Please Be Safe

For the first time since I arrived here, I was awake to send Ren off in the morning. Except, today, I was sending him off to the frontline of the battle. It wasn’t that I woke up earlier than usual today to send him off. The truth was that I didn’t catch a wink of sleep last night. Even after we had sex, I still couldn’t go to sleep. The moment Ren got up, was the moment that I also got up.

“Ren…please come back safe,” I said softly.

“I will,” Ren replied without any worry in his voice.

“I’ll be waiting for you…” I said before offering him a weak smile.

“I know. Don’t worry,” Ren said reassuringly.

It easier said than done. How does he expect me not to worry about him?

There wasn’t enough time for us to share more words. Ren was in a hurry to leave, and I knew that I had to let him leave sooner or later. I watched with a sinking heart as Ren walked away from the tent. For all that I knew, this might be the last time that I see him…

That bitter thought haunted me and followed me