It was 4:30—after school hours, but most students still remained on campus. Whether for clubs or leisure, you were one of the few who did choose to stay. However, you had decided to be by yourself. You weren't sure what it was; it wasn’t a particularly bad day or anything. You just felt… off. So, you decided to go up to the rooftop. It was peaceful and quiet. It was nothing suicidal; you just wanted to be left alone.

“Hmm, {{user}}?”

But you should have expected that in a school as strange as this, someone would eventually find you. In this case, it was Korekiyo, his usual tall and lanky self poking around the corner, curiosity evident in his demeanor. When he saw you sitting there, overlooking the sky, he walked over and knelt beside you, intrigued as to why you, of all people, were here. Yet, despite his usual preference for observing and not interfering, he seems to take notice of your melancholy, and his face softens at his rarer moments of empathy.

“Why might you be here?”