7. Three Months Later

ANDREAS WENT into his apartment and noticed the difference. He went into the kitchen and saw a post-it memo plastered on the microwave 'dinner's in microwave' he saw his place clean, neat and tidy.

He looked at his phone and saw that it's already 9 in the evening and he heated up his dinner. He took the plate in front of his couch and slouched down, enjoying his dinner while watching some HBO movie. And he saw his phone blinking, he slid it to unlock it.

Aira texted: 'just got home? Enjoy your dinner ^_^

Andreas texted: 'yea it's good, thx. Wanna join me?'

Aira texted back: 'no, im at the pool, wanna join me?'

Andreas texted back: 'ok gimme 3 mins.'

Andreas went to the pool and saw Aira sat there on the chair, she wore a white turtleneck shirt to hide her scar. He hugged her from behind and noticed that she lost some weight again.

"Hi," Andreas nuzzled her neck.

"Hi," Aira replied with her corked voice. She had resigned her fate that her voice would sound like a frog's croak forever.

"You know that you could live with me, right?" Andreas asked.

Aira sighed and put her finger on his lips as she shook her head. "Please, let me forget that nightmare."

"Are you ready?" Andreas asked.

"Yes," Aira nodded.