15 The Soldiers

"Hey Nanama, how come you didn't want your old folks to stay here any longer?" The man who had asked him this question was one of his only friends at the army camp. "I feel like somethings bad about to happen, that's why I asked them to leave..." His friend rolled his eyes, "you and your superstitions, haven't the thought of relaxing a bit ever struck you?" Nanama made a half-assed smile, "I know... But I don't want to take any chances, you know?"

He and his friend were standing outside the gate which lead into the camp. One meter long pales was what formed the wall surrounding the camp. The muddy landscape that surrounded the camp gave of a very pessimistic feeling. Surprisingly enough, a small vegetation also stretched itself around it. It had probably been able to grow so well because of all the bodies it had gotten as nutrition. He got goosebumps from just the thought.

"Bye the way, Nanama, what have you missed the most during the year that we've been here now?" He didn't have to think hard in order to answer his friends question, "the ramen that my mom makes, I'm painfully reminded of how good it really is whenever we eat the one and only soup they serve at this place" His friend started laughing, "Hahaha!, food really is the only thing that you care about" Nanama also taught that it was funny, but he still got a little irritated. "Well, if I choose such a bad thing, then what do you miss?"

His friend took a deep breath and calmed down, then he responded, "my girlfriend of course!, I miss her smooth hair and the tender smile on her lips..." he paused and put his mouth against Nanama's ear and whispered, "... Not to mention her skills in bed..." He flinched and pushed his friend away, "To much personal information!, to much!"

I need to pee Nanama, can you keep watch a little bit by yourself?" He nodded and his friend thanked him, after that, he disappeared into the vegetation." I guess that's also a reason as to why it grows so much", he mumbled to himself. Suddenly, he thought he heard something inside the vegetation. It wasn't were his friend had entered so it caught his attention. "I thought I heard something, so I'm going into the left side of the vegetation!" He heard his friends low response and went to investigate.

He could hear the soft sound of crying deeper in and after a short period of time, he decided to follow it without informing the others first. He saw a small boy, standing in the middle of all the green plants. Then, he saw the boy give away a small smile and something hard hit the back of his head.

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They were able to pull out the carriage with the help of the tree log and soon they were both on top of it. "Thank you so much for your help, stranger" Hotaka smiled and waved the old couple farwell. When they were out of sight, he turned around and mumbled to himself, "I hope I'm not to late"