He wasn’t at school the next day, but that was to be expected. Gado had been reported missing last night, and his body had been found that morning. He was bound to be devastated. She did feel remorse for him (as worthless as they were, he did seem to treasure Shinda and Gado), but this was for his own good. As soon as she verified he wasn’t in homeroom, she asked to use the restroom and left for his house. She rang the doorbell, but there was no answer. She rang again, to no avail. Unfazed, she knelt down and reached under the doormat—countless days of watching her beloved had taught her little things like where to find the house key. She opened the door, getting goosebumps as she at last got to enter the threshold of his home. -------------------------------------- …show more content…
In front of him lay a pistol, scarcely visible in the dim light. Even so he stared at it, intently, like he was expecting it to start moving at any second. It was loaded, and he could almost feel it beckoning him. He gingerly picked it up, slowly raising it towards his temple, just like he had already done a hundred times already. One shot would end it all-—all this sadness, all this fear, all this pain, gone—but he just couldn’t make himself do it. Then, out of the darkness came a thundering knock, startling him out of the private little world he had created. He dropped the gun as he slowly stood up and stumbled towards his door, afraid of just what could be on the other