Your muse finds mine lying on the floor; bleeding, bruised, with a bullet wound in their side; they’re dying. What does your muse do?As Normal Zhou Yu.
The strategist was facing his limit now… the limit of his power to protect the dearest people he had. His limit was that he could not protect everyone at the same time, that his plans could fail sometimes… The limit of being human. But still, he could not believe what happend in front of him. He could not believe that he has been unable to do anything to prevent it.
“Xiao–!” She was falling before him and, as he was still surrounded by their enemies, he gained a sudden extra of strenth to get rid of them quicker, after what he ran to his beloved wife lying on the floor, dropping himself on his knees next to her frail and bleeding body.
He was hesitant at first, trembling hands wanting to check the damages caused on herThe only thing he could do for now was taking her in his arms, not too tight. he gently and carefully wrapped his arms around her to bring her closer, raising slowly her body to rest her head against his chest. She could hear his heart go so fast, every beat bearing an heavy guilt and so much concern, with the fear of losing his precious love.
“This… This is why I told you to–” He stopped right on his thought… it was useless to blame her for this, so useless, she was already in pain and it would not change anything. He was the one to blame this time, maybe if he agreed to her asking to come with him, he could have know where she was, she would be safe and accompanied… but here he did not give up and she found a way to follow them anyway… and there was the dramatic result.
He could not help but hold her closer, tighter, still trying to not cause more pain, his sight getting blurry with tears that he usually don’t want to release in front of their opponents, but here he was completly unable to handle his sorrow. Yet… he still had to stand with that lost and he knew that. “I am… so sorry, my dear…” tearful eyes trying to hold it back looked at the young girl as he brushed away some hair from her face.
He knew that it was too late, that there was no more hope for her but he did not want to leave her. He tried to smile very slightly to reassure her, a very sad smile, the only thing he could try to share with a so cheerful mind as the one she had. “I wish….” He tried to calm down his trembling voice. “I wish to meet you… in our next life, so…. wait for me.” He said as he held one of her hand to kiss it gently, closing his eyes, what made a single tear fall on her pale skin. “I will always love you, Xiao… with all my heart” He kept her hand against his face, just staying with her until her last breath.