The Soldier and Student's Bonds

[SaphireTsuki]

1) The rating is just in case.


This is the tale of two best friends, a man and woman. The man is planning on going to the US military, leaving his home of Wyoming... and the woman will be remaining in Wyoming t0 finish her college education.


]Long brown hair in a low ponytail, blue eyes, no makeup... boring long-sleeved shirt and pants, and a heavy winter coat, blue scarf to keep her neck warm, and fingerless gloves to let her read. Everything about her read average nerd, even her height- not particularly tall or short - caused one's eyes to slide over her, aided by the thin-wire and thick glasses she wore hiding her eyes. She stood, watching the snow fall, one hand holding her book and a soft smile hidden underneath the scarf. She waited for her friend, book-bag holding other books and her laptop.


The woman is known as Selena, and she is a college student of 22 years.

 

[Paint The Wind]

A man with jet black hair and bright green eyes was bundled in a thick coat and scarf and trudged through the ankle deep snow. He wore black gloves and shuddered from the cold. He smiled when he saw his friend Selena. He hugged her and said "Hey girl! How's school?" He smiled and shivered.


This man is named Keegan Rea, 24 year old fire fighter.

 

[SaphireTsuki]

Selena blushed, but returned the hug with her free hand, careful not to drop the book. Frowning she told him, almost cruelly, "You're late. I told you not to be late, Keegam." Her hand curled into a fist, gathering a bit of his coat underneath it. She'd felt, earlier that day, that something horrible would happen to him... and had worried about it the whole day. And he was late.

 

[Paint The Wind]

He laughed and pinched her cheek. "Is wittle Sewena mad?" He smiled and then his face fell, remebering he had to tell her. "I'm sorry I was late, I has an emergency call from the department." Keegan rubbed his fire head and said "I have to tell you something Selena."

 

[SaphireTsuki]

((Lol, Katrina?))


"Tell me?" She rubbed her cheeks glaring slightly at him for doing that. He knew she had a sensitive face.. though, it did soften when he mentioned the emergency call. So, it'd been an actual reason that he had kept her waiting for so long... and not just because he'd almost forgotten the were going to meet. Good, she could forgive him for that. "Spill it, Keegan. I promise, I'll always be here for you." Even if he never knew why... she still hadn't managed to confess, after all.

 

[Paint The Wind]

"Selena…I've been drafted…" he said softly. She looked down at the snow on the ground and shuffled his feet in it. "I'm leaving in two days, I'm going to be gone for a year. I don't know if I'll make it back." he said solemnly to the girl who had knowing him since she was five and he was seven.


(Sorry! I got distracted.

 

[SaphireTsuki]

"Keegen..." A solid wall of sorrow had forced her voice to be barely above a whisper. She stared at him, blue eyes wide and sad... and hugged him. She launched herself at him, putting all her power into the hug, and let out a large sob, I never got the chance... never got the chance to tell him! "How dayre out! HOW DARE YOU LEAVE BEFORE I CAN...." Another sob, her grip on him tightening, the sound of her book hitting the snow. A sniff, "Before I can confess..."

 

[Paint The Wind]

"I don't have a choice! I was drafted, I have to serve my country. I'm sorry Selena…this is hard for me too. I'm sorry…" he hugged her tightly and laid his head on hers and cried silent tears. "Confess what Selena?" He hugged her gently, tears still rolling down his cheeks.

 

[SaphireTsuki]

"Still..." Another sob, and then, "I... I haven't even told you yet!" She hadn't even told him... and that was what stopped her crying. She pushed him back, looking up with determined, sad eyes, looking for all the world like someone who had only one chance to do something or they'd regret it all their life, and so it was for her. "Keegen, I.... I love you!"

 

[Paint The Wind]

Keegan was shocked and smiled. He looked down at her and cupped her face in his hand. "I've been waiting to hear those words since my freshman year of highschool." He then kissed her lightly on the lips and hugged her close. "I'm sorry that I'm leaving…"

 

[SaphireTsuki]

Now crying out loud she just held onto him, "I... I just couldn't say it. If I'd... If I'd..." Their lack of time was her fault, that it was. But she was still going to cherish the knowledge that he had, for any amount of time, felt the same way. "I'm sorry, Keegan. So sorry..."

 

[Paint The Wind]

He led her tight and said "It's ok…it's ok…" He held her tightly and said "We still have one more day together after today. Do you have school tomorrow?" He asked. Keegan felt horrible for making her cry and wiped the tears from her cheeks with his thumb tenderly. He kissed her cheek and said "Please don't cry…I can't bear it." 
.

 

[SaphireTsuki]

Selena shook her head, "No, I'm free for one more day." A shuddering breath, her leaning into his hand slightly, "W-we should go somewhere today and tomorrow. Do something to give you memories. Something to.... to live for." The anger was coming back, she could feel it, and her glare was returning. "You better live, you hear me! I'll be waiting for you right here, so live you big idiot. I don't care how you do it, but survive!"

 

[Paint The Wind]

"Let's go for a trail ride in the Winds(Wind River Mountains). He smiled at her and said softly "I can't promise I will survive but I will try, I will try as hard as I can. I can't control whether I live or die or whether I get wounded or not." He held her hand and said "I've loved you since I was in highschool…and now it's going to be harder then ever to leave you…but I will try my


Best To make it back." 
( I meant to say this before but she is being so adorable right now)

 

[SaphireTsuki]

A nod, "Let's do that then." Deep breath, he was basically telling her that everything she wanted... had been in front of her, and she'd been too stupid to see it, and take the chance. So, she channeled that to her demand... "I'm the woman you're going to date, and eventually marry. You better survive. If not... I'll never forgive you."

 

[Paint The Wind]

He hugged her and said "Okease don't say that…I can't promise that I won't die. It's dangerous out there, and if I die I die, but I will pray that I can come back and marry the woman I love." He held her tightly and kissed her gently. He then went to the barn and got out his two horses, Wilson and Queen. He handed her Queen's reins after tacking him up and then mounted Wilson. 
Ignore this

 

[SaphireTsuki]

she rubbed her face, wiping off the tears, and nodded. She took the reigns of his horse, jumping up onto it calmly. "You better live." Selena knew she was being unreasonable, and frankly she didn't care. He had to live, or she wouldn't survive. She now knew he was as in love with her as she with him, and....

 

[Paint The Wind]

He smiled and gave Wilson a gentle kick and he trotted off. He patted his horse and then slowed him to a walk. "Selena, please don't say that. It hurts me more then you can believe because I can't promise I will come back and I can't promise I will be the same when I do." 
Again, ignore sorry

 

[SaphireTsuki]

A frown, but she nodded. "I know, it just... it hurts." She gently nudged her horse forward to catch up with him. Once she had reached Keegan and Wilson she slowed her horse down, making it go roughly equal to him. "I don't want to think about it, but..." The moment she'd heard he was drafted she kept imagining all the horrible things that could happen to him. And the images wouldn't. Stop.

 

[Paint The Wind]

"I don't want to think about it either, but let's just forget about it until I leave the day after tomorrow." He smiled at her and as their horse walked next to each other he took her hand and kissed it. He smiled at her and said "I'm so happy you have tomorrow free." 
This is the last time. Ignore please

 

[SaphireTsuki]

((Let's just pretend she had picked up her book and put it in her bag. xD ))


"I am as well." A smile, still hidden behind her scarf. "I'm glad we have time for this, at least." Her gaze went from him to the area in front of her, trying to ensure that she didn't take a wrong turn and hurt the horse. Snow was hard to control, after all.

 

[Paint The Wind]

(Oh yeah xD )


He squeezed her hand gently and rode forward, his horse a hit nervous in the snow but stayed by Queen. Wilson began to canter suddenly and Keegan was dragged along.

 

[SaphireTsuki]

Selena frowned but rushed Queen up to catch the two of them, frowning slightly. "Hey, what's wrong you two?"

 

[Paint The Wind]

Keegan was smiling and said "They don't like the snow. It's scaring them." Wilson took off again and Keegan laughed. "Come on Selena! Race me!"

 

[SaphireTsuki]

A smirk, her scarf falling down just enough to show it, and brought Queen to a run. "You're on, Keegan!"