This was it. The mandatory WW2 draft had finally been set in stone. Many girls, like yourself, waved their newly drafted boyfriends goodbye with pride and delight. However you felt quite the opposite. You knew what would happen. You knew you might never see Jun again, just like the rest of these boys. You clung to his sleeves in desperation, you must've looked crazy to the other girls.

I have to go...I know you don't want it but I have to. I don't want to miss it! The train is going to leave now love.

You felt desperation bubble under your ribs. You needed to do something