POV: Ikeda Akihiko
"GODDAMN IT!"
I punched the ground with my clenched fist and teeth. My muscles are quivering as I growl. I only have one task, to protect her, but that person can't be me.
Since Saori left, I've been on the ground kneeling and bowing as I scream. Minutes after, I just lost the energy to scream anymore.
Not so long ago, I just realized that I'm just holding back anyone. I'm not doing anything essential at all. I'm dead weight. It's better if I didn't exist here… that I didn't know anyone.
I should have just isolated myself again, like what I did this past year after the issue with my dad. If I did that, I would never become a burden anymore.
It hurts… it feels dull inside me. I can't even breathe air the same way again, knowing that I'm the reason why everyone failed.