Married at 15

New home

   We sat in our chairs quietly simply enjoying each others company while we waited for our food to digest. The silence wasn't awkward but I still felt the need to talk. "What's Korea like?" I asked Riki. He turned his head towards me, "not much different from Japan honestly." I nodded "do you have friends you'll introduce me too when we get there?" I asked. "Of course I do my social butterfly" he reassured me. "That's nice" I said, "I can't wait to meet them"
  
   The flight felt noticeably shorter than the one from Mexico to Japan, something I was very happy about. Once we arrived at the airport a driver came to pick the three of us up, helping us load our bags into the car and then heading towards our new home.

   Opening the door to the new house was incredibly exciting. It was already furnished in a way I loved and the light coming in through the windows made it feel like home.

   I immediately dropped my bags and headed up the stairs to find an extra living room up there and four bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms, two on opposite sides of the living room. I looked inside the rooms. The first one I saw was a mixture of whites and browns . It had a queen sized bed and a nightstand next to it.

   I headed to the room across from it, very obviously for Isabella. If her name engraved on the door hadn't given it away, the pinks and yellows decorating the room definitely did. "Bella I found your room!" I yelled. She came running up the stairs, dropping her bags on the floor and immediately dropping herself on her bed. "Thank god I'm exhausted. "How" I questioned genuinely, "how could you still be exhausted after sleeping all day?"

   I left her room and headed for the other two rooms. One of them had two full sized beds. The walls in that room being white and the decorations being light blue. Cloud lights hanging from the ceiling. "It's really pretty" said a deep voice behind me. I looked at the owner of the voice a little startled. "Riki!" I said as I hit his arm "you have to stop sneaking up on me like that"

   I turned to the last room. It was what I assumed was the master bedroom. It was bigger than the others. Decorated with white and black, a king sized bed and a flat screen tv on oposite sides of the room. "Nishimura López" read Niki. I turned to look at what was engraved on the door. "It has a nice ring to it" he said with a smile.

   "Do we have to sleep in the same room?" I asked. "Only if you want" said Riki "we could just sleep in separate guest rooms until you're ready."  I nodded, "yeah that's probably the best idea" I said, noticing the hint of sadness that covered his eyes.

   "Do you want to eat something?" I asked breaking the silence. "Yeah" he said breaking eye contact "let me help you"

                             Riki's POV

I knew it would that even though we were dating it would still take her a while to be completely comfortable with me. That knowledge didn't stop the sadness and disappointment I felt when she basically winced at the thought of us sharing a room. I knew she thought it was to intimate for the point of the relationship we were at, but a part of me hoped we were close enough to take that step forward.

   "Do you want to eat something?" I heard her ask. "Yeah" I said breaking out of my thoughts "let me help you"

  
                             Nani's POV

   The tense atmosphere dissolved as we began to cook. I found a mixture of different meats and vegetables in the fridge. Mixture of different noodle and spices were in the cupboards. We ended up making bulgogi, pork belly, and some ramen and rice to eat on the side. Although Riki wasn't very much of a help. It warmed my heart that he at least tried to help.

   We finished setting up the table and washing our hands when we heard Isabella walking down the stairs. "Yay!" She exclaimed "dinner's ready. I really love my life." I playfully rolled my eyes at her barely woken up state.

   We all sat at a table that was way to big for just three people and ate while we engaged in simple conversations.

   Once we had finished eating, Bella offered to wash the dishes while we showered and got ready for bed.

   I took a ridiculously long shower, which I very much deserved after our long trip. I wrapped myself in a robe and did my nighttime routine. Then I put on some black sweat shorts and a loose shirt. I dried my hair and put it into Dutch braids, not wanting to go to sleep with wet hair.

   I walked outside the room and saw Riki sitting on the couch upstairs while in his phone. He looked incredibly handsome in his plain grey shorts and black hoodie. His still damp hair falling over his eyes and his pout of concentration while on his phone made my heart race a little.

   He must have felt me staring at him because he looks up at me through his blonde bangs and smiled. "Hi" he said. "Hi" I said back to him. "What room are you sleeping in?" He asked. I simply pointed to the room with the clouds. "Ah" he said in acknowledgment "I guess I'll take the room across from Bella's."

   I sat down next to him and laid my head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry I don't feel comfortable yet" I said "I'll come around some day, I hope you know that." He looked down at me, "don't apologize, you can't control whether you feel comfortable or not. I'm not gonna push you, take all the time you need." I thanked him and gave him a quick peck on the cheek which made the blood rush to them.

   We watched tiktoks together on his phone until I began to space out and felt my eyelids get heavy. He noticed immediately and walked me to my room. "Good night" he said turning off the lights, only leaving a small cloud night light on. "Good night" I said as I watched him head to his own room.

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