Is It Worth it?

Ailwin walked side by side with Mikaela as she whistled a happy tune.

"What has you smiling so brightly tonight?"

She stops to takes a deep breath of the fresh air, "Just...enjoying the night."

He didn't believe her for a second, "You did something wrong, didn't you?"

She looked at him with a surprise look on her face, "What? No. Why would you automatically assume I'm happy because I did something wrong."

Ailwin said nothing for a few seconds, just stare at her face. "...because we are preparing for war. You and I have gone through a radical physical change and now, we have found out that our escape tunnels might be compromised...but you are happy?"

The logicity of his words caught Mikaela off guard. "….yeah?"

"Mikaela…." He sighed.

"I should be allowed to destress occasionally. I've been through a lot!"

"Other people get stressed out too…"