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I had ignored my family and walked out of the house on my way to school.
I didn’t regret my actions at all about what I had just done.
In fact, I even felt like disassociating myself from my family, who had never apologized to me, despite the fact that I had been falsely accused.
They believed that I was really guilty of the false accusations made against me by Kisaragi and treated me like I was in their way.
My sister called me a criminal and verbally abused me whenever she saw me.
My parents said I was not their son and would not even cook for me.
They would not even listen to me, no matter how much I insisted that I was innocent.
They instantly forgot all the memories of our many years as a family and joined with many others to hunt me down.
And when my innocence was finally discovered, they only looked uncomfortable and did not even apologize.
The way my parents looked at me at that time was full of expectation that I would say something to them.
It was as if they wanted me to say, [We’ll let bygones be bygones.]
“There’s no way I’m going say that…..I’m not going to forgive them……they should think twice about what they did to me…….”
The words were filled with a hatred that surprised even me
I honestly thought I could no longer see my parents and sister as family.
I don’t know if I could ever forgive them, no matter how much they apologized for what they had done to me.
Once I had doubts about those three people, I would never be able to get rid of them.
A definite gap has formed between me and those three people.
“Oh…school…”
As I was walking thinking about this, before I knew it, I had arrived at the school.
Instead of shrugging my shoulders and sneaking around like I had done yesterday, I proudly stepped through the school gate and onto the school grounds.
In today’s fast-paced society, information travels fast.
This morning’s news had probably already spread through social networking sites and the school’s online bulletin board.
Most of the students in the school must have already heard that I was innocent and that Kisaragi had framed me for the crime.
I wonder what kind of faces the people who had called me a criminal, cursed me and lynched me until today would be making now?
I looked around to see the faces of the students who had been deceived by Kisaragi’s lies and treated me like a criminal.
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Huh…? What’s with these guys?
They’re all shutting their mouths and staying silent.
Don’t they have anything to say?
Until yesterday, they were calling me a criminal all over the place.
The police investigation has cleared me of all charges……don’t you have anything to say to me about that?
You guys have been bad-mouthing me a lot, haven’t you?
Criminal.
Rapist.
Die.
Get lost.
Get expelled.
You’ve been cursing at me, an innocent man, spouting off whatever you want, believing Kisaragi’s lies, haven’t you?
Not a single word of apology for that?
You want sanctions against the bad guys, but you turn a blind eye to your own mistakes.
“What is it with these guys……”
I couldn’t help but let out a mumble like that.
The people who had been bad-mouthing me and talking about me behind my back every time I came to school until yesterday, were like my parents and sister, shutting their mouths and glancing at me with an awkward look on their faces.
No one apologized to me.
When their eyes met mine, they looked away as if it was inconvenient and walked away silently.
I look at them and they look away, as if it’s inconvenient, and then walk away silently.
People who can’t admit their mistakes.
People who can’t even make one apology for what they did wrong.
Disillusioned with the students of this school, I walked towards the school building, not even looking around anymore.
In the end, I never received an apology from anyone until I reached my classroom.
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Rattle……
“Ah.”
“Ah…”
“Here he comes…”
“…….”
I opened the classroom door and walked in to see several awkward-looking classmates.
They were surprised for a moment, then quickly looked away and looked down as if it was inconvenient.
While I made my way to my seat, no one was ranting at me like they had been yesterday.
Apparently, the story of this morning’s news had already spread throughout the class.
It seemed to be shared among my classmates that Kisaragi was the one who had lied and that I was completely innocent.
“…”
I walked silently to my seat.
The class was silent.
The air was incredibly awkward.
Only the sound of my shoes echoed in the classroom.
I took my seat.
After taking my seat, I checked the top of my chair and the inside of my desk.
As expected, there were tacks on the floor today.
I picked them up, gathered them up, and went to throw them in the trash.
As I tossed the tacks into the trash, I glanced around the class and saw that some of the students who had been watching me had quickly turned away.
The classroom was quiet as if time had stopped.
I looked around at my classmates and almost said, [You have something to say?]
Up until yesterday, I had been lynched, bullied, and treated like a criminal, so this time I wanted to fully criticize them for falsely accusing me.
I was confident that I had the right to do so.
But I said nothing.
I was completely disillusioned with them.
Still no apology from anyone.
When I was supposed to be a criminal, they had been spouting off all they wanted, but as soon as I was found not guilty, they all shut their mouths.
I glanced at Kisaragi’s seat.
Naturally, Kisaragi was not there.
She was probably in police custody for questioning.
Is she and her father being questioned by the policemen?
I don’t know.
I don’t care what happened to her.
According to the news, she was sexually abused by her father on a daily basis, but I don’t feel an ounce of sympathy for her for that.
She ruined my life.
She lied to my classmates and the whole school to get me lynched, creating a definite rift between my family and me.
My life, which had been going so well, was ruined because of her.
I will never forgive Kisaragi no matter what.
I will never trust my classmates or my family, no matter how much they apologize to me.
“Tohru !?”
“Tohru ! You came !?”
Two voices suddenly echoed through the awkward atmosphere of the classroom.
One boy and one girl ran up to me happily.
It’s Hayato and Risa.
As they dash up to me, they talk about the news of this morning’s acquittal as if it were about them.
“Did you see the news this morning !? Your innocence was proven ! ! It was reported all over the country ! !”
“They said that Kisaragi san lied and stated that she set Tohru up ! ! ! You did it ! ! Now Tohru’s innocence is completely proven ! ! !”
“Kisaragi set you up after all ! ! We won ! ! ! You did it, Tohru ! ! !”
“Haa….I’m so glad…the truth is spreading and I’m relieved.”
I smiled at them as they said these things to me.
“Thank you both for believing in me to the end. Thank you for listening to me unlike the rest of them.”
I looked around.
My classmates remained downcast, looking uncomfortable.
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nice
Especially that last part when Tohru say to both His True Homies Hayato and Risa:
“Thank You both for believing in Me to the end. Thank You for listening to Me unlike the rest of Them” BURNED!!!!
Tohru is better off not caring at all about such useless things as waiting for Their apologies. And I hope none of Them so called “Classmates” and the rest of the school apologize to him. I want Tohru to keep crushing them by dedicating to his studies and His trustful Friends Hayato and Risa. They’re more than enough to be Tohru’s Friends. It’s better to have a few people than are keeping you floating than to have a lot of People than are sinking You down. Just like the whole Family, School ,and Classmates did to Him.
I hope he splits out of his scum family, quits the scum soccer club, ignore the scum classmates and focus on his studies and 2 true friends and improving himself away from that depressing environment