(While Ahmed was talking on the phone with his family, a warm smile on his face, a mischievous and playful idea suddenly came to his mind. He turned his eyes towards Misaki, who was following him with interest, as if she was trying to grasp some of the meanings even though she only understood a little Arabic. His eyes gleamed with childish cunning, then he raised his voice in Arabic, addressing his family:)
Ahmed (laughing): "Dear family, I have some surprising news for you... I just got married!"
(A short silence fell on the other end for a moment, before the distant house in Yemen erupted in tangled reactions. His father shouted in astonishment, his mother choked with laughter and shock at the same time, his five siblings ran behind the phone, exchanging shouts and questions: "Who is she?!", "When?!", "Are you serious?!", while his little sister's voice rose with childlike innocence: "I want to see Ahmed's wife!")
(Ahmed laughed loudly as he tried to calm them down to no avail. As for Misaki, she had frozen in place for a moment, her warm eyes widening in astonishment at hearing the word she understood clearly: "married." Her eyebrows knit together in shyness and confusion, and the heat in her cheeks rose in silence. She hadn't expected Ahmed to drag her into his prank like this, especially in front of his family.)
(She turned to him slowly, her lips trembling between protest and shock, but Ahmed, who was laughing warmly with the distant noise of his family, had not yet thought of the predicament he had put her in. And while she was trying to control her tangled feelings, her heart continued to pound violently, and she wondered in secret: Was he really joking... or was this a hidden way for his soul to confess?)