It was getting late. After waiting for Bobby to finish his lecture, I, Nadia and Bella decided to have dinner together at a cafe while watching the performance of Noah's band which happened to be performing tonight.
"Crazy, I didn't expect your sister's voice to be so good, Nik!" exclaimed Bella praising Noah's voice who had just sung 3 cover songs from Bruno Mars, Maroon 5 and One direction.
"As his older brother, I was very surprised and did not expect at all that my younger brother had such singing talent. You see, I rarely watch Noah's band perform."
"You can't beat your sister's voice from Bruno Mars!" Bobby exclaimed, making us all laugh.
While we were all joking around, Noah and his other bandmates came to greet us. After they introduced themselves, they all left and gave Noah time to be with his family.
"Thank you so much for coming to watch our band perform," said Noah, who looked really cool on stage.
"Your voice is really cool, No!" Bobby and Bella praised together.
"Thank's, sis."
"Your band is really cool. Star Generation managed to get the audience into the atmosphere!" exclaimed Nadia who gave two thumbs up.
"Hahaha, thank's, sis Nad. Then I'll leave first, because we still have a job."
"Okay, good luck, Bro!" I said encouragingly.
"Oh yeah, can we talk for a while in the back?" Noah whispered.
I nodded slowly and immediately followed Noah who seemed to be taking me to a corner of the cafe so we could talk more freely. Nadia glanced at the two of us in confusion, but I quickly signaled to her that we needed some time alone to talk.
"What's wrong?"
Noah let out a long sigh and looked at my face with a serious expression.
"What happens later, you'll still be with Nad, right?" he asked suddenly, causing me to furrow my brow in confusion.
"Why are you saying that all of a sudden?" I asked.
"No, I just want to make sure that you'll stay loyal and take care of Nad."
"I'm already tied to Nadia, so how could I just leave her?"
"I'm just afraid you'll leave Nadia."
I smiled and held both of Noah's shoulders, which almost exceeded my height, as I looked at him more friendly.
"I promise, I won't leave Nadia."
"Do you promise that no matter what happens in the future and what will come your way, you'll stay with Nadia?"
"Yes, i promise you."
"I'll keep my word with your promise, sis," he said, leaving me confused.
Sometimes, Noah was ignorant of the people around him. However, sometimes he was more sensitive than anyone else and often advised me like an adult. Noah is very difficult to understand. But that's the hallmark of my little brother: unique, rare, but caring.
"And one more thing," he said, causing him to stop and look at my face with a sharp gaze, "learn to love your own wife," he said and left.
After Noah left, we continued our activities by eating our food while talking. Tonight I feel closer to Nadia. I don't know why, but I'm happy to be able to talk to her and laugh freely with her despite the presence of Bella and Bobby.
Even though I see her face every day and keep seeing her, for some reason tonight I feel like I'm back to my single days. Suddenly, Nadia wiped the food stain under my mouth with the back of her hand.
It was such a simple and natural thing to do. However, for me it was an extraordinary thing. Because before, we had never been romantic or overly considerate like this.
I looked up at his face and for a while we looked at each other for a long time. For some reason, I felt a sudden rush in my heart at this moment. I felt like my whole body was hot, my heart was beating fast like never before. What is this feeling?
Both of Nadia's eyeballs were clearly visible to my eyes. I couldn't stop staring at Nadia's face until finally, Bella and Bobby who had just come out of the toilet, made me and Nadia immediately avert our eyes quickly.
"It's late now, let's go back," said Bella who had just come out of the toilet.
"Come on," Nadia said stammering, making the atmosphere awkward.
At the parking lot we separated, because Bella was taken home by Bobby while I and Nadia went home in our respective cars. However, before going home I pulled Nadia's hand and kissed her forehead.
I don't know what's in the wind, I suddenly did something out of my mind that made Nadia seem confused by my sudden behavior. I let go of her hand and looked at her face gently, for a while she looked confused and astonished. Maybe, she thought that I ate something wrong or you could say I was a little crazy. But, everything that happened today was out of my control and common sense.
"Niko?" she said softly while looking at my face, "You didn't take the wrong medicine, did you?"
"Why are you saying that? Is there something strange about me today?"
"Very strange and really strange. I didn't recognize your attitude today."
"Am I overreacting?" I asked shyly.
"What genie have you got to be so concerned about me? Doing things that you've never done before with me in your entire life. Maybe people say it's normal, but I think it's strange. "
I smiled wryly and scratched my head that wasn't itchy. It seemed like I had gone too far today to kiss Nadia on the forehead. Because in all my life, I have never done that to Nadia. I smiled slightly and let out a long sigh while catching my breath slowly.
"Be careful on the road, see you at home later," I said as I left.
"Yes, you be careful on the road too."
"Nad," I called again as I turned around.
Nadia looked at my face confused as her eyes began to narrow, "Why, Nik?"
"What I did today, it's all purely not made up. It wasn't out of compulsion or a lie. I'm completely sincere.
"I just want to do something that makes you happy. Because I want to see your smile every day and every moment. I want to learn to be a husband that you can rely on. I also want to learn to love you," I said, unknowingly saying something extraordinary.