Aki started the car and slowly drove off the parking space as we waved at Mom until she was out of our sight. I stopped waving and settled comfortably on the front seat.
“Are you okay?” Aki asked me.
“Yeah, I guess so,” I said as I turned to him. “Why?”
“Nothing,” He said. “I just thought that this would be difficult for you, you know, leaving.”
“It is,” I said. “But that’s how life is; you just gotta sail along with it if you don’t want to drown.”
He nodded and didn’t say another word. I took that opportunity to ask what was really bothering me all this time even since I received that call from my arranged husband-to-be.
“Aki, can I ask you something?” I said.
“Of course, what is it?” He said as he took a glance at me.
“Eyes on the road, please,” I said.
“Alright, alright,” H
