After Sakuraba Chiyuki rushed out of the livehouse, she ran in the rain vigorously, falling down at least twice on the road, leaving her calves, knees, arms, elbows, palms, and wounds everywhere.

But every time she falls, she will have an inexplicable sense of pleasure, and many negative emotions are released in the form of masochism?

She didn't understand it herself, so she just kept running, and when she got on the train in Setagaya Ward, many passers-by asked if she was okay.

But she didn't bother to deal with these guys.

One or two are fake, and you, including everyone I know, are fake!

Can't you see if I'm okay?!

Sakuraba Chiyuki walked out of the station and continued to ignore the gaze of others and break into the torrential rain.

She kept running, falling, running and falling.

By the end, even the pretty face was bloodied.

But she didn't care.

A little... I don't care.

Sakuraba Chiyuki fell down many times, bleeding more and more, which also made her brain start to become dizzy, and in the end, she couldn't run, so she could only walk.

She thought she was no longer sad, but on the way home, a great sense of grievance made her expression collapse, and tears mixed with the rain, she couldn't stop crying.

She didn't understand, what was wrong with her?

Why didn't anyone else believe her, but instead trust that bastard?

What's good about him...

When she thought of this, Sakuraba Chiyuki suddenly sobered up.

She began to think that at that time, she played the guitar with him, and he would play a lot of repetitive parts wrong every time, and she thought that he had a bad brain, but... Is it actually a disguised reminder to me, to teach me?

Is that so?

Sakuraba Qianxue thought of the previous cooking for himself, and thought of Yueshan Dong, what Lixiang said.

He's helped the band so much, but why should he help the band?

Why should I reach out to my friends?

It's mine... Friend?

Is it for me?

Sakuraba Chiyuki's tears suddenly stopped, and she began to feel dazed.

So, is that how the guy really wants to apologize to me?

Wrong... That guy wasn't that good, and if he was that good, he wouldn't have made that... Thing...

It seems like... A little dizzy...

Fall again this time...

Am I going to die?

It's almost home...

As Sakuraba Chiyuki was thinking this, she suddenly felt that the rain on her body seemed to have decreased a little.

It's on your back.

Then I can gradually feel that I am being helped up, and the face in front of me is no longer the concrete floor, but the face that I am familiar with and hated for a long time.

I saw Saionji Akino holding the umbrella on his body, but he was drenched, and his black hair was close to his face.

It was the first time she had seen him so closely...

With a tall and three-dimensional nose bridge, a pair of brown clear eyes under the slender eyelashes, the skin is also very fair and delicate, and the lips are also thin.

It seems to look... It's handsome indeed...

But what's the use? On the outside and on the inside, Sakuraba Chiyuki cares more about the insides of others.

"Can you stand up?" Saionji Akino asked softly, he looked at the tragic situation of Sakuraba Chiyuki, and couldn't help but admire it a little in his heart.

What the hell is this stepsister doing? Can you get injuries all over your body?

Even in this situation now, Saionji Akino touched Sakuraba Chiyuki through his clothes, after all, if he really touched her, what kind of stress reaction would Bao Buqi have.

After feeling that she was slowly being helped up, Sakuraba Qianxue tried to shake off his hand and said coldly, "I don't need your help, I don't want to see you." ”

... When I see you, my heart will be very confused.

Surprisingly, Sakuraba Chiyuki, who had just thought about it inwardly, didn't have that kind of resentment when she saw Akino himself in front of Saionji Temple.

As for why, she couldn't figure it out.

Saionji Akino still handed over the umbrella, looking at a girl who was injured like this, he couldn't sit idly by, no matter who it was.

The umbrella blocked a large amount of rain and made a crackling sound, and when Sakuraniwa Chiyuki was about to say something resistant, Saionji Akino spoke.

"Don't worry, from tomorrow onwards, you won't have to see me."

“……？” Sakuraba Chiyuki was stunned, and her body, which was shivering from the cold wind, slowly turned to him, "What do you mean?" ”

Saionji Akino smiled slightly: "It's literal, I know you hate me very much, but tomorrow, I'll leave here, um... It's just that you don't have to force yourself to see me every day. ”

“… yes, that's great! Sakuraba Chiyuki snatched the umbrella handed over by Akino of Saionji, and was about to speed up her pace to move forward, when her ankle broke, and she saw that she was about to fall again.

But this time someone caught her.

Saionji Akino grabbed her arm and let go of it after a second.

Sakuraba Chiyuki's lips opened and closed, wanting to say something, but she held back.

However, she deliberately slowed down to see if Saionji Akino would walk home first because she had an umbrella.

But, no.

Saionji Akino always follows behind her with a slower pace than her, as if he is always keeping an eye on whether she will fall?

After Sakuraba Chiyuki noticed this, her heart became more subtle.

She thought of what Ichiri Asaba had said to her.

"You don't know anything at all."

Is that really the case?

I don't know anything about it, this person I hate the most?

When she returned home, Sakuraba Chiyuki immediately sneezed.

It's no wonder that she ran in the rain and fell, which can be regarded as tossing for more than half an hour, so it's no wonder that she doesn't catch a cold.

Wait, cold?

This guy... Is the cold cured?

"Let's go take a shower, there's hot water." Saionji Akino said.

“… I want you to talk more..."Sakuraba Chiyuki scolded him forcefully, and then slowly walked upstairs step by step.

Saionji Akino, on the other hand, went to find the family's medical kit, bandages and alcohol, and took out some cold medicine by the way.

……

After Sakuraba Chiyuki finished bathing, she endured the pain, looked at the miserable body in the mirror, and forcibly changed into her long-sleeved clothes and walked out.

Then I saw Saionji Akino standing at the top of the stairs, walking upstairs with a tray of cold medicine, bandages, and alcohol.

"I'll put it at the door of your room, and you can take care of the wound yourself later."

After saying it with a smile in Saionji, Akino did the same.

Sakuraba Chiyuki watched his movements quietly, and when he was about to leave, he couldn't help but mock: "Are you a masochist, or do you like to be scolded by me?" I hate you so much, but you still have to do these things? ”

Hearing this, Saionji Akino still kept smiling: "It's nothing, anyway, it's the last day, before I am still your stepbrother, I want to fulfill my responsibilities as a stepbrother as much as possible." ”

"So it's your duty as a stepbrother to get close to my friends, help our band get through it, give the songs, provide the stage, and even name the band?"

"......" Saionji Akino probably guessed what was going on when he heard this, and he nodded, "It's really partly because of this." ”

"Oh, that's disgusting." Sakuraba Chiyuki sneered.

Saionji Akino shook his head, not paying attention to her taunts.

"Hey!"

"Huh?"

"Do you remember what you did to me a year ago?"

When she asked this question, Sakuraba Chiyuki clenched her fists, and at the same time, her heartbeat increased a lot.

Because she knew that the next answer from Saionji Akino was very important.

It's important to whether it will destroy her beliefs and thoughts for more than a year.

"Remember, I'm sorry for hurting you at the time." Saionji Akino didn't hesitate, he said very directly, very sincerely, and looked at her with those clear eyes without deviation.

But at this moment, Sakuraba Qianxue was seriously shaken, her eyes quickly revealed mist, she turned her head and said loudly: "Yes, it's good that you know, but I will never forgive you in my life!" ! ”

Then Sakuraba Chiyuki picked up the tray on the chair, quickly returned to the room and closed the door.

But as soon as the door closed, her tears flowed uncontrollably.

Remember?

If he really remembered what it was, how could he have responded so simply and dared to look me in the eye?

Was that really a misunderstanding?

If it really is...

That, that's my year...

What have I done...?

——

Ask for a recommended ticket monthly pass~

(End of chapter)