I am a teacher at a girls' school in Tokyo

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa really wanted to stop Reiya Hazuki, but...what reason did he have to stop him or hide it?

He watched as Ye Yue Li Ya reached out for the phone, then raised it in front of her.

"..."

"that……"

"Ye Yue..."

In the air that was so heavy that it was unsettling, Tetsufumi Hirakawa wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say.

Who could take such news calmly? No one.

And Hazuki Reiya is still just a high school student...

Tetsufumi Hirakawa felt infinite heartache and sadness for the girl in front of him.

He looked at Ye Yue Liya, from the moment he got the phone, from the soft sobbing just now, to the enlargement of Tong Kong and the cessation of all actions...

The phone fell weakly onto my thigh with a "pa".

Her lips were trembling, her breathing seemed to stop, and her eyes... had lost focus.

She lowered her head blankly, staring at the phone on her lap. On the screen was a picture.

A dry hand, with blood flowing from the wrist, staining the entire hand red... It was Ye Yue's mother's hand.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa couldn't bear to watch it.

He reached out and turned off the phone screen.

During this period, Ye Yue Liya remained indifferent and motionless.

"...Ye Yue."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi put his phone aside and put his hand on Ye Yue Liya's shoulder again.

At this time, Ye Yue Li Ya suddenly reacted.

At every moment on the windy rooftop, rapid gasps could be heard amid the whistling sounds.

Ye Yue Li Ya seemed to be unable to breathe, and in an instant, she suddenly began to breathe heavily.

"..."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He didn't know what to say.

The air around me felt so heavy that it seemed to be stagnant, making it difficult to breathe.

So...what is this?

It's already difficult, is it like this again?

Does it have to be like this?

Pushing people into the abyss without any hope?

Is this the only way to be content?

The wind takes away the heat from the body, and the heart also becomes cold.

He looked at Hazuki Reiya, a girl who had collapsed and was completely unable to accept the news.

It was the first time he felt so sorry for someone.

Just by putting himself in the situation a little bit, he felt his stomach cramp and his heart stop beating...and Reiya Hazuki didn't need to put herself in the situation, she was the one involved in this tragedy.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was silent, and his hand stroked the girl's back over and over again.

……

The panting sound gradually stopped, and so did the sound of the wind.

When the sea calmed down, Ye Yue Liya stopped breathing heavily.

"Ye Yue..." Hirakawa Tetsufumi called her anxiously.

Hazuki Reiya didn't react at all.

No reaction at all, dull eyes, like a walking corpse.

This heavy, unsettling atmosphere had been spreading for who knows how long.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi saw Hazuki Reiya raise his face.

"..."

She stared at him silently with a sad look in her eyes.

"Can you... please don't stop me?"

Her thin, bloodless lips trembled as she whispered this... plea.

"..."

Hirakawa Tetsuwen remained silent.

The girl's appearance made anyone who saw her and knew her situation feel distressed.

Indescribable sadness.

At this moment, any words or comfort were useless. Her heart was completely dead, and her body wanted to return to the same state as her heart. She wanted to jump.

But he really didn't want to see such a scene.

Death is not the best relief. When everything returns to nothingness, what awaits you is only endless sorrow. No one wants to experience that kind of sorrow a second time...and of course no one can experience it a second time.

But he is an exception.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa recalled how he felt at that time.

In the last second of life, consciousness goes from clear to blurred, and what comes with it is the sadness that all the sorrows in one’s life are compressed to the extreme and then completely burst out at that moment.

That is the change from unbearable heaviness to unbearable lightness... from heaviness to nothingness, light and yet able to crush everything.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa knew it.

If Ye Yue Li Ya jumped from here, this is what she would feel at the last moment.

It’s really a sad thing to think about.

Because you can't bear it anymore, you want to be free. However, before everything returns to nothingness, what you get is not relief, but extreme sadness.

After this extreme sadness, everything disappeared without any reaction time.

Consciousness was gone, and I had returned to peace. There was no feeling of relief, only sorrow.

So jumping is not a way of relief, it is sorrow within sorrow, and it does not give any chance to regret.

"Ye Yue."

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's hand was still gently supporting Ye Yue Liya's thin shoulders, and he was looking at her desperate eyes.

"This is the only request I cannot agree to, sorry."

"..."

Ye Yue Li Ya looked at him quietly with empty eyes. She stretched out her hand and pushed, but it didn't move.

So she stopped moving again.

She no longer had any strength to struggle, she was really tired.

……

Time passed little by little, moving towards the late night.

In December, the temperature on the rooftop is getting colder.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa also felt this chill.

After strenuous exercise, the sweat evaporates and takes away a lot of body heat in the cold wind.

And...his coat was draped over Reiya Hazuki.

And Ye Yue Li Ya lay on the ground, staring blankly at the empty night sky.

What should I do?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa looked at Reiya Hazuki and felt a little helpless.

In his current state, with his legs starting to ache after climbing the stairs, he would definitely not be able to take the girl away.

Call the police?

Tetsufumi Hirakawa feels that this may not be useful... maybe it can temporarily solve tonight's incident, but perhaps at some point in time, such an incident will happen again.

People whose hearts are dead need to find a way to live in order to survive.

However, it seems that she has no place to rely on in this world.

But it’s definitely not a good idea to stay here forever, what can I do… ?

Use hypnosis? At least let Ye Yue Liya calm down first, and we can talk about it tomorrow.

But there is a problem. Hypnosis requires at least one weakness, and the other party's will can be changed by threatening the weakness.

But... what weakness does the current Hazuki Reiya have? What weakness can make her resist the desire to die?

It seems to be gone again.

The will to die is greater than all desires to live, and this is the dilemma we face.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at Ye Yue Liya's face. Her hair was stained with tears, and her originally neat hair was now messy and stuck to her cheeks in the wind.

Things seemed to be turning to a point of no return.

It's a dead end... It's been like this since the news came. It's not something an ordinary high school student can bear.

Unless Ye Yue Li Ya's parents can survive, this is her only hope.

but……

Hirakawa Tetsufumi's heart gradually sank.

However, at this moment, in the dim light near midnight, his peripheral vision suddenly caught a glimpse of a conspicuous light.

He looked to the side and saw that the source of the light was Reiya Hazuki's cell phone.

The phone screen suddenly lit up, and a call interface popped up. The name of the incoming call was -

【Mother】

Hazuki Reiya's mother.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi was stunned for a moment. He looked at Hazuki Reiya and then looked at his cell phone.

Maybe it would be better for him to answer the phone in her current state...

After making his own decision, Tetsufumi Hirakawa reached out and picked up his cell phone.

The dazed Ye Yue Li Ya noticed his movements, and her eyes, which had been dull for a long time, finally showed some movement, and she looked at the phone next to Hirakawa Tetsufumi's ear.

The call was answered.

Although the speakerphone was not on, the sound of the mobile phone still floated out through the receiver on the quiet rooftop.

Hazuki Reiya heard the voice.

It was a male voice, saying:

"Hello, are you a relative of Mr. Keisuke Hazuki and Ms. Natsuko Hazuki?"

"..."

He looks like a doctor from the hospital.

Hirakawa Tetsufumi looked at Hazuki Reiya again and answered for her.

"……Yes."

So the sound continued.