"YUKINO!!!"
I finally break into the door and what I saw something I did not want to see.
"Yu... Ki... No...?"
There was no time to waste. I had to get her out of there quickly. The neck... It wasn't broken.
"Yukino... Stay with me! Yukino!"
I've tried giving her first aid, however nothing was working. In my adrenaline rush, I've immediately called an ambulance and followed instructions. They should arrive soon.
However once I've done everything I could, I was left to ponder... I drove her to this point.
Of course I did. I was hurting her the most. Perhaps this last meet up was the punishment for what I've done.
I broke her.
When the ambulance arrived, they told me to stay out of this and that's when I discover a suicide note. It was covered in tears and ink, and as I was reading, my heart sank.
"To everyone.
You have all tormented me. Treating me less than a person of my own merit. Just an object to be controlled.
I have yet to receive even an ounce of love from you.
And so I leave you with all my hatred.
I'm retreating to the land of neverending fantasy.
Goodbye."
I just... Stood there. Holding the note as the ambulance took her away. It took me a long time to process what I had done.
I need to hide it away - so that the her anger won't be misplaced. They're going to suffer a lot as is for losing their daughter to suicide.
It'll be here with me, as a reminder of my own corruption and failure to save her.
After a while, I've received several calls from her parents and her fiancé. They demanded answers and I took the blame.
Had I not shown her the world beyond the cage, would she have been as reckless as she was? What am I even thinking? I shouldn't have encountered in the first place.
I'll forever bear the sin of the tragedy 13 years ago. No matter how much I try to erase the past, it will come back to haunt me. And this will too become the past that will forever haunt me.
I killed a person with my own hands.
I will now be forever marked as a villain.