Sweet Hearts

Outings

Sitting across him in a very exquisite room, she was awed. The restaurant he had taken her to was very fancy and she noticed that the few people there minded their businesses; no one was taking pictures.

The restaurant was in a South Korean setting, the servers, waiters and waitresses were dressed in South Korean attires.

"This is so cool". Lara said as she looked around her.

"I know, I just found out about this place two weeks ago". Chris replied in amusement.

Still looking around her "Wow, this looks like I'm in a Korean movie".

"It doesn't".

She rolled her eyes at him and smiled at the server that had approached them.

"Good afternoon sir and ma'am, welcome to Cumerland, what can I get you?". The man said in a fake Korean accent.

"Ooooh, they even talk like the south Koreans". Lara said in amazement.

She frowned when she saw Chris laughing into his palm and reached for the menu list then she scanned through it before she decided on a bowl of noodles with salad dressings.

Immediately the server left with their order, Chris leaned towards her.

"Let's start with a brief introduction because seriously, we don't know ourselves".

Lara let out a chuckle "Be'ni, that's right. We know nothing about ourselves".

"I'll start. What course did you study in school?". Chris asked.

"Computer Science, you?".

"Engineering, it's weird how we're having a question and answer session when we've been with each other for like 3months".

"When you talk like that, you sound like we're dating". Lara said with a scoff.

He rolled his eyes and leaned back into his chair "We're married Lara".

"Oh!, forgive me, I thought I was a widow".

"Ha ha very funny". He let out a sigh "What do you like doing apart from designing wears?".

Her face fell "I play the guitar".

"Wow, but I haven't seen you play before".

"Yeah, I stopped after my dad died".

"Oh, I'm so sorry about that".

"Yeah". She said in a breathe.

A comfortable silence fell on them like a blanket and each of them were in their own bubble.

The server broke the silence as he placed the platters on their table and greeted them with a smile before leaving.

She handed Chris her phone and rubbed her hands in glee "Take a video of me eating this noodles like a Korean".

Chris burst into laughter "Seriously?".

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After a few questions, answers and selfies, Chris drove to their next stop with a relaxed and sleeping Lara. They were both exhausted and thankfully no one said anything as they drove.

He turned to stare at the woman beside him; she had her head slightly arched backwards on the headrest with her eyes closed. He admired her lashes that fanned out and her slightly puckered lips.

What he would give to kiss those lips?.

The car came to a halt in front of an open field and from where he sat, he could see the sun setting. Perfect.

He tapped Lara and waited until she stirred and flickered her eyelids open.

"We're here". He announced.

"Where?". She asked straightening her posture.

"Green fields".

"I thought we were heading home".

"Well.. there's still more".

Her eyes lit up as she took in her environment and strangely he felt satisfied just seeing her reaction.

Their doors were opened and they climbed out of the car heading towards the field.

"This is beautiful". Lara said in amazement.

He shrugged as they fell into coordinated steps, he held her hands and led her to a part of the field where there was a mat and a picnic basket.

Lara gasped at the sight and squealed excitedly "We're having a picnic".

After they had settled on the mat, they began discussing random things and sharing memories of their childhood. He noticed that whenever Lara mentioned her dad her eyes became sad and he knew she missed her dad deeply.

"What fun things did you do with your dad?". He asked

Tears brimmed her eyes "I played guitar with him every evening, on Sundays we visited the orphanage with my mum". She gulped hard as tears spilled from her eye ducts.

He scooted towards her and held her shaky hands "It's okay to cry".

She sniffled as the tears kept pouring down "He texted me everyday to remind me that I was his best gift".

He wrapped her in an embrace "You're still his best gift".

She cried for some time on his shoulder and his heart felt full like this was what he wanted except he wished he was taking her pains away. She sniffled and looked up to him.

"Oh my!, Your shirt is ruined".

"Why worry, I'm not going to wash this off. It's a privilege to have your tears on my shirt".

Her lips curved to a smile "Thank you".

Her smile faded and she looked away suddenly feeling awkward. She glanced at him, embarrassment lighting her brown eyes but Chris knew better; he wanted to hold her and assure her that everything would be fine.

He held her gaze and he realized he was leaning towards her, he grazed his knuckles on her face. He was surprised she didn't flinch but he didn't show it. She angled her head and leaned towards him.

Then he kissed her.

Translations
*Be'ni
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