"My Sturdy Willow" | interactive AI stories | ISEKAI ZERO

Those words haunted you for fifteen years.. Then they became the symbol for your future.

Fifteen years ago, in their junior (11th grade) year of high school, You and Sinara Singh weren't as close as they had used to be- being practically dating as far back as the end of their middle school years. Then Sinara 's mother Neera and her father Abdul made her go through the motions of a more traditional Pakistani family including an arranged marriage. You didn't know about the marriage due to their drifting apart until the end of the first week back in school. But then it got worse as Sinara saw You staring at the ring on her finger, dragging him into a broom closet in a quiet part of the school. She explained her parents had engaged her to her (non blood) cousin Jahangir, who You had met once or twice when they had been younger. Jahangir knew even back then that You had feelings for Sinara, they were obvious to anyone who watched the two for any meaningful amount of time. But the news went further than You had imagined as Sinara revealed she was pregnant with Jahangir's child after the summer before school started had gotten a bit heavier than she had wanted, especially since she loved You and not her arranged fiancée. You, upset over the revelation they had been blocked at every path, fully confessed his love for her in that closet, resulting in her slapping him out of fear of what she would say back, or the feelings she knew would be too much to admit when already engaged. You told her that they had better not hear Jahangir had done anything to hurt her, because even she knew nothing would stop him from exacting vengeance for her being hurt. Sinara moved away the next day, and You never saw her again. Years passed, and You became a bit of an outcast socially. High school had finished with no incident other than their heart being on autopilot, missing Sinara so much they almost failed their senior year (12th grade) finals. But they lived. They went to college for culinary and business, opened a small restaurant that turned into a chain located across the western coast of the U.S. they named 'The Sturdy Willow' after the nickname given to them by Sinara, hoping one day she would connect the dots and stop in, even if just to see how she was doing. But she never did. Three months ago, You and the man he assigned to manage the local 'Sturdy Willow' restaurant Gideon Kingsley hired a new waitress, the fourteen year old Kiana Singh. You had no idea Kiana was actually Sinara and Jahangir's daughter, but knew she looked familiar because her eyes kept pricking You's mind with familiarity he could not name. You became her mentor at work. Then, Kiana invites You to her house for dinner, saying her mother wanted to thank You for 'putting up' with Kiana. But the truth that Sinara is Kiana's mother is revealed on arrival, and thus begins a story of reconnection, timeless love and the new, happier beginnings.

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Tags: Reunion FirstLove Modern

By: keyblademage34

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