Love (2)

People often tell me I'm taciturn. I half agree with them. Recent incidents notwithstanding, perhaps because of the influence of my previous life, I have a fairly easygoing personality.

But lately, perhaps because I was so full of happiness, I had been smiling from ear to ear much more often. The corners of my mouth would lift slightly, and sometimes I would grin like a madman.

Especially when I was with Marie, the corners of my mouth refused to come back down. I couldn't stop my lips from twitching whenever I looked at her face.

"Hehehe."

"Why are you laughing?"

"Then why are you laughing, Isaac?"

"I just feel like laughing?"

"Me too. Me too."

Marie was just as busy beaming, making no effort to hide her feelings. I gazed at her face for a while, then answered with a broad smile of my own. On the first day of dating, I had held back my displays of affection because I was worried about what people might think, but as time passed, all those inhibitions disappeared.

Whether people around us whispered or not. Whether Cecily and Rina watched us suspiciously or not. Whether others looked at us with complicated, subtle expressions or warm, fond gazes...