Extra Story 2 (Leander POV)
Category:
Romance
Author:
MckennaWords:937Update time:25/05/26 20:04:21
In the years he spent abroad, he often thought about going back for her.
What if she had fallen for someone else?
What if she had gotten married?
Even knowing anyone else would be better for her, he never considered letting go.
Late at night, he would light a cigarette and scour the internet for information about her.
He got a tattoo.
It was placed behind his ear, over the scar left by shattered glass on the day they broke up.
Leander often wondered: what if that day, the glass had cut her face instead?
He couldn't afford to make such a mistake again.
The treatment process was grueling and monotonous, but he endured it.
As an adult, he had only cried twice.
Once, on the day they broke up, his tears mingled with the rain, unseen by her.
Once, when Indra told him it wasn't his fault—that being sick wasn't his fault.
Until then, Leander had always believed his very existence was a mistake.
Because of him, his mother had been trapped by his father, never escaping the abyss.
His father was an irredeemable scoundrel.
He would strike his mother, then beg for her forgiveness while holding her in his arms.
He would abuse young Leander, ensuring his mother was too terrified to leave.
He would tell her no one in the world would ever love a mentally ill person, so she had no choice but to stay.
Leander's childhood was dark and twisted.
He had always known that men who hit women were worthless.
And his father, after his mother's suicide, became completely worthless.
It didn't take much effort for Leander to wrest every share of the family company from his father and be chosen as the successor by his grandfather.
Later, he went to visit his father in the hospital.
The man on the hospital bed looked aged, his pallid face lifeless.
His clouded eyes shifted, and he spoke with difficulty: "When I die, will I be buried with your mother?"
Leander shook his head, smiling coldly.
"I scattered her ashes into the sea. She's free now."
"And you? It looks like you'll be lying here for a few more years."
Alone, clinging to a miserable existence.
...
Compared to sunrises, Leander preferred sunsets.
He drove Indra to a mountaintop to watch the sunset.
He turned his head to look at her.
The golden hues of the setting sun reflected in her eyes, making her irises appear even lighter.
They watched as the last sliver of light disappeared into the clouds.
The final rays of the sunset were beautiful.
So was the woman he loved.
Leander held her hand, his thumb brushing against the ring on her finger.
It belonged to him.
Not even the setting sun could take that light away.