Characters: Mr. Ayase, Mrs. Ayase
Prompt: Silence
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Confortable Silences
Despite what people might believe, the truth is that Mrs. Ayase married out of love. Sure, they come across as a somewhat ill-assorted couple, what with the wife's impish nature opposing her husband's John Doe-like invisibility. But under that deceivingly average man, there's the only lover Mrs. Ayase ever comfortably enjoyed the silence with.
That's why, if a cursory glance at their domestic routines – when one is reading the morning newspaper while the other watches TV – would effortlessly file them under the "alienated middle-aged couple" category, well… it would be wrong! That's just what they're about. And isn't that special?
