If there's one thing Aiden isn't interested in, it's dying. He certainly doesn't want to die yet, and he won't use any facade to hide his true feelings about it.
He fears death because he believes that life will get better, and he wants to live it to the fullest.
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"So, let me announce to everyone," Mrs. Charlie, their new homeroom teacher, said with a bright smile that lit up the classroom, "there will be a class trip for all the final-year students to get to know each other better."
"A trip?" Aiden muttered under his breath, intrigued by the announcement.
A trip amid all the chaos in the country? He had to give it to them; for the school to plan a class trip despite the current troubles showed just how powerful they truly were. The thought of escaping his current situation, even temporarily, was tempting.
