János closed his eyes and saw the neon lights of the clubs where they had first met. He remembered the frantic energy of the dance floors, the clash of jazz and traditional melodies, and the electric shock of realization that he didn't want to sing with anyone else.

The rain in Budapest did not fall so much as it drifted, a silver curtain blurring the yellow streetlights of the 1960s. Inside the small, smoke-filled recording studio, the world narrowed down to a single microphone and the two of them.

They walked out of the studio and into the cool Budapest night. The song was captured on tape, ready to be pressed into vinyl. They didn't know yet that decades later, people would still be listening to their voices, feeling the warmth of the promise they had just made. They just knew that the thousand years had already begun, and they were spending it together.

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The producer didn't speak immediately. He just stared at the soundboard, then slowly looked up and gave a sharp nod of approval.

János pulled off his headphones and stepped out of the isolation booth. Sarolta met him halfway. He wrapped his arms around her, kissing the top of her head. "Not bad," he whispered, a smirk playing on his lips. "We might have a hit," she laughed, leaning into him.

"Ezer évig várok rád..." he sang. I will wait for you for a thousand years.