Is our love strong enough?

The proposal

"Sanem. Hadi kizim, Can arrived!"

Annem sounded very excited and happy, more than usual. She insisted yesterday evening to come today to my place and see me getting ready. I didn't think much more of it because every day since I moved in here, someone was staying over at my place. So much for me and getting independent.

I left my bedroom and saw my mom and Can whispering something to each other until Can noticed that I was staying in the far corner of the room.

I'll never get used to the fact how he looks at me. He continued to keep starring and it didn't seem he could take his eyes off me. I swallowed at the sight of him. Usually he doesn't wear a suit, but tonight...He was dressed almost exactly as the night we first met. The night we had our first kiss. That mysterious night will forever be one of my favourite ones.

I had a feeling that anne felt the tension between us in the room. I figured that's why she was the first to break the silence.

"Ahh look at the both of you. So handsome, young and beautiful. May Allah always protect you two."

"Sanem you, you look so breathtakingly beautiful. I can't even form a proper sentence. I knew the dress would suit you but I didn't imagine this. You are astonishingly stunning Canim."

"Can stop. My cheeks will suit the color of the dress soon. Hadi, let's go. I can't wait to see the musical. You didn't even tell me which one we are going to see."

"That is part of the surprise darling."

"Have a nice time and enjoy the evening to the fullest my children. I love you both."

On the way to the surprise

"Can you look so handsome. You have no idea how good you look in a suit. I mean you always look good but especially tonight."

"We are going to the opera canim, we have to be dressed for the right occasion."

He held my hand during the whole car ride and I noticed how nervous he got but I didn't think anything more of it. When the car came to a stop I couldn't believe we were at the opera.

"Can this place..."

"Evet askim. The musical is playing at our opera tonight and I thought it would be nice to get some more memories from this beautiful place."

"I get so emotional being here. I have the best memories from this place and I can't wait to get inside."

We went inside the building and I noticed right away that we were the only ones in the opera.

"Are we too early or too late? I don't see anyone around besides you and me."

"Don't worry about it. Come on, let's get upstairs. I booked our lounge 2 D. I wanted to make more memories with you here."

He reached for my hand and we went upstairs. Memories flushing through my mind of the first time I went up these stairs. Never in my life did I imagine how that night would forever change my life.

I was the first who entered the lounge. It was dark inside with a tiny bit of light coming from the lower floor.

"Can it is so dark in here. I can't see anything. We are late, aren't we? The show probably starts any second though I cannot hear anyone else being here."

"You won't hear anyone else because you and I are the only ones here tonight. I have booked the whole opera for the evening."

I couldn't believe what he just said.

"You did what? Can but why? This must have cost you a fortune. Did I miss anything? It's not my birthday or anything. Oh God no, did I forgot our anniversary?"

I felt my body shifting into full panic mode because there has to be something I was missing but what was it?

"No canim. You didn't miss anything. I just wanted us to have a nice and unforgettable evening. Come on, this was supposed to be a surprise. Don't you want to guess which musical we will be watching?"

Panic mode shifted to excitement in a millisecond.

"Hmm there are so many possibilities."

"They are but you have only one favourite musical."

"Oh my God. Please tell me it is The Lion King?"

"Of course it is The Lion King bebek. Do you think I don't know what your favourite is? Hadi gel."

We sat down and I noticed champagne and strawberries dipped in chocolate in front of us.

"Do you want to get me drunk first?"

"Don't worry. You are allowed only one glass tonight. I want you to be able to remember the evening and enjoy it to the fullest."

I noticed music playing in the background and some lights on the side very lightly dimmed. I expected the musical to start but instead a video collage played on the big screen with pictures and small clips of Can and me.

I couldn't hold my tears back. What have we been through the past few months together? Who would have thought that we would be together today after everything that happened? Can took my left hand in his and hugged me tight with his right one.

The video seemed like an introduction to what was coming. He said we would see the lion king but what I saw next made me completely speechless. Our story was playing out in its own musical. How and when did he made this happen?

An actress who I assumed was supposed to look like me broke into a house and got herself injured minutes after she tried to jump from the fence, just like me when we first met. Every single major fact in our relationship was in the musical. I couldn't believe how perfect our story was told by others. We were close to the end of the musical and I saw myself, as in the actress, running into Can's arms and jumping up and down from happiness. I felt dumfounded because I couldn't understand what was happening and I didn't wanted to look stupid so I didn't ask but Can wouldn't be Can if he didn't catch it.

"Canim. I think it was not so easy to see the last part of the play from up here hmm? How about you stand up and take a closer look at the stage again?"

In exact that moment, the lights went off. I stood up, not knowing what was happening. Why was it dimmed all of a sudden?

Flowers were everywhere, forming a beautiful shaped heart in the left corner and light after light lit up in capital letters on the stage where it was written

"Will you marry me?"

I couldn't process what was happening. I didn't realize it at once. Tears started streaming down my face on its own. He was proposing. Can Divit was proposing to me. All I could do was hold my hand in front of my mouth and scream inside me, silently.

Once I turned around, Can was already kneeling in front of me, holding a ring box inside his hand and looking right at me.

I wanted to say something. Anything. But nothing escaped my lips. I, Sanem Aydin was speechless.

"Sanem. I never thought I would find someone I want to spend the rest of my life with. Someone I want to wake up to every morning and live every second of every day together. I love you with my whole heart and I cannot imagine my life without you. I want us to build our future together and I don't want to wait any longer. I am longing for you, every single day. All I can think about is you. I have never in my life felt this connection with anyone, I love you so much canim. All I want is to spend my life with you. And I hope you want it too...will you marry me and spend the rest of your life with me?"