A letter to my 13 year old me V


Characters: Jun Li, mentions of Jun Yao, Fu and other bodyguards
Timeline: Post-Promised Day


Dear Jun Li,

You know that your family disagrees with your choice to continue to serve the emperor. You are so close to giving in. The only thing that keeps you at his side is that you know that he trusts you more than he trusts anyone else. Leaving now would mean to betray the man you vowed to stay loyal to until the end.

You are no one who breaks a promise. You are one of the people who would keep a promise even when it means sure death. You know that the promise you gave seven years ago can kill you easily. Just one kunai straight to your heart – and you would fall down and never get up again.

Still … you are not worried. You know the danger and you decided that it would be worth it.

Stay strong, Jun Li, and protect the Golden Dragon. He needs someone like you, someone with the strength to disobey orders to follow him.

Follow him. He is worth your loyalty. He sees you as your own person … not as your father's daughter. And he can understand you even when you say nothing at all. He knows that you are suffering and that your heart aches at night when you are all alone in your little room. But it is not your place to complain. You knew the price. You knew that it would cost your youth. You knew that it will cost your future. You knew that you would probably never get married … but that does not matter. You really should never care about the things other people say: he does care about you. You are not just a tool to him. He respects your personality.

Jun Li – waitress of the Golden Dragon, favourite restaurant of Fuhrer Grumman