By the time we get home it's already past 6 pm and Carlo immediately heads to the kitchen to cook dinner.
"Carlo, it's fine I can cook!"
"No no, remember, I promised I'd cook all of our meals from now on!"
I recall his promise on the roof...
'Well, knowing Carlo , he won't back down no matter how much I argue....I'll just leave him be...'
Thinking this I go to the living room,
Me: Say, Carlo , want me to move your things to your room?
Carlo : oh, u can leave them be , It wouldn't be nice of me to let the girl do all the heavy lifting, I'll move them after dinner...
Me: ...Carlo, Don't forget that I'm no ordinary girl, my strength is second to none!
Carlo: oops I'm sorry miss black belt!(Yeah I'm a black belt.) I totally forgot about ur brute strength...
'....For some reason, that doesn't sound like a compliment'
"...fine then, could you please move all of my stuff to my room...or..."
Carlo turns to face me and begins walking towards me, then he suddenly wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me towards him.
'His face is so close...!'
".....I could sleep in your room"
His breath tickles my ears as he whispers this to me with a seductive voice....
'W-Where the heck did he learn a move like that from?!'
I struggle to get out of his grasp....but I can't move at all!
"Don't forget Angeline , when it comes to strength ...ur second to me."
Carlo says with an uncharacteristically serious look on his face.
Despite everything, heat rushes to my face...
"just kidding!",Carlo laughs while releasing me from his hold,"so, do u want me to sleep in ur room?"
Flustered, Im finally able to pull myself back to reality and answer,
"No way!!!I'll take your stuff to YOUR room!"
Carlo smiles wryly,
"ok, thank u Angeline."
Once again, my heart leaps at the way he speaks and I immediately run out of the kitchen.
•
An hour later , Carlo comes up to my room
Carlo: dinners ready! I'll see u at the dining table after I get changed...
Angeline: Kay!
The way we talk ....it already feels like we've been living together forever....
I head to the dining table and am absolutely shocked by the sight
Angeline: wow! It all looks so delicious!
"Why, Thank you,"Carlo says as he walks into the living room," I made all your favorites,there's spaghetti, fried chicken, tomato soup--"
"Whoa whoa whoa" I stop him halfway,"you remembered ALL my favorites?"
"Of course I did....after all I do love you.the least I could do to show it is remember all your favorite meals!"
Me:"!"
Carlo, looks at me and then speaks,
"hey,Angeline , I know this is a lot to take in: meeting after so long, suddenly finding out we're engaged; I would be pretty overwhelmed my self....so for now just relax, forget about everything that's happened and let's enjoy our food"
".....Carlo....." I return Carlos gaze...
"Don't worry Angeline ! If there's anything bothering you I'll always be here to help....and about my proposal, I'll wait....u can just answer me when ur ready"
Saying this Carlo smiles at me, the exact same way that he used to smile at me when we were younger...
"Thank you Carlo ...." I express my gratitude to him.
"No prob....now let's eat before the food gets cold!"
And so we sit down to eat, as I recall all of the things that happened since this morning....