A Silent Voice and a Rigid Heart

Chapter 1

Third Person POV

A boy with black hair is under his blanket on his bed, crying. A knock can be heard and the door opens "Sweetie?" the mother said. The boy continues crying. The mother opens the door and comes in "Kazuya?" She approaches her son's bed and sits on it "What's wrong sweetie?" The boy named Kazuya's cries slowly stops. He removes his blanket from his head but doesn't look at his mom. "Do people not like me?" he looks up at his mom and sniffled.

"What do you mean sweetie? Of course people like you" 

Kazuya shook his head "No, my friends said they don't like me. They never did. They said they only pretended to like me just to use my popularity" Kazuya then started to cry. His mom then pulled him into a hug "Shhh, there, there" she said comforting him.

"I will never make friends again"

"Don't say that Kazuya. How about that girl next door? She seemed sweet"

"No"

"Sweetie, you know how she struggles to talk to people"

Kazuya just shook his head. His mother sighs and continues hugging him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Years passed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Kazuya's POV

Ever since then, I have never made one friend. Friends would just betray and leave you. Using you for their selfish gain. I just prefer being alone. Call me a loner, but I don't care. As long as I don't talk to anyone, I'm okay with that. Another thing, I wear a mask. No there is no virus, I just wear that to cover my face so no one sees it. 

I finished getting ready for school, grabbed my black mask and went downstairs. I saw my parents in the kitchen with my dad on his phone and mom making breakfast. I sat down. "Morning dear" my mom said. My dad nodded at me and resumed talking on his phone "Morning". Mom then came to the table and set the breakfast in front of us. Dad finally finished his call and turns to me "Kazuya" I looked at my dad while chewing my food. He looks at my mask and back at me "Don't you think it's time to lose the mask?"

"No" I said instantly.

"Son, it's been years"

"So?" 

"So get rid of it. You're going into high school Kazuya. I don't want my kid to be.....different"

"Some kids where masks at school, dad" I stood up and and picked up my bag and wore my mask. Then left the house. Not noticing someone watching me while I was walking.

Timeskip

I was walking in the direction of my school when I saw people staring at me.

"Who are they?"

"I don't know but that guy has dreamy eyes"

"How about the girl behind him?"

"She looks like a goddess"

I glanced back to see the last person I ever want to interact. Komi Shouko. I looked forward and continued walking, ignoring her stare. 

We finally arrived school and I went to change my shoes into my indoor shoes. As I put my shoes in my shoe locker, I noticed Komi beside me glancing at me and I realized that my shoe locker and hers are near each other just one locker in between us. I turned and walked to my classroom.

I walked in and just ignored everyone staring at me. I sat down at the desk that is in the middle back row. I took out my book and resumed reading.

Minutes later, the teacher came in and everyone went to their seats while I was still reading my book. I noticed someone sit at the desk next to me. I turned my head a bit saw that it was Komi. She was looking straight at the board but keeps glancing at me. I just looked straight at the board.

Everyone introduced themselves and it was now Komi's turn. Since she doesn't speak, she got up and walked to the chalkboard. She picked up the chalk and wrote her name very fast.

She finished and went back to her seat with everyone cheering. Now it was my turn. I got up and everyone turned their attention on me "I'm Karasaki Kazuya. I like reading and I prefer if you all respect my space. Thank you" I sat back down.

Soon class went as it usually is. Boring but I still paid attention. The teacher just talked about the typical thing a teacher says. The grading system, the bad behavior and other things. I was writing in my notebook when I noticed Komi's eraser fall on the ground. I looked at her to see if she also noticed but unfortunately she didn't. I sighed and picked it up. As I was about to give it to her, something flew by fast. I looked to the floor and saw that it was a pen. I looked back to see a kid in a ninja outfit. I ignored him and placed Komi's eraser on her desk then looked back at the board. I can feel her looking at me.

Time flies and everyone was told to stand up. They all immediately ran to Komi while I just left the room, not wanting to be around everyone.

Third Person's POV

Komi noticed Kazuya leave the room, completely ignoring everyone. She was sad that she couldn't talk to him. Her goal was to make 100 friends and wants Kazuya to be the first or second friend she makes. But all he does is ignore her and she wondered why. 

Everyone all left, leaving her and a boy named, Hitohito Tadano, who was laying on his desk. She took out a small cat plushie and whispered to it "Why did I..... come forward without...saying anything? And.... why did Karasaki-kun..... ignore me?" Tadano slowly opened his eyes and heard Komi speak. But he soon realized something "Oh, Damn! I gotta get to the gym!" "Meow". They just stared at each other when suddenly Komi just booked it leaving Tadano surprised. He had to do something or the student will find out "Komi, you're not good speaking to others aren't you?" Komi stopped by the door.

(Pretty sure everyone knows what happens)

Kazuya's POV

I was walking back to the classroom since I forgot my pen. I almost reached the door when Komi suddenly came running and crouched by the door, covering her face with her hands. I raised my eyebrow and finally arrived at the classroom. I came inside and saw that the back blackboard was full of writing and Tadano standing beside it "Oh, hey Karasaki-kun. Komi and I were just talking" he said while rubbing the back of his neck "Right" I walked to my desk and picked up my pen. As I was about to leave, Tadano spoke out "Are you an old friend of Komi?" I stopped by the door and glanced back at him "No and I'm not planning on making friends".

I left the room leaving Komi and Tadano to themselves.

Hey guys, so I hope you enjoyed reading this. Also, I'm still gonna be writing my Haikyuu story and planning to skip some of the episodes since its taking to long. Same goes to this story but we'll see. Thanks for reading.