Mike were walking at the side of a road on a bridge. Not even a single car pass by. He wore a surgical mask.
On a windy day, a sudden paper flew to his leg. He tried to ignore it as much as he can but the moment he saw a particular words on it, it caught his attention. He took it and read it but suddenly, his eyes went wide and his heartbeat rises.
It was a suicide letter. It was written about how much that person loves her family, she regretted her life the most, life that full of anxiety. Her name and her adress were also written on it. That person hated herself for being weak and trapped in her own dramatically pathetic life. Mike tried and searched for her and to his own relief, he saw her on his right side at the edge of a bridge, trying to kill herself. He ran to her and shouted. She turned her look to his. He came more closer to her but every of his steps makes her movement unsteady.
He comforted her with words that strike hit to her heart. He said about how much he understand to be alone and afraid in life, which is life that wanted to be love and care from someone.
She tried to moved but she can't, she's now at the end of her life. Her hands trembling and her body are shacking in fear. Her eyes swelled in tears. She closed her eyes then slowly, she let go her hand from the bridge but a sudden strong force pulled her. It was him. The man who talked about life, the man who understands it the most but, does he really qualified to talk about it since they both are strangers?
They both looked at each other, she couldn't hold her tears anymore. She's afraid of moving onto her life but she's also more afraid to risking her life at her own death. He hugged her tightly, he told her that she's not alone and suicide wouldn't solve everything. They introduced themselves. She asked him how and why does he know about life. Does he encounter the same life as her? Does he felt like he was trapped in a black alley? but he only have one answered. "I just know...", he said in a melancholic tone.
Both of them are lonely and have the same tragedic story behind them but in a different prespective. After they first met, happiness and passionateness and many more that they haven't felt before are now content when they are together but there is something he haven't talked about makes him felt really guilty. He knows he doesn't have enough time but it's fate.
He died three months later. The reason he have to used a surgical mask was because of his long scar at the side of his mouth. His life were also full of hating himself in despair because he knew he have HIV, a virus through his blood and veins, a virus that he knew he will be dead on the end. It's his biggest secret that he haven't told her. He wrote on a piece of paper before and asked someone to give it to her. He wrote about how much he really loves her, she's his first and last love that he ever wanted. He wanted her to move on without him. Be strong whenever she is and whoever she's with. He wrote her name, Nora with a heart shaped beside it.
She cried day to night and night to day, she doesn't know how to keep up. She wanted to kill herself for being pathetic again but thanks to his presence, she have the courage to move on. At first, he pulled her from the black alley and escape together but now, she trapped again and she just have to get out on her own without having no fear.
