Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 321 Determination (4k)

A sour feeling welled up from the stomach.

Intense, uncontrollable, rushing up the throat.

"Well--!"

Accompanied by a muffled hum sounded in the living room.

next second.

Mami's skirt, who had been snuggling up to Sayu and listening to her talk from the middle, suddenly became filthy.

"Sorry... skirt...!"

Even though his face was extremely pale, he still worried about staining other people's clothes first.

Facing Sayu like this, Mami seemed to turn a blind eye to the filth on her skirt, she didn't move, she just patted her back lightly with her hand.

"It doesn't matter Sayu-chan...you can just wash your clothes, but if Sayu-chan doesn't spit it out now, it's absolutely impossible."

"Thank you...ugh..."

As if recalling the previous scene again, Sayu, who had just relaxed a little, threw up on the carpet again.

Glancing at Sayu who was leaning on Mami, Yusuke Kato went to the bathroom in silence to get a rag, and took a glass of water from a mug in the kitchen.

"This one is new, use this to wipe your clothes."

He said so after handing the rag to Asami, then handed the mug to Sayu, and cleaned the carpet himself.

"thanks……"

"Don't do that."

After drinking the water, Sayu breathed a sigh of relief, his expression relaxed slightly, and then he turned his gaze to Mami.

"I'm sorry, Mami, I'll get you the laundry."

Having said that, she immediately led Mami to the closet.

Considering that the two of them were going to change their clothes next, Kato Yusuke, who greeted them, walked to the balcony alone to give them some time to clean up.

From Yisa's door-to-door visit to now.

Before you know it, the night has fallen.

Looking up, a cold jade bow is hanging high in the night sky.

Thinking back to what Sayu said just now, Kato Yusuke couldn't help feeling a little heavy in his heart.

The biggest barrier between people is the inability to empathize.

He couldn't be as sad as the girl, and he couldn't bear the pain on her behalf.

Looking back at the drawn curtains, Yusuke took out his cell phone from his pocket and started making calls.

First call Nakamura Katsura.

After a few seconds of waiting, the call was quickly connected.

"Hello, Kato?"

"Good evening, Nakamura-sensei."

Kato Yusuke went straight to the point, "I called to interrupt suddenly, I have something to tell you."

"Things? What's the matter?"

"From the day after tomorrow, I'd like to take some time off."

"A period of time?" Nakamura Katsuki paused, and continued to ask: "I said you, what is going on with this ambiguous statement? At least explain the time and reason clearly!"

"I have some things to deal with at home. If it's time... a month can..."

"Huh? One month? There must be a limit to joking."

Katsuki Nakamura who interrupted him said, "Besides, you are still the president of the student council. In a month's time, even the sports festival will be over. What are you going to do?"

"Then how long can you approve?" Yusuke asked thoughtfully.

"I'll give you two weeks at most, and with a valid reason."

"I have something to do at home."

"You just said this, so what's the matter? Is the family sick?"

"No, it's just that it's important to me."

"...It's very important, but I can't tell the teacher, is that what you want to say?"

"Ah."

Nakamura Katsuki, who was silent for a while, couldn't help but let out a sigh, and said helplessly: "...Understood, in two weeks, the reason is that you are unwell, can you?"

"Well, thank you." Kato Yusuke nodded after hearing this, and thanked him earnestly.

"You don't need to do this, anyway, you will come back when the time comes."

"understood."

"That's it, remember not to do anything dangerous."

Nakamura Katsuki hung up the call impatiently.

Yusuke looked at the phone screen and smiled, then started to make the second call.

After a brief blind tone...

"Hey……?"

Ying Lili's voice came from the receiver.

"Good evening, are you busy?"

"I'm taking a shower, what's wrong?"

"I can't go to the event in Ikebukuro tomorrow, sorry."

"what--!?"

The other party's voice suddenly raised two degrees, and accompanied by the sound of splashing water, it seemed that he stood up from the bath.

"Wait, what do you mean by that? Didn't you say it well before!"

"Well, I'm sorry, I have encountered some things, including the school's request for leave." Kato Yusuke explained in an apologetic tone.

"He actually said that the school has to ask for leave..."

Ying Lili was stunned for a moment, and then carefully asked: "Is it a very important matter...?"

"Yes."

"……Aha."

A soft echo drifted into the ears.

The other end of the phone suddenly fell silent, and for a while there was only the faint sound of the girl's breathing, as if she was thinking about something seriously.

A few seconds later, Ying Lili said, "Got it, I'll take care of things here, you... Just go and get busy."

"Well, thank you."

"Well... After all, I am the founder of the club, so it is also a necessary duty to help you solve problems."

"Then please."

"You don't need to tell me, I will do it, just leave it to me."

After finishing the call, Mami and the others also changed their clothes, and called Kato Yusuke who was on the balcony back to the room.

Sayu changed into the uniform that she met when she first met, and Asami changed into a home dress that belonged to Sayu.

See him walk into the room.

Mami just asked casually: "Kato Ai, did you call outside just now?"

"Well, I contacted the school."

"Hey..." The other party responded ambiguously. Although the surface seemed to be the same as usual, through his eyes looking at Sayu from time to time, he could still feel the unrest in Mami's heart.

Yusuke turned his eyes to Sayu, and the girl gave him a soft smile in return.

During the time he was on the phone, the two women seemed to be talking about something, and Sayu's mood obviously calmed down a lot, and she took the initiative to say: "Then, let's continue."

"Are you all right?" Mami asked in a soft voice after hearing this.

"Well, I've calmed down."

"That's it."

After being quiet for a while, Sayu gently pressed her chest with her hands, took a deep breath slowly, and then continued talking.

"After Yuko's incident..."

……

After Yuko's suicide, I fell into the abyss of grief and despair.

Not only that, but I, who was in the same place when she jumped off the building, became the first object of suspicion.

The school teachers, the principal and the police all came to question me many times.

This kind of thing that was suspected of killing my friend made me feel very painful. Fortunately, because of this incident, my mother agreed to my request not to go to school temporarily.

Over the next few days, the media frantically flocked to my house.

Rumors in such a small place always spread very fast.

I, who was originally a superfluous person, brought the trouble home.

Mom felt helpless about it too.

My brother, who is usually very busy, started to go home every day, and while comforting his hysterical mother, he found time to visit me.

Because of this incident, the three members of the Ogiwara family became more and more exhausted.

Then one day, our family relationship was like a broken dam and finally broke down.

"It's all your fault...!"

Mom stared at me fiercely and said, this is a line she often talks about.

Although I don't know the details, it seems that my mother and my father divorced because of me.

"Why do other people's suicides torture us... Do you really have friends? You have no feelings at all!"

"……sorry."

Faced with my mother's emotional catharsis, I can only choose to apologize, and I am also used to apologizing. As long as I endure it well, she will go to sleep contentedly because of exhaustion after scolding.

However, my mother that day didn't know what was wrong, and suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at me in horror.

Just when I was puzzled by this...

"Could it be... you really killed the person?"

The words ran through my body in an instant.

"This is impossible!! Don't be kidding!!"

As soon as I came back to my senses, I had already slapped her hard. This was the first time I used violence in my life.

"It's the first time I have a friend that I can talk to, but the feeling that the other party dies because of me...Mom will never know!!"

"you……"

"If I'm so obtrusive, just disappear from your eyes, I've had enough of your heartless words!!"

After a big fight with my mother, I went back to my room to pack my luggage, only to bump into my brother who was just coming home when I was going out.

After explaining what happened.

Unlike my cold-blooded and ruthless mother, my brother not only comforted me, but also gave me a lot of money and told me to come home after I calmed down outside.

……

"...it was under such circumstances that I began to run away from home for the first time in my life for a long time."

Sayu spoke slowly, while Kato Yusuke and Asami listened intently.

"Because I wanted to escape from that house as much as possible, so I flew directly to Tokyo."

"Obviously it was the first time in my life that I was "free", but I felt nothing but emptiness.

During that period, I kept thinking about what the meaning of my existence was, but I couldn't get an answer. "

"My mother did not welcome my birth. Although my brother cared about me very much, I could feel his tenderness contained "compassion". "

"With the thought of going all out, I didn't keep the promise to keep in touch with my brother on a regular basis. I even threw away the phone after it ran out of battery."

"Until all the money on my body was used up, and I didn't even have the strength to think. Just when I didn't know what to do next, and I was wandering on the streets at night...

I was accosted by a drunk man who offered me a place to sleep. "

Sayu stopped here.

"And then?" Mami couldn't help but feel her heart tense, and asked immediately.

This situation is very dangerous just by hearing it, and the man obviously has no good intentions, so Mami dare not think about it.

"Then……"

Sayu cast her eyes on Kato Yusuke, sucked her red nose hard, and smiled softly.

"In the end, Yusuke, who came out of nowhere, came up and beat up that man without any explanation, and then I was taken home by him."

"Phew... so it's Kato Tsai..." Mami showed a relieved expression, and said in a tone that was about to cry: "What, don't scare me, Sayu-chan."

"I'm sorry, Mami." Sayu responded softly, and crystal clear tears slowly slid down her clean face.

"This is everything I've experienced from Hokkaido to Tokyo and meeting Yusuke so far. Thank you for listening to me."

As she slowly uttered these words, the girl's expression seemed to become a little lighter, and even the heavy breath that was originally wrapped around her body dissipated a little.

No matter how it started, at least in the end, she still encountered the salvation that belonged to her.

Looking at Sayu, Asami thought so, and then slowly hugged the distressed girl.

"Sayu-chan, you... have worked very hard."

"I just, have been running away..."

"That's not the case—!"

Mami interrupted her loudly first, and then said intermittently: "Even if it's to escape, at least you still have us, don't you? Whether it's Kato Tsai or me, we will never betray you , so it doesn't matter."

As if infected by her tone, Sayu's eyes showed a shaken expression, and tears accumulated in his eye sockets, but he nodded his head desperately.

"...Well, thank you."

As he said that, he put his hands behind Mami's back and hugged her with his back.

First a soft sob, then a loud cry.

The depression buried deep in my heart began to be released little by little.

Looking at the face that gradually became pear-blossoming and rainy, Kato Yusuke even couldn't tell whether it was tears of pain or tears of happiness for a moment.

Just as he was thinking about these things, Mami suddenly turned to look at him.

"Kato Tsai."

"Ok?"

Looking up suspiciously, Mami was looking straight at him with serious and eager eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Please, I must bring Sayu-chan back...!"

"Ah."

"I'll be waiting for you in Tokyo!"

"it is good."

"And when you come back..." Mami smiled, "Can I come to disturb you again? Just like usual, I eat Sayu-chan's dishes every day, go to and from work with her, and study together."

"It's hard to say about this kind of thing..." Kato Yusuke, who glanced at Sayu, looked secretive, then shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter if my girlfriend agrees."

"Idiot, how could you disagree! Have you forgotten that we are best friends with the same heart? Right, Sayu-chan?"

"Mami..."

Seeing Mami who was laughing and cursing, Sayu couldn't help but buried her face in her chest, and nodded vigorously.

"Well, we are best friends."

"Look at it?" Mami cast a smug look at Yusuke, her eyes were also red.

Kato Yusuke smiled noncommittally, but his thoughts gradually became firmer.

If everything goes well this time, that's fine.

If not, he would snatch Sayu back even if he robbed her...

……

(End of this chapter)