The morning came and the birds started singing the songs of love , the sun was shining brightly ,it was not too hot , the breeze that accompanied the sun rays made it a perfect morning . The Eunuch was outside the General's chamber basking in the sunshine, when the General called him in.
"My lord ,is there anything I can do to help you", the eunuch asked .
"Hmm, take this" , the General stated and gave him a blue envelope, "give it to Hyuk".
"Is everything okay my lord , what's in this envelope?". The Eunuch asked panicking.
"I told you to give it to Hyuk" , The General said in a stern tone.
"Okay ,my lord" , the eunuch said and almost ran to Hyuk's room in the servant quarters , there Hyuk and Jin-He were sitting together , talking about something seriously.
"Hyuk", the eunuch called as he opened the door hysterically.
"What happened uncle , are you okay", Hyuk asked as he saw the worried expression on the eunuch's face.
"Here , read it , the General told me to give it to you , hurry open it and tell me , what is written inside", The Eunuch said.
"What is it?", Hyuk asked .
"I don't know ,the General told me to give it to you" , the eunuch answered.
"What Is it, my death warrant" , Hyuk asked angrily.
"Hyuk ,shut up and take it already", Jin-He said now more worried then the eunuch.
Hyuk took the envelope from the eunuch and opened it , Jin-He and eunuch sat in front of him , looking at his mouth focused , Hyuk looked at the two of them and unfolded the letter and started reading it in a low voice.
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My precious Hyuk ,
I am sorry for last night , i should not have acted like that.
I know it must have been hard for you to live alone here without me but I didn't have a choice , i couldn't take you with me as the dangers in a battle are enormous and honestly I didn't want you to see me with blood on my hands ,i didn't want you to be afraid of me so the best choice was to leave you behind , but believe me in these two and a half years .
"Hyuk what is written in the letter?", Jin-He asked as she saw tears welling up in Hyuk's eyes.
"Can you two please leave now?", Hyuk asked in a soft and gentle voice like he was pleading .
The Eunuch and Jin-He shared a look and said in unison.
"Okay, but please tell us later ,okay"
"Hmm", Hyuk hummed and after seeing those two leave the room ,he started reading the letter again.
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In these two and half years , there was not a day when I did not think about you , there was not a night when I didn't want to hug you and sleep , there was not a minute or second when I didn't want to come back , several times I was at my deathbed ,many of my own people betrayed me, but everytime I thought I was going to die , i would see your crying face asking me to come back, so I could not die , i wanted to live not because I love my life ,but because I love you , love you a lot , love you to moon and back , i know all these sound like an excuse for leaving you behind but they are true but even after reading this if you want to punish me for leaving you behind , i will accept it gladly but please don't say ,I don't love you , please don't hate me.
General Lee Byung-Ho.
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Hyuk folded the letter back and put it inside the blue envelope and came out of his room.
"Where are you going ,Hyuk?", the eunuch asked seeing him come out of his room.
"Where is the General?", Hyuk asked.
"Hyuk , is everything alright ,please don't fight again with the General ,he is already very tired." The Eunuch said.
"We didn't fight last night , where is he?" , Hyuk asked again.
"He is in his chamber" , the Eunuch answered sighing at his life.
"Okay , thank you", Hyuk said and ran to the General's chamber , he opened the door without asking and stood in front of him , looking at him in the eyes.
The General looked at him and then the envelope in his hand .
"I am here to punish you", Hyuk said determined.
"I am ready to recieve any kind of punishment , please tell me what do I need to do" , the General asked sincerely.
Hyuk looked at him for a moment and then threw himself on the General and hugged him tightly.
"Your punishment is that ,you will never leave me behind again , you will take me everywhere with you and only love me in every lifetime and mostly importantly you can't die before me , you can only die after me and follow me in afterlife", Hyuk said.
"Hyuk , don't talk about death ,you are still too young and you have to live a very long life". The General said .
"No , promise me , you will keep every promise that I said" .
"Fine , i will keep every one of these promises as long as you are happy".
The two hugged each other for a long time and then Hyuk slowly looked at his eyes and asked.
"You really love me ,like really, you are not being pressurized ,right?" .
"No one can pressurise me other then you". The General said shaking his head in defeat.
"Then you really love me , as in real love", Hyuk asked again.
The General looked at his face and pulled himself towards himself and softly put his lips on Hyuk's , after a gentle smooch and a lick , the General let go of him and looked at him gently.
I" really do love you".
"I love you too", Hyuk said and pecked his lips quickly before sinking in his lap further.
"So my precious Hyuk does not want a wife and child anymore" . The General asked .
"No_ .. Hyuk answered.
"Why?" , the General asked playfully.
"Because I want to be a wife myself now", Hyuk answered seriously.
"Did anyone flirt with you while I was away", he asked again.
"Who would dare to flirt with me and moreover uncle and jin-He never let me be alone with a girl ,let alone talk to them".
"Good", the General praised.
A few hours later Hyuk came out of the chambers as someone came to see the General from the palace.
"What did you do there , did you fight with the General again , did you annoy him or make him angry" .the eunuch asked .
"Uncle I thought you loved me the most , why are you reprimanding me", Hyuk asked pouting.
"No , i don't love anyone more then the General , he is like my own son", the Eunuch answered.
"Then you should take more care of me , because I am your son-in-law now , humph". Hyuk said and walked away.
"I am going to sleep",he said.
The Eunuch and Jin-He shared a look .
"I think they have made up", the Eunuch said to which Jin-He nodded her head vigorously.