[One of those held back sobs escaped as she spoke, backing off to lean up against the nearby wall of the dormitory building. That was exactly the problem, wasn't it? He knew where she was now... she was just beyond his reach.]
[He shook his head rather than speak, looking as if he were going to devolve in sobbing at any moment, sliding down the wall to sit on the ground. He tilted his head back until it bumped against the wall, staring up at the sky through the tears that welled up in his eyes.]
[He couldn't... he just couldn't handle this. Hinata hadn't known a despair this suffocating since... since he was alive. Those feelings of failure and inadequacy creeping into him in a way he hadn't known in years. It was because of her. With her support, he'd been able to move on, to devote himself body and soul to helping her.]
[Without her... how did he carry on? What did he do now? Who would lead them? Would everything they'd worked for start to fall apart?]
[...Would they blame him?]
[In any case, he was staring off at nothing, unresponsive to her offer to help him. There was nothing she could do for him now... Yuri was gone.]
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[He shook his head rather than speak, looking as if he were going to devolve in sobbing at any moment, sliding down the wall to sit on the ground. He tilted his head back until it bumped against the wall, staring up at the sky through the tears that welled up in his eyes.]
[He couldn't... he just couldn't handle this. Hinata hadn't known a despair this suffocating since... since he was alive. Those feelings of failure and inadequacy creeping into him in a way he hadn't known in years. It was because of her. With her support, he'd been able to move on, to devote himself body and soul to helping her.]
[Without her... how did he carry on? What did he do now? Who would lead them? Would everything they'd worked for start to fall apart?]
[...Would they blame him?]
[In any case, he was staring off at nothing, unresponsive to her offer to help him. There was nothing she could do for him now... Yuri was gone.]