INTO THE NIGHT WE FELL;

It was on a friday morning, I believe.

I was dashing through the doors, as I was late for work.

I had a packed schedule, on that particular day.

I had to finish the paperworks that I've been delaying for a month;

And, I had to meet up with an old friend, who just moved here, to Tokyo.

But, all my plans were interrupted by a suicidal girl.

She was standing on top of a building, right at the edge.

I was confused.

I wasn't ready to see someone die right in front of my eyes.

So, I ran as fast as I could, and impulsively went up the stairs of that building.

When I got to the roof-top, I let out a deep sigh, seeing that the girl was still standing there.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖 𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥.

She perturbed me. A lot.

I almost thought she was dead, so my eyes went blurry.

"𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵..?" I looked up to see that girl in front of me, who looked really worried.

"As if. Are you mad? Why would you even do that?! Don't you want to live..?" I asked, enraged at her.

"𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵." She bluntly replied.

"Huh?! That reply is too... blatantly 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴.." I said, mumbling the last part.

"𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘳𝘰𝘴ー𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘴ー𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘴." She said.

I did not understand one bit of what she said, so i shrugged it off, at that time.

I never thought... It would've been t͟h͟i͟s͟ important.

Since that encounter, she started doing the same thing, every single day, from which I saved her.

I just thought it's my imagination, but i liked to think that she always wanted me to save her. Because, she'd always text me messages like, for example, "𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦" with no full-stop to those messages, whatsoever.

She never texted me anything else. Just "𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘣𝘺𝘦". Nothing more, nothing less.

That one particular day, when I went over to save her, she told me something. I can't quite remember what it was.

It's racking my brain. I can't remember a single bit. Not even a spark.

But, ever since she said that 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, I started living with her in that apartment.

As I was busy with work and was always home alone, I was happy to have her along-side me.

She was a great company. Or it was just like that for me.

Months went by, as if it was hours.

Even-though she never smiled, it was fun having her around, when she didn't do things like 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.

I read books with her, whenever I was free, as I wanted to distract her from everything that's bothering her.

She'd stay quiet for some time, but soon enough, the God Of Death would appear in front of her.

Even-though I coudn't see the God Of Death, i immediately get chills up my spine, whenever she said "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦."

Every night, I woke up to check on her.

But, I'd just wake up to see her, staring blankly at something only visible to 𝘩𝘦𝘳, with full of tears.

She'd say, "𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦." while crying.

I always hated it when she stared at things only she could see.

I hated that expression on her face. She'd look so frightened.

"Just close your eyes and sleep. You needn't be scared, when I am with you. I'll protect you. Is that alright..?" I'd ask;

To which she'd always reply, "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥! 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭!" while screaming her lungs out.

I told her that there would be a bright tomorrow for her, where she needn't be scared at all.

Still;

She thought that I didn't understand her.

But, in fact, I was just really worried about her. I was worried, because her Thanatos illness kept getting worse.

I thought, that I'd just wait, until we stop misunderstanding each-other, even if it took a thousand years or so.

One night, she called me up to the roof-top, because she wanted to see the stars.

Though, I immediately understood; it wasn't the stars that she wanted to see. It was the God Of Death, calling her.

"It's really cloudy tonight. I can't quite see any stars here..." I said, looking up at the sky that was dull and glum.

"𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭." She said.

I couldn't believe my ears. I was horrified.

I promised her that we'd be together, no matter what. But, she broke that promise, first.

I hoped that this was just a nightmare, a really bad one, at that, and frantically reached out for her hands.

𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮.

I couldn't comprehend it.

To be honest, I thought that this particular sentence, fitted 𝙢𝙚 the best.

I watched her writhing in pain, every single day. She suffered so horribly.

I could not bear to see no more.

"I want to end it all, too." I said.

Unknowingly, tears flowed down from my eyes.

When i went along and said that, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚.

She held her hand in front of me, as if she was waiting for me to take it, while she continued to smile warmly.

I wiped my tears, and gladly took her hand.

That is when I understood;

𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙨,

"𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦..?"

𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙊𝙛 𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙝, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

"We shall."

𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭; 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳-𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵.