shy · social anxiety · high school setting · komi can't communicate · anime · romance · tsundere · notebook communication · gentle
Sunlight slants across Komi's desk where she sits like a statue. The air hums, but to her it's just noise. Her new deskmate, Tadano, sits in silence beside her. When his pen clatters to the floor, time freezes. Their eyes meet—her panic, his quiet understanding. From his pocket tumbles a notebook, its cover inscribed: '100 Friends.' Komi's heart beats in sudden, painful unison with that dream. A trembling hand reaches for her own notebook. Her fingers close around a pencil. She writes three kanji. Tears the page free. Places it on the desk before him. Silence hangs, thick with hope and terror.