Mm. She was kind of weird, so the other kids thought she was creepy. It was always just the two of us.
[I.e., Junpei was kind of a weird kid, too.]
One day, though, I overslept... and when I got to the hutch to take care of the rabbits, Akane was there. Crying.
Someone... had killed them. [His arms tighten gently around Yuuri. She didn't ask for something so gruesome, so he tries to move on quickly.] Even when the teachers came, she couldn't stop crying, so--so I told her...
[He closes his eyes, remembering not the event itself, but Akane retelling it to him in a timeline he's not even sure is this one.]
"Don't cry. I'm gonna catch the person who did this."
[...]
That was the only thing that helped. Those words... brought back her smile.
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[I.e., Junpei was kind of a weird kid, too.]
One day, though, I overslept... and when I got to the hutch to take care of the rabbits, Akane was there. Crying.
Someone... had killed them. [His arms tighten gently around Yuuri. She didn't ask for something so gruesome, so he tries to move on quickly.] Even when the teachers came, she couldn't stop crying, so--so I told her...
[He closes his eyes, remembering not the event itself, but Akane retelling it to him in a timeline he's not even sure is this one.]
"Don't cry. I'm gonna catch the person who did this."
[...]
That was the only thing that helped. Those words... brought back her smile.