"Do you really want to go?"

He couldn't help but ask, and Sayu paused for a moment, then nodded his head slightly to express his affirmation.

"Well... then I'll help you."

"……Um."

Yusuke picked her up from behind, and the girl also cooperated with his actions, putting her hands on the window frame, raising her legs, and slipped through smoothly.

Sayu, who was standing outside, turned to look at him and said with trembling lips: "Come quickly."

The emergency lights outside the door emitted a strange green light, illuminating her face.

Looking at the face that was clearly enduring something, Kato Yusuke's heart suddenly tightened.

Then he put his hands on the window frame and stepped through it immediately.

"Yusuke..."

The girl threw herself into his arms.

"Okay, it's okay."

While holding the trembling Sayu, he looked around.

In the darkness, the emergency light at the entrance was the only lighting, but it could only illuminate a small area next to the door. The rest of the place was completely dark.

It was only after his eyesight had adapted for a while that Kato Yusuke could clearly see the surrounding environment.

The roof is no different from an ordinary building, the only eye-catching thing is the fence that surrounds the entire rooftop.

Not only is it more than two people tall, but the top is also designed to curve inward, like a birdcage, but without a top.

Obviously, these fences are deliberately designed like this to prevent people from climbing out.

But looking at these, Kato Yusuke felt a surge of anger in his heart.

Judging from the previous incidents of dog holes, door locks, and window locks, the management of this school is by no means the kind of person who would take precautions against the slightest mistake.

Then the reason why the fence appears here can only be the remedial product brought about by "that incident", which is full of irony of making up for the situation.

While thinking about these things, the girl's words also rang in her arms.

"...Can you take me... there?"

Sayu said this and buried her head in his chest, as if she didn't have the courage to turn around and face the rooftop.

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Kato Yusuke nodded solemnly, picked her up and walked towards the center of the rooftop.

"……Thanks."

The girl murmured, clutching his clothes tightly with both hands, as if grasping a life-saving straw.

"Don't say stupid things."

A few steps away came in an instant, but he couldn't say the word "we're here".

And Sayu seemed to have realized something. His breathing sped up a lot, and his delicate body was tense, as if he was afraid or nervous.

Then he took a deep breath.

"Huh...let me down."

Kato Yusuke responded with silence, but hugged her tighter.

"It's...it's okay."

She said: "I'm ready."

The firmness in his words made Yusuke hesitate, but he finally let her go.

Under his gaze, Sha Qiye took a deep breath, then slowly raised his head and looked outside.

A strong wind suddenly blew between them, blowing the girl's hair and skirt, flying messily in the air, making a rustling sound.

As the scene not far away comes into view...

Sayu's body visibly trembled, but was immediately suppressed by her.

He took a deep breath again and started to move his legs.

She just walked towards the fence step by step, and Kato Yusuke followed closely behind, just in case anything unexpected happened.

The distance between the two people and the fence gradually narrowed, and they came closer.

There was a "clang" sound.

Sayu's hands fiercely grabbed the fence, and then he collapsed to the ground as if he suddenly lost strength.

Before Kato Yusuke could reach out to pick it up, a sentence came into his ears.

"...This fence...it would be nice if it was installed earlier."

Then came the suppressed sobs.

As if a restraining spell had been cast on her, Yusuke's hand paused in mid-air for a moment, then he squatted down next to her and gently stroked her back with his palms.

"It's all my fault...for not being able to understand Yuko's feelings."

Intermittent words kept ringing in his ears, mixed with a thick nasal sound.

"I mistakenly thought that fighting was right, so I drove her to a dead end..."

"Yuko's death was all...because of me."

"Oh...if I could be more kind to Yuko..."

Tears accumulated in his eyes and dripped on the ground.

Looking at Sayu with a painful look on his face, Kato Yusuke gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "This is not your fault, you are all victims."

"That's not the case...it's me...I didn't take good care of the child, it's me who failed to protect her...!"

"It's not you who's wrong, it's those who bully others..."

"This bullying is also because of me——!!"

The girl made a loud sound like a roar and interrupted his words.

"Obviously this is my first friend in life, but yet...!"

Sayu shook her head vigorously and screamed.

"Why can't you survive with me...!"

Sobbing, she bent down deeply, covering her chest with her hands as if she was having colic, and then began to cry loudly.

Even when Kato Yusuke wanted to reach out and touch her, she shook her head violently and refused, leaving her alone, immersed in a river of sadness.

"Yuezi...wuwu..."

Sayu whimpered and lowered her head, as if atonement, and kept calling to the edge of the empty rooftop.

The emotions called self-blame and guilt were like invisible shackles, wrapped around her body, binding her to the past...

Unable to move, unable to breathe, unable to escape.

Kato Yusuke's lips kept pouting, and he wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

Facing Sayu who was crying hoarsely, his brain seemed to be covered in a heavy fog and he was still unable to formulate appropriate words.

I just feel that words such as "the dead cannot be resurrected" and "sorry and resignation" are very feeble, and may also be an insult to the person involved.

Don't encourage others to do good unless they have suffered.

Then, there is only one thing that can be done.

Be her harbor, protect her, shelter her, block everything for her...

If there is something that Sayu Ogiwara can't do, let Yusuke Kato do it...

Although I don’t know if this will be effective, this is what Yusuke really thinks at this moment.

Following his instinct, he stretched out his hand and hugged the girl tightly into his arms.

Ignoring the other person's attempts to throw his arm away.

He hugged her hard as if he was trying to rub her into his body.

"It doesn't matter."

He said with a trembling voice: "If you can't forgive yourself, just let me come and forgive you..."

"woo woo woo woo……"

Sayu, who struggled feebly, moaned and cried on his chest, and the tears mixed with snot soon wetted his clothes.

Little by little, the crying began to get louder.

Under the sky full of stars, the girl howled like a child.

Faced with all this, Kato Yusuke just hugged her tightly again until she stopped crying, and the two hugged each other tightly.
Chapter completed!