The light coming through the window, who’s laying down beside her, has been looking at her wavy bloody hair for a couple of minutes until he decides to touch her closed eyes, she wakes up and her obsidian eyes meet him once again.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi7k8JbnaT
“James…” Anais says moving her hand up and down across the bed looking for something or someone. Feeling nothing she sat up looking at the empty side of the bed until her alarm went off.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgYZR5TN19P
“I miss him. I should probably text him,” she turned around and was about to take her phone until she sneezed making almost all the mucus in her nose come out.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm4f5gy6m3
“Great, now I’m sick,” she says with one hand on her face and the other under her chin, preventing herself from making a mess.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOf9NRDsxl5
Finishing cleaning that sticky situation she got out of the bathroom rapidly, but her line of thinking stopped the moment she stood out of the bathroom.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSuRqgijfd
“I was about to do something with my phone… What was it?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UyI8XTiZF
Remembering that she had forgotten something but not knowing what it is, recently became normal to her and with no intentions of dealing with it at 7 in the morning she continues her day.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXIiv7wPBD
‘I want some tea,’ with this in mind she headed down to the kitchen and prepared some apple tea for herself while thinking about what she had to do for the day, until someone knocked on her front door, she got up and opened the door just to see a 5ft 9 looking blond child and of course she knew who he was.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxdd3w7kXy1
“I finished my service in the military a long time ago and I’m unable to return due to my condition so leave, Ethan,” she says coldly to him while shutting the door on his face with the intention of not letting him even speak.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc9wnh3mNw
“Wait!” He stops the door from closing with his shoe, “I just wanna ask some questions and then I’ll leave quietly.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhy4ori8AZ
She didn’t open the door but rather started to put more pressure, “How many questions?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK22EpKP7rV
Feeling the pain he responds rapidly, “Three, only three questions.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgDF2LH6zA
“Alright, come in,” she stops adding pressure and lets him in.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJfOiPlJ2s
‘How did he find me?’ She thought to herself.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwE5XxQuPF3
After he entered she closed the door and sat down at the table with her tea in hand, Ethan on the other hand couldn’t stop looking at her and he made it so obvious.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQ79eRGsH2
She took a sip of the tea and then put it down, “Quit staring at me and sit down.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGNTlubYbM
“It's just hard, it has been a long time since the last time I saw you,” he says sitting down, “and it was even harder to find you.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9g3sPvL0x
She crossed her legs, “I know, that’s why I can’t figure out how you find me.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIbfB1KZ8Pq
A visible awkward silence sat between them.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAnRh1uNpR
“How have you been? To be honest I couldn't bring myself to imagine you in casual clothes, neither the others, talking about them, Lisa—”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gXLyfC9GQ
“Can you get straight to the point, Ethan,” she interrupted him.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJpuCgtc4x
“Anais, you…” Ethan says, surprised by her rude and cold attitude, “does my presence irritate you that much?” His voice changed.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ594uS2JhU8
She took the last sip of the tea and got up, “Didn't I teach you not to ask questions if you already know the answer?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡay60qDenCx
“Yeah but—”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSYY9Tt8t2
“If you are finished with your questions please leave I got stuff to do,” she once again interrupted him while putting the cup in the sink.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1sYN3yoJSb
Ethan turns around and looks at her in frustration and anger, “Why did you leave the army and abandon your people?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvwrtBzt9c
She rested her body in the sink and crossed her arms, “I left the army because my stupid 2nd husband left me to die in the territory of the enemy, since ‘it was useless the thought of saving my life’ I quote. And I left the army because one of the enemies saved my life, so yeah, the people that I was supposed to protect betrayed me and the people who I was supposed to kill saved my life.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPGrCwObCm6
Ethan didn’t know how to respond or even act to this, Anais just stood quietly looking at him struggling with her truth until someone knocked the door, she walked to the entrance and opened the door.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjoXHaYrD6
“James…?” Her eyes widened in surprise to see him.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfwmQn39Qm
“We’re not finished talking,” Ethan says pointing a gun to her head, “I got one last question. Yes, Gabriel abandoned you to die but why didn't you come back after his death in that plane crash? Don’t you love us?”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8emRuN5Hq3
“I suggest to you that if you are not ready to die don’t point a gun at me,” she calmly said.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSed5b6OwaK
“I entered the army knowing that I could die one day, I'm not scared of—”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWTOKz4776
Before Ethan could finish his sentence a bullet passed through his head painting the floor red. Anais didn’t flinch, neither cared about this, she just took a last glance at who once was her disciple and redirected all her attention to James who’s looking at the now dead body.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoTE1gZb9c
She extends her arms and puts her hands on his face, calling for his eyes, “Why are you here? Don’t you have a mission?” She asks slightly mad but in a caring tone.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlE8jJNi0Tn
“You didn’t text me a good morning today so I grew worried,” James responded instantly and honestly.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbXUcVt8XZ
With her left hand she caresses the part of the scar that the patch can’t hide, “I’m sorry, in the morning I got a little sick and I forgot to text you, I made some tea so now I feel better.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJODf4D8q1
He touches her hand gently, he knows that she blames herself for that scar, “I got this scar on my own, I wanted to kill that bastard and I did so don’t blame yourself for my decisions.”256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYVuSR53sa
She let out a sigh in resignation, “I missed you James,” she gave him a soft smile.256Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF9iYrnVvW9
Without taking his eyes from her he responded, “I missed you too.”
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