The Old Quarter Apartment – Part 2: Rain on the Balcony
Wife & Couples·EN·1 min read·Published 2026-11-07, updated 2026-11-07·Part 2 of 2
On the last Friday of the month, the rain came down like a wall.
They were caught on the balcony, laughing, wet to the skin in seconds. The street had emptied, the motorbikes gone, the traders vanished under tarps. Neon signs blurred pink and green in the puddles.
"Come inside!" shouted Chris.
"Never!"
She tipped her face up to the water, eyes closed, arms wide. He watched her, drenched and glowing, and thought he had never seen anything better. Then he stepped out and stood beside her, and let it fall.
After a minute, they ran in, hand in hand, shrieking, slammed the shutters and collapsed against the bed, panting and laughing. Water dripped from her hair onto his shirt.
"We're ridiculous," said Mai.
"We are."
"I love being ridiculous with you."
"Say that again."
"I love being ridiculous with you."
He took her face in both hands. The rain drummed on the roof. A ceiling fan turned slowly. The room smelled of wet cotton and jasmine.
"Can I ask you something?" said Chris.
"Yes."
"May I kiss my wife?"
"Yes," said Mai. "And if I say stop, you must carry me up the stairs every day for a year."
"You'd have to move to the fifth floor."
"I'll consider it."
He kissed her, slowly, tasting rain and coffee. She kissed him back with a tenderness that was nineteen years deep, fingers sliding into his wet hair. The shutters rattled in the wind, and in the shop below, the noodle pot bubbled on.
When they parted, both of them were smiling.
"Green?" he asked.
"Green," said Mai. "Very green."
When they flew home, they left a message in the visitors' book: Best month of our marriage. Come back in a year. They did.
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