Chapter 0: Tadano Hitohito, Komi Shouko
Komi Shouko was sitting in an empty classroom with her boyfriend. The two were about to leave for home, but they noticed their old 1-1 classroom was completely empty. As if pushed by nostalgia, the two entered the room and sat on where their old chairs should be.
"You know, Komi, our friends from first year is sort of separated into their own groups, huh? Like, Onemine and Otori are usually together but not with anyone else, or Sato, Ushiroda and Maeda."
"I think," Komi said. "It's just that 2-1 is a very...friendly class. I'm very lucky to be in that class. Not just for Rumiko, or Ase, or Isagi, but also Takaradzuka, Bodo and many others."
"Not that 1-1 is bad," Komi added before Tadano could say anything. "Also, in a way even the 2-1 people have their own groups."
"Fair enough," Tadano said. "Hmm, now that we're talking about in groups, I remember seeing someone from two different groups do things together. Like Naruse and Ohai."
"I've also seen something like that," Komi said. She pulled out a small notebook from her bag. "I wrote down some of them."
"Oh! Can you read some of them?"
"You can read them here," Komi said, handing the notebook to Tadano.
"I'd like to hear you read them."
"Really?"
"Yes. I like your voice, Komi," Tadano said, smiling.
Komi instantly focused her attention on to the notebook, flipping through the pages, scanning the short story she wrote on it, ignoring her rapidly beating heart. She stopped on a page and looked at Tadano. Avoiding his expecting stare and wonderful smile, Komi looked again on her notebook and began reading.
"This is a story of Bosa and Usui."