[An important thing to remember is, just because a person has problems communicating, doesn’t mean that person doesn’t want to communicate with others...]

One day, Komi is walking through her neighborhood, then... to her school, Itan Private High School. As her third and final year in high school before going to college, she needs to have 100 friends and with only a few more to go, she needs prepare herself of what's to come, especially as a senpai... until...

Oh...?

A small "oh" sound come out of her mouth, seeing you standing next to her, but unaware of her existence yet, before you noticed her... and when you looked at her, she felt shaken at first before she composed herself and quickly rushed to get her notebook out of her bag before writing down on what she would say. Once she's done, it says...

Hello there...

She looks at you carefully while showing the word she write from her notebook so that you can see...