together!" Omoharu cried out, "D-Don't get it wrong!"

"Ye-Yeah, right!" The trendy girl agreed.

"I noticed that you were watching for me for some time." The beauty wrote, "And that you were having fun talking to each other."

"Busted." The blonde muttered and the frightened girls hug each other, believing that the beauty is mad at them. He turns to look at the beauty as she holds the book close to her mouth with an 'I want in' look. "Say, since we're all here, wanna go get something to drink and eat?" The girls looked at him funnily before Shouko nod to their surprise and confusion.

"Th-Then at least let me treat you!" Ren said.

"No, I'll be the one…!" The chuunibyou said, "Please let me treat you!"

"No, I will."

"No, me!"

"There's no need to treat me." Shouko looked at the girls confusingly, "Please stop fighting."

"Okay." Both girls said and Naruto shake his head at them as the group left the school to buy snacks.


Few days later and the school just end for the day when Naruto pack his backpack until he notice that the beauty was sitting at her desk. "Shouko, you're not going home?" He asked.

"I heard that this photo booth thing has been getting popular recently." Shouko thump her book up with an eager puff.

"Oh, is that so?" Naruto sat down.

"I was on my way to school some time ago when I heard about this photo sticker." She wrote, "I was wondering what it was so I looked it up and found out you can get them at a photo booth, and I got really interested…"

"And you want to take one yourself?" He said as the beauty nod few times with more puff, "Alright, let's go and take…"

"I overheard your story!" Najimi pop up with rock gesture, "The sticker harvester Najimi on the scene!"

"…Excuse me, what?" Naruto looked at her oddly.

"You're going to take photo stickers?" Ren approached them with a sweet wicked smile, "And leave me behind?"

"Y-You're the extreme heaper Yamai!" The lavender-haired girl gasped.

"What the fuck is going on?" The blonde muttered to himself.


The friends wander into an arcade as Ren glance around, "It's been a while since I've taken a sticker. Though I've taken a lot during middle school."

"Me too!" Najimi replied and Naruto glance over his shoulder to see that the beauty was staring at a crane game.

"Shouko?" Naruto called out to her softly as the said girl whipped her head to him before she jog lightly to catch up with the group and they reach the area with many different kind of photo booths. "Why so many different booths in one place?" He muttered to himself and Shouko stare at the booths with starry eyes.

"Over here!" The lavender-haired girl waved to get their attention and the friends step into a booth as the beauty examine the interior design until she jump up at the mechanical voice.

"Choose the frame you like!" The booth said, "How would you like your picture taken? Refreshing and beautiful skin mode?"

"Komi-san's skin is already pretty so there's no point picking this one!" Najimi giggled.

"Googly big eyes mode?"

"Komi-san already has big eyes, so she would turn out like an alien!" The lavender-haired girl giggled again.

"Full-body long-leg model mode?"

"Komi-san already has long legs so if they're too long, it'll look wei…" Najimi slowly trail off as Shouko look like she's going to cry, "Rd…Hm?"

"Let's try everything and see." Naruto spoke and the girls agreed.

"First, a cute one!" The booth rang out with few clicks as the teenagers posed, "Are you smiling? Super irritating face! Oh, it's snowing? And last, a friendly weird face!" Poor beauty was so confused and taken aback by the rapid pace as the teenagers exited to fetch their pictures, "You can use the drawing space on the right!"

"We can doodle on the stickers here!" Najimi explained to the beauty as she pick up one of stylus pen, "Draw what you like, Komi-san!" The said teenager nod in understanding and she pick her pen up, only to stare at the screen in loss because she don't know what to draw on it.

"Shouko, you can put today's date, some words or draw some cats." Naruto suggested and the beauty perked up.

"Fifty seconds left!" The machine spoke, causing the flustered beauty to scribble something down. "Entering bonus time!" The beauty jolted, "We can send three stickers you like to your phone! Type in your address!" Shouko blinked then take her time to fill it out, believing she will receive another bonus time. "Time's up! You can get your pictures outside!" Poor beauty was shocked by that.

"Ahaha, it's okay, I'll send them to you later." Najimi laughed at the beauty's dejected and flustered expression before the stickers slip out, "They're done!" They examine the pictures and Najimi let an belly-splitting laughter out when she see Shouko's eyes enlarged with lashes in one of the photos as the beauty's face turn red with some shakes.

"…SO CUTEEEE!" Ren screamed with nosebleed.

"Ahaha!" The lavender-haired girl wiped her eyes as she get up, "Haa…I laughed so much I got hungry." She skipped off with the trendy girl in tow, "Let's grab a bite to eat! Ahaha!" The group walk out and again, Naruto notice that Shouko was looking at the crane game for a moment before she quickly catch up with the other girls.

'Wonder what she's looking at…' Naruto walked over to the crane game to see some cat keychain, "Ah…"


"Morning, Shouko." The blonde greeted the said girl few days later before he dig into his bag, "Hey, I got you something…Here." He held out a white cat keychain as Shouko glanced up and down between the object and the blonde, "I saw you checking it out the other day and I thought you want it. I don't want you to regret not getting it. It's okay if you don't want to take…" Shouko showed him a black cat keychain, "Huh?"

"After we finished taking photos, I asked a huge favor from Najimi-chan so we could come with me to get it." Shouko explained.

"Oh." Naruto scratched his head, "So then you don't need ano…" The beauty shook her head violently, "Mm?"

"Let's exchange them." The blushing beauty held her notebook up while shielding her face.

"Oh, okay…" He can't help but to blush lightly at that and they trade their keychain, Shouko's blush deepened when Naruto hang the strap to his bag as she put her inside the bag.


"Naruto, go grab those documents from the prep room." The teacher said.

"Naruto-kun, about the cultural festival…" Naruto received a lot of paperworks from other students.

"Hey!" Ren popped up, "When do you plan on installing the hidden cameras for Komi-san's photoshoot and for your sex ta…"

"No." The blonde shoved the stalker's face away, which the stalker enjoy.

"Naruto…" The ninja poser sneak up on him with a whisper, "I'll leave the matter of changing the class committee into the Komi Imperial Guard in thy hands!"

"The fuck?" Naruto looked at the ninja wannabe flatly, "What the hell are you talking about?" He never get any answers as this student shuffle off and the blonde turn back to stare at the stacking of papers on his desk. Najimi approached the desk then stare at the papers before she attempt to flee, only to be grab by someone else.

"Hey, hold it!" A slender girl with long bangs and ponytail pulled the lavender-haired girl in a headlock, she have two moles, one under her left eye and other on the right side near her lower lip.

"Oh, yo, Nene." The blonde looked up to the slender girl.

"Yo." Nene raised her hand up.

"Let me go, Onemine!" Najimi whined.

"You look quite busy being the class representative, you okay?" The slender girl sit down while forcing the lavender-haired girl to sit on floor.

"You want something?" Naruto asked.

"No, no." Nene laughed, "I came to help you out! I won't ask anything from my best childhood friend." Shouko look surprised by this fact.

"…Really?" He raised his eyebrow at her.

"You've really had it tough, haven't you, Naruto-kun?" The slender girl shook her head before she take some stack from his desk, "Geez, they're really pushing too much work onto you." She looked to Najimi, "Ah, Najimi, you go get the documents from the prep room."

"Hahaha, you just can't win against Onemine-chan." Najimi laughed.

"Now." Nene said firmly as if she was telling a child to do something.

"Okay." The lavender-haired girl walked out of the room, sulking like a little girl.

"Hm?" Naruto noticed that Shouko was staring at him, "Do you want to help us too?" She nodded.

"Hmm, the two of us will be enough for this." The slender girl pointed out.

"Oh, you're right." The blonde think about it before he look down to the beauty, "You can wait here if you want to." They leave and the beauty stares at the doorway.

"So, Naruto-kun, how has school been going for you lately?" Nene asked.

"It's fine, why do you ask?" Naruto replied.

"Naruto-kun, aren't you being bullied in school?" The slender girl asked.

"What are you talking about?" He looked at her strangely, "Have you met me? I'll kick any bullies' asses."

"Is that so?" Nene hummed, I noticed the teacher playing minesweeper while saying 'being able to leave my work to Naruto-kun is so nice' so I was sure that was the case."

"…That is not a bullying, more like slacking off." Naruto deadpanned as they enter a room to put the paperworks away, "So you called out to me because you were worried?"

"Ah, you found out?" She scratched her head bashfully with a light laughter.

"Yeah, it's pretty easy to see through you because you can't leave anyone alone since we were little." The blonde said, they barely hang out lately because Nene have to help looking after her siblings while her parents work and she always goes off to look after some students like a big sister.

"Ah, one more question." Nene held a index finger out as they walk back into the hallway.

"If it's about my family, they are still weird as hell and I want to stay out of that to be a normal person." Naruto said flatly.

"No, no, about your relationship with Komi-san." She laughed lightly before she cup her chin thoughtfully, "Naruto-kun, are you perhaps an M?"

"…Could you please tell me how you come to this conclusion?" He looked at her oddly.

"I mean, they're saying that Komi-san's hard to approach since she's a beauty." Nene explained, "But isn't she pretty overwhelming? And then a h…A normal guy like you is always around her, so uhh…"I just thought you liked being glared at." She waved her hand at him, "Ah, no. It's okay! If that's the case, I completely understand."

"Oi, I am not like this old pervy bastard." Naruto deadpanned before he clear his throat, "Besides, Shouko isn't overwhelming at all. You'll understand if you talk to her. I'm pretty sure she'll be happy about that."

"Ehhh, are you suuuure?" The slender girl replied, "Everyone else thinks really highly of her. So maybe she looks down on…"

"It's not true." He said.

"Eh, okay…" Nene blinked to him before she smack his back few times, "A-Anyways! If you're ever in trouble, just come talk to your best friend. Oh, and Shouko? How close are…" The friends immediately notice Shouko peeking out behind a corner with a long hard stare.

"Shouko, what's wrong?" Naruto asked and the beauty jumped up, thought that they can't see her. Shouko kept staring from behind the corner and Nene think back to Naruto's sentence.

"…Heyooo, Komi-san…" She called out friendly before Shouko swiftly duck behind the corner, "Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?!"

"No, see, that's not what you think." The blonde patted Nene's shoulder, "That's how she is, she's just shy."

"Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?!" Nene kept stared at the corner, haven't hear what Naruto said.


"Goddammit, slackers." Naruto stared at more paperwork with twitching eyebrow, the school just ended and everyone drop everything on him.

"They asked you to do some work again." Nene sighed at the sight before she pull the chair up to his desk, "Guess I've got no choice! I'll help you out. If you say no, then I'll just give you some more work to do."

"Alright." He shrugged before Shouko lift a notebook up to him over her face.

"I want to help out too." Shouko blushed.

'Eh?' The slender girl blinked.

"Sure, you're a lifesaver." Naruto nodded as the beauty puffed excitingly with cat ears, "You're pretty motivated." The beauty sit down to lean closer to him as Naruto explained few things to her and Nene notice Shouko's feeling toward to her best friend. The slender girl felt a little jealous but she shrug it off in favor to help Naruto and they spend some amount of time to finish their works.


"Man, that's one big typhoon." Naruto looked outside the window at the roaring storm, the school was called off for today because of a storm warning. His cell phone rang suddenly and he answer it. "Hello?"

"…Hello…" A familiar soft voice muttered quietly.

"Shouko, that you?" The blonde walk over to sit down on the couch and turn the news on for a bit.

"…Yes."

"Where are you at?" He asked, "Home?"

"Yes, I am…Ah, there is an outage…I'm okay…"

"Are you sure?" Naruto hummed before he hear a lighting, following by some thudding and crashing sounds. "Shouko, are you okay?" He asked immediately.

"…I…I am…Fi…Ne…"

'No, you don't sound like you're fine…' He think.

"H…Hey…Would you mind…If we talked for a little while longer?"

"Sure, what do you want to talk about?" Naruto asked.

"Anything…What are you doing right now…?"

"I'm watching the news for the typhoon and it say the warning might be lift up at afternoon." He said, "In meantime, I must kill some time watching either movie or shows, depending what's on right now…" He ends up talking with her for hours about random stuff and weather.


And that end the third chapter of CIHNL!

The break seems to be pretty normal and they went back to school for another semester while some people get closer in their own way.

How will the rest of the school year go for everyone? Who will show up to befriend Naruto and Shouko? Will anyone get closer? How will things turn out with everyone? What'll happen next? Let's find out in next chapter!

Anyway, I think that's all I can say for now. Thank you for your time to read it.

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