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I think this is what you're looking for: http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/yume_ni_tobu_tori/
It's the first story.
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Can someone help me find this yaoi? There's this scene where the mc talks about how he had a bird when they were younger and how it seemed pitiful that it had never been outside. He brings the bird outside, but he had held it so tightly it died in his hands.