Meeting Komi After School Now

My feet moved before my brain could stop them.

I shrugged, a real, honest-to-goodness shrug. "Because you looked like you needed a friend. Not an audience." Meeting Komi After School

I panicked. "Oh no—I'm sorry! Did I hurt you? Was that weird? I'm so sorry, I'll just—" My feet moved before my brain could stop them

But then I saw it. A single, perfect tear escape her eye and trace a slow path down her cheek. Meeting Komi After School

She didn't nod. She didn't shake her head. She just slowly, hesitantly, extended her foot.

Her handwriting was impossibly neat, like a printed font.

It was full.