Awkward Car Rides

The car ride this time around was even more awkward than the first. Tension lit up the atmosphere in the car and Arnold could feel it poking at his neck, almost having him at a choke hold.

There was a certain long and dragged-out silence that Arnold couldn't shake off. He wanted to hear her voice. He wanted to hear his voice. He needed to get over the awkwardness in the car and move on to lighter things. Past what had happened before they embarked on the journey. Back to the lightness they'd practiced while texting and calling each other in the space between their last meeting and today.

What kind of conversation can I bring up? Arnold thought, stealing glances at Jia.

What kind of conversation could diffuse the tension?

He squeezed the steering wheel and thought harder.

After a little more than thirty more minutes, he cleared his throat and spoke, slicing through the tense silence. "You know, growing up, I never really had a female figure in my life."

Jia reacted in an unexpected way
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