Although she didn't like Haruki as a man, they had been friends since being young children, and even Ryuji could understand her feelings. "Ryuji, can I go and meet Ako?" Erika looked at him with her blue eyes filled with concern.
'Sometimes I forget that I don't know them because I was just a transfer student. For Erika and Yumiko, when she remembers... These people were their friends for years.'
Ryuji felt his chest tighten, and he nodded his head. Maybe if he didn't have Alan as a friend along with Paul and Simon, the realisation that he was alone in this world might have crushed him. However, then he shook his head, changing his thinking because he realised there were many people who he met in this world.
'Erika, Liana, Alan, the king, Paul, Simon, Alicia, Velvet, Ruby and even Lapis...'