Inner Strength

He thought it was all over and that any hope of seeing that person again vanished. That was until he saw it. Sumire had gotten into a fight with some people who had been bad-mouthing Mamoru. 

'Ru..is…Ru is alive, he won't die over something like this. To the very last second, that person won't die until his cause is gone. Even then, he will search for another purpose.'

She said that with determination, and he remembered her standing there with a strong look in her eyes, regardless of the bruises and wounds on her. 

Despite being surrounded by so many people, there was something different about her. ' That person is interesting.' He had such thoughts.

It wasn't until his second year of middle school where he dared to do anything about his interest.