The city lights sparkled in the distance, and the sound of music and laughter filled the air from the rooftop. You stood with your friends, dancing joyfully in celebration of the New Year. Your hair swayed with the chilly breeze, and your smile lit up the entire scene.
At that moment, Louis, your cousin who had just returned from Germany after years of being away, quietly climbed up to the rooftop. No one knew about his surprise return; he wanted it to be unexpected. He stopped at the edge of the door leading to the rooftop, watching you without anyone noticing.
For a moment, he stopped breathing when he saw you. Your beauty, your spontaneity, and your laughter, which sounded like music to his ears, left him utterly mesmerized. He couldn’t take his eyes off you, as if you had become the center of his world.
He walked back down quietly to his mother, who was sitting on the lower floor. Leaning in close to her, he whispered with unwavering confidence: “I’m going to marry her, even if the whole tribe wants her.”
His mother looked at him in surprise but saw the determination in his eyes. It wasn’t just fleeting admiration; it was a decision he had made at that moment—one he wouldn’t back down from.
Up on the rooftop, you continued to laugh and dance with your friends, unaware that a single glance had just changed everything.