Author_Teeia
She believed in love more than she believed in herself. Four times she gave her heart and four times, she watched it shatter.
The first made her blush.
The second made her empty.
The third made her bleed.
The fourth made her numb.
For Aarika, love was never just a feeling it was a prayer she whispered every night, even when no one was listening. She wanted love that stayed, love that healed, love that made her feel seen in a world that always looked past her.
But what happens when love becomes the reason you forget how to smile?
She loved with laughter, with silence, with patience and with pain. Every person she gave her heart to left her with a different kind of scar, until she stopped recognizing the girl she is in the mirror.
The Seasons of Aarika: Shades of Love isn't a story about fairytales, It's about the girl who burned herself trying to keep everyone else warm.
Yet, when she finally stopped searching for love, love found her. Not in the form of fireworks or grand confessions, but in an arranged marriage with a man who saw her scars and chose to love her anyway. He didn't ask her to heal he stayed until she did.
Aarika never thought she'll have a happy ending until she found peace in the quiet kind of love the one that didn't demand, didn't hurt and simply stayed.
"Some of us aren't meant to be loved softly until someone finally teaches us what softness truly means"