Chapter 027
One day when I was on my way back to the classroom, I noticed that my only friend is talking with one of his seatmates, Shikimori-san… He is talking to her, the same way he does with everyone but… I can feel some pain in my chest, I don't know why, but I guess I am getting more attached to him as the time passes by… He treats me different; he patiently waits for me whenever we talk, he helps me when I got anxious due to others, and he doesn't seem to find me annoying just like my family… Lately I have seen that his seatmates are also seem to enjoying the time they spend with me, but whenever I see it I… What is this feeling?
As I continue watching them from a distance, at one point Shikimori-san's face turned full red and seems to be trying not to show this to Kaneki-san, as she turned her away from him… Then he suddenly started to come closer to her, lessening the distance they have… Wai—
*thud*
"Hm?!"
As I was going to stop them, my footsteps made a thud sound, which is not that loud but due to hallway being this vacant that it echoed and can be heard by anyone standing in the hallway…? And because of that the two people, standing there, noticed my presence and now their whole attention is on me…
I noticed both of their expression, though I know that they have surprised expression on their face… But…
When I see my friend's face, he doesn't look to be that much surprised but has one of his eyebrows risen a bit… While Shikimori-san has a surprised look on her face and there is another expression in it, but I think she is the one who is showing a normal expression…
"Komi-san?"
Kaneki-san called out to me and slowly started approaching me, Shikimori-san also followed him…
I want to run… I am embarrassed… My face has become full red, as I can feel my embarrassment is slowly rising… I just want to run away –
"Komi-san, are you okay?"
"…"
But he asked me, am I okay or not, he didn't showed any annoyed face as to why I am here or what I am doing here or anything near to that… He really does care about me… He has a small worry expression on his face, as he continues to stare at me, directly in my eyes… 'I am alright', is what I want to say but I still don't have that much courage to do so…
So, I nodded my head repeatedly for some seconds, until he sighed a bit and nodded slightly at my reaction, then turned his attention to the other girl, standing beside him, Shikimori-san who is looking a slightly bit angry …
"Oh, right Shikimori-san…"
"Hmm?"
"Why don't you become friends with Komi-san? You told me that you need a companion as your mother doesn't want you to walk home alone, from the school, right? So what do you think?"
"I-I see, that's a good idea Kaneki-san…"
It looks like there is something important, going on between them, which they don't want me to listen, as my friend took Shikimori-san and is talking with her away from me…
"Hello, Komi-san…"
As I was staring at the ground, suddenly I heard a feminine voice in my ears and it was none other than Shikimori-san, who, I don't know when, is standing near me…
"…"
"H-hi…"
She waved her hand this time, standing in front of me… But I became all anxious and nervous and I don't what to do, it's happening again just like old times… What should I do…?
"Komi-san, just take your time…"
Then I heard my friend's voice, which made me feel at ease… I took a deep breath, and then turned my head to see him, he is showing a small smile and his fingers are pointing at something at my lower body, I quickly noticed that he is pointing to the notebook, I have, inside one my pocket… Oh, right, how can I forget about this? So I took it out and started writing on it…
'Sorry, Shikimori-san'
'Actually, I have communication disorder…'
'So, if you don't mind, can we talk like this…?'
"Okay…"
'Thank you…'
…
Then we talked for a long time, while walking towards the direction of our class as we are already very late in leaving the school… As we finally reached the class, I asked the question I wanted to ask from the very beginning…
'Um Shikimori-san, will you please become my friend?'
"Hmm…"
When I written my question, I showed it to her, she looked at it… Then hummed for few seconds, she put her index finger on her chin and started to stare at me…
Then I thought, that maybe it is too early for me to ask from her to be my friend, as this is our first time talking with each other… Well, I know that Kaneki-san became my friend on our first meeting because in my heart and mind, I think he is someone special to me just like my family members…
"Okay…"
As I was lost in my thought, I heard Shikimori-san's voice and she… she just accepted my friend request…
…
From that day onwards, I and Shikimori-san always leave the school together, sometimes alongside with her friends also… When I got the chance, I also asked them to become my friends, to which they accepted it with a smile on their face. Now they are also my friends… They are all nice people, we also eat our lunch together; they also helped me out if my anxiousness kicked in; they also patiently wait for me, as sometimes I took my time to write down my thoughts…
So, until now I have successfully made 4 friends out of 100.
When I told Kaneki-san about the fact that I have successfully made 2 more friends, with Shikinori-san's help, he praised me saying 'I knew it, Komi-san… And you know what, if you try, you can do even better than this, Komi-san…' Well just by hearing that, my face got all red and is burning up as he, at lastly, showed his smile which is different from his usual smile, he usually shows… But I calmed myself out, as I wanted to talk with him more, until Shikimori-san interrupted us…
I can't find the correct time to talk with him, as my friends rises a little bit. I am having less interaction with Kaneki-san even though I wanted to. As whenever I tried, my friends called me out and I can't ignore them, as they are also somewhat special to me…
So, today I decided that I will wait for him… As, he had gone to meet Kirisu sensei, because he did it again, sleep during her class… Even if I wanted to wake him up, I can't find the courage to do so… But thankfully his other seatmate, named, Horikita-san helped him by poking a compass needle at his hand… It must have been painful, even if it's a little…
"Komi-san!?"
When I heard his voice, my whole instinctively shivered and I immediately turned my face to see him… And then I reflexively picked up my notebook and started to write down…
'You surprised me there, Kaneki-kun'
"Oh sorry, I didn't mean to do that."
'No no, don't apologize'
"Oh well, if you say so"
Even though he surprised me, it's not his entire fault as I was just completely lost in my thought that I didn't even heard any other voice. As a result, when I heard his voice my body just shivered…
I told him that I wanted to help him by waking him up, but I can't find the courage to do so… To which he replied that, it's nothing to be worry about and that was his fault, not anyone else's…
As he started to put his things back in his bag, I tried my best to say something for the first time, to anyone else, other than my family…
"Um... W-w-would y-y-you l-l-l-l-like t-to g-go h-ho-o-m-m-me t-t-toge-together?"
"Yes, I would love to."
I stuttered too much, but it seems that he understood me so he quickly nodded his head and said that he will… Then we grabbed our respective bags, and left the school…
…
On our way back home, we talked very little but I think that much is sufficient… We reached my house first…
"Um... T-t-thank y-y-you"
I again mustered up my courage and thanked him, just like usually, as friends do…
"You don't have to thank me. I also enjoyed my walk with you, Komi-san."
Wait… We walked home together, so does that mean we are 'best friends'…? As Shikimori-san and her friends told me that since we are walking home together, it means 'we are best friends, right Komi-san?' that time I tilted my head as to show that I don't know what they mean by that… But now I get it, it means me and Kaneki-san, are best friends now…
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A/N: AND WITH THIS CHAPTER. HEROINE [SHOUKO KOMI] POV CAME TO AN END...
SO, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? IS THE PERSPECTIVE I HAVE WRITTEN FOR HER, IS GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT? PLEASE LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS...
(FROM NEXT CHAPTER, MC'S PERSPECTIVE WILL CONTINUE)
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