Their meeting began when they were but toddlers; two naïve children barely out of their swaddling clothes. The two played together, though he was not nice to her, and she continued to follow him, though she thought he was a big meanie head. The mother's of the children could not contain their mirth; both realizing their children would have interesting futures ahead of them.
As they got older, they went to school together, went to daycare together, and even went to after school classes together. Though neither would admit it, they had instilled a love for dancing in each other, a love that was borne from their parents, who danced before them.
When they were eight, the boy, Fakir, began to think girls were gross, and that he would never hang out with one. At eight, was when Ahiru, the girl, began wondering if that meant she wasn't a girl anymore.
Four years later, at the age of twelve, Fakir began to renege on his thoughts that girls were gross, especially when Ahiru began… developing. His attraction to her was purely innocent of course, besides, they had been friends since he could remember.
High school came about two years later at the age of fourteen, and Ahiru had never been more self-conscious. Fakir had been acting kind of strange towards her for the last two years, and she couldn't help but wonder if there was something wrong with her. Even while they danced ballet together, there was always an odd sort of distance between them, like he was afraid she would find out some great secret he was hiding.
During their graduation pictures after the ceremony, Fakir couldn't even look Ahiru in the eyes. Looking away, he told her that he hoped they would stay in the same dance company they had joined when they turned fifteen.
His hope having come true, a year later, Fakir and Ahiru were in the same troop, and partnered together no less. The awkward tension that seemed to have settled between them in high school had dissipated somewhat, and now that Ahiru was accustomed to her grown body, she didn't feel so self-conscious about herself.
The years spent dancing together only strengthened their bond, and eventually, they began to question their true feelings for one another.
What does he see me as?
Could she possibly…?
Slowly, they came together, discovering through their dance the meaning of love and forever. Of course, it took them time still to realize that love and forever could indeed be found in each other.
Twenty-one years after meeting one another, they whispered the words they had held deep within their hearts, expressing their feelings with the softest of breaths. He promised to be by her side, forever and she promised to stay beside him. The moment they completed their vows and shared their first kiss as a married couple, their mother's wept, having prayed for such an outcome all along.
At the age of twenty-five, the two were expecting their first child. The coming event was a miracle, and both vowed that they would pass on to their child what it meant to have forever standing at their side.
