Daily life in Zongman

Half an hour ago, in a room on another floor of the hotel, there was one more person from each of the two classes, so they shared the room.

Glass saw her roommate, who was a school celebrity from the next class and had a name somewhat similar to hers, called Komi Glass.

She is an icy beauty. It is said that no one has ever been able to talk to her. She has always been regarded as a goddess by boys, a flower on the mountain top that can only be admired from afar and cannot be touched.

Glass was a little scared.

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Note ①-Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden: From "The Garden of Words", it is the prototype of the park in the anime.

Note ②-Nishikata: From "Teasing Master Takagi-san", the characters are casual friends who know each other in the same class.

Note ③-Furumi Shoko: From "Furumi-san Has Communication Disorder", she has severe communication disorder and cannot communicate normally face to face because she is too nervous.

48. School trip, new friends

After entering the room, Nishimiya put away his schoolbag and began to familiarize himself with the environment. He found that his roommate Gu Jian was staring at him.

Ask carefully: "Um...Gu Jiantongxue, what's going on?"

Gu Jian kept staring at Nishimiya without answering.

Nishimiya was a little confused. He asked again nervously but still got no response. After hesitating for a while, he decided to continue doing his own thing.

She used to want friends very much, very, very much, but now, she just wants to study hard.

At least, catch up with him a little.

By the way, Nishimiya Shoko remembered something, took out her cell phone to edit a text message, hesitated for a moment when she was about to send it, and deleted it.

Re-edit, delete, edit again, delete again, and edit the text slowly and carefully.

After finishing the editing, he closed his eyes, propped his chin with the corner of the phone, and made a "hmm~" sound while thinking in confusion.

Finally, he closed his eyes and sent the text message.

Nishimiya Glass put down her phone, took out the textbook she had brought with her, and sat down at the head of the bed to read. Half an hour later, she heard the reply chime, put down her unopened textbook, and picked up her phone again, eagerly checking for the reply.

After reading it, he sighed and lay down on the bed.

A bit discouraged, Nishimiya Glass picked up her phone again, and the editor replied, "Got it."

Delete, re-edit: "Yeah, okay."

I deleted it, thought about it, and edited it: "Well, okay." Then I chose an emoticon package.

Nishimiya Shoko sent the text message. This time she no longer paid attention to her phone. She put it away and got up to go downstairs for dinner. When she turned around, she found that Komi Shoko was still staring at her.

Nishimiya Glass, who suddenly realized she had a roommate, felt a little embarrassed and asked in a low voice, "Um...what's going on?"

Being stared at without any response.

Gu Jian's face was as cold as ever, and her slanted eyes matched her beautiful face, making her look very cold and beautiful, but also making people feel that she was difficult to approach.

Nishimiya had a guess: Does Komi-san also have hearing impairment?

Yes, because she couldn’t hear, she kept staring at the lips and reading lips, just like she used to do, listening and guessing at the same time, and often had to look at other people’s mouths to further confirm whether she had guessed correctly.

Nishimiya used sign language, but Komi stared at him without responding.

Haven't you learned sign language?

Speculating, Nishimiya rummaged through his bag, hesitated for a moment, and then took out his treasured pendant book. He flipped to the last few blank pages and wrote, "Want to go to dinner together?"

Gu Jian's eyes lit up, he took the notebook and pen, and wrote down carefully: "Okay."

Nishimiya noticed that Gu Jian stood up, her eyes were brighter, her breathing was slightly faster, and she could clearly feel her joy.

Eh?

so.

Is the hearing impairment more serious than mine? !

Nishimiya felt that he had discovered a blind spot.

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On the second day of the school trip, Nishimiya Shoko followed the tour guide to a large shrine in the morning to watch some performances, pray, hang painted horses, draw lots, take photos, and have a lot of fun.

Just as she was about to have lunch, she saw a man in the distance.

Komi Shoko, she sat by the flower bed, dignified and elegant, like a poem or a picture. The noise around her seemed like a barrier between her and herself, unable to touch her at all.

Alone, with no one near her.

Nishimiya watched from afar and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. She seemed to have seen this scene somewhere.

"..."

Ah... I remember now...

When she was in elementary school, she was like this too, sitting alone on the side, watching everyone play and make noise. She wanted to join in, but every time she did something wrong, she would get upset and be chased away with stones thrown at her. She could only run away and watch alone.

In the past, she really hoped that she could participate in group activities like ordinary people, play with everyone, and live a normal life like ordinary people.

She tried her best, but she was clumsy and always made mistakes, making everyone angry. She could only put on a smile and hope that everyone would forgive her.

Until that day.

He didn't say anything, but used his actions to tell her that it was not her fault, but those who bullied her.

After that, Nishimiya stopped trying to fit in with the group and instead tried hard to become friends with him.

Fortunately, she succeeded.

Therefore, Nishimiya is very clear about the desire to integrate into the group and the desire to make friends. She is very clear about it.

At this moment, Gu Jian was sitting by the flower bed, her eyes fixed on the noisy crowd. She was watching her friends playing with each other. She was sitting alone outside the crowd, watching.

Just like her past self.

Nishimiya Naoko tugged at the corner of Fujiwara Haru's clothes, motioning him to wait a moment.

She carefully took out her notebook and quickly walked over to Gu Jian, writing and showing it: "Would you like to have lunch together?"

Gu Jian looked up at her, stunned for a moment, then took the notebook and wrote down carefully, "OK."

The three of them had lunch together. Although Gu Jian didn't say anything the whole time, Nishimiya could feel that she was very happy.

Later that afternoon, they went to the aquarium to watch sharks. Nishimiya slowly communicated with Furumi through a written communication book. When he asked her why she didn't wear hearing aids, he learned that Furumi was not hearing impaired, but simply suffered from a severe communication disorder.

Komi: "I'm sorry, it's so difficult to communicate with me. I can't speak, and my expression is always scary. Last night I was worried that you would be scared by me like everyone else, and I wanted to explain, but I couldn't open my mouth. I'm really sorry."

Nishimiya looked at the apology in the notebook. She wanted to write something, but for a moment she didn't know how to comfort or persuade.

She is not good at comforting others, and in the past she was always the one who apologized first.

Nishimiya's heart was touched, an indescribable feeling, as if she was looking at her past self. They were completely different, yet so similar.

After a moment's hesitation, she retracted the notebook and slowly flipped through the pages. On the middle pages, there were drawings of muscular men with poop heads by her elementary school classmates, as well as their written insults, and the word she wrote most often: I'm sorry.

They are all the same, they all like to apologize.

Until she turned to the front, a normal conversation appeared, the conversation she had always treasured.

After passing these pages, the written conversation book comes to the very beginning.

Nishimiya Shoko held the pen-note book, facing Komi Shoko, and showed her the first page.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Nishimiya Naoko."

She turned the notebook to the next page.

"I want to make friends with everyone through this notebook."

Nishimiya Shoko waited for a few seconds and turned to the next page.

"When you talk to me, please write in this notebook."

She turned one last page and held the notebook in front of her so that Gu Jian could see it.

"I can't hear anything."

Then, she put away the notebook, turned to the last few pages, and wrote down new words: "I want to be friends with you, is that okay?"

Komi Nozomi looked at the words on the notebook with her head lowered, her mind a little blank and her body stiff.

She used to be alone at school, studying alone, eating alone, and going home alone.

Always, always, always alone.

She didn't feel uncomfortable or anything wrong until yesterday, when the school trip started and she stood on the edge of the group, looking at everyone.

Everyone was chatting and discussing excitedly, talking about where to go, what to do, and what souvenirs to buy.

Everyone was in high spirits, talking about their travels, and gathering together. But she was alone.

She realized that she was probably considered a strange child by everyone.

Gu Jian wanted to speak, wanted to join in, wanted to participate in the discussion, and wanted to have a happy school trip with everyone.

But she couldn't speak, couldn't make a sound, couldn't join in.

She suffers from severe communication disorder.

Komi Shoko was in great pain. She really wanted to go on the school trip, but she couldn't go. As a strange child, if she went, it would cause trouble for everyone. Everyone would be embarrassed and silent, and the school trip would be a disaster.

She can't take part in this school trip.

She decided to leave.

When I turned to leave, I saw the class next door.

Outside the crowd of people from the next class, there was a girl standing alone with her schoolbag in both hands, looking at the crowd alone.

Gu Jianxiaozi looked at her and felt a little touched:

It turns out that there are people like her...

Turns out, she's not the only weirdo...

Will that girl go on this school trip...

Then I saw a young boy running up to the girl.

I'm sorry! I mistook you for a friendless weirdo like me! I'm so sorry!

Teacher: "Gumi-san, get on the bus now."

"!"

Startled, Komi Shoko turned around and found that everyone had already boarded the bus to work. She couldn't speak, and naturally couldn't refuse.

She could only board the shuttle bus.

At this moment, inside the aquarium, Komi Shoko looked at the notepad in front of her. With a thrilling heart, she wrote, "I'm very happy!"

"Please give me your guidance in the future!"

Suddenly, there was a "click" sound beside her, and she was frightened.

"Let me use the pen."

Gu Jian handed it over subconsciously, and then received a photo: she and Nishimiya stood together in an aquarium with swaying fish. She was holding a notebook, and Nishimiya was looking at her expectantly beside her. The two of them were shoulder to shoulder, Nishimiya's face was smiling, and her mouth was slightly raised.

The date is written in the lower right corner of the photo: 2017.10.7

There are also two words written on it: friends.

Gu Jian looked at Nishimiya, and Nishimiya smiled back.

"From now on, we're just friends!"

——End of Chapter————

Note ①-Furumi Shoko: From "Furumi-kun Has Communication Disorder", due to the butterfly effect, the two are good friends, and there is no yuri plot.

Note ②- A title that was regretfully abandoned because the content would not appear: For the first time, I have someone I like, someone who can be my lifelong friend.