Maybe it's something I should have mentioned earlier, but part of our conversations often revolved around our pets; she had a little cat named "Sara" and I had a little cat named "Silvestre." When I first saw that little cat, she seemed very beautiful and flirtatious, lying on my girlfriend's bed as if that bed were only hers. I really envied her; she could be with my Ana all the time she wanted, even sleeping in her arms every night. What envy! In those moments, I would have liked to be that beautiful three-colored cat. In contrast, my little cat was quite the charmer, with a white chest, a black back, all furry with long hair, and a beautifully tender yet very serious look.
Leo - Did you know that I didn't want a pet of my own?
Ana- seriously? Why not?
Leo - I don't know, I just didn't like them enough, I guess, although in my family they like to have several pets, we even had 5 cats at the same time and 2 dogs.
Ana- There are many, in mine we only have 2 kittens, no dogs. And why did you decide to have Silvestre?
Leo - Honestly, I fell in love with his gaze. One day, when he was still very small and they were about to give him away, we looked at each other intently. He was calm, sitting and looking at me, and I said, you're going to be my little cat.
Ana- How cute! It's true, Silvestre looks all beautiful, I would love to meet him in person <3
Leo- and you are going to meet him, my love, he is your son too <3
That peace my kitten transmitted to me from that moment helped me a lot, from the very first minute I liked playing with him, taking care of him, making him sleep next to me when I was on the computer, he loved rubbing against my feet, he even climbed on top of me and purred like a motorcycle. Giving him caresses brought me peace and made me feel like I was a son, maybe that's why I never really thought about being a father someday. With Silvestre by my side and my life quite peaceful, I thought it was fine, or it would be fine to be like this.
That love we had for our kitties brought us together from the beginning of the relationship; we pretended they were our children, always asking how they were doing or what they were up to. It was a long-distance relationship with feline children, what more could we ask for from life?
Even within the game, other people sometimes teased us for being so close, suggesting that we adopt them and be their parents, which was quite funny because Ana was too young to be the mother of others older than her, but we took it with humor.
In those days, another topic also started to come up, what would happen if we wanted to have children? What would happen if she comes and gets pregnant? But it's as if nothing in the world mattered, not even the distance, and instead of worrying, we just said that if it happens, it happens, and she would stay with me in Argentina, leaving everything behind to have a family with me. It sounded too nice to be honest, and yes, from the bottom of my heart, I thought the same way. If she is the mother of my children, the truth is I wouldn't mind at all, it would just make me feel more complete. At that moment, I wanted everything with her; nothing could be missing in our relationship.
That's how we started talking about boy names, girl names, and what if they were twins? How scary we used to say, I always teased her about it.Leo - it doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, but if it's a girl we'll have to have another one and pray it's a boy haha
Ana- no, one is enough haha
Leo-but I want a child :3
Ana- I hope it's a boy then, because I don't know if I want more than one.. Although it might happen that, if it's by your side, I change my mind. :x
Leo- The truth is, I don't really want many children either, but I would like to have one boy.
Ana- It's okay, I love you <3 love :3
Leo- I love you more <3 :3
They seemed like silly future talks about starting a family, but they weren't really silly; we both wanted to have a family, even though before we met, neither of us probably wanted to have kids or anything like that, but being together, we wanted the whole complete package.
Sometimes the days in the game became a bit boring if I couldn't see her, but I still tried to do other things or help other members of our clan so we could keep growing. I loved that game a lot; that's why I had been playing for over 12 years. But that's where a few drops began to fall that would later turn into a storm.
Our relationship seemed perfect, as if Cupid had struck us in such a perfect way that there was nothing wrong, not a single fight, nor strong distrust despite being so far apart, or if there was a doubt, she or I would take care of removing it before it became a problem. But, was it really like that? Maybe without realizing it, when they invited me or asked for help, I would say, I'll go help you later but with my Ana, and not everyone liked that, it's as if they preferred to be with me. It wouldn't be a problem if they were men, but the strange thing was that sometimes they were women who only wanted my help. Those details I know bothered Ana a lot, she didn't seem like it but she could be very jealous, I started to notice it at that moment, and I thought I was the only jealous and insecure one, she wasn't far behind.
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Long-distance love game
RomanceThis story is based on a real long-distance relationship, between two strangers who lived thousands of kilometers apart, but who loved each other as if they had known each other their whole lives. Separated by kilometers but so united that it felt a...