She hadn’t noticed me yet.
The final bell had a different tone today. Softer. Like it was letting us out not into chaos, but into a held breath.
Here’s a short, atmospheric write-up based on the prompt “meeting Komi after school.” The Quiet After the Bell meeting komi after school
Komi Shouko.
She stood up, brushed off her skirt, and waited. She hadn’t noticed me yet
“You’re still here.”
“Do you want to walk to the station together?” brushed off her skirt
I took the long way out, the path that curves behind the gymnasium where the cherry trees drop their petals into blue plastic buckets. That’s where I saw her.