"Whether you wake up or not is up to you."
Miriam's voice, sounding unenthusiastic, woke me up on her day off. I slowly opened my eyes, looked at her grumpy face, and give a faint smile. Even when she's angry, she looks adorable... How much have I fallen for this little person?
"Hey..."
Today, I didn't say anything sweet as usual, since she didn't seem interested in listening. The moment I sit up, Miriam quickly get up from the bed and disappeared into the bathroom. The atmosphere is bad today.
I walked over to the bathroom where she was. The door isn't closed, but it seems like there's something between us, so I stand there hesitantly.
"Hey... you seem to be in a bad mood today."
"I'm not."
"In that case, I'll brush my teeth too, okay?"
As soon as I entered the bathroom, Miriam, who is brushing her teeth, rinsed her mouth, poured the water from the cup, and run out of the bathroom.
I finished brushing my teeth.
I stand there, perplexed, not knowing what to do next. I guess when you're with someone, there are bound to be moments like this. I need to learn to understand and adapt to them. People can't be happy all the time when they're together, right?
After I finished brushing my teeth, I walked out and see Miriam flipping through the TV channels.
"Hey, we need to talk."
I finally blurted out after standing there watching her for a while. Miriam glanced at me briefly and straightened her back. Even though she didn't respond, I could tell she is bracing herself for whatever I'm about to say.
"About last night."
"Ahhh!"
"What...?"
"Ahhhh!"
Miriam buried her face in the pillow and started screaming. I, about to speak, could only stand there, dumbfounded, not knowing how to deal with this.
"Hey..."
"We're not talking about this! Nothing happened last night, and you have to stop!"
Miriam pointed at me, her face flushed. I wasn’t sure if it was from using so much energy to scream or something else.
"We have to act like it didn’t happen."
"But it did. We can’t just pretend it didn’t happen."
"You’re not listening."
I sit down next to her and tried to explain, looking her in the eyes.
"You’re still mad. Last night, I must have let you."
Miriam reaches over to cover my mouth, baring her teeth in frustration.
"There was nothing left hanging. I was sleepwalking."
"Stop avoiding the truth. Last night was my fault. I’m trying to apologize to you."
"It won’t happen again."
Miriam take a deep breath, closed her eyes, and tried to calm herself.
"I don’t know what’s wrong with me. Maybe I’m stressed about whether the new program will be approved, so I got a little sensitive and let things go too far…"
"Hey…"
"Let’s forget it ever happened."
"But…"
