It was a crisp cold early morning. Though everyone was asleep,one young woman lay awake. A memory has crossed her mind after so many years. It was a delicate memory. It breezed threw her mind and fluttered in her heart.
Xianghua climbed out of bed. She put her gold embroidered flannel slippers on,and her matching sky blue night robe on. She then tip toed out of the room. Being sure not to awaken her husband,Wujin. She walked down the hall and climbed the staircase that led to the roof of the palace. There she looked into the distance. Tears fell from her soft brown eyes and streaked her round cheeks. For she was thinking of him. This was the very same day when they departed. All that was left was his necklace. Thinking on the day,she recalled her realization of his departure.
All the night,she slept with her head resting on his shoulder. Her hand was encircled around his arm. She felt warm through the night. Later,in the morning she awoke to two things. One,an empty chilly bed and two,his blue crystal necklace fastened around her own neck. She sat up and looked around the small room. She listened for a short while,for any sign of his presence. There was nothing. She left the room and walked on to the balcony. She tried to get an overview of the inn's yard. Maybe he would be down there training as he sometimes did. Nope,no sign of him down their either. Xianghua was starting to get worried. "where is Kilik?"she thought to herself.
The sharp thought of his name quickly quieted her mind. She blinked as the memory faded slowly,then disappeared. She wiped the tears from her eyes and chuckled. "really? Am I actually thinking about you?" she solemnly thought. She couldn't believe herself. She couldn't believe she had actually thought of him. Their departure was years ago. Yet here she was:processing the memories she had of him. Was she wishing for his return? One last look at him,perhaps. "NO! I'm not thinking of him",said a voice in her head."yes I am",said another voice in her head. Xianghua hated both voices in her head,so she ignored them. "Why discuss that idi...that foo...that..." She was going to call him something harsh,but for some reason she couldn't. Her heart had hurt. Shakily she slid to the floor. New tears gathered in her eyes and began to flow.
"Why me?",she said aloud with quivering lips. As the morning sun started to rise and part the golden pink sky,she sat there,on her knees,crying.
The question she wanted to ask herself was why had she kept his necklace for so long.
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