Here the chapter 3 already !

Yeah I know piercing etc are not allowed in school, but hey, it's anime, it's fanfiction, it's manga. Just look at things like Horimiya etc. We do the character appearance like we want !

Sagami's bullying will be explained along with the story, don't sweat the details!

Yes I was inspired by Koe no Katachi for the disability, except the girl in there was deaf and could talk physically speaking. Here she hears perfectly but can't communicate easily. I was also inspired by mahou shoujo site episode 1, the design from Ai Hayakasa in order to imagine Naho Kuwahara.

Recently I decided to dig in Doki Doki Literature Club and its routes and mods and it gave me quite a lot of good ideas for this fic !

We were walking together for a bit of time, she doesn't really live close to the school. My guiltiness of thinking about letting her be by herself rose sharply. I was glad I went against my initial thought. She never once look ahead of her, she was only looking down. Enough to see what was coming in front of her and not to stumble upon something. Her face had the same expression during the whole trip. Her jaw was tensed while her eyes were opened more than an usual eye would be. After some more minutes of walk, we finally reached her house. Not too big, not too small. It was like mine, average at best, not that I care about the status of the others.

"Well here we are..."

She nodded slowly and walked without looking back to the door. I watched her do from afar. She was fidgeting. Obviously nobody was home and she was not able to get her keys in her pocket due to her carriage. I approached her slowly and reached slowly to the sketchbooks and sheets of paper.

"Here let me help you a b-"

She immediately took distance from me and hugged her things ever harder against her chest while looking at the ground having a stressed look on her face.

"H-hey come on I know my eyes are scary and all but I just wanted to take a load off you so that you'll be able to take your keys you know."

"Hn !" She shook her head negatively.

Sighing, I looked at that pain in front of me with a tired look.

"Okay then is it alright if I get your keys for you, so that I can open the door for you ? My sister will get worried if I don't hurry you know ?"

"..."

It seems that it worked, she was pondering the proposition. A short while later, she nodded at me and came closer, showing me the pocket of her jacket where they were. I then took them and unlocked her door. I signaled her to go in, which she did in a flash. I remove the house key from the lock and put in back in on the interior side of the door. Looking back at the still soaked girl at the entrance, I decided to at least be a bit nicer before I leave. She seems to have had quite the day.

"Well. I'll be going. Don't forget to dry yourself and drink a hot tea in order to not catch a cold. Bye."

Having said what I wanted, I turned around and mounted my bike while holding my umbrella. I glanced over my shoulder to see if she listened to what I said and I caught a glimpse of her sad face just before she closed the door. What a gloomy girl, gloomier than me.

Naho's POV

I closed the door before me, I wanted to thank him for his help despite my rudeness but I just can't, it would only come out as noise without any form. I really hate myself even if I'm not to blame. I hate this, I fucking hate all of this. Why am I not able to convey what I think when it's important. It's just so hopeless in those moments.

I went in my living room and put my load on the table, it was still sticky because of the wet paper but everything was here. I rummaged through the teared off sheets to see if it was as damaged as I thought. Fortunately it was my drawings that were destroyed. I exhaled a lot of air when I saw this. I caressed the cover of the book where a golden name was printed : 'Yoko Kuwahara'.

Smiling, I threw away my now useless drawings and left the book where it was.

I decided to climb the stairs to take a shower and then i'll make myself a hot tea, following this guy's advice.

I'll need to thank him for his kindness tomorrow, even if it's just a little.

Hachiman's POV

I locked my bike and walked up to my door. I opened it with my key and finally got in to be overwhelmed by the warmness of a house.

"Ah you're finally back Onii-chan, Komachi was getting worried with this awful weather ! Come here, the kotatsu's ready !"

Little sisters are the best ! This is what I needed after what I had to do.

I quickly put my umbrella next to the door and removed my shoes while putting my bag away. Soon enough I was lying under the kotatsu. The feeling of comfort was so strong that I felt dizzy and sleepy already.

"Soooo. What were you doing out there ? You're not the kind to be late except if something that concerns you happen. Was it Yui-chan or maybe it was Yukino-chan ?! Or Saki-chan ?"

"No not them, please refrain from saying surrealistic things like that to your poor brother Komachi."

"Moo Gomi-chan, you're so hopeless, you will die alone at this rate, but you can always count on Komachi to keep you company !"

"That I wouldn't mind at all." I said smirking.

"Ugh... Gross... Anyway, what happened ?"

"Well I was on my way home but I saw the new student on my way, she was under this heavy rain, holding quite a load of stuff by herself and did not have any umbrella, so I felt that I was obligated to help her."

"Wait wait wait. Sure my brother is quite the gentleman now, Komachi's training has finally paid ! But ! Let's go back to the main subject ! New student ! 'She' ?! That's interesting ! How's she like ?! How's she like ?!"

"Calm down please, let me rest, I'm tired already. Spare me the trouble please."

"Nope ! No information, no cooking !"

You devil, you're not Komachi, you're a sly fox disguising itself as my sister aren't you ?!

"F-fine... She's kind of a delinquent like Kawasomething but she's less intimidating than her. Her hair is dyed silver and her hair is about midway between Yukinoshita and Yuigahama I assume. She's got some earrings and a lip piercing despite it being normally not allowed, but our school is quite flexible, maybe she was allowed dunno. Her eyes have heterochromia. One is green and the other is brown. Are you satisfied ?"

"Hmmm... looks like you're not telling me all."

Are you an esper ?

"Well, She's mute. Not in the shy way, she's a mute person."

"Oh. That must be tough for this girl."

"I guess so. Well putting this event away. How was your first day as a Sobu student ?"

"I met a whole lot of new people and made a lot of friends already ! Hiratsuka-sensei is a cool teacher too !"

"Already popular huh ? I hope Komachi won't become a damn Riajuu like Hayama."

"Don't worry about it Onii-chan !"

"We didn't see you at the club today, so I was wondering if something held you up."

"Well yeah, it's the first day and I had to visit things and it was a long day. My friends dragged me to a coffee shop after the last class. Sorry about that, tee hee. I'll come tomorrow promise !"

"Not like you're obligated but Yuigahama and Yukinoshita were expecting you."

"Any progress so far ?"

"Huh ?"

"Between you and them ? Since that day."

"I don't know for sure. I guess we straightened our bond with each other while keeping true to ourselves. I still find it strange and hard sometimes witht he atmosphere."

"You'll have to make a choice one day you know that. Either of them or none of them."

"Yes... I know."

"I'll go make dinner Onii-chan, just set up the table please. Don't worry about the details with Yukino-chan and Yui-chan ! Komachi's always there for you !"

I grinned at her and made my way to the kitchen to grab what I need to set it up.

We finished our dinner together and did the dishes. After that, Komachi went to her room like me. I did some homework we had and played some video games of my computer. It was getting late so I decided to take my shower and go to bed right away. I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a strange day for sure.

I woke up late so I was riding my bike like it was the wind in order to arrive on time. I barely managed to but I got there five minutes before the first lesson. I was breathing heavily, spending my summer holidays lazing around sure took a toll on my stamina. I decided to walk to my destinations when something caught my attention. It was her. The soaked girl from yesterday, she was as late as me. She must have overslept like me. Not paying that much attention I resumed moving.

The morning lessons are the worst, you're here in the morning, it's not even ten and you're asked to focus and be awake to learn thing you don't particularly want to learn. So annoying sometimes. I'd love to only have literature and history lessons in the afternoon. It would be a dream like student life but hey... Won't happen.

The class is as usual, noisy but not that much. Everybody's in their seat, chatting, meddling with their phones or trying to be louder than the others to get extra attention. I took my place quietly but not fast enough to avoid Worriedgahama coming to my side.

"Hikki you're almost late ! I thought something happened to you !"

"Oï quiet woman. Stop yelling in my ears at eight in the morning please..."

"Next time try to go to bed earlier if you want to get there on time. Seriously Hikki..."

What are you ? My mother ?

"Oh ! Yahallo Naho-chan !" She said waving her hand with a beaming smile.

You're really trying hard to be befriend a riajuu hater huh...

Kuwahara only looked at her like yesterday. A blank look with no interest written all over her face. Yuigahama was distressed by that and felt rejected already but surprisingly, she bowed to greet her. The latter beamed with joy.

How simple can you be ? Sometimes I wonder if the Yuigahama from that day was a mirage or the real you.

I decided to greet the girl since her attention was directed in our way.

"Yo." Simple, effective, short.

I expected nothing out of it but the girl cast her eyes on the floor and, avoiding eye contact with me and started to write something on a notebook soon after. She showed it my way. 'Thank you for yesterday, you helped me a lot, I owe you'. It was nothing more than thanks at first sight, but the problem was the girl right behind the book, she was embarrassed and hid her writing really fast. Social interactions like this wasn't her forte.

"Don't worry about it, It was nothing, really."

Yuigahama was staring at each of us, switching from one, to the other repeatedly. I felt the temperature dropping a bit for a moment. I felt some pressure appearing from the position.

"What happened yesterday between the two of you ?"

"I-I just helped her out on her way home by walking her home. She didn't have an umbrella after all." I said, sweating a bit from the situation.

"Walking home with a girl under a shared umbrella huh..."

"Y-Yeah, don't think about it too much, I had no intentions nor was I trying to do something. I just wanted to help her. Right ?"

"Right... We should walk home together sometimes too..." She said talking in a low volume at the end.

"Huh ? What did you say ?"

"A-Ah ! N-nothing ! Well i think I here the teacher coming, I'll take my seat now. Hehe..." She said, flustered.

End of POV

What they didn't know was that Sagami Minami was watching the scene from her seat in the corner of the room. She was not happy, she greeted her teeth. Only her knew why she was so angry at the new student, but it was too much, she had no real reason the be angry like that, she just felt that she wanted to be the plague in this person's life.

"Guess the little introduction from yesterday wasn't enough to scare her away for a day huh ?"

"What do you mean Mina-chan ?"

"We'll step up the game a bit starting tomorrow." She said with a devilish smile.