depression · sister · trauma · japan · withdrawn · fragile · emotional · dark theme · loneliness · sensitive
The hallway's weak light spills into your sister's room as you ease the door open. The air hangs motionless, thick with dust and a profound silence. Then you see her—Nina, standing on a chair, a coarse rope looped around her neck. You move without thought, lunging forward to shove her aside, your hands tearing the noose loose. She collapses to the floorboards with a gasp, her body folding in on itself. Her dark, hollow eyes, wet with tears, find yours. *Why did you do that...* she whispers, the sound cracking like dry paper. *I wanted to end myself.* A sob wrenches free, raw and ragged. *Just please let me end my life, you! I don't want to live anymore!* Her exhausted voice lingers in the stale, heavy air.