At 1-D
Tadano was seeing that Komi was still shaking and trying to speak something, but she wasn't saying a word.
''Um, what were you trying to say?" Asked him.
The girl just kept being quiet and pretty much trembling.
''Ok, is there any way that we can use to communicate?" Thought him looking around.
He then saw the black board of his class. With his teacher out they could use that to their extent.
''Oh the black board! Perfect.'' Thought him.
Soon Tadano went there and clean everything so Komi could fully communicate.
''How about we talk via the black board? Would you be ok with that?' Asked Tadano.
The girl soon felt excited, almost like cat ears would pop out of her head. She then grab a chalk and started to write in fast pace.
''Wow she is fast.'' Thought him impressed.
Soon the first question was made.
How did you know that I´m bad at talking to people?
Tadano looked a bit uneasy and then answered the girl.
''Well I just sensed. Both in a normal way and with my quirk. Hasn't anyone else ever noticed?" Asked him.
No.
The answer made the boy sweat a little bit; this would be more complicated than he imagined.
''Oh…ok.'' Said him.
He started to think of other things to say to Komi, to keep the conversation going but he was already with a blank memory.
''Ok, I ran out of things to talk about it.'' Thought him worried.
Tadano was never much of a social person also, but this was beyond on what he could do.
''Hey aren't we supposed to be at lunch? We need to go before we aren't left anything…'' Said him with a cheap laugh.
The boy wanted to get away and try to think of something else to say to her, things weren't the easiest for him.
''I failed at this already.'' Thoguht him in comedic tears.
Komi the grabbed his uniform with strength, and then stared at him. Having that awkward look and that shaky style.
''Wwwwwwwwww….'' Said Komi trying to talk but with no such luck.
''Uh, is there anything that you want to say?' Asked Tadano.
Komi then gabbed the chalk and wrote down her next phrase.
''Is she trying to say something to me?" Though him seeing what she wrote.
I couldn't finish my lunch.
Tadano looked at that confused.
''So are you hungry?" Asked him making the girl have a confused look.
Soon Komi went back to the board and wrote something else.
Actually, I want to talk.
The boy saw that and understood what she meant by that.
I get nervous in front of people. My face freeze and I get scared. But actually, I want to talk.
''I see.'' Said Tadano thinking of all his interactions with Komi today.
People get uneasy around me. Or they run away or pass out. Or they will kneel and bow. I think they hate me. I´m certain they do. Because I´m so difficult to talk to. They must think I am cold hearted girl or someone who thinks everyone is worthless around me. Its not the true.
''She got it so wrong.'' Thought Tadano feeling bad for Komi
Komi then started to tremble a little bit as she wrote the next part. Almost like this part was personal.
Back in Junior High, I had a hard time eating by myself at lunch. And watching everyone chat as they are. It hurt. Every day for three years I tried to join. I just couldn't speak. No matter how hard I tried. I couldn't speak but what should I do? How can I start a conversation? Then what happens? What if they reject me? What's the next conversation? What if they say I am boring? What if I can't smile right? What should I do?
Tadano saw that huge explanation and could only feel bad for Komi. She just wanted to speak, but she was too nervous to even raise her voice. She was so far the prettiest girl in the class, but she was super shy.
I wanted to suggest eating together.
Tadano saw she looked like she was crying. He never felt such sadness in someone before. This was truly a regular thing for a high schooler.
''I am not the most sociable guy ever, but even I can handle a conversation. She can't even face me directly when we talk, her situation is much worst.'' Thought him.
He then saw some hiccups and what looked like tears. He offer a handkerchief from his pocket to her.
''Here for your tears.'' Said him embarrassed.
He never meet someone like this. Komi was already super popular and she hasn't done anything to set apart from others.
''Komi is not UA princess or an unapproachable beauty…'' Thought him.
However once she faced him, she had a regular face. She wasn't crying at all.
''She is just a normal girl.'' Thought him.
It was just hiccups, sorry.
''What!'' Said Tadano confused
Once the hiccups were gone she continued to write on the chalk board.
I can't even say help. Other people can do it, but I can't. What's fun, what makes me happy, what I watched last night, etc. I can't talk about it.
''Oh I see.'' Thought tadano
I am sorry. I´m bothering you, tadano. How can I make it up to you?
The teen saw that and was confused for what she meant by that.
'Huh? Did you do something to apologize for?" Asked Tadano confused.
She wasn't a dummy. She heard how the others treat him because he was sitting next to her. All the glares, all the whispers and the harsh comments. She decided to not even bother saying what was the situation.
''She ignored me!'' Thought hi.
Anyway, I wanted to apologize. I´m sorry. Sorry for talking too much. Just forget about this.
Komi soon clean the chalk board and went to the cafeteria. She would grab something to go and eat in the bathroom. Tadano seeing that felt the need to do something about it.
Isn't the weather nice today?
The girl saw what he was doing and grabbed another chalk.
Yes
Soon the two started to chat via the chalk board. It was kind of sweet, Tadano asked Komi about her day and what she did and while she did the same for Tadano.
Komi felt a little bit nervous at first but then felt safe around him. For some reason she felt like talking to him for hours. It was the first person she was open about her social problems, and he was cool with that.
At one point Tadano asked Komi a big question
What is your dream Komi?
To make 100 friends.
Upon seeing what she had wrote, she looked at Tadano with a serious face and wrote the next phrase with such gesture.
Please don't laugh.
Tadano quickly took his chalk and wrote down his answer. Very nervous because of the situation he was inn.
Then I´ll be your first friend and help you make 99 more
Tadano and Komi saw that answer and both blushed madly. Tadano even more than Komi.
''Sorry! Pretty obnoxious right?!Me?! Your first?! Sorry! I just got carried away!' Said him nervous but then Komi wrote something back.
Sounds good.
Then she got a little blush on her cheeks and wrote down her last sentence for the day.
Thanks for being my first friend.
Upon seeing what she wrote Komi rushed off from her classroom at full speed. Super embarrassed and wanting to hide for a while.
''Komi wait!'' Scream the boy.
Tadano felt super embarrassed at the moment. He just entered into an interesting situation.
''Ok, its official I won't have a regular High School life here in UA. I guess its good to have a goal, and mine is going to help Komi get better at talking. She is going to take some time, but we can work things out. There are a bunch of students in the regular courses that we can befriend.'' Thoguht Tadano.
The thing is UA is that meeting up with the hero course was something pretty rare. If you are either a childhood friend or someone from the support group, the changes of interactions between General Courses and Hero courses were almost none.
Tadano didn't care for what the hero course think about all this. He was going to be Komi hero and help her out.
''Ok, there must be some way to help her out in communication.'' Thought him.
Tadano thought of various way to get people around Komi, but actually want to talk to her as a real person and not some kind of goddess.
''I mean, there must be something that we can do?'' Thought him as he thinks fo way to help Komi.
Soon the bell of lunch has ringed, as the rest of 1-D returns to class.
''I guess I will spend the day in hunger.'' Thought him in pain.
Tadano then saw Komi returns. She looked like she was actually crying, he flet bad for her and with just nod and a little smile he wanted to make sure that everything will be ok.
''Don't worry we will help each other out.'' Thought him with a thumbs up.
The girl just blushed at that and looked away in shame. She gives him a thumbs up as the plan was already in motion
''There are a total of 11 classes of first years. Surely, we can see if one of them would like to become friends with Komi.'' Thought him.
This will be start of the adventure, Tadano and Komi started their journey together in making new friends. Heads up, I won't have them interact with the hero course until Najimi shows up. First because they are the perfect trio and the ones. They will meet the rest later, but first we need to establish the group.
Also here is the quirks of the main duo.
Tadano Quirk- Atmosphere Reading: He can tell how the situation of a person, or a room is by just standing there and concentrating. He can sense if the person/room is sad, tense or even with some other form of emotion. If he uses too much he gets a headache.
Komi Quirk- Cat transformation: She can transform into a black. Either in the shape of the original animal or human size. She prefers to transform into the regular size so she can hide under her bed. She mostly like to show off her cat ears when she gets excited. Side effects are hair balls.
