Sogo Doma was a bad guy!
To Yukino Yukinoshita, that had long since become an ingrained label...
Whether it was mocking and attacking the ideals she held dear when they first met, or incidents like the one at Chiba Shinno Elementary School after he transferred in, all of it proved that he was a bad person.
In the past, that was all Yukino Yukinoshita had seen from her own perspective.
But after speaking with Shizuka Hiratsuka today, Yukino Yukinoshita suddenly tried to put herself in Sogo Doma's shoes...
Come to think of it, the first time they had spoken, it had been Yukino Yukinoshita who spoke first.
Back then, they had both been isolated, both standing in a corner. Proud as she was, Yukino Yukinoshita hadn't wanted Sogo Doma—who appeared to be isolated just like her—to think they were the same kind of person:
"Don't misunderstand. I'm different from you. This world is far too unfair. Even outstanding people sometimes end up with the incapable sort..."
Yukino Yukinoshita finally remembered. It had been her sharp tongue that drew Sogo Doma's retaliation. So the person who had made their first meeting unpleasant was actually her, not that bad guy, Sogo Doma...
At that thought, Yukino Yukinoshita, strolling through the school grounds, paused. After a long while, she sighed inwardly before taking another step forward.
Her memories continued.
On the day Sogo Doma transferred into her class, Yukino Yukinoshita had not felt much of anything. At the time, she had thought that before long, Sogo Doma would be like everyone else—going along with the atmosphere and isolating her with cold violence.
She had already experienced enough of that. One more wouldn't make a difference, and one less wouldn't either.
However...
Not long after Sogo Doma transferred in, everything changed. The isolation and