Our vows were spoken before our hearts had a chance to catch up. Formally, "ARRANGED HEARTS"

⁰⁰¹┊𝐍𝐁𝐀 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐁𝐎𝐘 𝐗 𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑 ༊*·˚ೃ⁀➷ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ : 𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙰 𝙶𝙾𝙴𝚂 𝙾𝚄𝚃 𝚃𝙾 𝙰𝙽 𝙷𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚆𝙸𝚃𝙷 𝙷𝙴𝚁 𝙵𝚁𝙸𝙴𝙽𝙳𝚂, 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚅𝙸𝙻𝚈 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙾𝚇𝙸𝙲𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳, 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝚂𝙿𝙾𝚃𝚂 𝙺𝙴𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙴𝙻𝙻 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙷𝙸𝙼 𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝙰𝚃𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚂𝙷𝙴 𝙰𝙿𝙿𝚁𝙾𝙲𝙷𝙴𝚂 𝙷𝙸𝙼, 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚃𝚆𝙾 𝚂𝙽𝙴𝙰𝙺 𝙾𝙵𝙵 𝚃𝙾 𝙶𝙾 𝚃𝙾 𝙰𝚁𝙸𝙰𝙽𝙽𝙰'𝚂 𝙷𝙾𝙼𝙴, 𝚆𝙷𝙸𝙲𝙷 𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙳 𝚃𝙷𝙴𝙼 𝚃𝙾 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙰 𝙾𝙼𝙴 𝙽𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃 :ᴊᴀɴ ₁ₛₜ ₂₀₂₃ 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 : ᴏɴɢᴏɪɴɢ 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃 : ?

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"You can't see the future. I might have a chance. You don't know for sure." He mumbled, making her expression soften. "M-my mom used to tell me t-that birds still sing even after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free t-to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?" Samir stopped talking for a moment to regather himself so that he didn't stutter, but Nina froze completely. "You don't have to settle with him Nina. It's been five years an-and you're not a-as happy as you should be. You smile differently with me.. and you cry a lot with him. I just think that you deserve to enjoy your time with someone other than h-him for a minute because there's still sunlight out there for you too, even if you can't see it yet." How did he become her source of 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 so 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐥𝐲? A short story.