Chapter 246

Aito's heart dropped down to the pit of his stomach and his breath seized as he imagined the whole scene. The kinds of things his friends had done to drive a girl to end her own life. The mental and physical torture she must have gone through. He couldn't stop the tears that flowed down his cheeks. "H-How could she suddenly do that? W-What did you guys do?" he stuttered. "You said she was warming up to me. There must have been something right? What did you guys do?"

Seeing Aito cry made tears well up in Toshiro's eyes. He recalled the way Mr Igarashi shot Yua and his whole body went cold with fear. "I-I didn't do it on purpose" he answered. "I didn't know. I just went along with whatever Yua said because I thought Aera betrayed you. I thought she cheated on you."

"And so what if she did?" Aito cried. "It wasn't your business. It was ours. It was our life!"

Toshiro shook his head and wiped his tears. "That wasn't how things worked then. I had this stupid title. The