Unperfect Marriage

Fireworks lit up almost the entire sky and filled the corners of Jakarta. The New Year's Eve celebration was very festive, with fireworks in every corner of the city and concerts by local artists. Korean boy bands, and Hollywood artists, all of which were magnets calling everyone to watch them.

However, Kaira and Sunny chose to celebrate their New Year's Eve at a fine dining restaurant in South Jakarta. The restaurant they chose was a rooftop restaurant. The restaurant had a romantic atmosphere, with chandeliers hanging in several places for lighting. There were also lights in the shape of doves hanging in cages made of bamboo, making it both beautiful and unique.

A waitress came with a menu book to their table.

"Are you ready to order, sir?" She asked.

Sunny nodded. Sunny quickly chose one grilled octopus over squid ink pasta with tomato garlic sauce."Appetizer: one mushroom vol au vent, and for dessert white chocolate mini mousse cake."

After Sunny, it was Kaira's turn to choose. "One steak with creamy peppercorn sauce, caramelized onion, mushroom, and gruyere tartlets, and for dessert, I choose fairy tale cherry blossoms and strawberry parfait."

"Anything else?" asked the waitress. "Would you like more wine?"

"You want wine?"

Kaira nodded. "Ok, a bottle of wine, but they said there is a sommelier here, right?"

"Right, ma'am."

"Can the sommelier help us choose a wine that matches our food choices?"

"Yes, sir. Anything else besides that?" he asked.

Kaira and Sunny shook their heads.

"I think that's enough."

After the waitress repeated Kaira and Sunny's orders and made sure there would be no mistakes, she excused herself and left. Sunny immediately spoke up.

"After this, we'll go straight to see Loona Golden at the Airlangga theater, babe."

"Loona Golden? that group of opera singers?"

"Yes," Sunny replied with a big smile.

"But how did you get the tickets, babe? I know they sold out within an hour!"

"Didn't you see the email I sent you? Your bad habits haven't changed."

"Sorry," Kaira said regretfully. She immediately picked up her phone and checked the email that Sunny had sent. "Babe, is this for real?"

"Yes, a new year's gift for you as well as our anniversary gift." Sorry for the speed."

"Thank you so much. I was looking forward to watching the opera and researching my new novel. "Eh, this gift," Kaira said happily and immediately kissed Sunny, who was sitting next to her.

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A sommelier came to bring wine for them. Apparently, he'd chosen a cabernet merlot, a fitting choice, to accompany their dinner.

"The perfect bubbly for our romantic dinner is coming!" Said Sunny as the sommelier came to their table.

The sommelier gave them a pleasant grin before opening the bottle of deep crimson wine and pouring it into the decanter. After setting the wine bottle on a white tablecloth for a time, he carefully and gently turned it clockwise. He then filled Kaira and Sunny's wine cups with wine from the wine bottle.