Hands Stained with Red Lillies Part - 2

"Yeah, it's hard to imagine looking at her now." The corners of his lips lifted a bit as he tried to smile, but his emotions were taking over him.

"Yeah…" I nodded.

"Even though she is a changed person from what she was in middle school, she still feared bullying." A wry smile formed on his face, but his eyes said otherwise.

"Was she bullied badly?" The way Uyeno and Isobe assaulted her, the way Kizhashi reacted to that, might be the result of her past trauma getting stirred up in that moment.

"She never told me in detail, neither did I ask her." He said in a rather low tone.

"That's a good thing that you didn't pry her." I really respected Gaisen from this perspective because he genuinely cared for other people.

"Yeah, but every time she recalled those memories, I don't know what they were… she would always ask me for a hug." He said with an awkward smile.

"That's…" I didn't know what to say, so I kept quiet and let him continue.