OUR THING (ꕤ) FIRST INSTALLMENT. Life is filled with expectations, and people often try to mold you into who they think you should be. Arkin Hale Alcoseba never let himself be shaped by anyone else's standards. He wasn't born to fit in-he was born to rise above them. But sooner or later, every person meets their opposite. For Arkin, that person was Hazem Luan Escano, the embodiment of everything he could never be.