Chapter 43: Let’s Go Somewhere

Matthew bought her a telescope in the end, and after that, both of them would look at the stars every night before Allison went to bed, hoping to see a shooting star. Even though they failed to see one every time, it didn’t matter since they enjoyed this simple time together so much.

“Do you want to do something new?” Matthew asked her one day.

“Something new?” Allison repeated, sounding puzzled.

“Yeah. I mean, it feels like we’re doing the same things every day. We should put some variety into it.”

“It’s fine, I do enjoy these things.” Allison thought about it for a moment. “Though I do admit that it feels repetitive sometimes.”

Matthew nodded. “Let’s add some more activities so you can have fun. What do you think about a movie night?”

“Sounds good.”

“There’s a game console here, too. You can play games if you want.”

“Oh?”

“I… I do play games sometimes,” Matthew admitted sheepishly. “Lily doesn’t, but she likes to watch me play instead.”

Allison laughed. “Remember when we used to pla