The first question

“Do you like me?” He asked looking at her in the eyes.

“Well, we’re talking, aren’t we?” She replied.

“No, I want a straightforward answer. Do you like me or not? Forget the protocol and just answer, please.” He said frustrated. She just stared at him and he shook his head.

“I can’t understand how you are able to stay in silence in moments like this. You can’t even tell how unbearable this can be.” And she thought about caressing his hair to calm him down but touching was not allowed in that phase.

“Why are you asking me this today?” She asked.

“You are not answering my question but you ask and I am supposed to answer, right?” He sighed. “Because we have been talking for a while and I get the final purpose of all this, but after all this time I was wondering if other than you seeing me as a “decent man” to start a family, you have grown any kind of feeling towards me… I mean, that’ll be reassuring but I guess I am asking too much.” She looked at him apparently emotionless.

“Would this change after marriage?” He asked.

“What do you think?” She said and smiled.

“I am not a patient of yours, you know? You should work out your answers a bit more.” He insisted more calm, tired and a bit disappointed.

“Well, I do.” She answered.

“You do? It doesn’t seem like that to me.” He tried to tease her.

“I mean I do as an answer to your first question.” She said grabbing her bag.

“My first quest…” He couldn’t finish his sentence because his eyes open widely and his heart skipped a beat while a huge smile showed up over his sweet face when he understood it.

“See you, peace.” She said and left running, denying him the chance to see her reaction. Her heart was all over the place, but she was not going to say it.

Written on September 17, 2018.