What Matters is Her Enjoyment (Meek)

Like a lot of sci-fi movies, it had the tendency to leave you deep in thought once the credits rolled. Were there other versions of you? What would they think of the choices you’d made in your life?

Kaori spent the whole movie leaning forward with her eyes glued to the screen. Whenever you turned to her, you found her in her usual pose for when she was focused. Legs up in the chair and arms wrapped around her legs. Flashes of the action reflected off the lenses of her huge glasses. Seeing her this way, entranced by the screen, made you smile just a little bit.

On the way out of the theater, she paced around hyperactively, talking about all the stuff that she really loved in the movie. But, mid-sentence she stopped herself and looked at her sneakers with shame visible.

“You really didn’t have to take me to it if you didn’t want to. Darling, you really should have picked a movie for yourself. You do so much for me already. You really don’t always have to listen to me…”