A Cold Snap

by reminiscent-afterthought

[AU] Tomoki doesn't speak anymore. His tears are silent, his bullying unnoticed. But silence can't last forever. Resentment might try. (Summary from Aiko)

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A Cold Snap
19.

I still don't know what I'm going to do but all his barriers are broken so I have to try something new anyway.

It's all the fault of the Kanbara brothers this time. Really. Pushing until pushed. Breaking into my room – and even my family didn't do that. Helping me find where the problem is – though I think I've figured out what the door I need to push is and it boils down to the same thing Yutaka would say –

Except this time there's a Kanbara Shinya in my corner and that makes all the difference.

And maybe things would've backfired after all if it had been Yutaka instead.