They smiled at each other across the small table in the kitchen as they ate. After a while, Sarai stood up with her plate and approached him. Eli looked at her with twinkling eyes, loving every movement and gesture she made.
Sarai put her plate next to his and squeezed herself between him and the table, forcing him to move the chair back, then she sat on his thigh and proceeded to scoop food with the spoon into his mouth with one arm around his neck.
Eli reciprocated, and like two children they giggled and fed each other. With their plates emptied, she gave him water from a glass and gestured to him to give her a drink too.
They stared into each other’s eyes as the laughter suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a fierce moment of awareness. Sarai slowly turned to him, putting her
