It still seemed really early. The hint of red glimmering through the gaps in the blinds suggested the attempt of a new day.
She had gotten up and quietly crept out of the bedroom, which had woken him up and made him aware of the empty half of the bed. “Putain! They brought a bat home!” she yelled over the sound of the singing birds coming through the slightly open patio door. The two cats jumped innocently onto his covered legs. She appeared naked in the doorway, holding a tiny, lifeless bat in her delicate hand, and he couldn’t help but laugh out loud at the absurdity of this situation unfolding so early in the day in her bedroom.
A little later, she returned to bed and only half covered herself because of the early summer warmth, allowing him to catch a fleeting glimpse of her beautiful body. She smiled at him with her radiant face and snuggled close. He put his long arms around her shoulder and hip, pulled her tightly to him, and then felt her steady breath on his lips, which still held the memory of hers.
Their gentle breaths synchronized, and their bodies melted into one.
Shortly before noon, the man and woman were sitting in her car, which smelled of her father’s cigarettes despite all her efforts. The blooming landscape sped by far too quickly, while she accompanied Charles Aznavour’s voice to “La Bohème” with hers; sweet and slightly hoarse and he listened attentively to the symphony. Her tender face seemed to shine even more than usual in the sun. She turned to him and laughed, and for just a brief moment, he seemed to forget that a looming farewell was becoming increasingly inevitable as they neared the national border. At the sight of her undeniable beauty, he couldn’t help but smile.
After the fifth hug, he longed for a sixth, but the filling bus beside him urged him to hurry. So, they separated with heavy hearts, and he stepped into the fate-laden hustle of a machine. “I will visit you in Switzerland in the summer,” she called after him, but he had already been swallowed by the crowd of other passengers.
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JEREMY UDE 
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