Prologue

Lien

I stayed back from the hugging and kissing. I wanted no part of it. He was leaving. His girlfriend was hugging him, but she shot me a glance that told me she wasn’t sure of what she was doing.

I sighed and dug my hands into my pockets. After Jeena, his girlfriend, had finally finished hugging him, I walked up to him. He raised his arms to hug me, but I kept my hands in my pockets.

“I’m going to miss you,” I said, refusing to look at him, at least not his face. I could almost see him looking at me questioningly, wondering why I, one of his closest friends, didn’t want a hug from him.

“I’m going to miss you, too. Take care of Jeena for me,” he said. Damn you, Kay. I was always the one who had to take care of his girlfriend. Why couldn’t he tell her to take care of me? But no, it was always about his precious girlfriend.

“I will.” I was the last one to say goodbye to him. At least that much was granted to me. My heart was breaking. He was leaving and he would be gone for four years. He’d change. He wouldn’t be the same, sweet Kay I knew for so long. War does that to people.

He turned to leave. I couldn’t bear it. I grabbed his shirt.

“Don’t go,” I said, horrified to realize that my voice was choked with tears. I had sworn to myself that I wouldn’t cry, that I wouldn’t tell him not to leave.

“Lien… I have to go.” He turned around to face me. I hugged him finally, crying on his shirt. He hugged me back, enveloping me with his warmth. I looked up at his face. He was fighting back tears, too. My eyes strayed from his eyes to his lips. Those lips I had always wanted to kiss. And who knew? I might never kiss them. He might die and I’d never see him again, never hold him again. I fell for the trap Satan set for me.

Impulsively, stupidly, I kissed him. I kissed him in front of his girlfriend, his friends, and his family. Right on those lips…

Then I realized what I was doing. He was shocked; I could read it in his face. He released me from the hug and I ran. I hid myself in the girls’ bathroom, crying my eyes out. I didn’t see him leave.

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Kay

I was shocked that she kissed me. Sure, I knew that she liked me for a while, but I thought she had gotten over it. She had been so happy that Jeena and I had gotten together. Had she always been hiding it?

“So, who was the pretty girl that kissed you? Your girlfriend?” the guy who sat next to me asked, trying to be friendly. I’m pretty sure that he was trying to smile, but he looked more like he was leering.

“No,” I answered shortly. I really didn’t want to talk about it. Jeena… I missed her already. Not even five minutes and I missed her. It was weird though. Lien was the only one that said, “Don’t go.” Not even Jeena had said it.

Damn, everything was messing with my mind. I wanted to go back, to find out what was wrong with everything. Why did it have to be on the day I left? I should have been able to leave with a clear conscious. At least there wouldn’t be time to worry about it when I was fighting. That was the only consolation there was to this situation.

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I admit, that is short. Unfortunately, the chapters to this story aren't too much longer. Well, maybe a bit. Updates to this story will be slow, as I have a priority for "Powers." That is something you can view on my other account. Where do you find it? Well, it's on the favorites list of this account. Trust me, that story's much better. This is just something for my raw emotions.

Please be kind to my baby. I really do love this story.

- Empathetic Angel