Aryo Damar

Kat said between; ‘stuck between you two’, not ‘stuck with you two’, Damar thinks, and Nina responded with ‘nobody is stuck with anyone here’. Words and language were never his strong suit, but Damar feels those two sentences mean two very different meanings. And the way Nina responded was quite awkward. It was like she was assuring somebody, somebody who felt trapped and couldn’t find ways to escape.

Was she trying to say something?

Damar wonders as he looks at Nina.

They have been together for five years. People say that after four years, you get to that hypothetical fork in the road of your relationship: you either make it or break up. Damar and Nina survive their four years and recently Damar has been thinking about taking it to the next level of commitment. They have never discussed it throughout the relationship, which is precisely what he loved about it. It has always been plain, simple and uncomplicated.

Nina is not the kind of woman who would rush boyfriends to settle down and start a family; she is not the jealous type who would spy on his every movement. Nina has never been the type to criticize him about his hair/clothes/shoes or to expect him to excel at specific sports/career/hobby.

Maybe that’s why they have been together for so long. He feels she accepts him the way he is.

No more and no less.

This is an excerpt from “Urup”. As we go through the final editing, I will share work in progress (even though my editor would probably kill me :)) and the tiny jumps of joy and despair (!) that I experience along the process with you.

Let me know what you think, review, or simply green-heart it. I would be humbled to receive valuable feedback from you.