Chapter 4

War. It really hurts. I'm slipping off. If I let go now... If I let go now...
I could feel tears dripping on me, with the sorrow in it seeping deep into my heart. It hurts. No pain is comparable to this. I can't bear to see you hurt, to leave you, my love. But the world is blurring out, and the barrel is getting empty, I can feel it. Time is running out for me, and for this soil my body will lie upon eternally. With my last ounce of strength, I grasped your hand. Don't cry. I said. We will never be apart. You nodded, blaming it on the sunlight, so bright that your eyes watered. Oh yes, the sunlight. I have to thank it. It's busy craving a path for me, or I would have to find my own way up there, a terrible thought to even bear.
War. I have to let go. They told me there will be no more pain if I do. I'm floating away.
Even so, we will never be apart. I know it. This casing is a mere restriction of our love. You said you would find me, no matter which corner of the world I am in. You're a master of hide-and-seek remember? And you told me there's a secret to winning it. There is something called destiny, which have a tiny thread of red silk bound to us, so that we will never separate. Relieved, I closed my eyes, allowing myself to float weightlessly. Follow the thread will you? I will be here, waiting...