"I'm exhausted. I can't move. " chan-ri whined. Both of the girls faced each other lying on the edges of their beds. It was about 2 in the morning.
"so you can't sleep either. " jisoo muttered. Eyes closed.
"no. " chan-ri replied short. Giving up the hope for jisoo to respond she looked at her face focusing on her soft features in the dim moonlight coming from the window.
"do you remember.. " she started in a conversational manner. "mhm" jisoo hummed.
"when we were brought here and after two days of it we refused to have.. You know.. Sex? "she stopped. Glancing at jisoo. "yea.. "
Getting a response from her she started again. "and they punished us and made us starve for a week until we gave up."
" yea what about it? " asked jisoo, trying to find the little trace of sleep. Her body craved for rest. "nothing just go to sleep. You need it. " chan-ri turned around and laid straight on her back. She really didn't want to keep jisoo up to divert her own mind from feeling the pain.
"why did you stop? I'm listening. " a low whisper came out in a few minutes. A quick smile played on chan-ri's lips.
"I heard major Kim came into our camp today? "
Jisoo's eyes flung open, widely. "mhm" her response was short.
"did he..you know? "
"no. " a response came quicker than expected.
"really? " chan-ri again faced her roomate. "is he young and handsome just like everyone says? " she asked. Her eyebrows jumped in curiosity.
"why does it matter? " responded jisoo.
"I heard he is so handsome. So many woman desire to have sex with him. They fantasise him. "
Jisoo's eyes looked at her roomate in disbelief. "Is it? He's still an imperial soilder. He's still our enemy. Still from the rapists. " her chest rose from the anger. Her breath became heavy.
"I know. But he didn't force himself on You. "
"stop justifying him. We don't know him. We've never seen him before today. Plus he came with the intention. I don't know what made him change his mind later. It doesn't make him a saint. Besides he's a Major if he wanted to, he would make these comfort stations abolish and let us go back to our homes."
"you're right. No one is different here. " a dissapointed sigh escaped chan-ri's mouth.
"good night jisoo. " she mumbled.
"sleep well. "
Even though jisoo tried to remain calm about it. Deep down it had been bothering her all day. Was he really different from these animals or not? But what bothered her the most was, what made him leave? Of course she hadn't witnessed such generosity since the day she was brought into this hell but all she knew about major Kim Taehyung was that he was equally responsible for all this. If not her, there would be some other comfort Woman. Maybe she wasn't his type. Maybe he had a specific taste and certainly had a privilege over all other soilders to choose or even keep one only for himself if he wanted to because of his higher rank.
He was in authority to help all these women like chan-ri like her. But why would he help us? Why would he do that?
A question that she had no answer to. And to her in conclusion, Major Kim wasn't any different.
