"Seina! Oh, Seina!" The voice sounded familiar. Who was the person who had that voice? I can't recall anything.
I lied on the dirty ground stained with crimson. Breathing hurts. It was getting harder to breathe. Each time my chest heaved up and down, a sharp pain stabbed my moral lungs. I think I saw the gates of heaven as I blinked and choked out little words before I closed my eyes. Letting agony sink into my bones and crush it. "Let Him forget about me… Let Him know how much I love Him even if I die… Don't turn back… Never search for me when… I'm gone…"
Heavy footsteps were rushing toward me. Words were popping in and out from my ears, singing a sad lullaby to me.
"Seina! Don't you dare die on us again!" I was roughly pulled into someone's arm.
I stared at the faces surrounding me. Kija… Shinah…. Yoon and…. Hak…
"I'm sorry. Please, just end it for me. End my life. I can no longer live a day knowing that death is hanging on my back." I cried out, moving my hand to press on a bleeding wound.
"Seina…"
I know this voice.
"... Why do you torture yourself like this?"
It was my love. He voice was broken and hurt.
"Give her to me." Jaeha sucked up his broken heart and held me in his arms. His strong and secured arms were protectively holding me. "How hard are you trying to die? I will be there when you're sad. Please, just open up to me…!" His voice cracked, and I felt droplets of wet tears landing on my face.
I touched his cheek with my warm hands. "Jaeha…" My voice was raspy. We were alone. "You are an amazing man who can have someone better than me. More beautiful and intelligent. I am nothing compared to the women you flirt with."
Jaeha vigorously shook his head in disagreement. "Listen to me, Seina." His voice was firm and attentive to the ears. "You were the Angel who came to me one cold night and gave me your cape. I will never forget that moment." My eyes widened. I didn't think he would remember since he was sleeping. "You are my beautiful woman, my intelligent woman, my kind woman, and my loving woman." His face lowered to mine, our lips barely touching. "You'll always be my woman until time ends. You're a rare beauty that I won't find in other women. You have so much on your shoulders, yet you still stand tall and laugh. No one had self sacrifice themselves more than you did. But why do you not love yourself? Take a step back from the door of death and come back into my arms to live another day of happiness with me, because I need you." His beautiful purple eyes were on the verge of tears again. His talkative mouth was quivering as it tried to smile through the hard pain of sadness. It kept on twitching so it could frown.
"I can't keep living if I know one of us will die. I can't bare the thoughts of us dying on our duty to protect Princess. Our love is on the line. I can't… I don't want to suffer no more when I know the next lineage of your clan will come. It is selfish of me, but let's just end this so in another lifetime… We can finally be together without no rules. A place and time when we are free from anything, and nothing will harm us." I fear I was breathing in my last words. "I…" I pressed my hands tight against the bleeding wound. "... love you so much. I-in another life, I promise…! We'll love each other again!" Tears were running down my face and my breath started to die down. "But my time is running u-up…"
Why does my heart ache when I know I'm near death with my lover? Why does it not ache when I want to die alone? Is it because I was dying in my lover's arms and I knew he would miss me?
Jaeha broke into a sobbing mess and kissed me one last time. His warm lips were latching onto mine as my last breathe drew away when he pulled back.
Jaeha POV:
She stopped breathing when I pulled back from the desperate. Her steel grey eyes were closed and at peace. I didn't know what to do now. My heart was just broken and lost. My lover has died.
"Jaeha…" I looked up to see Yona standing at the sideline, crying. She saw everything. "I don't know how to comfort you…!" She came to my side and hugged me. Everyone came to hug me. That is what they could do to help me cope my pain.
Shortly after a few days of Seina's death, it was time to bury her.
She was beautiful in a white dress. Her soul was at peace… except mine.
How could I go on…?
"Jaeha," Hak finally said my real name instead of the nickname he always called me. "I-it's time." Hak was indeed showing his true emotion, but was holding them back.
Tears flowed down my face. "Hak," I looked over at him with a teary smile. "It's okay to cry, because I'm crying too! We can all cry together!"
The beautiful woman was now lying underneath the dirt, deep in the earth now. I hope we meet in afterlife— or another life.
"Goodbye, my love."
Modern Time (Jaeha POV):
I was at a festival, roaming around since I separated myself from my group of friends. There was a lot of people at the festival.
It was the celebration of the Four Dragons and King Hiryuu. This special celebration has always been a tradition for Kouka ever since this land was founded and formed into what we have now.
I walked around the food stands to find a beautiful woman ordering tteok. She smiled when she got her snack and said thanked the worker. My heart raced when we made eye contact, her steel grey eyes and my purple eyes crossed over each other. My heart jumped up to my throat, and I said to myself, "I guess this is what love at first sight feels like."
I found myself chasing after the woman who stole my heart. "Hey…!" I kept on trying to get her attention through the crowded place, but there were so many people here that I lost her in the crowd. "She's gone." I mumbled in defeat.
There was no way I could find her through this big crowd of people… That would be impossible. I guess I'll never find the woman.
I forcefully dragged my body to sit down on a chair. I was pissed that I didn't get to introduce myself to her… I lost my chance.
"Hey, you!"
I ignored the call because I thought it wasn't for me since there was many people walking and sitting around.
"You, there sitting alone!"
"Who's calling me?" I asked myself, and turned around to see the woman I chased after.
"Listen, you creep-" Her mouth opened to threaten me, but I interrupted her before she could finish.
"Have we met before? You look very familiar." I squinted my eyes and tilted my head to the side, still gazing at her familiar features.
"No, I believe not." She shook her head.
So I stuck my hand out to introduce myself to her. "The name is Jaeha. Yours?"
She unsurely extended her hand out and shook it firmly. "Seina." It was the woman of my dream: ombre hair, steel grey eyes, and beautiful smile but she wasn't smiling at me.
"It's nice to meet you."
"Umm… I guess it's also nice to meet you?"
A/N: Yep, it ended sadly in the ancient era… But hey! They get to meet each other in another life so it's not that bad.
If you guys are up to seeing how the modern Jaeha and Seina get together then, I might make another book… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It really depends on you readers, if you guys are wanting to read it and continue their love story in the modern era.
