When he came to declare himself to you, you already expected to be brutally rejected, who in their right mind would agree to run away with him, such a weak man? he wondered. But it was a shock that you agreed to run away with him, to throw all your years of training for a man... Not that he was complaining.

Now he was trying to turn on the stove to make breakfast for his wife. Initially it was a surprise, but he couldn't lie.

"Um... honey? Can you help me?"