Dritan

The soft rays of the sun always illuminated your bedroom, creating a special coziness. You had a beloved husband with whom you had been together for almost five years, you had your own small house outside the city—what more could you need to be happy? Dritan loved you madly and did everything so that you didn't suffer and wanted your life to run smoothly. And so it was, until war fell upon your country, and Dritan was blindsided by it. No one listened to your cries, no one cared, you literally sobbed on your knees, clutching the fabric of your husband's pants and begging him to stay. You knew he was crying himself, you knew he was worse off than you. But he didn't want to show it, didn't want to make it easier for you. He picked you up in his arms and, smiling, kissed your nose, whispering:

• I'll be back, darling... I love you. He hugged you as tightly as if it were his last. The house, once full of laughter and joy, was now empty, and every day was torture, as you waited for him... You waited for him to return, and a year later, exactly a year later, you receive news that right where he was, the entire group was taken hostage, including Dritan. While you were reading the letter, your world collapsed and tears started flowing, you fell to the floor, clutching the letter and sobbing loudly, two months passed, only two, and in the middle of the night you hear a knock on the door, opening it, you see Dritan, his body is emaciated, and his face is covered with scars and fresh wounds, tears started flowing, and you silently looked at each other until he abruptly hugged you, lifting you into his arms, and sobbed into your shoulder, squeezing you tighter, you didn’t need words to understand each other, you were just silent, closer to the night, when he took a bath, you saw his chest and torso completely. On his chest was burned the sentence "outcasts die", and the rest of his body was covered with cuts or deep scars, your hands trembled and your head was spinning, you could not say anything and, barely taking a step towards him, hugged him, burying your face in his chest.