⫷Between the war and my enemy⫸ (T-34)

Chapter 7: Quality time

Jäger narrates:

The truth I thought this little boy was going to take much longer to bring me food, he left me without time to think my way to escape. Well I will have to study him a little and see what he does that way I will know how much time he is in and out of the house, also as he is a child he must have parents so it would be another problem to study his schedule even though for now it seems that they don't usually come back early, since I woke up I saw no trace of another adult other than me.

- Are you going to keep looking at the wall for more time or will you eat what I brought you -said the boy with his little jerk tone- Hurry to answer because the food is getting cold -

- Tsk... Give me that snot -I answered him while I sat on the bed and shit, that really hurt- Ghk! Fuck! -

- You don't have to curse all the time, you know? -

- Ni tinis qui mildicir i quidi riti sibis? -

- You are too childish. Are you sure you are a high commanding general in the Nazi army? -no child, you didn't say what I think you said-.

- And what do you know?! Go bother your friends or your parents, you stupid kid! -I looked away angrily, I wasn't going to look at the boy, but a little sobbing caught my attention- Are you crying? -

- You don't... You don't care... -

- What happened to your acquaintances? -

- ..... -the boy looked sadly at the floor, if it wasn't for the tray with soup I would have never known he was shaking.- After .... After you recover, are you going to kill me? -

- I... -

- Yes or no? -

- I don't know... -shit Klaus, you're getting too soft- I don't know if I want to kill you, but answer the question I asked you before -

- Thank you... -I could see that he was smiling a little- -They took them all away, my parents managed to hide me well and that's why they didn't take me to the fields... -

- So why are you still here? They can come back to check if there is no one else left  -

- I know, but I like to believe that they are going to pass through that door soon -he looked at the door with some sadness- It's impossible for that to happen, surely they are already soaps or shoelaces.... But there is a possibility that they are still alive and if they come back I want to be there to receive them -

- That's not going to happen... When was the last time you saw them? -

- Five months ago... -

- Don't stay here, they are not coming back, they are already dead and that's how you are going to end up if you keep waiting for them -I told him straight without buffering, I know it was cruel but I have to be realistic with the boy-

- And where am I going to go then? -I could see in his face that he wanted to cry but he didn't do it-

- I have a team, well it's not a team, I'm their hostage but they can offer you a better life and maybe you can get a family that can take care of you -

-  And if you were their hostage why were you on the ground at the bottom of the ravine? -

- That was Nicolay's fault, that asshole threw me away because his girlfriend showed up at the worst moment. I was having my moment and she came to ruin it! It's not every day that you get the chance to have a romantic moment with your crush.

- Nicolay's a guy, right? You like him? -ugh, curious kid -

- Well c-of course I don't like him, you can't like someone of your m-same gender...? -

- I don't think it's wrong... I'm not saying it's normal but if you love him you can't do anything, the heart knows what it wants and you can't stop it.... -

- You're wise, my friend... Anyway, let's take you with them, I'm sure that if they agree to take you to an orphanage or leave you in a field so that you can dedicate yourself to agriculture - 

-  I don't think it's a good idea for you to walk, you still have a broken leg and you're all beaten up -

- This is nothing, let's just go, but take the soup... I want to eat the soup and I'm going to eat it on the road -

- Okay, although I have nowhere to keep it... -

- Ugh... Well, I'll eat it now and let's go -I started to eat the soup and- Shit, it's really good, what's the recipe? So when they're going to kill me after getting information out of me, I'll eat it as a last supper  -  

- It's my mom's recipe, it was in one of her cookbooks, I'm going to look for the page for you -and I saw him go to the kitchen to look for that sheet of paper and come back- Here you go, there are some things crossed out because according to my mom they ruined the soup -

-It doesn't matter, now let's go -

Said and done, I finished eating the soup and waited for the child so he could get some warm clothes, at that moment I saw the family pictures they had and I felt a pain in my chest, I don't know exactly what it was but it didn't matter now, when the child was ready we went to the door and left quietly. We walked a long distance but we were nowhere near the foot of the mountain, according to the boy it was far, very far, I didn't reproach him or anything I just kept walking. It would be weird to say that I feel at ease with this scenario of the boy and I walking through the woods, it makes me think it would be a typical father and son show, only I am not married let alone have a child, I just work....

- Hey why are you so quiet?  -

- Uh? Oh it's nothing, I was just thinking about my life, about all the things I could have had and I don't have because of work -

- What do you mean, what things? -

- Don't you get tired of asking? -

- Nope, I never get tired of asking... -

- Well... One of the things is having a family, being walking with you gave me that feeling of doing a family activity but reality gave me a hard blow.... As I never got married, I never had children and I have no one to enjoy the last years or days of my life with -I told him-

- That's a lie  -I looked at him a bit confused- You have me and your team and that Nicolay guy -he smiled mischievously at me?- Maybe he's not a woman but if he's the person you like if you can marry him and the kids? Uhm I think you can have one :D? -

-Pfff-?!!!! D-don't say stupid things, men can't have babies -shit this kid- It's something impossible -

- According to who? I don't think it would have been tested since it's something "subnormal" if they get married they can fuck and see if they have a child - 

- Are you listening to what you're saying?! -

I started yelling and challenging him for the barbarities this kid was saying when I feel someone grabbing my shoulder.... O shit I'm fucked.

- Here you are Jäger  -