All I Did Was Buy One Onigiri on the Way Home from Work, Yet That Person Cried for a Long Time
A brief act of kindness—buying someone a rice ball—triggers an emotional breakdown that reveals deep loneliness and despair.
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It was because he had never received anything from anyone before.
I stayed by his side for a long time until his crying subsided.
After such a long silence had passed, it was not I but he who broke through the awkwardness and opened the conversation first.
"My tasks pile up like mountains with no progress, and life feels so barren."
I took his hand and whispered, "But right now, here, you're with me."
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