Live how you want to live.

"My life is precious you say? Don't joke with me! I have heard that phrase multiple times! My life is worthless!", said her, enraged.

A moment of silence preceded among them, as she wanted an answer.

"Say, how do you determine the preciousness of you life?"

"Recognition. Recognition distinguishes the gem from the trash. Without recognition, life is worthless."

"Is that how you determine preciousness?"

Hearing that reply, he too climbed up the rusted railing.

"Wanna hold hands?"

"W-what a-are you doing? Are you joking with me?"

"No. But if thats how you determine worth, then my life is as worthless as yours", he said, with a beautiful smile in his face. His body was beaming with positive energy, completely independent from the surroundings.

She was confused. Why is he doing such things?

Looking up the moon, he said,

"Every year, millions and millions of animals are slaughtered just to meet the food demand of people. Humans aren't the strongest, but they are still at the top of the food chain, do you know why that is?"

She nodded her head. She didn't know,

"Every animals have a biological goal. That is to survive and reproduce. Thats all. They live and die to that goal. But humans aren't like that. Although reproduction remains the primary goal, humans have something called the free will. Something called heart. And there is only 7 billion of them in this entire universe which is considered to be infinite. Surprising, isn't it?"

He held her hands as they were talking, and gently pulled her back from the railing, while she was listening to his speech and lost in thought. It was a clever tactic. But she didn't notice that as she was very much interested in the speech that he was giving.

"Animal can't appreciate beauty, can't appreciate the rarity, can't appreciate the scenery. So at least appreciate those. You are one of the 7 billions in the infinity. So that's basically one in infinity. Learn to love yourself."

"... but no one thinks well of me."

"Who cares? Its your life. Live how you want to live."

"...you don't understand... life where I can do anything I want without being supported is hard."

"Then I will support you."

That speech of his shocked her, in a good way. He was already showering her with kindness, but this was too much kindness. It's unimaginable that such kind people could still be found in this cruel world.

"So, would you reconsider your decision?", he asked in a calming tone.

"I-I might... thank you.", said her, wiping out her tears. Her eyes were swollen red from all the crying, but her heart calmed down.

"You are right. The supermoon is so beautiful today.", said her, having a smile in her face. But it was not a complete one. Her wounds were stitched up, but it's still not healed completely. The pain of it could still be felt.

"May I ask you your name?"

"Ayane. My name is Ayane."