See You Soon, Soldier (Ambience Series #1)

Prologue

"Not done yet?" I glanced up at my soldier.

He looked down on me and gave me a small chuckle before kissing my forehead. Bumalik ang atensyon niya sa ginagawa.

I returned my gaze to our view. The ocean of clouds and the setting sun.

Ilang segundo pa ay binalik ko ang tingin ko sa kanya. Tinitigan ko siya ng matagal.

He's busy making me a flower crown. He took different flowers from my garden for this. Seryoso ang mukha niya habang iniisa-isang tinatali ang mga bulaklak sa isa't isa.

After what happened inside his tent, I began to count every second I could have with him. Not because I'm dying but because he'll be leaving soon.

To do his duty for the world, and to risk his life, again.

Maybe I don't have a place in the world but, I know where I can find a home.

Hindi ko alam na gumuhit na pala ang ngiti sa labi ko habang pinagmamasdan siya.

He took a glimpse at me and raised a brow. He smirked. "Enjoying the view, miss?"

Tumango ako. "Yes, sergeant."

Lumapad ang ngiti niya. I missed his smiles like that. I wish I could see more of it before he goes.

"Looks like you prefer me than the sunset now." aniya at kumindat pa.

Napailing ako at bumaba ang tingin sa mga pinitas niyang mga bulaklak ko at napanguso. He said that it's time to create something out of my hardwork on keeping them alive.

I feel bad for my flowers. After all the years of keeping them attached to the ground. Hindi ko aakalaing napapayag ako ng sundalong ito na pitasin sila para sa gagawin niyang koro-korona.

Nasa itaas na burol kami ngayon na malapit sa daluyan ng ilog. Nakalatag ang kumot sa inuupuan namin at nakaharap sa papalubog na araw.

This is the place where my dead tree is. It wad still standing, but only with a few branches left. Umawang ang baba ko nang mapansin ang isang bagay sa lugar.

This.. this is where we met.

**

Many people never knew who I am.

But some do.

In the posters of tall buildings, news in flash reports, in famous articles and in a soldier's mission.

I am the girl, walking with a deadly virus inside me. Infectious, uncurable. I've been stuck with this sickness in my entire life. I've recieved all the hatred that ever existed all over the world.

So I escaped.

Or better yet, I tried. To somehow live a 'life'. I don't have a place in the world because of what I have, most people would say. Maybe they were right. I don't have a place in the world.

And then I met him. In the land of up, up, and far away.

I am not a soldier like him. But I did fought for many things, including 'us'.

I didn't expect for chances anymore. To have a better life, a normal life, and a life where I can have freedom to hold him, even if it's just for a day.

But it's always going to be soon. Always soon, and I will wait for that day, and when it comes, it will be soon again. And it will repeat.

In life, we fight for the things that has worth in the end. Nevermind those who hadn't. Nevermind those who are useless. Nevermind those without benefits. That's a natural thing to humans.

But I'm Bellemy Rose Grimaldi. I have a small garden, an amazing mother, a tragic fate, and one fighting soldier.

I have a small life. A limited one, a hidden one, a different kind of life. And I didn't have a choice but to live it because it's mine.

I'm not going to say that when I die, I will choose this life again. No, I won't. It's been one hell of a ride for me, for us. I would be lying if I will say that I can handle another life like this. I barely lived it well.

Worth. That's something I don't have and I would never deserve to have. But he came to let me know that he's mine. And I'm his.

Until my last breath. Until I see him soon, again.

***

To the mountain,

-kimsyzygy