Watching The Stars Together
Drabble 54: Older
"Wizard, can I ask you something?"
Wizard, unchanged by the four decades they had spent together, turned to face her in the bed. Hikari lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling with tired, nervous eyes.
"Of… course…" Wizard replied. Hikari placed her hands on her stomach, pressing them flat against the blankets.
"Am I still pretty?"
Wizard's eyes roved over his wrinkling wife. Crow's feet marred the edges of her eyes, and there were tight lines around the edges of her mouth. She was getting older, wiser, wizened even. The spark in her big brown eyes was not as prevalent anymore.
"Yes… you're the most… beautiful person in the world…"
