Be My Soldier Forever

Ep. 12

The door opened and Alex entered the room with his head bowed. There was a visit for him, and who would the person visit him? Her parents? His brothers? Or is it..

"Alex.." The voice came with a whisper of agony in his ear.

He looked up to see his mother crying.

"Mother" he said, as his eyes watered, he could not bear to see her sad and consider it all his fault.

"I'm fine, ma'am" she said.

"I'm not.." the woman cried as she ran in front of Alex and hugged him tightly."

"I'm sorry to have you all in this state." She said she was sad while hugging her mother back.

"Don't worry, it's not your fault, son!" Someone added. That's Alex's father.

"We are all fully convinced that you will recover in no time. My son is a soldier, he's a strong man!" Said.

"I will do my best to get better quickly."

Alex forced a smile as he reluctantly broke his embrace with his mother and smiled at them.

"Alex," a girl's voice sounded behind him.

It was the voice of his sister, Sarah.he was 22 years old, but Alex always thought that she looked like a child.

"Hey," Alex laughed as tears streamed down his cheeks, "come here!"

They both laughed and hugged, but Sarah was crying too, she knew it.

They all sat at a large table in the same room. It seems everyone is serious, but Alex is eager to ask questions.

"Darling, your brother is busy working abroad. I didn't tell him what happened to you." Mother confessed.

"You did it right, ma'am." Alex nodded, "about it, he would leave his job to come see me if he found out. I don't want him to worry. You shouldn't have told Sarah either."

"Heyyy!" The girl looked at him with a shocked expression on her face, "are you serious Alex? It's my right to know this."

"You're in college and you have to concentrate on your studies and nothing else." Her brother added in a serious tone.

"We didn't want to tell him, but he heard everything when the General came to tell us about what happened to you." His mother explained sadly, "but look on Alex's good side, you're getting more support you know son, we're all here for you."

"I know," Alex nodded, "Thank you."

After a moment of silence and hesitation, Alex finally gathered the courage to ask them a question.

At that moment, the silence was extremely tense. Everyone avoided his eyes and Alex felt heartbroken, which was how he felt. Broken up!

After taking a deep breath, his mother looked at him with regretful eyes and said, "Honey, he's gone. He went to singapore"

"But why?" alex asked with tears.

"Keep your heart together, boy!" His father spoke with a deep breath, "i'll tell you."

It was 11am and Alex was still in the visiting room. Why did he spend so much time, Anastasya could not bear to wait any longer. Now that he was cured, he had no more business in the hospital except to wander around.

"Why is he old skali?" Anastasya asked himself.

He paced nervously in the park while looking at the door of the visiting hall several times open and closed each time.

Bored, he went to sit under the tree looking at the flowers that were swaying gently back and forth by the gentle wind.

As Anastasya looked up again, he saw Alex coming towards him. The visit was over and he didn't even notice it.

"Alex, I.." he happily started the conversation but without seeing it, Alex passed him and went to the pool.

Curious and slightly injured, Anastasya stood up and followed him. Maybe he didn't see it.

Anastasya went to the pond and saw him sitting on a large rock, and buried his face in his hands.

"Alex," he said quietly and he sat down next to her. He took his hand gently from his face and what he saw, made his heart break into pieces. His eyes were red and filled with tears.

"What's going on?" Anastasya asked him, his voice filled with worry..

"I just want to be alone." Alex stopped and stood up, looking ahead of him.

"Have you met your family?" Anastasya began as she stood up as well, "You miss them so much?"

Alex looked at him with a sad smile and said while looking down "Yes.."

Anastasya said nothing after that. They just shut up. Alex was crying because he had just seen his family. He's emotional, isn't he? Or for some other reason? Anastasya could not ask him, he looked very hurt to answer the question now..

Maybe I shouldn't have gotten involved in his personal matters but, I have to make him smile again, it won't hurt anyone. Anastasya.

And suddenly something that he had forgotten long ago appeared in his mind.

Yeah, that would make him happy. Well, at least he would forget whatever made him sad, he thought happily.