Butterflies

Good bye, but not for forever

Jason's P.O.V

  She fell asleep as I said it.

"I'm sorry Mai. I have to break our bond."

I was hoping that she didn't hear it. She would have know what I had gotten us into. I couldn't believe I had let my feeling for her catch up to me. I made this bond with her thinking I could handle it, but in the end I fell in my own plan.

As much as I hated it I had to take her back. She couldn't stay here. And once I got her back to where she belonged I would remove everything that she remembers of me. Everything but the mark on her hand. I'll leave it hoping one day she'll remember me. 

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Once I had gotten Mai out of the woods I had one of the butterflies lead me to her home. I was hoping that it was late enough that her mother wouldn't be up.

I was surprised she had stayed asleep the whole time I had her.

As we reached her house I snuck through the window of her room and placed her on her bed. I wrote a note explaining to her everything that she would need to know. I placed it on the bedside table she had. Now I had to break the bond and make her forget everything.

I didn't want to say it out loud to her. I didn't feel it was the right time. I grabbed the note from the table and wrote three simple words at the bottom.

-I love you.

Writing them wasn't as easy as saying it. In fact it hurt worse. The mark on her hand began to vanish but as soon as I touched it it stopped. This was the only thing I would let her have of me. Our mark, so odd that the shape was indescribable. A shape so bizarre it had no name.

"One day Mai we will meet again. And at first glance you may not remember me but soon enough you will. Good bye, but not for forever."

I walked from her bed back to the window. I took one more look at her before I left. She looked so peaceful. Without knowing I let the words slip from my mouth.

"I love you Mai."

I hopped out the window and ran back into the woods. I would miss her. But this was for the best. We both had our lives that we lived and I couldn't take her away from hers.

I had made it back to the willow and the sun was starting to rise. Mai would soon wake and find that she is in her own room and that there is a note left for her from someone she no longer knew. She would be back in her mother's care where she could have a good meal and not some mushrooms that we had searched for. Her life was better here.

I entered the willow and the butterflies were all on the trunk of the tree. They were asking why I took her back. The question stung worse than 10,000 wasp. I didn't want to talk about it. I couldn't even sleep on it. My life was at a low point and I didn't know what to do with myself. So I just sat there and watched as the butterflies headed out to do whatever it was they did while they were away from the willow. The mood in this placed changed. When Mai had arrived the willow was lively and cheerful. She brought something here that no one else could.

I stopped. I couldn't keep thinking about her. I was making myself feel guilty. Maybe I needed to forget her too.

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Author: so yes this whole chapter is Jason talking/thinking whatever you want to call it.

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