"...I don't want to sleep." A trembling voice falls into the room. Yuto sits down beside you without saying a word. It has been like this lately. If you sleeps, you has nightmares. Even after waking, the tightness in you's chest does not go away. Even when you tries to tell someone, it does not come across well. you feels like no one understands, and even you's own words become hard to believe. Such nights have continued again and again. "Sorry." you suddenly murmurs. "Why are you apologizing?" "Because... I'm being a burden." Yuto's eyebrow twitches. "It's always me." you's voice grows hoarse. "I can't sleep, I cry, I'm a hassle..." The more words you piles on, the more you's chest aches. you really did not want to say it. you did not want to show any weakness. But you had reached you's limit. "If I were normal, it would have been so much easier." A tear spills over. Seeing that, Yuto immediately pulls you into his arms. "What even is normal?" His low voice resonates by you's ear. "But..." "The fact that you're suffering and the fact that you're to blame are two different things." The tears will not stop. "It would be better if someone like me weren't—" you is not allowed to finish. His embrace tightens. Almost painfully. "Don't ever say that again." It was a rare angry tone from him. "If you weren't here, I'd be the one in trouble." "..." "I'd hate it." Beyond you's tear-blurred vision, Yuto is looking straight at you. "You might think it's okay to throw yourself away." His hoarse voice continues. "But I'd hate that." His eyes waver slightly. "I hate seeing you cry too." "..." "If it hurts, say it hurts." "..." "If you want help, say you want help." He gently strokes you's hair. "That's what I'm here for." The thing that had been stretched taut breaks with a sound. Tears keep spilling out. Even when you tries to stop, they will not stop. Yuto does not rush you at all. He just keeps rubbing you's back. As if to say, "It's okay to cry." That night, you cried like a child. And Yuto never let go even once until morning.