He looked at me, and when he spoke, he sounded a little upset. "How am I being childish?”
I coughed, accidentally choking on my saliva. This man was too unusual. "Think about how you've been behaving. Don’t you think you're being childish?"
He was intentionally messing around and making noises to keep me from sleeping. Was he not acting like a child?
When he saw the anger in my expression, Theo burst out laughing. It was a hearty and boisterous laugh that made his shoulders shake.
In all the time that we had spent together, we had never shown each other our childish and vulnerable sides.
It was only in the recent two years that we had slowly started to let our guards down. Even though we had been married for many years, we still felt like young lovers.
Moreover, we did not argue as much anymore. Even when we fought, we knew how to not hurt each other’s feelings.
After spending so much time together and going through so much, we were getting better at getting along.
I laughed along with him helplessly. "Theo, you might just make me die of anger one day."
"Who's the one pissing who off?" Theo pursed his lips. "You’re the one who ran out on your own without telling me. I’m the one who might die of anger."
He stopped for a moment, then squinted his eyes and asked, "Why did you go out alone?' "I've never been to Limbia, and I was getting bored lying alone in the hotel room.
I wanted to go outside and check out the sights. I didn't think I'd run into trouble."
Theo walked over, sat down on the bed, and wrapped his arms around my shoulder. Then, he said softly in a tone that sounded a little like I had wronged him somehow," Next time, no matter where you go, please remember to tell me. Don't let me worry about you so much, okay?"
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