Chapter 16
The day after the school arts festival.
Still unwell, Ryosaku forced himself to go to school. Of course, to see his beloved Mieko.
There are breaks in the morning for "mid-rest" and "lunch break" after lunch.
The fourth grade classroom next door was somehow noisy.
When Ryosaku casually looks inside, Shigeharu Oyama is surrounded by everyone and is being teased.
…When I looked, Oyama was standing there with a pale face, and several girls were pointing at Oyama’s wet trousers and laughing…!
"Shige-chan, you're not good at it, you're a fourth grader and you're going to pee!"
"Oyama! How many times do you have to make the classroom dirty? Try cleaning it yourself!"
The words of a male classmate who has no heart pierce Oyama's heart.
Ryosaku is indebted to Oyama for teaching him valuable information. Since then, there has been no conversation between the two, but they have respected each other as comrades who are struggling in similar circumstances.
Originally,
"You guys, aren't you ashamed...? He was born with this kind of body. How would you feel if you were teased like this!?"
Normally, he would scold a fourth-year student, but Ryosaku was different this day.
Even if he couldn't help feeling unwell, for some reason he didn't feel the need to defend Oyama.
Witnessing the situation with his own eyes, he fled from the spot, ignoring the crowds who had gathered afterward and whispered and ridiculed him.
Ryosaku was tormented by a sense of guilt for "letting Oyama die", but he never returned to poor Oyama.
Then, with a dark feeling, like a sleepwalker, he walked towards Mieko, who was waiting in the horizontal bar area.
