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"Good morning," Sunny mumbled while rubbing her eyes as she entered the kitchen.
"Good morning," a familiar voice was heard greeting her back.
Sunny immediately opened her eyes widely and turned towards the voice. She gasped with a surprised expression, she couldn't believe her eyes.
"Oh my God!" She screamed before running towards him, embracing him tightly.
Mark laughed as he wrapped his arms tightly around Sunny. Sunny's family smiled at the view of the couple reuniting for the first time in more than half a year.
"Oh my God! How can you be here!?" Sunny asked while looking at Mark with teary eyes.
"I flew back here, of course!" Mark replied, holding her hands.
"You didn't tell me!" Sunny responded with a pout.
"Of course, I wouldn't tell you. It's a surprise for you and Adam," he said and kissed her cheeks.
"Aw, I missed you so much," Sunny said before hugging Mark again.
"I miss you too, Sunny. I miss you so much too. I miss Adam too. I missed the two of you like hell," he said while hugging her tightly.
"I miss you more, love," Sunny said as tears formed in her eyes.
"Don't cry! You're gonna make me cry too!" He said while holding both her cheeks.
Sunny couldn't handle her tears. She was overwhelmed by the surprise that Mark was in front of her. Mark laughed and hugged her as she burst into tears on his shoulder.
"Not Sunny crying early in the morning!" Cavin teased.
"She misses her husband. So what?" Mom replied to Cavin.
"But she didn't miss me even after a year of not meeting me," Cavin said in a sulking way.
"Aish! Will you just let them have their moment?" Mom said, giving Cavin a light pinch as she walked towards the lounging couch just beside the kitchen.
"Happy Birthday, Sunny," Mark whispered into her ears.
Sunny chuckled and looked at him, "Thank you."
"I'll be celebrating your birthday here. With you. And Adam. And our family here," he said.
"Thank you for coming back. I missed you so much," Sunny said while wiping her tears away from her face.
"You're welcome. Thank you for waiting for me to back, too," Mark replied, wiping her tears.
"Of course," Sunny gave him a thin smile before taking a deep breath.
This has to be the best birthday surprise Sunny had ever gotten in her life. At least for now.
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"There are just too many birthday wishes. Millions on Twitter alone," I said while scrolling through my Twitter feed. Giving love to each tweet that wishes me my birthday.
"You won't be able to like all of them even if you want to," Mark said.
"I know. But at least I can do something to give them a response that I am actually reading through their wishes, too," I replied.
"It's gonna take you a night to do that," he added.
"I know. That's why I'm stopping now," I answered and put my phone down beside me.
He took my hand and tangled it with his.
"Wanna tell me what's bothering your mind?" I asked him.
"Huh?" he replied, confused. I chuckled and gave him a smirk.
"You forgot I can definitely read when people are lying and in a state that isn't their normal selves," I told him.
"Oh, yeah, right. SM had issued letters for military enlistments," he said.
I looked at him, "Already?"
He nodded before turning to look at me.
"Yeah. Those who are going in should register around these two months," he replied.
"Are you going in?" I asked him.
He sighed and wrapped both my fist with his hands.
"I don't know. I have a choice. Because I was born in Canada and I have Canadian nationality. Do you want me to enter the military?" he asked.
I look at him and gave him a small smile, "It won't harm you even if you join the training."
"It definitely won't. I'm okay. But will you? Will you be okay with me leaving you for 2 and a half years?" he asked me back.
I exhaled and look away from him. He's right. Just 6 months, and I'm already crying for him to come back to Kota Kinabalu. What more than 2 and a half years? Yes, they will have time to return to their respective houses but not like how we do right now.
Only for a week or maybe two or three days. Only that. And then, they have to return to the military base to continue their training. Just like how I did my own training.
I had no time to go back home. Never. I have never gone back home during the training.
My focus was fully on the training. Nothing else.
What about Adam when Mark leaves for military training? He'll grow a lot without Mark around him. I'm going to return to work too. Who's going to care for Adam?
Well, we do have daycare or playschool. But a child growing up with a father would be a different lifestyle. There are a lot of things to consider. And since Mark has choices. We should make the best choice we can while we still have time.
