Soldier Keep On Marching On

Leave Out All The Rest

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared
After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here?

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Aiden hummed as she finished folding and putting away the last shirt in her laundry pile. Work had kept her so busy that her home looked like a tornado blew through. She was happy that she could clean the entire place on her first day off. Even if it did take all day, she thought as she glanced out the window to stare at the starry sky.

A few weeks had passed since the incident with Roy and the bruising around her neck had faded drastically. There was no more need for the neckerchief so she switched to a small amount of concealer she'd borrowed from Gracia. Aiden estimated that she'd only need it for a few more days, tops.

The other incident however... well, they'd never had the chance to talk about what happened. Riza and Jean could guess what happened but neither would bring it up. Especially at work.

Roy had tried cornering Aiden a few times but she was either too busy or she'd scurry off to some unknown location. Aiden just wasn't sure what to do around the man! She'd been so careful tiptoeing around him and then he went and did that and she'd responded! Forget keeping the timeline intact for just a moment and she was acting like a nervous schoolgirl! Aiden groaned, she was hopeless.

A quick trip to the fridge and Aiden's arms were full of ingredients to cook chicken strips and corn on the cob. There was enough for a few people. She frowned.

This job Truth had her on would never allow her to have a family like Maes. Not until the very end and maybe not even then. How was she supposed to tell a person where she was from? If she couldn't be one hundred percent honest with her husband, then it would be just like lying! Yet a part of her craved the idea of having a family of her own like she once did. Something she would never have again. Aiden wanted to be responsible for another person again. Especially her own child... but she would never have it. All because she could never be honest.

It was only a matter of time before her friends left her too. They all had lives to live and Aiden would be stuck in the path as they walked ahead. They wouldn't notice she was behind because they would all think she was right behind them. Even Roy would move on without her.

Aiden scoffed, she was such a pessimistic person. It wasn't like she was intentionally clawing away at her self-esteem; she was just facing the facts! There would come a time when no one would need her and she'd be left alone. To live out the rest of her days in solitude. It didn't matter how or when.

Aiden punched the wall next to her, barely flinching at the pain. Punching a wall wasn't the best stress reliever, anyone knew that. She pulled her hand away and glanced down in disinterest at her knuckles.

She sighed and got back to her task and just as she went to turn on the oven a knock sounded from her door. She vaguely wondered who would knock at such a time and somehow it wasn't surprising to see Roy standing in her doorway. The thing that did surprise her, however, was Riza standing behind him, and she could see Falman and a suit of armor as well.

"Well this is unexpected," she admitted, staring at the four.

"Sorry to barge in like this, but there was nowhere else we could go," Roy apologized.

Aiden stared at them for a moment longer and opened the door for the quartet to walk in. Roy nodded in thanks and Riza and Falman gave looks of apology. The suit of armor came in last and looked over the apartment before his eyes settled on her. Aiden noted the large knife he was holding.