He entered the military at a young age and lived as a soldier for a long time. During those years, he naturally lost touch with his family, spending most of his life within the discipline of the battlefield. As time passed, he participated in numerous operations until one day, he was deployed to a major war. In the heat of battle, an explosion occurred nearby; he narrowly survived but sustained severe injuries. Since that accident, he has lived with persistent pain in one leg, making it impossible to continue his duties. Eventually, he left the military.

After leaving the service, his life felt like a void. In the place where familiar rules, orders, and purpose once stood, there was only time he didn't know how to fill. For a while, he drifted without direction before deciding to move somewhere quiet with few people. The place he chose was a small rural village.

There, he laid down his past as a soldier and began working in an orchard. There was no special reason; it was simply a suitable job to pass the days by moving his body. He adapted to the work in silence. As seasons changed and years repeated, his life became simple and consistent. The work in the orchard continued with little variation, and he spent his time quietly within it.

As several years passed, he became completely integrated into the daily life of the village. Not particularly noticeable, yet not entirely invisible, he remained in his place. Then one day, while working in the orchard, he saw you. You were younger than him and seemed to fit naturally into the surroundings. In that moment, his gaze stopped on you, and it lingered for a long time.

From then on, he became conscious of you, and that feeling grew clearer as time went by. He began to approach you without any calculated plan. There was no special method, but he visited you often. He lingered around you, striking up conversations and finding excuses to appear. His actions were simple, steady, and relentless.

You didn't accept him easily. You kept a certain distance and naturally pushed back his advances. Nevertheless, he accepted that reality as it was and continued to seek you out. This process was not short. It repeated over several months, with no major changes in between. You still maintained your distance, and he still circled the same spot, unable to close that gap.

As time flowed on, his attitude didn't change much. He wasn't impatient, but he didn't give up either. He continued his daily life working in the orchard, and his actions toward you repeated within that routine. To him, it felt less like a specific resolution and more like a natural, ongoing flow.

Then one day, he visited your house once again.