Disclaimer- I, in no way, own Avatar: the Last Airbender and its trademarks, etc. This work is merely for entertainment purposes only and not for profit. Names and characters not part of cannon that reflect actual people are accidental and coincidental.

I have to say that due to the lack of response to the first chapter, as well as the current level of motivation I have for this, I have officially put this story on hiatus. I mean, I would like to continue, but originally I started this out as a means for expression. Now that I don't have the need for the means, this is most likely going to go to the last of my priority list of writing.

Also, to make notice of, I have increased the rating to M, because of what happened in the last chapter and my paranoia tends to get the best of me. My incoherent mind typing this at the dead of night missed that little detail.

But instead of leaving those of you reading with nothing and little notice of why I haven't updated in a while, I've decided to publish what I had of chapter 2 for the longest time.

I didn't really remember what happened after I jumped, other than waking up with these bandages around my neck and shoulders. Which meant that I failed, again. And I was definitely feeling the repercussions of my actions, again.

I mentally kicked myself for being so stupid for not remembering that the ground was a slope, not flat. Which explained why I survived. Instead of the top of my head impacting the ground first, my chin most likely took the brunt of it. And it was my luck, again, my neck broke in areas that wouldn't kill me.

I heard movement on my right and awkwardly turned to see Cheng sitting on a chair against the wall. His face had it's usual smile, but in his eyes were a weariness that only testified his vigilance of my unconscious body until I woke up.

"Hey. I heard that you fell," Cheng said, attempting sarcasm.

"Yeah," I replied. "I guess I did." Cheng closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair, and tilted his face toward the ceiling. His face contorted to a grimace, unnatural and out of place for him. He exhaled all the remaining air from his lungs, inhaled deeply, and lightly banged his head on the wall twice.

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why would you do that? Was it something I said?"

"Why are you so concerned? You barely know me."

"I- Just answer the question, please." I looked at the wall opposite of him, avoiding eye contact. Too weary to use previous tactics that I used in the past (amnesia, the silent treatment, etc.), I went with the blunt truth.

I turned to look at him, just not his eyes. I can't stand looking anyone in the eyes right now. Eyes just tell too much about a person, and some of those things I just wasn't ready to handle. I failed to die, again, remember?

"I just want to die. That's all. Why I want to die... I'm not so sure. There's many reasons."

"It's so weird." He looked past me, eyes in the direction of the bed-post near my head. Yet not seeing the bed-post at all. "I've seen quite a few cases in here during my extended stay. But out of all of them, I just can't quite understand yours."

"What do you mean?" I turned my face ninety degrees toward the ceiling, hoping to ease the pressure from my aching jaw.

"We both have death obsessions, right? I should be able to understand that, at least. It's so similar, yet so different."

"I'm not death-obsessed." Cheng shrugged his left shoulder and gave a half-smirk. A nurse, who I realized was standing there during the whole conversation, motioned for Cheng to leave. He nodded and gave me a smile.

"Hey, good news!" he beamed, walking towards the door. "You're under suicide watch while you recover and for about a week after that. Oh, and you've got a new roommate!" He disappeared out the doorway while the nurse took the seat that Cheng had previously occupied.

Oh. Yay. A roommate.

This was definitely going to be longer. I apologize. But because of the reasons stated above, it isn't. Oh well, maybe I'll continue this in the future. Plus, I believe it was a mistake to put original characters in here.

Anyways, hope you've enjoyed it.