⚠️ Saezuru Chapter 66 spoilers ⚠️ (😭🥺😭♥️)
The opening pages are the conversation between Amou and Tsunakawa that was previewed officially.
"You said that guy has nowhere to go back to, right?"
Tsunakawa responds sarcastically:
"Funny. Even the guy himself isn't apologizing."
Amou says he had hoped that during the past four years Doumeki would learn things like obligation and gratitude.
"Maybe he'll understand from here on."
"Not that I'm bragging, but I've never devoted myself to another person. I can't understand it, and I don't want to."
"That probably has something to do with your upbringing."
"But you understand it, don't you? That's why you brought him here."
A flashback panel shows a young Amou looking slightly embarrassed while Misumi rests a hand on his head.
Amou reveals that bringing Doumeki to Tsunakawa was a personal favor he asked of him, and Tsunakawa only accepted it because they were old acquaintances.
As Amou leaves, he tells Tsunakawa:
"You can count it as a debt I owe you."
But once in the car he thinks:
"He's absolutely going to make me pay him back later."
Then they arrive at their destination.
Yashiro returns visibly irritated.
While covering part of his face with one hand, Yashiro complains that they still haven't found Kai's hideout.
"Were you maybe going to see Doumeki?"
Yashiro immediately shoots him a sharp look, throws an ashtray at his head, and snaps:
"Don't stick your nose into this."
Ever since Doumeki appeared, Yashiro has been acting strange.
Maybe Doumeki said something to him.
He's not stupid; he can put things together.
He was the last person who spoke to Doumeki four years ago.
"Back then, he said that if he wasn't in this world anymore, he'd no longer have any connection to you."
At first Nanahara thought Doumeki had simply changed after joining the Sakura family.
"That wasn't it. It was because of that, wasn't it?"
Yashiro tries to brush it off:
"Who knows? It has nothing to do with me."
"Then why are you so miserable?"
"I'm just tired. What, are you trying to tell me what to do now?"
He only thinks that maybe Doumeki no longer has anywhere he belongs.
Maybe someone should help him.
"Ignoring Tsunakawa's pride, pretending I forgot him, throwing him away just so he could stay in the same world as me... how is that any different from obsession?"
The dialogue isn't shown, but Amou apparently explains how Doumeki came to be under Tsunakawa's care.
Yashiro says he understands now, though he's genuinely surprised.
"Why did you go so far as to help Doumeki behind Misumi's back?"
Amou begins talking about his relationship with Misumi.
Misumi married Amou's mother.
They were never legally adopted.
Misumi offered to pay his living expenses and tuition, but Amou refused and graduated university through his own efforts.
It was at university that he met Tsunakawa.
Amou says he always admired Misumi.
Even though he understood why Misumi never adopted him, he still wanted to become family.
He wanted to exist in the same world as him.
So instead of becoming a yakuza, he became Misumi's secretary. (After Misumi finally gave in.)
"I wanted to be someone like a son to him... the way you are."
Yashiro immediately replies:
"People don't sleep with their sons."
Then Amou asks the crucial question:
"Four years ago, when you abandoned Doumeki... was it for his sake? Or for your own?"
Yashiro freezes in shock.
Seeing his reaction, Amou stands up and leaves.
Beside Yashiro's seat, rain has begun to strike the window.
Yashiro gets a phone call.
"Where are you right now?"
Yashiro walks through it without an umbrella.
A car suddenly stops beside him.
"Don't move. Do you know how long I've been looking for you?"
"I don't understand what's so great about you."
"That stubborn bastard is completely wrapped around your finger. Either you're incredible in bed, or you're unbelievably compatible."
"Either way, only a weirdo would go this far."
"You must really be worth enough to throw a man's whole life into chaos."
Finally Kamiya clicks his tongue.
"Say something, damn it. You're disgusting."
Then he throws a hotel key at Yashiro's back.
Yashiro stops and glances over his shoulder.
"'His reason for living'... that's what you are."
"Aren't you embarrassed?"
"The night after tomorrow, Kai gets killed. After serving prison time for it, he'll be expelled from the organization."
"If he only comes to his senses when he's an old man, he'll be completely screwed."
The hotel key lies on the wet ground.
He closes his eyes and looks up at the rainy sky.
Doumeki is in the hotel room handling his gun.
Standing there is Yashiro, soaked by the rain.
Without saying a word, Yashiro places a hand against his face and leans in himself.
Doumeki's eyes remain open in shock.
Yashiro closes his eyes and kisses him desperately, completely absorbed in it.
They move inside the room.
They stare at each other.
Doumeki firmly wraps his arms around Yashiro.
Yashiro loops both arms around Doumeki's neck.
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The SCREAM I let out OMFG I'M SHAKING I need time to gather my thoughts but I'M SO HAPPY 😭😭😭♥️♥️♥️♥️🎉🎉
