After noticing the sound, Kamio Tatsuya and Shiina Hiyori stopped talking and waited quietly for Karuizawa to come out of the bathroom.
Soon, Karuizawa came out of the bathroom wearing her school uniform. Maybe because she had just taken a shower, her face was still flushed.
Also, because Karuizawa and Shiina were about the same size, Karuizawa didn't look strange wearing Shiina's uniform.
"Does the clothes fit?"
Facing Shiina's concerned question, Karuizawa nodded honestly, then walked over and sat down next to Shiina.
"I'm sorry, Karuizawa, Manabe and the others were wrong this time."
As soon as Shiina mentioned Manabe, Karuizawa shuddered and felt scared.
"Don't worry, as long as you don't go looking for Manabe and the others, I can promise they won't dare to bother you again.
And I will help you hide your secret, and Hiyori won't tell anyone. Your situation won't change at all."
Hearing Kamio Tatsuya's words, Karuizawa gradually calmed down, then looked up at Kamio Tatsuya.
"What do I need to do?"
So smart!
Kamio Tatsuya showed an admiring expression.
"First, I need to know what kind of person Karuizawa Kei really is." Kamio Tatsuya smiled, "Don't try to hide anything, or you know the consequences."
What kind of person is Karuizawa Kei?
Hearing this question, Karuizawa smiled self-mockingly and began to tell her story, telling everything she had suffered in the past ten years.
As Karuizawa spoke, her face and her eyes became numb, and she looked like a doll about to break.
Kamio Tatsuya and Shiina Hiyori just listened quietly, but unlike Kamio Tatsuya, who always kept a calm face,
Shiina's face gradually showed sympathy and pity.
If it wasn't inappropriate, she probably would have hugged Karuizawa and comforted her gently.
"Didn't you ever try to fight back?"
Hearing this question, Karuizawa's hand raised unconsciously and placed it on her side, and the numbness in her eyes turned into fear.
"What's there?"
Kamio Tatsuya asked in a low voice, while pressuring Karuizawa.
"No, don't..."
"What's there?"
Two lines of tears flowed from Karuizawa's eyes.
"Tatsuya..."
Kamio Tatsuya held out his right hand to stop Shiina from comforting her, and then continued to ask in a low voice, "There, what's there?"
Faced with Kamio Tatsuya's questioning, Karuizawa Kei, who had already run out of options, grabbed the uniform on her body with a trembling hand and slowly lifted it up.
On her side, on that beautiful skin, there were obvious scars that were extremely out of place, marks that seemed to have been cut open by sharp tools.
Seeing this, Kamio Tatsuya finally understood the whole story, then leaned back on the sofa.
Seeing this, Shiina immediately pulled down Karuizawa's uniform, covering the somewhat scary scars, and at the same time put Karuizawa in her arms and gently stroked her head.
"It's okay, it's all over."
Listening to Shiina's comfort, Karuizawa instantly began to cry loudly, as if she wanted to vent all the grievances she had suffered over the years.
I take back what I said before.
Karuizawa, your mental endurance is not weak.
Most people would have gone crazy if they had experienced something like this.
But you, you can still stand up and try to package yourself as a strong person.
Just for this resilience, Kamio Tatsuya had to admire her.
But this girl only has this resilience, her brain is really not smart.
Karuizawa's crying gradually subsided from the initial hysteria.
"I'm, sorry, I got your clothes wet."
Looking at the marks on Shiina's chest that were wet with her tears, Karuizawa also felt a sense of apology.
"It's okay."
Shiina gave Karuizawa a warm smile.
Looking at the two of them, Kamio Tatsuya sighed. It didn't seem to be the season for lilies to bloom.
"I've already paid for this room, so you two can clean up here." Saying that, Kamio Tatsuya glanced at Karuizawa, "Especially you, your eyes are all swollen from crying."
Saying that, Kamio Tatsuya was about to leave.
Now, he no longer had the idea of bullying a child.
This person was too miserable, so miserable that he couldn't bear to bully her anymore.
Kamio Tatsuya was not a good person, but he still had a basic sense of pity.
As for whether to use Karuizawa as a pawn... if Karuizawa was smart enough, she would offer to help herself.
If she wasn't smart enough... then what use was she?
"Wait..." Karuizawa stopped Kamio Tatsuya, who was about to leave, "You, what do you want me to do?"
See, she really is smart.
"I haven't thought about it yet, but don't worry, I will still do what I promised you before. Manabe and the others won't bother you again, and you can ask me for help if you encounter similar things."
Kamio Tatsuya glanced at Karuizawa, then suddenly remembered something.
"Oh right, let me give you two sentences: The strong draw their swords against the stronger, the weak draw their swords against the weaker. Don't do the thing of maintaining your strong image by bullying the weak anymore."
After saying that, Kamio Tatsuya waved his hand behind his back and left the room.
As for asking Karuizawa to apologize, it was not necessary, after all, Manabe and the others had already taken revenge to some extent.
Hearing a bad story really made people feel unpleasant.
"Kamio-kun?"
Kamio Tatsuya was thinking about what to do when Hirata came out of the room.
"Hirata." Kamio Tatsuya looked at Hirata and sighed, "Karuizawa came to me."
Then, Hirata was stunned for a moment, then smiled, not nervous at all.
"Looking at your expression, it seems like you already knew. Do you want to go grab a drink together?"
Kamio Tatsuya nodded, and then came with Hirata to the vending machine in the recreation area on the second floor, feeling that this place was a bit familiar.
The time was a little after three in the afternoon. Because there was no pressure from exams, and it was not meal time, students rarely appeared here.
Moreover, this place was open on both sides, so you could clearly see if anyone was coming, so there was no need to worry about being eavesdropped on.
"What do you want to drink? How about coffee?"
Kamio Tatsuya glanced at the vending machine and sighed.
"Karuizawa's past is a bit bitter, so give me something sweet to drink, Fanta will do."
A helpless expression appeared on Hirata's face, and then he took a can of Fanta from the vending machine.
Pulling open the ring on the can, Kamio Tatsuya took a big gulp of the drink.
"You know about her past, right?"
Hirata nodded.
"It was probably the third week of school. Karuizawa suddenly came to me and asked me to help her, and also confessed her past.
The reason why I agreed to play Karuizawa's boyfriend was to protect her."
That wasn't hard to imagine.
Hirata showed his gentle and reliable side at the beginning of school, so it was understandable that Karuizawa would choose to believe Hirata.
"But you obviously can't help her this time." Kamio Tatsuya glanced at Hirata, "Because this time, she completely brought it on herself.
But from her point of view, she can't apologize to the students of Class C, because if she does, her position as a high-ranking person in Class D will instantly collapse."
Hearing this, Hirata showed a helpless wry smile.
"Because she judged that you couldn't help her, she came directly to me, because I'm different from you."
There was actually another point, and that was that Hirata's image was too good.
So good that Manabe and the others thought that even if they used violence against Karuizawa, there would be no problem.
On the contrary, Kamio Tatsuya was different. Manabe and the others were really afraid of Kamio Tatsuya.
So Karuizawa felt that in this matter, Kamio Tatsuya was more intimidating than Hirata.
So she chose to contact Kamio Tatsuya, even at the cost of dropping out of school in place of Kamio Tatsuya.
Unfortunately, by chance she was revealed so Kamio Tatsuya learned this had happened to her in the past.
Being said that by Kamio Tatsuya, Hirata was not angry at all.
"Yeah, so, can I ask you to protect Karuizawa?"
Looking at Hirata, Kamio Tatsuya sighed.
"You're just passing the trouble to me so easily."
...
"I've already promised Karuizawa, Manabe and the others won't bother her anymore."
"I knew it, Kamio-kun is also a very kind person."
Listening to Hirata's praise, Kamio Tatsuya was silent.
Is that so?
Unfortunately, I'm about to disappoint you.
I'm only doing this for my own benefit.
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