Evidence Of Love for Thanathos

This handsome man was in the same place, for the umpteenth time. Standing on the edge of the roof, the wind was blowing fiercely around him, his heart pounding in his chest.

Cold.

Tonight was truly very cold. It felt like it was penetrating his bones and his heart.

A heart that felt very empty.

The city lights below seemed distant, submerged in the long night's darkness. The burden of losing his beloved was causing this handsome man to suffer more and more, as if he was approaching the abyss of despair.

Deeper and deeper.

Where is she?

Why isn't she here?

Where? Where is she?

Here?

Shouldn't she be here?

Wait... When was the last time he saw his beautiful beloved?

Wait... Why does it feel like it's been too long since they met?

Damn... Did he miss something?

D-Don't tell me... She... She already jumped from this building?

Has his beloved already gone, even without waiting for him to stop her from jumping again?

Can't she hold on for the fourth, the fifth, or beyond?

Has her patience run out?

"Darling, did you really leave me all alone? ... If you're really gone, then what about me? ... I... I will be lonely without you..."

This handsome man stared at the dark night sky. His gaze was empty. As empty as a night without stars, stars that were defeated by the city lights' glow.

Then, he shifted his gaze downward.

The bustling city, but it couldn't touch his lonely heart.

"You must be very lonely now, right? You must be angry with me for not siding with you, right? ... Darling, now I truly feel what you feel. I'm truly empty without you... I want to go to where you are..."

His muscular hand gripped the rooftop's railing, ready to jump, but suddenly a soft yet firm voice echoed in his mind.

"Honey, don't..."

Surprised, this handsome man looked around, but there was no one. However, this voice was not unfamiliar to him.

It was his beloved's voice!

"Darling, where are you? Show yourself!"

But, his beloved didn't want to reveal herself.

Then...

The voice came again, echoing even more firmly this time.

"Are you really going to do it?"

"Why? I want to join you! Isn't it better if we're together? We'll be happy, right?"

"..."

"At least let me atone for my mistake of not accepting your invitation to jump down together!"

"..."

"Why are you silent? Why don't you respond to my desire? I'm really serious about it!"

"..."

"Please, trust me! Trust me who wants to join you!"

"..."

"Don't you know how much I suffer when you're not here? I can't live without you!"

"..."

"I love you so much!"

The girl let out a smile. "You don't really love me."

"Why would you say that? I-I can prove it!"

"You're stumbling, you're nervous in saying it, that means you don't truly love me."

The handsome man tried to climb onto the rooftop railing again. He had to make his beloved believe in him!

"I will prove that I love you very much! I will jump, I will jump..."

"..."

The man looked down again. He swallowed his own saliva. Sweat started to bead on his forehead.

His voice trembled as his body shivered.

"I... will... jump..."

"Honey, why?"

"..." The handsome man fell silent.

Down there was much farther than he had thought.

This handsome man heard the voice of mockery, he hated it because it was the truth.

"You're hesitating, right? You're afraid, right?" the voice asked.

The place he was standing on was really high.

"I..."

"Yes, you're hesitating, and you're afraid. You don't have the courage to jump down there."

"B-But I love you so much..."

"You don't really love me."

"How can you say that when I've always tried to be there to stop you from jumping? I wanted to save you!"

"But you failed to save me."

"That's why I'm going to redeem myself now! I will apologize to you! I will jump to be with you... Forever..."

The handsome man's body trembled again every time his eyes looked down.

Why did it feel like it was getting farther down there?

Farther and farther...

"Forever, right?"

"..."

"Honey, you're hesitating again... You don't deserve my love! You don't really love me sincerely! Let's break up!"

"Huh?"

"I don't need your love!"

"..."

"I will hate you if you dare to jump down there!"

That voice is gone.

"Don't hate me!" the handsome man shouted.

"THEN DON'T JUMP!"

A girl's scream echoed so loudly. It pierced his ears.

Whose voice was this?

The handsome man immediately turned to the source of the voice. His eyes widened.

"Next-door neighbor?" he muttered.

"I HAVEN'T SHOWN MY LOVE TO YOU YET, SO DON'T JUMP YET!"

"..."

"I WON'T HATE YOU, I WILL ALWAYS LIKE YOU, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU... A LOT, A LOT, AND A LOT OF LOVE THAT I'M READY TO GIVE TO YOU!"

The girl was catching her breath. Did she run all the way here?

"..."

"PLEASE... COME DOWN FROM THERE! ... COME DOWN... I'M HERE..."

"But I have to follow her..."

"Who is she? Your lover? A lover who doesn't even return your love?"

"She..."

"She doesn't deserve your love! LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE YOU, NOT CHASE AFTER LOVE THAT DOESN'T RESPOND TO YOU!"

"..."

"Like me, who has always loved you... Whether you were in the past, now, or in the future! My love for you won't change!"

"..." The handsome man remained silent.

"If you don't believe my words, you can throw me down there if I break my promise!"

"What are you talking about?"

The girl who lived next to his apartment shed tears. But she quickly wiped them away.

"I NEED YOU... I... I'M WAITING FOR YOU TO COME BACK..."

"..."

"I beg you... Come back with me..."

The handsome man became even more uncertain about jumping. He couldn't handle a girl's tears. He always lost to this, like he did back then when he lost to his beloved's tears.

His feet moved back from the edge. This handsome man decided not to jump.

He chose to go home with the girl who wanted to give him love and forget his unrequited love for his lover who disappeared somewhere.