Empty Space | Chaennie

Chapter 12

"Why won't we?" she doubtfully questioned.

"I don't know, I mean you're not angry with me, right?"

"As if you let me" she scoffed.

I chuckled, "Hmm... already in love with me?"

"Duh! Deeply like drowning in it" 

I giggled out loud, "I miss you too" I sat up acknowledging what have I said. I never said that to anyone in my life because no one was important enough and whoever was important I never let them stay apart.

"I'm not gonna say these cringe things because you know I do"

I never stopped smiling for a minute, my heart permanently goes ludicrous over her voice. I opened my eyes and bent forward on the mattress concealing my face because that's some stupid thing I discovered I do whenever I get shy while clenching onto the blanket and bumping my head on the mattress.

"I miss you.... like actually, extraordinarily, like... badly or painfully" I felt the happy tears rushing down my face as I brushed my face onto the mattress, it was the first time I had talked to someone truthfully confessing my feelings.

She made everything so effortless.

"Don't bury your head or you won't be able to breathe, stupid"

I opened my eyes still my head buried in the mattress smiling widely for some nonsensical reason I didn't understand, "Are you stalking me?" I questioned sitting up and leaning back onto the pillow.

"I'm your wife and I'm observant"

"Why aren't you asleep?" 

"I know you would call" 

Again I twist over to obscure my face in the pillow. "What if I didn't?"

"That's not possible, you always do"

"What if I didn't?" I asked again.

"Then you're not my hubby anymore"

"What?" I withered sitting up and running my hand in my hair to push them back to focus better which is laughable but I exclusively wanted to do everything to hear her better even though I heard her clearly.

"I'm not repeating myself"

"Oh come on!" I groaned.

"I'm pregnant, not you so no shouting"

I gritted my teeth squeezing my eyes pinched my ear with my free hand as If she would see me apologizing, "Sorry..." 

"You truly mean that didn't you?" she laughed.

"Of course I mean it" 

"Rosie..."

I hummed smiling tautening the skin of my lower lip and then rubbing my nap, like do people continuously act like this when they talk to their wives? I realized and stopped only to witness I was peeling the skin off the corner of my thumb. Why the hell I'm so nervous?

"I love you"

I widen my eyes as if I heard this from her for the first time made me close my eyes to envision her beautiful eyes staring right into mine. I only wished to keep able to gaze at her eyes, her eyes truly have taken the peace out of my life and only seeing her eyes every day can fix my beating heart.

"Isn't cringe anymore?"

"Say it back, Mrs Kim"

I curl back my lips to prevent the wide smile on my face cause my cheeks have been hurting too much, "What if I don't?" I challenged.