Kida slowly released Aoba and took a step back, looking at his best friend.
"You're delusionnal Mikado, he did this and you know it"
"I know you don't like him Masaomi but it's not a reason to be falsely accusing him."
"My accusations are not false. He did this, I'm sure of this, no one else would have done such a thing"
"And I'm telling you it's not possible"
"How do you even know? You could have fell asleep? You could have simply not heard?"
"Masaomi you know me don't you? Do you seriously believe I wouldn't have taken seriously such an important task as making sure nothing happens to you all? Do you believe Sonohara-san would have let anyone kill her without struggling?"
Kida looked away, embarassed by the words of his friend, torn between what he knew Aoba was capable of and the logic held in Mikado's saying.
"Then, how do you explain her death if he's not respondible of it all?"
"An accident Masaomi, it was an accident, she must have been gone to look for something or how Saki-chan said go to the toilet, these things fell on her and she was caught by surprise"
Saki and Aoba had stayed silent during the whole argument, Aoba to avoid becoming more suspicious by defending himself and the girl simply because she had nothing to say, she busied herself examining the corpse and jumped in the conversation.
"Actually, if you take the time to check it would look like something like this happened"
Aoba thought 'Of course it does, since I made it that way' and had to refrain a smile from appearing in his face.
This statement stopped the discussion and Mikado started to sob while Kida looked away.
The other boy approached his sempai and put his hand on his shoulder trying to comfort him the best he could. He knew that nothing he could say could help Mikado and he would have a hard time to find cheering words, considering the happiness he felt inside.
No one was close to Mikado but him. Kida pushed himself away from him all by himself and Saki never was close to him in the first place.
Aoba felt truly happy for the first time since the moment they went on the island.
They all stayed around Mikado while he cried, all for different reasons but they stayed, and when the boy seemed to have calmed down Saki proposed, "What about we go exploring the warehouse now?"
Mikado practically screamed, "It's dangerous don't you see?"
"Maybe but it'd be safer to explore during the day and if it appears to be safe enough for us to stay there it would be much better than to stay outside waiting to get killed"
Reluctantly Mikado agreed and they all entered the old building.