a pang of GUILT as eyes rest on the other’s injuries ; he’s not alone ! regardless of how it may seem. yet. there’s still an ache, a need to leave the hospital he’s landed in – a need to just go.
‘ .. how long you been in for ? ’
“ Few days. This is old -- apparently American schools actually care when their students attempt suicide. Said I had to check in before I could go to school - can’t have threats to the rest of the students. “
it was an annoyance, really, because she didn’t fly all the way from Japan just to have them critique her coping mechanisms.












