20– The future

Yoké later on ignited the fire and warmed his food for us and we ate. I told him that the food was delicious and he was so happy to hear that. He started telling me that when we get married he would be the one cooking for us since I do not know how to cook yet. He said he would then start teaching me how to cook.

When we finished eating he brought the water from the hut and he washed the bowls while I rinsed them. When we were done, he put the bowls back inside. We then sat by the fire side by side and I laid my head on his shoulder.

"Where do you want us to build our hut once we get married? We can build it anywhere you'd like."

"I like it up here. Just us two, so far from everyone else." I told him.

"Just us two? What about our little ones?"

I started to laugh. "Which little ones?"

"The ones which you and I will have. I want our first child to be a girl by the way. A beautiful baby girl with your hair."

I tried to imagine a baby girl with Yoké's smile, his eyes and my hair. "I