Although Yuika-senpai didn’t stop me from looking at her scar, her body began shivering more as fear seemingly set in her eyes. At that point, I took my hand back and gently covered it up again with her hair.
“I apologize for being insensitive, senpai,” I said, not really hoping that her shaking would stop. Asking about the scar was clearly out of the question here. Even if only a hunch, it could be the root of her trauma and in the end, resulted in her directed hate to males in general.
What I did with Ryouko-san wouldn’t work with her since she wasn’t even prepared to talk to me about it. The reason why she took the initiative to talk to me was because of her feelings of gratitude for what I did.
“...” Yuika-senpai didn’t say anything but she closed her eyes and slowly distanced herself from me.
Nonetheless, my hand remained on her head, caressing her gently. At the very least, that's soothing for her