Suzuki-kun does not let go of her wrist immediately. Instead, he speaks first—a rarity, as Sayuki usually does the stammering.
In response, Sayuki, for the first time in 72 chapters, does not faint or run away. She looks him directly in the eye, takes his hand, and places it on her cheek. She whispers,
he says. “You don’t have to be good at everything.”