Endearingly silly 2

She gave a heavy sigh. Finally, the day was over and she sat on her recliner, with no one but her own thoughts. She closed her eyes and let go, released her mind and surrendered to the feeling of peace this chair always gave her. On it, she could feel victory, even for a little while. She remembered the day they bought it and how they battled because he felt it wasn't necessary, to the extent that she had to scarify her dream of having the LCD just to have her sweat recliner. These were the good days, when your biggest problem was to choose between a recliner and a LCD

" What'cha Doin'? " He said just beneath her ear.

She flinched and spun around to face him. "God! You can't sneak up on people like that!!! You're gonna give me a heart attack."

"Sorry," He said, but his mouth was curved in that annoying small, amused smile of his and he didn't sound sorry in the least. "So, the recliner... Anything I need to know?" He asked knowingly.

After all, that was their thing. If she was sad, she sat on her recliner, and if he was sad, he sat in front of their small TV complaining about not buying the LCD.

She just looked at him and smiled her ' I'm so miserable and about to cry ' smile.

He opened his arms to her. "Come here." He motioned with his head.

She gave him a skeptical look before getting up and moving closer and within embracing distance. The moment he put his arms around her, she started to shake uncontrollably from crying and asked with a slightly irritated tone, "So you think that is going to solve everything?" 

He slightly tightened his arms around her. "No, but considering the week you've had, I don't think I've given you enough hugs," He replied softly, "and I was once told that hugs are the best way to make the bad things go away."

She smiled against his chest and began to relax into his embrace. "That's a good piece of advice to follow."

"I know. I took it from an expert" he said.

"Well then, less talking and more cuddling," she demanded as her arms wrapped around his neck.

At exactly that moment, he knew that she did not need someone to fight her battles for her. She just needed someone to understand, to trust her enough to uphold her own self and at the end of the day meet her with an open arm.