Chapter 6: Slums
"Zach, when will you get a partner? You’ve been left behind by the youngsters you know..." Torin said grinning as he handed him an envelope.
It was a wedding invitation from one of the younger soldiers close to them.
"Ron will get married soon. How about you? When do you plan to get tied up," Torin asked and sat beside Zach, who was focused on the monitor.
The two of them became good friends when they were deployed to the same unit, during the war five years ago. Zach was his sergeant at that time. One would say they were more like brothers than friends.
Zach got promoted as a General in Four Ranks. It was a high position, and he could proudly say that his friend deserved that, though people said that he was still young.
Torin was glad to have Zach as his superior. He was the best leader one could ever have. Not because of his capabilities, but because of how he treated his men. He had so much respect for Zach as his superior.
Zach’s brow arched and said, "How about you then? We’re just the same, age and status..."
Torin laughed hard. It was true that they were both still single at the age of twenty-seven, but Zach was very different from him.
"Well, you know me. I’m a playboy and I would rather stay single forever than be attached to a woman, who will try to render my reign obsolete... no strings attached, that’s my motto in life... but you... you are the serious type. Someone ideal, to settle with a woman." He teased.