Morning came and Ren continued on his daily routine. Eating or missing breakfast, taking a shower, and changing to his school uniform. This routine has become his daily routine ever since he started high school to pursue his dreams. But after the unfortunate event, his parents worry that he had succumbed to despair upon missing such an important event.
Ren’s mother, worriedly, stares at her son preparing for school. She turned to her husband, who, for the first time had not left for his work early, shared the same expression. Both of them can’t find the right words to comfort their son, despite wanting to. They know whatever they say will never reach his heart after what happened. “What should I do? What is the best thing to do in this situation?” Ren’s mother thought, “He went home last night and locked himself in his room.” Ren’s mother tightly clenched her fist, “For such a thing to happen on such an important day no less, nothing can be more frustra
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