Delayed Graduation

Today is March 23, 2022. My second thesis defense is coming up, but my advisor is still unhappy with my paper. I walked up to the rooftop, feeling the bone-chilling wind despite the spring weather. Looking at the sky, I suddenly wondered if jumping would make all my troubles disappear.

As I stood at the edge of the roof, a voice suddenly came from a corner nearby. “Come down. It'll hurt if you jump...”

The male voice immediately caught my attention. I looked in its direction and saw a young man in a white shirt, holding a textbook on criminal law that I recognized. His gaze was complicated, yet somehow familiar, and I couldn't help wanting to understand him.

I slowly walked toward him, and found the last happy moments of my life...

Theme: Cherish life.