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023. Someone I Want To Protect.

He felt that up until this very second he had played this game of chess well. He had only managed to lose two pawns to the enemies. There seemed to be a problem with his queen though, for she refused to move from the square next to him. He knew what the stakes were at this point. He was hoping that they wouldn't have come to be this much, but hell, who was he kidding?

He frowned when it started to rain. He cursed himself, but managed to thank the sky for crying, because he didn't want her to have to cry alone. They stood on the roadside together, him facing her. There could be no easy way to say this. For she knew what the dilema was and why things would have to be this way. He handed her, her bag and as she gripped it, he noticed that her hands were shaking. He tried not to direct his gaze towards her face, for he had the dreaded feeling that she would probably be crying.

"I'm not going, Roy," she protested, yet again. He smiled at her, and could only answer her with, "But you have to," She didn't understand though. She was merily a player in his game, an important one, but still a pawn. He wanted oh so badly for her to stay with him too, but they stakes were so goddamn high.

"I-I don't understand. I told you that I would never leave your side and would protect you," He smiled and her bottom lip trembled just enough for him to notice.

"We talked about this before. I'm just signing you on medical leave until this war is over,"

"But I can fight!" Damn. She made him want to just take her so badly, but she didn't know his future plans to win the match. Besides, he didn't want to lose his queen, for the chances would be toothpick sized for winning. He grabbed a hold of her shoulders and shook her gently. It hurt him oh so much to have to leave her behind, but he only had a limited amount of players. Besides only a few out of his eight pawns were left. He couldn't bear the idea of having to give his queen up to the other side. He whispered words of apologizes and told her once again to stay. He couldn't make out if she was crying or not for the rain was already rolling down her cheeks.

He gave her one last hug and it took them forever to finally kiss each other. She felt weak in the knees, feeling like they were going to give at any moment. He told her to be safe and she could only manage a simple nod. He got into the military issued car and whispered fuck it inside. He rolled down his window and smiled at her. She dropped her bag and ran around to the other side to get in. For now he knew that in this game, if the queen went down so did the king. If they fell to the hands of their enemies they would fall togeter.

Preview of Chapter 24: "They inhaled the evening air."

Dude, I'm so lazy with this.