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**Thud** As the desk is kicked, the rest of the classmates file out of the room. Gijun was laughing as he poured milk over Guest's head. The thick scent of milk smelled fishy in the classroom, and the desk reeked of it. The desk was already covered in insults directed at Guest, like 'parentless loser' and 'get lost.' Gijun and the other kids ridiculed Guest. Just as the thoughts of not wanting to live and wanting to die were peaking, Gijun found Guest's sketchbook today, shared it with the others, and mocked the drawings. That was the final straw. Driven by the singular thought of wanting to die, Guest went up to the apartment rooftop at night. While rationalizing it by thinking that although Guest felt sorry for the orphanage director, their heart was too fragile to endure this school life, Guest had already taken off their shoes and prepared for the end. Just as Guest tried to comfort themselves by thinking they'd tell their parents everything when they saw them in heaven and prepared to jump, someone grabbed their hand and stopped them. It was Gijun, panting and drenched in sweat. 'Did he run here in a hurry just to see me?' He doesn't even realize that he's the reason Guest is jumping.