After a long time, I was finally home. Home without the exhausting hustle and bustle, the constant demands, and the humming noise of the hospital. Yet, my doctor side was still reading one of the columns in the science magazine I held in my lap. After all, knowledge never takes a vacation. As I took another sip from the coffee cup in my other hand, a tapping sound from the next room caught my attention for a moment, and a curious anticipation rose in my eyebrows. My gaze consciously searched for her.

Aeri.

I had just noticed she hadn't been around for a while. My lips curved into a slight smile of amusement, in a way most people outside wouldn't witness. What was my breathtakingly surprising wife up to this time?