“Everything will come to an end—but you shall prevent that end.” I recall a dream I had last night. All I can remember in that dream was that... I was staring into the darkness, floating in the void, and then hearing a voice out of nowhere. 

The voice neither sounded like a boy nor a girl. Who was that? Was that a person? What will come to an end? A bunch of questions pop into my head when I remember what the mysterious person said. This situation feels like a novel plot.

—I wonder as I try processing the sight of Leo’s body laying on the floor, drenched in blood. Aira was a cute, cheerful, happy girl that would infect others with her positivity. She doesn’t look like the kind of person who’d do this. But in front of me is my friend, now a cold, dead body, stabbed by that same “cheerful, happy girl”.

Most of our classmates immediately ran, scared that they would be stabbed next, some stood still, trying to process what happened, though after a while, they ran. I gag in my mouth because of the terrible sight right in front of me.

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I gotta run.

Part of me wants to know the reason why Aira did it. Is it because of family problems?  Did she actually hate Leo? If so, what did Leo do for her to hate him? I start to think of many possible reasons, yet none of them feel right. She never showed anything of the sort, after all. If she was able to hide all of that until now, she’d be a world-class actor.

I’m probably crazy for thinking about asking a murderer about why they did what they did. Not that she should be forgiven though. 

“Aira...what-”

I try to ask her, with a trembling voice. My legs are about to give out. I couldn’t handle something as crazy as this happening out of the blue. But I gathered my resolve. 

And as soon as I was about to finish my sentence, she said something under her breath, but I couldn't hear it. She put the knife she was holding to her neck and killed herself. The sight made me cry. What did she say? I wonder, while my legs give up in shock, staring at the lifeless bodies of Leo and Aira. I feel sick. As I see the clock in the classroom slowly starting to move backward, I lose consciousness.