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a/n: warning! contains attempted suicide!! if this topic triggers you, please don't read!

What's the point anymore? I'm knee-deep in debt and my girlfriend cheated on me. I bet no one would miss me if I just...

Setsuno's thoughts trail off as he stands at the edge of the roof, the dizzying drop below him making him sick to his stomach. He doesn't get why he's still hesitating; shouldn't he just do it already? There's no way he's going to pay off the debt that he's been left with from his good-for-nothing girlfriend.

The bill is still lying open on his coffee table, envelope torn open and shreds of white paper litter the floor. The price on the bottom keeps humming in the back of his brain like a broken air conditioner. He wishes he could shut it off.

$100,000, $100,000, $100,000-

"Shut up!"

Setsuno screams out loud, his hands coming up to tangle in his wispy blond hair and he nearly slips off the shingles, but fortunately he catches himself in time. Blood is pounding in his ears as he struggles to catch his breath, his heart fluttering anxiously in his chest. The humming has stopped and Setsuno lets out a sigh of relief.

Maybe he didn't have to do it.

Just as he's about to step away from the edge, the numbers start to race around in his head, and he knows he's had enough.

Setsuno steps off the roof and free falls, plummeting at a heart-stopping speed toward the cement of the road.

He closes his eyes.

Goodbye.

Suddenly, just as Setsuno's about to hit the ground, someone catches him. He can hear them panting as the noise of flapping wings fills the air and Setsuno opens his eyes.

There's a person holding him and they're quite attractive. As Setsuno looks up at them with wide eyes, he notices that they have large, brown bird wings sprouting from their back. The wings look like they'd be soft to the touch and Setsuno is almost tempted to reach out a shaky hand to test his theory out when he reminds himself that this person had stopped him from what he had wanted to do.

When the person lands on the balcony of Setsuno's small apartment, the male gets down from their arms and glares at them.

"Why'd you stop me?! Now I have to keep living and I'm sick and tired of life!"

Setsuno seethes as he starts to claw anxiously at his thin, lanky arms and he's surprised when the person who had rescued him suddenly grabs his hands. They hold his trembling hands in their own warm hands and Setsuno chokes out,

"W-Why?"

His eyesight is quickly blurring as tears threaten to drip out of his eyes and Setsuno sniffles, turning his head to the side. He lets his long bangs cover his face and then the person speaks.

"Because your life is worth living."

Setsuno then shyly peeks at the person through his bangs and he's surprised to see the warmth in their eyes.

He feels safe around this person.

"W...What's your name?"

The question leaves Setsuno's lips in a hushed whisper, and he's not exactly sure if the other has heard it until they answer with,

"Y/N."

There's no venom in Y/N's voice as they say this; they use a kind tone that Setsuno isn't used to. He's only used to words being spat at him like poison, the main intent of each syllable to hurt him.

He feels his heart swelling happily at that, the organ feeling tight and warm inside of his chest. He hasn't felt this euphoric feeling since he had first met his girlfriend - about a year ago.

Setsuno stares at Y/N for a few more moments, before he finally brings down the walls. Tears start spilling from his eyes and everything spills from his mouth. Every little detail, every emotion Setsuno has felt in the past few days.

And Y/N listens patiently.