Sometimes, when the sea is calm and the sun is hiding behind his waves, Yue affords herself the luxury of remembering. She has seen 20 years and only one of those was far from the North Pole, of her home and yet that year is the one that marks her the most. When she was fifteen, young, naive and scared of the big, bad World, an unexpected alliance was made. She is not fool enough to say that it gave her people hope, for it was too biter for such a benevolent feeling. However, it gave them time.
How fitting that such a weird cooperation was done with a planned betrayal on both sides. How ironic that those most involved were the ignorant pawns played on the whims of others. How surprising that she found companionship there, of all places. How tragic was the endeavor doomed to fail. They were truly, at the end, a tragic pair.
A bittersweet smile finds a home on her face. There is a reason for her dislike of those memories. They always leave her empty, fighting a loneliness that has no place seeking that particular person to soothe her, a person that could never reach her again. But on nights like those, she can't and won't resist the pull of her heart. It's not every day you hear the new of your incoming nuptials, after all.
Some part of her tells her that she should feel grateful because she can regain her honor, like he-.
Except she doesn't care about honor anymore. Hers was sacrificed for the best of her people, like a loyal polar-dog killed by the hand who nurtured it so its owners can survive the harsh winter. His -Well, her opinion doesn't seem to matter in more issues and all that one ever earned her was a grim laugh and a harsh reply. She doesn't even care about tradition or positions of power. No anymora
(More than anything, she fears both)
So she watches the sun sets and remembers a promise, full of foreign beliefs and traditions and denied by all of hers. And she looks back at the short time that it was true. Then, she smiles.
(It tastes like a farewell, bitter and unwelcome on her tongue. She doesn't stop smiling until the sun is completely gone)