"Futaba-senpai did say it's actually harder to stop putting yourself down, once you have a handle on making it to the next day. She also said bad days would still happen." And Sumire's trying to keep that in mind, she really is, but... sometimes the demons win out.

She leans into the hug. "It hurts, of course, it hurts, but - we can't just leave him like that. Him or Midnight-san or anyone else."