Behind His Scales

At that moment, I felt an unexplainable sense of sadness that I had never experienced before. It was not just because they were seniors like us, but they were the top students in our school.

The news seemed to spread fast, and soon our classmates started to pile up outside the classroom with questions and concerns. We didn’t have any answers. Our teachers were asked to inform their homeroom students, and it was a somber day in school.

People whispered in the hallway as we walked to and from class, discussing the situation. It was hard to focus on anything that day, and most teachers canceled their classes to deal with the trauma of our students. The school introduced counseling sessions for us to cope with the grief.

The next few days were hard for us. Although we had the Sports Feast event, the whole school was in mourning. Everyone held a moment of silence, and the participants had black armbands to signify their respect for our fallen classmates.

Slowly, we lear