DRUG

Chapter 6~A

I was met by the smell of cooked varieties and a thick cloud of romance when I entered the house. A smile couldn't help but convey my face at the smooth sound of my favourite song - Corinne Bailey-Rae, Like a star. I closed my eyes and inhaled the lyrics in the air, I failed to resist the urge to exhale them by crooning along.

I have come to understand the way it is,
Its not a secret anymore,'cause we've
been through that before.
From tonight I know that you're the
only one.
I've been confused and in the dark
Now I understand.

His palms pulled me out of the moment when they fell onto my shoulders. I opened my eyes and looked where his presence was abundant most, right behind me.

He placed a breathtaking kiss on my neck that absorbed the unease out of me and left  on my toes when he drew away.

"I didn't see you coming," I blushed and allowed him to slide my jacket off. Ofcourse I didn't. I just didnt know how to react to his affection, not anymore.

"Did I forget our anniversary?" I uttered jokingly while scanning his apron and the petite mess he made on it,

"You forgot how romantic this guy is." He cockily praised himself but failed to pull off the precise accent because it wasn't in his character. He wasn't like Nate...

I seriously cannot be thinking about Nate right now. I scolded myself.

"I..." I tried to maintain my focus on the man before me, the rightful man.

"I love you," I uttered softly. The words didn't hesitate to leave my mouth, they were the easiest to find in my head.

Cause I mean them?

"I love you." His eyes shone while his smile faded from his face as he spoke. "And I'm sorry, I was a total jerk last night when I failed to realise how much effort you're putting to fix things between us."

I smiled guiltily. Every second I looked into his eyes as he spoke, my conscience tore and was making it impossible to keep looking deceptively at his soul.

"It's okay," I replied then leaned in for a reconciling hug. "But all this talking is making me hungry,"

"Oh, right. Dinner will be served in a few my lady."

He said in the unsuccessful accent of what was supposed to be a Mexican Chef.

I laughed at his inflexible tongue and his face became red with embarrassment. It was just as we were in the first few years of our puppy love - him going an extra mile to impress me, even if it meant embarrassing himself so I could laugh. He cherished me, and I knew that. I knew it to an extent that I agreed to live the rest of my life with him as a backbone and trusted him with my heart. Who would've known that this was where destiny planned for us to be - where laughter and romance was occasional.

The solutions to these little, but destructive relationship attacks were pointed out to us on the day that we tied the knot but none of them seem to have registered since they weren't of any use to me. It didn't make sense to swallow tips that contradicted what I, what we thought would never occur. In a religious view, by considering the tips, we would be setting ourselves up for them to actually occur, hence cursing our marriage passively. Stupid ,I thought to myself.