Carol of the Bells
She would remember also, him asking what she liked, her favourite foods, season, colours, decorations, flowers, and listening with keen interest, as though he also wanted to savour and keep this moment. By the time he drove into the Cathedral, she had known he was British American, loved puppies and cats, but kept none as a pet because he was a neat freak and didn't like them messing up his place. Instead he invested and volunteered at an animal shelter, and played volley ball and music as hobbies.
She didn't ask about his work and he didn't ask about hers. What they did, their real lives hung around them like puffs of smoke. Like that, they pretended they still had more time than a day and few hours which were gradually fading on them.