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WARNING/S: SUBTLE HINTS OF DEPRESSION, CONVERSATION ABOUT SUICIDE, SELF-HARM

NOTES: I AM NOT A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR OR ANY RELATED COURSE. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THERE IS A BIG MISTAKE. THANK YOU!

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“I’ve had suicidal thoughts.” Was the first thing he had said after skimming through the introduction of her paper.

“When does these thoughts occur to you?” Soojung asked, writing the impromptu question on her notes.

“When I have a lot of time and space to think.” He answers, his fingers tracing the outline of the round table they’re at.

“Are you…” she pauses to erase a word on her makeshift questionnaire and replaces it, “…lonely?”

“Yeah, I guess.”

The waiter comes up to place their orders on the table, she thanks him quietly and takes a small sip. “Does this conversation makes you uncomfortable?”

He finally looks up for the first time since they started talking with each other at the small humble café. “I’m not entirely lonely. I’m more… lost, I think.” Then he looks back at the wooden table, fingers now tracing the rim of his coffee cup. “And no, I like your voice. It’s comforting.”

She silently clears while studying his face. He’s handsome, the