“you can’t die here”
kana paused, her foot already over the ledge. it was all too much, so much. kana just wanted to go home
“i’ve tried before. to kill myself”
a. stood next to her, taking a seat on the ledge of the hill, his legs dangling off. a gust of wind could blow him away
“i..” kana bit her tongue, the words bubbling in her throat. she couldn’t tell if she wanted to yell, scream, cry, or throw up
a. looked up at her. “you look young.”
“i’m 19.” kana grumbled, barely over a whisper
“still pretty young. and healthy”
kana swallowed her heart, bit of her hair tangling in her teeth, sticking on by the tears streaming down her face
“why are you here? haven’t your parents taught you better”
“i’m here for my mom!” kana yelled out. almost out of frustration that someone could even dare to think poorly about her mother. “she’s sick, okay? i’m here for her”
“ah,” a. let out a pitiful sigh. “so you’re here for that too”
kana bit her tongue. her eyes darting over to a. but not daring to turn her head
“a lot of people come here for that,” a. continued. “the cure. that’s why i came here too”
“you came for the cure?”
“yeah. for my late wife”
a. sighed again, picking a flower off from the ground. “but once you enter, you can’t leave.” he said, picking off the petals as the wind took them away. “and well, you’ve met him before”
“he seemed nice..”
“he always does”
a. sighed one final time, letting go of the stem of the flower once full of life. he stood up and let out his hand for kana
“don’t trust anyone here”
kana stared back at a’s. hand. “even you?”
“even me.”
kana took one look at a’s. face. his blonde hair blocking out his icey blue eyes. they seemed so cold, so unkind. nothing like her mother’s
kana shook her head, before stepping away from the ledge
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