48: Meet cute

“What’s your favourite colour?” Kelvin asked.

“Yellow. You?”

Leila already knew the answer to her question but she wanted to keep their conversation flowing. Today was a lazy day for her and she was loving every moment with her husband. She smiled at Kelvin as he massaged her feet.

“Black,” he answered. He cracked her knuckles and she giggled like a teenager. The cramps had reduced, his presence might have to do with that. “What’s your favourite food?”

He adjusted her legs on his lap and she wriggled when he began tracing circles on the sole of her feet. They were in the living room and the television was on. This was the first time they were spending time together like this in their house. Work made it near impossible.

Leila grinned. “Noodles.”

Her husband laughed. “That doesn’t count as real food, you know?”

She didn’t know that and she would argue the